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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The Gun Is Civilization [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)82. "Both groups are anti-killing."
Not exactly, recently posted on DU:
Personally I think the law ought to be that if you get killed during the commission of an armed robbery it shouldn't matter how you got killed. Shot in the front, shot in the back, or hung from a tree.
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If two armed robbers are shot dead during the commission of their crime or they are hung while caught in the commission of their crime, what, in practical terms, is the difference? Not much.
Would you care to denounce that view which was recently stated by a "gun rights" advocate.
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Hah. Notice how our gun nuttiness has kept us from becoming subjects over the last 20 years?
Doctor_J
Mar 2012
#98
I wish there were no nuclear weapons. But it is immoral to say "some for me, none for thee."
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#12
There are, of course, lunatics--some of whom probably consider themselves Democrats--
TPaine7
Mar 2012
#91