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billh58

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10. They neglect to realize
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:58 PM
Jul 2013

that there is a big difference between a "right" and an obsession with an inanimate object. The NRA, DU Gungeoneers, and other right-wingers use the Second Amendment as a prop to hide behind while spewing hatred and death.

SYG and CW are just thinly-veiled excuses for a return to KKK-style vigilantism, as revealed by the travesty in Florida. The door is now open for multitudes of Zimmerman copy-cats, and we must work even harder to close it. Public opinion is rapidly shifting toward more gun control and regulation, and those who are celebrating Zimmerman's state-sanctioned murder of Trayvon Martin are being premature in claiming "victory."

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"My rights trump your dead" [View all] BainsBane Jul 2013 OP
their fear, ignorance and racism trumps all Skittles Jul 2013 #1
Did you open the link? BainsBane Jul 2013 #2
can't (location) Skittles Jul 2013 #3
imagine if some women said that jimmy the one Jul 2013 #4
Indeed BainsBane Jul 2013 #5
Notice he invokes the blood he got on his hands form military service BainsBane Jul 2013 #6
Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #13
Strange point of view AndyA Jul 2013 #7
I had one gun proponent tell me BainsBane Jul 2013 #8
Well, if you you were in Florida at the time... AndyA Jul 2013 #9
So it seems BainsBane Jul 2013 #11
They neglect to realize billh58 Jul 2013 #10
he's no patrick henry jimmy the one Jul 2013 #12
That quote from that gun nut cannot receive too much attention. Paladin Jan 2016 #14
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