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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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4. I'm not surprised at that- it doesn't fit The Narrative

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 09:22 PM

Dec 2020

True believers generally don't handle inconvenient truths very well at all-
gun prohibitionists tend to be as conspiracy theory-addled as the most unhinged Trump supporters.

They can no more accept that gun ownership ranges across a wide spectrum of society and gun control isn't as popular
as they purport it is than Trumpets can accept the fact that their beloved Donnie lost fair and square.

As an example of their enthusiastic embrace of said CT: The commentary to certain very recent posts in the other group

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Black And Up In Arms [View all] friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 OP

thank you for this llashram Dec 2020 #1

Interesting that this was alerted... sarisataka Dec 2020 #2

I'm not surprised at that- it doesn't fit The Narrative friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 #4

What I wonder is what part was more offensive sarisataka Dec 2020 #5

I think it was the well-deserved slap at Bloomberg and some of his followers friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 #6

Cool The Mouth Dec 2020 #3