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Gun Control & RKBA

Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)

16. It may seem like a good reason to you

Reply to spin (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:42 PM

Dec 2012

And it may seem responsible to you. Fact is, that most people don't see carrying routinely for self defense as a good reason. In fact, they see it as irrational. Furthermore, it contributes to the perverse mindset that says guns are good for society. This has been the course for the last few years and now we have reached a tipping point. We may teeter for a while until the next massacre, but things will change soon.
It's time for America to choose between it's toys and it's children.

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Has the pendulum swung? Could this be America's Dunblane? [View all] Starboard Tack Dec 2012 OP

My guess is that it will blow over as folks tend to have a limited attention span. Kaleva Dec 2012 #1

Knee jerking gejohnston Dec 2012 #2

That's what the camel said as it collapsed. Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #5

I don't know what "proliferators" means, but how are responsible gun owners "responsible" for the pop topcan Dec 2012 #3

Proliferators are those who promote the use and carry of handguns and other Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #7

Okay, I'll accept that. What better reason to carry a weapon could possibly exist than a pop topcan Dec 2012 #9

You state responsible gun owners do not carry without ... spin Dec 2012 #13

It may seem like a good reason to you Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #16

but, none of that has anything to do with this case gejohnston Dec 2012 #17

Only time will tell which one of us is right. ... spin Dec 2012 #18

Just questions discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #19

Following the Hungerford massacre here in the UK dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #4

The UK never had the number of firearms as exist in the U.S. ... spin Dec 2012 #15

Place my vote somewhere between 1 and 3 (but not 2) petronius Dec 2012 #6

I should probably have said "lead" instead of "spur" Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #8

the best start would be to make this forensic psychiatrist's guidlines law gejohnston Dec 2012 #10

The fucking lego dimension. rrneck Dec 2012 #14

It'll blow over. rrneck Dec 2012 #11

I doubt it will stick any more than the other murders have. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #12