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hunter

(38,311 posts)

20. Gun love is disgusting. I have no trouble saying that.

Reply to abbeyco (Original post)

Mon Feb 19, 2018, 02:57 PM

Feb 2018

Gun fetishists have much in common with the folks who defend cigarette smoking and drunk driving.

There's no reason to be polite.

The second amendment is bullshit. It has no place in the 21st century.

It's directly comparable to the Three-Fifths Clause of the United States Constitution.

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How do I combat this kind of bullshit? [View all] abbeyco Feb 2018 OP

You don't. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #1

You might ask: Turbineguy Feb 2018 #2

If you met these people in a bar you would just DURHAM D Feb 2018 #3

"A well-regulated militia ... " DavidDvorkin Feb 2018 #4

Bingo maxsolomon Feb 2018 #9

Yeah, you don't. They are incapable of KPN Feb 2018 #5

Disengage blogslut Feb 2018 #6

Life Not Guns Horizens Feb 2018 #7

Had this discussion over the weekend on FB Nwgirl503 Feb 2018 #19

There are hundreds of regulations on the 1st amendment Nevernose Feb 2018 #23

Thanks - this seemed to shut them up! abbeyco Feb 2018 #22

Call it bullshit which it is. Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #8

I do believe in universal rights but not for guns. hack89 Feb 2018 #10

There's nothing natural ornotna Feb 2018 #11

Rights PatSeg Feb 2018 #12

Use the phrase "the consent of the governed". Blue_true Feb 2018 #13

The second amendment says "a well-regulated militia". meadowlander Feb 2018 #14

Tell them that even Scalia thought the 2A allowed strict regulation of guns hack89 Feb 2018 #15

unfollow them Jersey Devil Feb 2018 #16

We don't live in a state of nature. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2018 #17

Here You Go-Direct from Scalia 2008 Heller Opinion Stallion Feb 2018 #18

Gun love is disgusting. I have no trouble saying that. hunter Feb 2018 #20

How is a gun a "natural right?" Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #21