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Better late than never! by Elephant in the Room 07/19/2015, 5:35am PDT
Kenji Carter (formerly another Dail wrote:

Guns are an interest to millions of Americans. I think it's easy for people that don't like them to try to get them banned. But what I don't see is any sort of self-reflection on the side of the ban artists. Are you willing to give up a woman's right to choose in order for guns to be prohibited? I can't say that I am... Would you give up gay marriage if it meant that the second amendment were repealed? (Not sure if repealed is the correct word in this context. Not a man of law.)


If there's a malaise on the US political system, it's this notion that we aren't sharing a collective ownership interest over the most powerful nation on Earth, instead we're arbitrarily assigned to one of two ill-fitting ideologies based on our top priorities the same as living in a certain city obligates you to be emotionally invested in their local sports teams, no matter how shitty. Abortion rights and gun ownership are different issues to be examined individually on their own merits, not interchangeable poker chips divvied between team red or team blue.

Anyhow, why are some people starting to say, "let's get rid of all the guns like Australia?" Because of the NRA. Because they treat every single gun control measure, from closing the gun show loophole to trigger locks, as an all or nothing slippery slope. Well people are getting fed up with doing nothing in the face of massacre after massacre and saying, "fine, if it's an all or nothing game, we want all."
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Dividing People by Roop 06/25/2015, 10:48pm PDT NEW
    Don't look at me! by Elephant in the Room 06/26/2015, 3:31am PDT NEW
        "Don't look at me!" by whispers T-P-P 06/26/2015, 11:12pm PDT NEW
        AHAHAHA JIM JEFFERIES IS SO RIGHT OH SHIT HERE'S A JOHN OLIVER CLIP TOO (jizzes) NT by DailyKos poster 06/27/2015, 8:12am PDT NEW
            Things that work for six million people work for 300 million! All the time! NT by Another DailyKos poster 06/27/2015, 8:47am PDT NEW
                The first step to fixing a flood is to turn off the faucets NT by bon mot 06/27/2015, 8:53am PDT NEW
                    Not in the USA, pal by Another DailyKos poster 06/27/2015, 10:21am PDT NEW
                        Are you just going to imply an argument, of is it just "I like guns?" NT by Elephant in the Room 06/27/2015, 1:18pm PDT NEW
                            The argument is, you need guns in a country of 300 million NT by Another DailyKos poster 06/27/2015, 3:30pm PDT NEW
                                How else are you going to control that many people? Poison gas? Please. by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/27/2015, 4:33pm PDT NEW
                                    China is not the world's #1 super power, idiot. NT by Another DailyKos poster 06/27/2015, 7:10pm PDT NEW
                                    The above is a false posting and was not made by me NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 07/19/2015, 9:34am PDT NEW
                        and here we see the phenomenon by bon mot 06/27/2015, 11:28pm PDT NEW
                            I think the real triumph of the 2nd amendment debate is that most Americans have by Worm 06/28/2015, 9:19am PDT NEW
                            Re: and here we see the phenomenon by Another DailyKos poster 06/28/2015, 9:34pm PDT NEW
                                Re: and here we see the phenomenon by Elephant in the Room 06/29/2015, 3:41am PDT NEW
                                    Let's back up by Kenji Carter (formerly another Dail 06/29/2015, 10:56am PDT NEW
                                        ^ Tell him you'll let kids study karate as an alternative to evolution! NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/29/2015, 2:43pm PDT NEW
                                            Not helping. NT by Kenji Carter 06/29/2015, 3:29pm PDT NEW
                                                Sorry! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/29/2015, 5:47pm PDT NEW
                                                    Hand in all your tools, brother, for they are forged in Sin by Unamerican Activities Committee 06/29/2015, 8:16pm PDT NEW
                                                        OK, now I'm on this guy's side! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/29/2015, 9:35pm PDT NEW
                                                    There is a quality to a genuine Tdarcos post. by Souffle of Pain 06/29/2015, 10:27pm PDT NEW
                                        Better late than never! by Elephant in the Room 07/19/2015, 5:35am PDT NEW
                                        No abortions = More Thugs with Guns in 15 years NT by Planned Parenthood Original Mission 08/04/2015, 12:24pm PDT NEW
                    45 states & the federal government have right-to-faucet clauses by WITTGENSTEIN 06/27/2015, 11:02am PDT NEW
    Psychotropic drugs and mass murder by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 07/25/2015, 6:56am PDT NEW
        You should take more drugs NT by Eurotrash 07/25/2015, 10:10am PDT NEW
            You should take more coffin time (NT) by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 08/01/2015, 10:06am PDT NEW
        Yes NT by Roop 08/04/2015, 10:32pm PDT NEW
 
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