Gun Control & RKBA

HassleCat

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4. The true cost of freedom.

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:35 AM

Jul 2016

Yes, the right to have firearms is a freedom, although many people don't see it that way. Like any other freedom, it comes with costs. Unlike our other freedoms, the costs of this one include a growing number of dead citizens, since this particular freedom involves deadly weapons. This part of our grand experiment seems to be failing. As our society devolves, and our citizens find more reasons to fear their fellow Americans, they take up arms to protect themselves from each other. The solution is not to learn to get along with your neighbor, but to shoot him. Personally, I don't see this trend being reversed any time soon.

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Delicate Flowers [View all] Sedona Jul 2016 OP

Yes - only the poilice can be trusted with firearms...nt jonno99 Jul 2016 #1

Wow! I'm impressed DonP Jul 2016 #2

But it still applies. HassleCat Jul 2016 #5

Yes, it's a five-year-old cartoon. Jerry442 Jul 2016 #7

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #10

Another wholly unoriginal and trite thought: Jerry442 Jul 2016 #11

Nothing of substance? DonP Jul 2016 #12

Well, it is easier to derive pleasure from "sticking." Easier than doing something substantive. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #16

I guess... Puha Ekapi Jul 2016 #3

Cartoon ducks with MC hammer glasses are impressive. ileus Jul 2016 #9

The true cost of freedom. HassleCat Jul 2016 #4

Freedom and civil liberties SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #6

"(G)un huggers that are on DU just to promote the NRA agenda." Point them out, please... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #17

I don't think we're allowed to do that. HassleCat Jul 2016 #18

Calling something a 'talking point' is a merely a rejoinder, not an refutation friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #19

People on DU that parrot NRA talking points? SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #21

What about those that parrot antigun talking points? They do exist, you know: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #25

Oops, bet you will get no response Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #26

You know someone's position is weak when they have to dodge awkward questions friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #27

Lol Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #28

Per the new rules Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #20

Posting links to these threads would likely be fine, and bolster your credibility. Marengo Jul 2016 #24

Maybe there should be a law... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #14

"trends don't reverse" when the controllers keep doing the same thing... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #15

Stay progressive on the 2A... ileus Jul 2016 #8

Remember, every time you see this cartoon needledriver Jul 2016 #13

Yup. And remember something else: pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #22

So if gun rights supporting Dems are "delicate flowers"....... pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #23