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Proud Liberal Dem

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Thu Mar 22, 2018, 11:03 AM

Mar 2018

Learning about guns? WTF does that even mean? What more does one need to know about guns other than that they are instruments of death and destruction and that their SOLE purpose is to maim and kill?

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Why do I have to learn about guns? [View all] RockaFowler Mar 2018 OP

K&R nt NCTraveler Mar 2018 #1

If you don't fully understand guns, you can't have an opinion about them dogknob Mar 2018 #2

I love this for some reason RockaFowler Mar 2018 #4

Excellent. geardaddy Mar 2018 #22

Amen Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2018 #3

Her "feelings" about them, ugh. TeapotInATempest Mar 2018 #5

She's been brainwashed by the NRA FakeNoose Mar 2018 #18

That gif looks familiar. Have you seen this one? ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #56

people can say the same thing about cars, why do I have to learn about cars...or electricity... beachbum bob Mar 2018 #6

To avoid a possible repeat of the 1994 AWB perhaps? hack89 Mar 2018 #7

Cut the BS. Were tired of it and not buying it either. Canoe52 Mar 2018 #44

Do you want a repeat of the 1994 AWB? hack89 Mar 2018 #47

Sometimes knowing guns kill people isn't enough. ileus Mar 2018 #8

It is plenty enough to the dead people killed by those guns, comrade. Canoe52 Mar 2018 #43

Lol, explain that silly statement. Nt USALiberal Mar 2018 #53

I will say this- I teach people about guns Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #9

But see I have learned about guns RockaFowler Mar 2018 #12

I often wonder about what's really going on in the heads of all those people PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #27

" It's only use is to kill or maim." I think I see why she asked you to learn more. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #45

If youre not in the woods- as the majority is not- its the truth. Cities do not need more guns. bettyellen Mar 2018 #51

"I teach people about gargling Drano... mac56 Mar 2018 #14

Perfect response to the comrade gun humpers man splaining Canoe52 Mar 2018 #32

Bingo. paleotn Mar 2018 #36

Unless that information, on a personal level, is irrelevant. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #17

I grew up around guns, took hunter safety classes, I still own guns.... groundloop Mar 2018 #31

+1000 USALiberal Mar 2018 #54

I learned about firearms as a youngster.... paleotn Mar 2018 #34

I can't say I agree with you 100%. Aristus Mar 2018 #38

Oh bother... hunter Mar 2018 #55

I would just tell them to fuck right off, but then again I am probably from an entirely Exotica Mar 2018 #10

I found it helpful to do so, as emotional arguments tend to go nowhere. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #11

I am totally on the same page with you! smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #13

I just tell gunsplainers than a gun "goes boom and fires off metal fast enough Fred Sanders Mar 2018 #23

Exactly. It's not hard.... paleotn Mar 2018 #37

I think I know plenty loyalsister Mar 2018 #15

I'll teach you everything you need to know HopeAgain Mar 2018 #16

I have never seen the need to learn more about guns NastyRiffraff Mar 2018 #19

K&R geardaddy Mar 2018 #20

I'm honestly surprised that the "put godback in our schools" gay texan Mar 2018 #21

I think that church shooting put an end to that talking point jes06c Mar 2018 #30

not on my end. gay texan Mar 2018 #52

A psychology professor once lectured we don't develop a fetish for a chair bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #24

I don't have to learn about child porn & why sick fucks like it to know that it should be banned. TheSmarterDog Mar 2018 #25

The typical conservative argument. Dawson Leery Mar 2018 #26

Gun love is disgusting. hunter Mar 2018 #28

You dont. Its a bullshit way to shut down Squinch Mar 2018 #29

If you've never stroked a gun, affectionately ... Martin Eden Mar 2018 #33

Hawkeye Pierce-- "I will NOT carry a gun" niyad Mar 2018 #35

Persons that think like that... N_E_1 for Tennis Mar 2018 #39

learning about guns is not at all a bad thing. however, unblock Mar 2018 #40

Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #46

You don't, of course radical noodle Mar 2018 #41

Why do you feel you have to do something just because someone says so? cwydro Mar 2018 #42

Tell her you will keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Delmette2.0 Mar 2018 #48

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF GUN HUMPERS Skittles Mar 2018 #49

You can tell her I said mercuryblues Mar 2018 #50

If we ban them all. Nobody needs to know about them. fescuerescue Mar 2018 #57

I am probably more pro-gun than many here. Willie Pep Mar 2018 #58

Years ago I thought about getting a gun so I took a gun class first. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #59