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End the Gun Epidemic in America (New York Times)
NY Times via MSN ^ | 12/04/15 | THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Posted on 12/05/2015 2:36:41 AM PST by Libloather

**SNIP**

It is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency. These are weapons of war, barely modified and deliberately marketed as tools of macho vigilantism and even insurrection. America's elected leaders offer prayers for gun victims and then, callously and without fear of consequence, reject the most basic restrictions on weapons of mass killing, as they did on Thursday. They distract us with arguments about the word terrorism. Let's be clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of terrorism.

**SNIP**

Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership. It is possible to define those guns in a clear and effective way and, yes, it would require Americans who own those kinds of weapons to give them up for the good of their fellow citizens.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: america; banglist; epidemic; guns; nyt
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To: Kenny

As if, NYT — as if.

As if ALL muslim Islamic terrorists would give two hoots about any gun laws as they made their radical plans to inflict Jihad anywhere in the US.

I’m SO sick of this. Get off our backs. WE, The American people, are not as stupid as you people. We like ourselves. WE like our lives, our families, and our country. We want to defend it. We’re not giving up our guns.

So go suck it, NYT.


81 posted on 12/05/2015 7:30:09 AM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: Vision

You nailed it.

Putting aside acts of immigration driven terrorism, the left has succeeded in rotting American culture to the point where spree shootings are common. Then they seek to use their destruction of our culture as an excuse to restrict our fundamental rights.

These people are our enemies.


82 posted on 12/05/2015 8:16:18 AM PST by Toliph
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To: Libloather

Dear Editorial Board,

The hijackers on 9/11 did not have guns! So dissolving the right to keep and bear arms would have the same result - thousands of dead people. No, your reasoning does not follow logic. The truth eludes you because you reject it for your damned political agenda.


83 posted on 12/05/2015 8:32:31 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers.)
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To: RandallFlagg

Thank you, Randall.


84 posted on 12/05/2015 10:26:16 AM PST by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texan (girl type))
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To: Libloather

F*** New York Times!


85 posted on 12/05/2015 11:27:54 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: nathanbedford

Well said. Thanks.


86 posted on 12/05/2015 11:37:12 AM PST by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: Arlis; ronnie raygun; RandallFlagg; cripplecreek; glock rocks; Lazamataz; tet68; Smokin' Joe; ...
...and more and more Americans are rejecting their idiotic positions.

I occasionally visit RATS underground to check on what this country's enemies are up to. Most don't tolerate anti-gun threads and do their best to shut them down. Turns out even the fringe does not enjoy being infringed upon. Kinda makes me wonder who I'll be standing next to at the upcoming gun show.

87 posted on 12/05/2015 11:49:30 AM PST by Libloather (Embrace the suck)
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To: Libloather
I occasionally visit RATS underground to check on what this country's enemies are up to. Most don't tolerate anti-gun threads and do their best to shut them down. Turns out even the fringe does not enjoy being infringed upon. Kinda makes me wonder who I'll be standing next to at the upcoming gun show

Not even libs want gun bans. There is a very vocal Elitist minority who want this. That is why I correctly observed that it is Elitists versus US, not even Lib vs. Conserv.

88 posted on 12/05/2015 12:15:11 PM PST by Lazamataz ( If they try firearm confiscation or gun registration, I go ballistic.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
... this is BHO's last big legacy point ...

Depends. I expect a full on campaign for slavery reparations, possibly to include confiscation of 401K and IRA assets next year.

89 posted on 12/05/2015 12:41:55 PM PST by kitchen
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To: Libloather

“End the global beheading epidemic.” -fixed it.


90 posted on 12/05/2015 2:20:00 PM PST by 4Liberty (Prejudice and generalizations. That's how Collectivists roll......)
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To: Libloather
End all 1st Amendment protections for any corporate mass-market speech, beginning with the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Miami Herald and L.A. Times, CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN et al.

Once they are all completely silenced we can weigh the results for a certain trial period, say 100 or 200 years, before considering discussion of the 2nd Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights.

91 posted on 12/05/2015 2:35:35 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Libloather
It is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that the New York Slimes is still being published and that the owners, publishers, editors, and reporters haven't been indicted, tried, convicted, sentenced and hanged for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
92 posted on 12/05/2015 3:38:05 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Flavious_Maximus; Jim Noble
These are weapons of war, barely modified and deliberately marketed as tools of macho vigilantism and even insurrection.

While the "Miller" decision was essentially incomplete because nobody from Miller's side showed-up to make their arguments, the decision implied that "weapons of war" are those most protected by the Second Amendment.

93 posted on 12/05/2015 3:51:14 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: patriot08

No problem. I hope it helped.
Please let me know if you need anything else or hit any snags during the process. I’ll be around all night. Working graves this weekend.


94 posted on 12/05/2015 4:19:19 PM PST by RandallFlagg (With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
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To: RandallFlagg

Thanks so much.


95 posted on 12/05/2015 6:26:08 PM PST by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texan (girl type))
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To: Libloather

End the NYT disgrace.


96 posted on 12/05/2015 6:36:00 PM PST by The Toll
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To: patriot08

Try it out first on a possum, raccon, tree rat ot cute little bunny. I have a mop, vaccue cleaner and a broom in the laundry room that my old wife left in my house yeas ago. They are old and dirty. My mom had those also but I didn’t take the time or effort to learn anything while I was around Her. I’m unsure if they are dangerous or what to do with them. Instead of looking at them as simple tools, I will apply irrational fears to them and act illogical towards them. What should I do?


97 posted on 12/05/2015 7:48:36 PM PST by wgmalabama
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To: Lazamataz

Please, oh please, let the NYT writer be at the head of the spear that comes to take my guns. He/she will be headed to the funeral home in a very reclined position!


98 posted on 12/06/2015 4:45:21 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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