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In reply to the discussion: The best gun control commercial ever made by anyone, ever. [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)24. When you use false terms to define an argument it's easy to win your own debate
No one is arguing in favor of being allowed to gun down 30 people.
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Does anyone need 30 tweets a day. If you can't get your point across in 6 tweets you missed.
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2013
#11
Every single right you have is a qualified right, not one is absolute. Not one.
Ikonoklast
Apr 2013
#63
Of slavery, militias and the careful deliberate wording of the second amendment.
chknltl
Apr 2013
#27
If the slaves had their 2nd Amendment rights would they still be slaves?
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2013
#34
As a general comment, "We/they do X and Y, so we/they should do Z also!" isn't
petronius
Apr 2013
#18
When you use false terms to define an argument it's easy to win your own debate
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2013
#24
There are tens of millions of 30-round magazines in circulation in the US
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2013
#33
I notice you didn't answer my question, "What other purpose (other than mowing down
BlueStreak
Apr 2013
#38
So honest citizens should only be allowed to own black powder single shot rifles. ...
spin
Apr 2013
#8
Great post, great ad. Sums up the issue of high capacity magazines quite clearly.
DrewFlorida
Apr 2013
#43
The vast majority of shootings use one bullet. Not getting the effectiveness, here
Recursion
Apr 2013
#61
And in case you didn't get my point: rate of fire is not a factor in about 95% of gun crimes
Recursion
Apr 2013
#65
But you said CRIMES. Got a link that "95% of gun crimes" involve a single shot? nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2013
#71