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Originally posted by gideongallery
Moore deliberately misrepresented parts of Heston's speach to make him and the NRA look like gun toting yahoos who didn't give a dam about people getting killed
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Perhaps that is because, without any help from Moore, the NRA come across as gun toting yahoos who don't give a damn about people getting killed?
Many people, myself included, find a compelling logic in the fact that the citizens of most countries with more restrictive gun laws slaughter fewer of their number each year. But I am willing to admit I have no proof of that, so there may be another reason.
But the pro-gun lobby rarely attempt to address the reality that this is an exceptionally violent country. If the ownership of guns is not responsible for the annual death toll, what is? If removing some of the guns would not reduce that toll, what would?
And have you noticed how so often someone starts off by talking about self defense and constitutional rights, but within a few sentences is describing in detail the makes and models of what turns out to be a minor arsenal? I wouldn't just take some of these guys toys away, I would lock them up in a rubber cell somewhere...