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In reply to the discussion: Fake right wing meme alert: that WAS a cop guarding Obama's plane in London! [View all]OneMoreDemocrat
(913 posts)and I can, and do, and am in this instance.
You are a nobody and as such don't need this kind of protection. President Obama is a somebody and does...and what does he surround himself with? People with ferocious weapons.
Now, if you were a gun owner do you think that phrase 'what's good for the goose is good for the gander' would have meaning in this debate at all when you see this photograph (whether there is photoshopping or not), of Obama's plane being guarded by a guy (police or not), holding a ferocious weapon.
OK, so you hear a bunch of saber-rattling about how dangerous these weapons are and that no-one should have even ones that are far less powerful. So, you think...well, it's OK if HE has one but not me; even though I am allowed by law to have one.
This one picture exposes why it is so difficult to have an absolutist viewpoint on this issue, because it's impossible to say there is no need for the weapons when we use them to protect the very gentleman who is saying there is no need for these weapons.
Your adamant assertion that I am a pro-gun zealot suggests you are in fact a giant washing machine with wings.