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In reply to the discussion: Sheriff's deputy killed in shooting at gas station [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)"If everybody had a gun, no one would get shot." I simply requested any cite, from here on DU, Republicans in Congress, the NRA, Ted Nugent, or from any reputable or notable source, where someone actually made such a ridiculous proposal. I'll take your non-response as a tacit admission that your comment was indeed just another hyperbolic strawman attack.
If your goal is further firearm restrictions, which is certainly your prerogative, and you will need the support of at least some in the gun rights community to achieve any of your goals, exactly how do such comments help your cause, what do they accomplish, and whom do they convince?
Rather than carping about what pro-gunners purportedly believe or the evils of the NRA, offer detailed proposals to accomplish discrete goals, argue why such ideas are lawful and attainable, and how you reasonably expect them to be democratically passed and implemented.
If gun control consists primarily of complaining about your opposition and their successes, as is sadly evident from many of the recent comments concerning the topic on DU, it's no wonder seemingly popular legislation like UBC's could not even pass a Democratically-controlled Senate and polls from Pew and Gallup show steadily increasing support for gun rights and opposition to restrictions.