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rdharma

(6,057 posts)
Tue May 7, 2013, 10:50 PM May 2013

Knocking down the talking points, one by one

Monday, May 06, 2013

The 'talking point' to justify not enacting gun background check legislation that 92% of Americans support is that, "if we allow this to be passed it's just the camel's nose under the tent. The liberals will just want more when it doesn't work..."

The problem with this 'thinking' is that if reasonable legislation can be stopped by democracy, wouldn't it be really easy to stop future legislation when this failed to preform? Isn't obvious that what they really fear is that it would work, and that gun sales would plummet as the 'irrational fear' that they've created subsides?

http://www.prairie2.com/2013/05/knocking-down-talking-points-one-by-one.html

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Knocking down the talking points, one by one (Original Post) rdharma May 2013 OP
Why can't the just take their billions defacto7 May 2013 #1
Because they don't do it for the money itself. House of Roberts May 2013 #2

defacto7

(13,572 posts)
1. Why can't the just take their billions
Tue May 7, 2013, 10:57 PM
May 2013

and call it a day.... then let the majority of the human race have what it wants instead of holding it hostage for more plunder?

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