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No one would accept, in any other national discussion, the level of ignorance seen in the gun debate
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 3/9/2018 | Becket Adams

Posted on 03/14/2018 1:43:35 PM PDT by rktman

There are two certainties following nearly every mass shooting event: Cable news television will have its programming schedule set for the next 72 hours, and a significant number of gun control advocates will reveal they lack even a basic understanding of the items they wish to regulate.

The first certainty is to be expected. After all, if it bleeds it leads. The second certainty is more remarkable.

It’s remarkable that so many proponents of stricter regulations appear to be generally ignorant of not just the minutiae of firearms, but also the basics. It’s also remarkable that this ignorance continues unabated, even after several recent mass shootings.

Journalists Adam Weinstein and Zack Beauchamp defend the generally ill-informed, claiming some in the pro-Second Amendment camp prefer to bully rather than educate those who don’t fully grasp the topic.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; clip; clips; fakenews; guncontrol; magazine; magazines
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To: rktman

It’s the old line,
If they were not serious they would be funny.
Okay, they are still funny.
And should be mocked on a regular basis.
I still kind of feel bad/sad for the knuckleheads that believe them.
Or, want to believe them no matter.


21 posted on 03/14/2018 3:04:47 PM PDT by Leep (The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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To: Chode
Messenger alert!!!!!! Cease fire y'all. Geez. 🍿🍻😹🇺🇸👀
22 posted on 03/14/2018 3:10:11 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman
Try applying that same level of understanding back at them in the LGBQTGIF debate and see how they like it.

-PJ

23 posted on 03/14/2018 3:17:52 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: rktman
heh heh heh heh... fear not, posts aren't to YOU, just going to post#1 8^)
24 posted on 03/14/2018 3:27:08 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Renkluaf
Call them out as Totalitarians ant chance you get. I'm so sick of these bastards!
25 posted on 03/14/2018 5:16:00 PM PDT by cowboyusa (Lang)
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To: rktman
No one would accept, in any other national discussion, the level of ignorance seen in the gun debate


26 posted on 03/14/2018 8:17:22 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: rktman

I’m sure you’re all over it. He is right on with the left’s ignorance though.


27 posted on 03/14/2018 8:54:14 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Renkluaf
Sorry but it’s done every day by the left: Climate Change; DDT damages bird eggs; we’re all at risk of HIV; raising taxes grows the economy; and others I can’t think of right now.

When you think about how much of our national 'discussions' are shrouded in ignorance, it is depressing.

28 posted on 03/15/2018 7:16:11 AM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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