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 Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
My memory isn't all that great and if you find a quote where I said what you think I said, then cool. Slap it down and maybe I did say something really stupid. It happens.
Otherwise, come down off that high horse. I didn't say the stupid thing you said is a stupid thing I said. That's not on me.
I don't see what point you're trying to make.
Is it that since some criminally insane people are literate, that all literate people should be treated as though they are criminally insane?
No, the point is that they think they're fighting tyranny... and are doing so unsuccessfully. Which was literally your bar for why all guns should be legal.
You repeated the thing I keep mocking you for point for point:
I never said anything about guns being successful at stopping tyranny. I said people who are the targets of tyranny have every right to every means to protect and defend themselves from said tyranny. Whether or not they can be successful in ending said tyranny is not the discussion, and has no impact on the statement. I'm not suggestion violence solves anything. I'm saying people whom are the target of violence cannot be told that it's wrong or illegal for them to respond with violence.
I can promise you I didn't try to deliberately misrepresent that. I wouldn't know how to misrepresent that to make less sense.
My position is super simple: The El Paso shooter was a 21 year old with a history of mental health problems who was able to purchase an AK47 legally. I am not against people owning AK47's. I understand that it is one of the least likely weapons to kill somebody. But I do think to own one, you should pass background checks that include your mental health history, and it should require training. You are ok with people having to pass a test to operate any vehicle or heavy machinery, or almost anything that can cause harm, but a fully automatic weapon which was designed to kill as many people as possible in a short a time as possible: Nothing but a waiting period... why? So he can potentially unsuccessfully fight what he perceives as tyranny? That's what he did!
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