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jambo101

(797 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:35 PM Jan 2013

The need to own guns

A rather telling poll from another forum about the level some people feel they need to go to protect their right to gun ownership
Yes i participated in the topic to try to understand how people could be so insane, i just got shouted down for my effort..
[link:http://www.city-data.com/forum/politics-other-controversies/1756991-would-you-give-up-your-semi.html|

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The need to own guns (Original Post) jambo101 Jan 2013 OP

The framing of the question is what, if posted on DU, would once have been called flame bait. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1

You could save all the childrens that way. Kind of expensive for you though. n/t el_bryanto Jan 2013 #2

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. The framing of the question is what, if posted on DU, would once have been called flame bait.

Reply to jambo101 (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:45 PM

Jan 2013

Logical fallacy, false equivalency, etc.

Were I to answer, I'd answer that I'd give up my semi-auto for one child's life, provided I could go out and buy another 5,000 and do it over and over....

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

2. You could save all the childrens that way. Kind of expensive for you though. n/t

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:50 PM

Jan 2013

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