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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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2. Nice try, but

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu May 19, 2016, 11:44 AM

May 2016

your twist was neither stated nor inferred in the OP. The point is that there is a demand for guns created by the right-wing gun lobby based on an irrational fear of "boogeymen." Trump and the Tea Party use the same tactic to sell their brand of "solutions" to non-existent problems.

The right-wing uses fear to their advantage in any number of ways, and the mass distribution of guns is but one of them.

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12,000 Guns Stolen from Stores Over Past 2 Years [View all] billh58 May 2016 OP

So, let's say hypothetically, the store gets to sell them at black market prices... underpants May 2016 #1

Nice try, but billh58 May 2016 #2

An "irrational fear of boogeymen" drives criminals to steal guns? Marengo May 2016 #3

I realize that reading comprehension billh58 May 2016 #4

You may be on to something, as I exposed your inability to effectively communicate Marengo May 2016 #5

Thanks for the word salad billh58 May 2016 #6

Weak, as expected. When the entirety of one's discourse consists of two dimensional... Marengo May 2016 #7

That's okay Bubba, billh58 May 2016 #8

Thanks for proving my point... Marengo May 2016 #9

WTF was that? Dumbest reply I've seen in a long time. nt flamin lib May 2016 #10

I agree. Answering a charge of insipid, vacuous, two dimensional rhetoric with more of the same... Marengo May 2016 #13

Bubba thought that you billh58 May 2016 #14

Bill, that happens a lot. Sell illegally, declare inventory stolen and double dip. Both gun stores flamin lib May 2016 #11

Thanks for the info billh58 May 2016 #12