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In reply to the discussion: How (not) to convince people to support gun control. [View all]gulliver
(13,180 posts)They currently distort our politics. We don't need Kansans voting for shipping jobs overseas with the Republicans just because they are afraid of gun grabber bogey men.
I can see why you might vehemently disagree with me so much on the AR-15 that you would not side with me on background checks, but I don't think the reason is valid. Why let guns flow freely from the law abiding to criminals (through the gun-show loophole) and maybe kill a young cop just because you are angry about my AR-15 views? It makes no sense.
I think we will have to disagree about the AR-15. Maybe you and your daughter are responsible with them. I have no way of knowing. To me, hunting and self-defense guns are to the AR-15 like July 4th fireworks are to ANFO and other high explosives. The line needs to be drawn, either legally or with people's freely expressed individual judgments.