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Gun Control & RKBA

1965Comet

(175 posts) Wed Dec 28, 2016, 08:04 AM Dec 2016

Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all]

I was just exposed to a new tactic from the right-wing gun loving crowd: gloating about how mass shootings have increased dramatically under President Obama's watch!

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/12/gun-control-fail-mass-shootings-surge-240-obamas-presidency/

I'm afraid I do not understand why the right thinks this is a winning argument, or something with which to taunt the President. Has there been any meaningful gun-control legislation passed under Obama's watch at all?

I would expect to see this article in Mother Jones, not on some right-wing site.

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Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all] 1965Comet Dec 2016 OP

They're not known for thinking ahead even one step...nt HAB911 Dec 2016 #1

Submitted for reference HAB911 Dec 2016 #2

Deserves, no, demands an OP of it's own. nt flamin lib Dec 2016 #4

Fake study. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #20

Not known for thinking at all. flamin lib Dec 2016 #10

I suggest that this is less of a... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #3

All throughout President Obama's term sarisataka Dec 2016 #5

Huh? 1965Comet Dec 2016 #6

I misunderstood your sarisataka Dec 2016 #7

No worries, we are on the same side here. 1965Comet Dec 2016 #8

your website isn't a valid source gejohnston Dec 2016 #9

My source 1965Comet Dec 2016 #11

the FBI excludes gang related gejohnston Dec 2016 #13

I don't understand why we need to differentiate... 1965Comet Dec 2016 #14

because gejohnston Dec 2016 #17

more 1965Comet Dec 2016 #25

It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away". discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #27

Ok 1965Comet Dec 2016 #28

re: "...the right to self-defense has nothing to do specifically with hand guns..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #29

One could say the same thing about the gun in the hand of the criminal. 1965Comet Dec 2016 #34

re: "...we already do not allow certain weapon systems...the right is not absolute." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #38

just a few things gejohnston Dec 2016 #32

Further looking into things 1965Comet Dec 2016 #12

their definition includes gejohnston Dec 2016 #15

more 1965Comet Dec 2016 #16

even more gejohnston Dec 2016 #19

MORE more 1965Comet Dec 2016 #21

"... if we were to just ban handguns..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #23

That is all nice, 1965Comet Dec 2016 #24

Name anything... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #26

I agree that pistols are excellent for self defense 1965Comet Dec 2016 #30

Point by point discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #37

Since the #1 priority of the gun control lobby is outlawing the most popular *rifles*, benEzra Jan 2017 #43

no. gejohnston Dec 2016 #31

mass shooting tracker is an admitted propagandist pushing an ideology. 1965Comet Dec 2016 #33

he inflates the numbers gejohnston Dec 2016 #35

The definition 1965Comet Dec 2016 #36

"Confirmed: Heat-seeking Missile Flies up Gun-controllers' Own Arse." Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #18

Uh, this was a right-wing attempt to smear the President, 1965Comet Dec 2016 #22

Oh, I am aware of the RW posting; they don't miss many opportunities, Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #39

I haven't seen this... 1965Comet Dec 2016 #40

I don't really care whether anyone wants to use the new Mass Shooting measure... Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #41

" writing in Yahoo, Nov. 10, 1915." oneshooter Dec 2016 #42