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Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
1. If the London attackers had been able to get automatic
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 02:17 PM
Jun 2017

Weapons, the lives of the dead and wounded would be multiples more.
When I saw Trump's tweet, I thought he is arguing against himself. His statement speaks to why we need gun control.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. Your election made majority of gun humpers happy. Gunners feel vindicated, especially the ignorant,
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 02:56 PM
Jun 2017

racist white wing gun fanciers which are the majority of gun lovers.



NRA Board Member Teddy Nugent appreciates your support --

 

gilbert sullivan

(192 posts)
5. The majority of gun lovers are
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 05:29 PM
Jun 2017

racist white wing (sic) gun "fanciers"???
That is not even in the same universe as truth.

 

gilbert sullivan

(192 posts)
8. Way to paint with a broad brush
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 03:55 PM
Jun 2017

That's just as offensive as saying "all blacks are violent criminals" because a few actually are.

If someone can craft a law that will actually ensure that guns won't get into the hands of thugs, criminals
and terrorists, I'll support it but I have no idea what sort of language will magically persuade such
people to suddenly start obeying the law.

The fanatical advocates of more and more "common sense gun control" are much like the Little Moron in the
old joke, where he had his car taken to the shop and told them "The brakes don't work, put in a louder horn".

You must hate the fact that virtually all so-called 'mass shootings' have taken place in "gun free" zones.
I wonder if you would care to hazard a guess on what percentage of the victims in those cases, as they
sat watching their friends being murdered, were thinking "well, thank God there are no good guys with guns in
this here place"...

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
9. Maybe if that law had been written 20 years ago like Australia's, gunz would not be so available to
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 05:43 PM
Jun 2017

criminals.

Fact is, there are armed guards at most venues where mass shootings occur. Police are armed, when they get shot. There were guns in the audience when Gabby Giffords got shot, but an old, feeble lady was the only one to stop Loughner. If George Zimmerman had not had a gun, he would not have followed Trayvon Martin. Dylan Roof would have sat home playing with himself if he didn't have a gun, as would most of the mass shooters. There were plenty of armed MPs at Fort Hood.

I think you are wrong about "gun free zones." Maybe if you stopped listening to the NRA with Board Members like Teddy Nugent, you wouldn't be repeating such crud.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
4. Please run for the US Senate against Jeff Flake or the US House against Martha McSally.
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 04:58 PM
Jun 2017

Gabby Giffords husband Mark Kelly should run for the US Senate against Flake, Gabby Giffords should run for the US House against McSally.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
10. Trump muddles the issue
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 09:13 AM
Jun 2017

by making a false comparison. Foreign terror attacks are not connected to domestic gun violence usually committed by Christians. He did the same thing by conflating the Paris accord with representing Pittsburgh. Huckster, con man, shyster and just flat out criminally insane.

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