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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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11. I totally agree with you,

Reply to BrotherIvan (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 03:51 PM

Jan 2015

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but this is different from claiming that AR-15s are harmless (relatively speaking). Long guns, by and large, are used for accepted and understandable purposes, and are not normally carried around in public (except for Texas and a few other right-wing controlled states).

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] billh58 Jan 2015 OP

Guns don't kill, bullets kill people. flamin lib Jan 2015 #1

Just throw a handful of bullets really hard at someone. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #5

Guns don't kill people, 2-year-olds with guns kill people (Walmart incident) Martin Eden Jan 2015 #2

Guns don't kill people, forks do. That's what ammosexuals tell me. And we don't ban forks. nt valerief Jan 2015 #3

Idiots. BeanMusical Jan 2015 #6

What would the statistics be if they factored in "accidents" and "guns that just went off?" NBachers Jan 2015 #4

Thanks for the stats libodem Jan 2015 #7

Look into those statistics even deeper, and you find rifles and shotguns kill few people... happyslug Jan 2015 #8

And your straight-from-the-NRA-playbook billh58 Jan 2015 #9

Actually, a really good argument can be made for European/Canadian style gun control this way BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #10

I totally agree with you, billh58 Jan 2015 #11

And I agree that NO guns are harmless BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #12

You are the one playing right into the NRA's handbook happyslug Jan 2015 #15

And you, like the NRA and the billh58 Jan 2015 #16

To make any changes you look for allies and divide the opposition happyslug Jan 2015 #18

So basically you've come here to dare me to, or test whether I'll block you from the Group? Electric Monk Jan 2015 #20

Like your Gungeoneer idols, billh58 Jan 2015 #21

You make a good argument for much stricter regulations on who can and cannot own pistols Electric Monk Jan 2015 #17

Actually that cartoon sums up the argument happyslug Jan 2015 #19

This post is missing almost 20,000 accidents and suicides. rgbecker Jan 2015 #13

You are correct, but this OP billh58 Jan 2015 #14