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In reply to the discussion: If you buy guns and ammo you're harming America by funding the NRA: volume 109 [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,601 posts)38. The many reasons why much of this is simply rhetoric and hyperbole
Last edited Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)
Title: "Except firearms ARE an instrument of domestic terror"
One important step in even considering this statement is a clear definition of "domestic terror".
Please elaborate.
"There is no pleasure-seeking in the world that is worth keeping handguns around with all the deaths they cause."
Handguns are used regularly by public servants and private citizens for self-defense and the defense of others. "...reasonable acts of self-defense, such as the use of force to kill, apprehend, or punish criminals who pose a threat to the lives of humans or property" are generally excluded as terrorist activities.
My opinion here is that your rhetoric and hyperbole buffet is broad-brushing, simplistic and emotional dog chow to be swallowed by accepting trusting folks who eschew thinking for themselves. I don't at all disparage those who hold congruent opinions with you but I distrust in the extreme your presentation, lacking a logical defense in how you reach your conclusions, and your simply demanding general concurrence.
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If you buy guns and ammo you're harming America by funding the NRA: volume 109 [View all]
sharedvalues
Jul 2019
OP
You are not much different from those waving fetus photos in front of abortion clinics...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2019
#29
If you want to save more lives, what do you have against my alcohol proposal?
MarvinGardens
Jul 2019
#37
Pious frauds regard truth as something that can be skipped when 'necessary'
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2019
#34
More pious fraud on your part-there is no "existing ban on hand grenades"
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2019
#30
Your schtick is far from original, and was recognized at DU as far back as 2013:
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2019
#59
I love America. Guns kill Americans. Anyone who supports guns helps kill Americans
sharedvalues
Jul 2019
#61
*Still* you persist in bullshitting us: "Canada essentially bans in public all semiauto weapons"
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2019
#33
Reminds me of something written on a family member's chemistry test
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jul 2019
#20
The children who died at Sandy Hook-- you helped the NRA support their deaths.
sharedvalues
Jul 2019
#63