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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOwning weapons will not free us from...
...having to go to work everyday to barely scrape by.
...getting our urine tested to get a job.
...having our internet and phone activity monitored.
...the fact that our democracy is being destroyed by privatization.
just sayin'
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Owning weapons will not free us from... (Original Post)
SHRED
Jan 2013
OP
Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)1. ...discrimination and bigotry.
...ignorance and hatred.
...caste-based economic, social and criminal justice.
the list goes on...
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)2. Sadly, banning weapons will not accomplish these things either
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)3. Mistake made by controllers and a minority of gun-owmers...
Gun ownership is social policy. It is not. Ownership is primarily a potential check on usurping government, and a means of self-defense. No guarantees, either.
I have a slightly diff. take on your theme: We once had leaders who fought for civil rights, voting rights, non-discrimination, better environment and less pollution, improved education, less military intervention, jobs programs, and more. Now all we get is this stinkin' gun control T-shirt.
backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)4. that has what all to do with guns?
weird OP
SHRED
(28,136 posts)5. You haven't heard...
...people equate gun ownership with their overall "freedom" in America?
Really?