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    Bernie had this right. Despite being pretty progressive, he wasn’t for outlawing semiautomatic firearms because they were black and looked scary. He believed that the right to arms was justified. This “AR Ban” is a great way to lose a lot of independents, and even some hard D voters like myself. There are a lot of dems who carry, and a lot of them who own the very firearms he wants to ban.

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      184 months ago

      I had a friend that said he only voted for Trump in 2016 cause he felt like he needed somebody to protect his rights to own a gun. This guy that “protected” host rights to own a fun also did massive amounts of damage to other people rights.

      I wish Dems would quit talking about guns. It’s a mistake.

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      As an independent, I could care less about this sort of thing. I see it as virtue signaling to staunch democrats. It won’t win him a single vote, since his entire platform has always been about being a super traditional Democrat.

      We need new traditions, not rehashing of old, tired trades against things like specific types of guns and obesity.

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      134 months ago

      He wasn’t against outlawing them because they looked scary implies that he was in favor of outlawing them because they looked scary.

      I think you mean he was against outlawing them because they looked scary.

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      He’s not gonna do shit, he’s just gonna continue to bark at one of the symptoms of the problem.

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      124 months ago

      The next would be assasin will be forced to use a weapon appropriate for distance killing. They would be more likely to succeed.

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        104 months ago

        The failed Trump shooter used a rifle completely appropriate for the distance. He was just a “comically bad” shooter, according to acquaintances.

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          Anyone who makes an object, guns, cars, pcs, weed, media they are fans of, etc. a significant aspect of their person, just means there wasn’t much person there to begin with. It is possible for something to be important to you, something you do for fun, something you enjoy, and not be your personality.

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            74 months ago

            That’s kind of a creepy take, and a little dehumanizing, tbh. Just let people live their lives the way they want to and do what they enjoy.

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              I am not stopping anyone from making guns, or cars, or whatever, their personality. I will just avoid them.