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billh58

(6,635 posts)
13. Great question...
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 08:51 PM
Dec 2016
How can half of our fellow citizens disagree with this?


This is the same "half," or thereabouts, who continuously vote against their own best interests, and in the process elect a demagogue and known criminal like Trump. This is the same "half" that believes the right-wing gun lobby when they market the fear of our fellow citizens in order to sell more guns.

And unfortunately, this is the same half that actually believe that killing another human being over a perceived threat is justified, and an American value.
"Declining" Gun Violence [View all] billh58 Dec 2016 OP
Do you have stats for other years? Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #1
Yes, the statistics quoted billh58 Dec 2016 #3
This is why guns should be illegal. Truth321 Dec 2016 #2
Trump is the main reason billh58 Dec 2016 #4
Local and national level. Hillary was right Truth321 Dec 2016 #5
It is an individual right for the foreseeable future. MarvinGardens Dec 2016 #9
Like the rest of the extremist Second Amendment billh58 Dec 2016 #14
And yes, there are CDC statistics to backup these numbers: billh58 Dec 2016 #6
The let's arm ourselves posts jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #7
So true Truth321 Dec 2016 #8
The FBI said Dylann Roof couldn't buy a gun SCantiGOP Dec 2016 #10
Yes, the Second Amendment absolutist position billh58 Dec 2016 #11
billh58: nothing in your post SCantiGOP Dec 2016 #12
Great question... billh58 Dec 2016 #13
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