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MisterP

(23,730 posts)

18. you know it, I know it, 90% of the country (and gun owners) knows it

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 02:41 PM

May 2014

but as long as all that doesn't matter, it doesn't matter

everyone knew by 1982 that the Contra war wasn't to interdict any arms to El Salvador, and in 2002 we knew Powell shaking a vial containing his flash-frozen, crustified soul plus a few CGI animations didn't prove a thing (we even made the biggest protests the world had ever seen)

didn't matter

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How the NRA Enables Massacres [View all] G_j May 2014 OP

Nuh uh! Its the MRA! 951-Riverside May 2014 #1

Bought and paid for, locked and loaded. The 1% dream come true, mountain grammy May 2014 #2

Guns are bad? FALSE!!! Guns are good. Jesus and Moses used guns to conquer the Romans. valerief May 2014 #3

What I posted elsewhere: calimary May 2014 #4

What you said! smallcat88 May 2014 #5

Exactly! SoapBox May 2014 #7

Indeed shenmue May 2014 #8

No guarantees this side of the grave... Slip_n_Slide May 2014 #11

Yes. The 2nd Amendment trumps our other rights. AlinPA May 2014 #20

I think this is a legitimate attack line that we should adopt, and push forward. calimary May 2014 #29

It's a convenient fiction... derby378 May 2014 #33

Exactly, their solution is that we should go out and buy a gun! treestar May 2014 #23

NRA: Accessory To Murder DinahMoeHum May 2014 #6

... napkinz May 2014 #9

he was a "good guy" until ... napkinz May 2014 #10

he was probably still a good guy at 9:28 to the nra.... spanone May 2014 #13

... napkinz May 2014 #21

kick napkinz May 2014 #12

Kick. BENGHAZI! GoneFishin May 2014 #14

K&R billh58 May 2014 #15

Has there been a spike in gun sales from this latest murder? The NRA gets a small percentage alfredo May 2014 #16

Ever the same treestar May 2014 #24

One trick pony alfredo May 2014 #25

In other words, the solution to gun violence is more guns Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #26

kick napkinz May 2014 #17

you know it, I know it, 90% of the country (and gun owners) knows it MisterP May 2014 #18

Never blkmusclmachine May 2014 #19

their "pledge" napkinz May 2014 #22

If you endorse the NRA SwankyXomb May 2014 #27

Truly. We have to mount a relentless campaign to cover all things NRA with shit. calimary May 2014 #31

The NRA loves violence Dopers_Greed May 2014 #28

Of course, it helped to raise gun sales. AlinPA May 2014 #38

Think on this point whenever some gun nut shithead tells you to be less "emotional," more "rational" alcibiades_mystery May 2014 #30

+1. Well said. Paladin May 2014 #35

"As a shooting spree leaves seven dead in California..." beevul May 2014 #32

+100 (n/t) derby378 May 2014 #34

the enablers napkinz May 2014 #36

what the NRA once espoused (a long time ago) napkinz May 2014 #37