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In reply to the discussion: Questions for gun control advocates, part 1 [View all]Straw Man
(6,645 posts)18. Please don't tell me ...
There is a First Amendment before there is a Second. Americans have every right to say what they want about guns and gun control. They do not need to take a course on gun lore to have an opinion or to vote on proposed gun control legislation.
... that you are arguing in favor of deliberate ignorance. There is never any excuse for voting for (or against) any measure that you do not understand. That is how democracy descends into corruption and mob rule.
Yes, people have a First Amendment right to express opinions. If those opinions are based on ignorance and inaccurate information, then that should be pointed out, as the OP is doing. As someone wiser than I once said, you have the right to your own opinion, but you don't have the right to your own facts.
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Question: why do all the questions assume a deadly, mobile, concealable WMD is a fluffy toy? Unneeded gun ownership is terrorism.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#1
The inference says volumes about cartoon scrapers/Third Way® apologists...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#15
Reposting cartoons, while insulting others, is easy. Answering questions is hard
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#16
Outstanding post Shamash. I expect you'll be getting nothing but dodges and slurs, though.
pablo_marmol
Jun 2015
#19
"(S)ubjective gibberish"? I'll gladly stipulate your expertise on the subject...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#90
Some Palin-level 'legal scholars' seem to have a problem with that...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#75