Yes, according to this:
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Is gun control racist?
That’s actually not the correct question. The answer to “Is gun control racist?” is no, because if I ask you that question, you assume I mean current modern day gun control efforts in the United States. If anything, gun control is the opposite of racist, give who is most affected by lack of it, ans who most wants more of it, and the nature of the pro-gun lobby when it comes to issues of race.
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2nd Amendment Violation? Selective Reasoning? Morons On Parade?
Gun nuts are usually inconsistent in their positions. Stoned people are sometimes confused. I can’t wait until the SCOTUS gets this one!
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Maddow on NRA, Obama and Fox
OMG, this is so funny:
On Friday’s edition of her MSNBC program Rachel Maddow highlighted a variety of right-wing extremist activities on gun related issues, including National Rifle Association (NRA) executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre’s increasingly infamous suggestion that because President Obama hasn’t pursued gun control he must be secretly plotting to “erase the Second Amendment.”
It gets better:
Yet Another Teen Dies Because Daddy Did Not Lock Up The Guns
This one is here in Minnesota, in Chisago County, near the town of Lindstrom.
A 15 year old was found bleeding from the neck by the Sheriff deputies who were called to the shooting. He was pronounced dead a short time later at the hosptical.
He was shot accidentially by his 16 year old friend. It appears they were playing with a .22 caliber rifle. There were no adults around at the time. The Sheriff notes that this could have been avoided had the gun been locked up.
True. But future instances could also be avoided if the owner of the gun is charged with endangerment.
Guns: A constitutional right is not what you think it is
In the United States, you have a right to “bear arms.” This has a special meaning which has largely been distorted by the courts, but nonetheless stands as a fundamental. Many gun owners, unfortunately, not only abuse this right but also go far beyond gun ownership to do things that while technically allowable under the First Amendment, are wrong, and that they should not do.
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