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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Explains the Second Amendment [View all]glacierbay
(2,477 posts)81. So, IYO, you think this is child abuse,
by what measure do you consider child abuse? Have you ever witnessed real child abuse? Have you ever had to pick up the broken body of a child that's been burned, beaten, sexually abused, mentally abused, tortured, murdered?
If not, then what the hell do you know about child abuse? Teaching your children about firearms is not child abuse by any stretch of the imagination.
I have seen and dealt with real child abuse far too many times and that's why your post highly offends me.
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Believeing one's own government "won't do it here" is really really dangerous.
Callisto32
Oct 2012
#52
Italy went from 'il Risorgimento' to Mussolini within one human lifetime.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#59
Are there any other inanimate objects aside from guns that give you the willies?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#58
By it, I meant "a dude walking down the street with a holstered gun," "it" being that scenario.
rogrot
Oct 2012
#62
no. You are conflating Individual Equality to the government for Treason.
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#16
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Our Founding Fathers, in order to
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#14
Mike, you really do need to study the Constitution and history in general more carefully.nt
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#23
Mike, how does one pronounce "Vietnam" and "Afghanistan" in Italian?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#48
"You don't know enough about me to judge." Oh, we most certainly *do*, Mike/Jason/Baldr...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#83
Anyone who claims our military has nothing to do with our defense is insane
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#56