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[Bill and Juliana 0]

Do you really want to talk about the gun issues? This is full of

straw man arguments.

Besides I doubt that it is relevant to most peoples' visa journey.

Edited January 21, 2013 by Bill and Juliana

[Teddy B 17,252]

Do you really want to talk about the gun issues, or do you just want to propagandize?

This is full of straw man arguments.

Besides I doubt that it is relevant to most VJ users.

Actually the whole thing is spot on and is exactly, almost word for word, the arguments I've encountered from every gun nut I've talked to.

[Bill and Juliana 0]

Actually the whole thing is spot on and is exactly, almost word for word, the arguments I've encountered from every gun nut I've talked to.

1. I don't know what you mean by "gun nut." Forgive me, I suspect that it is an insult. So, may we please leave it out of the discussion? I admit to being pro-gun.

2. I don't know who you have talked to, but I have not heard these arguments anywhere near "almost word of word". I understand them to be parody and satire. Parody and satire may have their place, but don't confuse these caricatures with the rational pro-gun position. They are not the words that I would use.

3. I wish that there could be more rational discussion and less impassioned advocacy, or at least to recognize a separation between the two.

4. I am speaking only for myself, hence the repetition of "I".

Edited January 21, 2013 by Bill and Juliana

[Teddy B 17,252]

1. I don't know what you mean by "gun nut." Forgive me, I suspect that it is an insult. So, may we please leave it out of the discussion? I admit to being pro-gun.

2. I don't know who you have talked to, but I have not heard these arguments anywhere near "almost word of word". I understand them to be parody and satire. Parody and satire may have their place, but don't confuse these caricatures with the rational pro-gun position. They are not the words that I would use.

3. I wish that there could be more rational discussion and less impassioned advocacy, or at least to recognize a separation between the two.

4. I am speaking only for myself, hence the repetition of "I".

Not sure where you've been the last couple months, but just do a VJ search using the words "gun control". After reading the over 500 results, then everything you want to know about gun nuts and the "word for word" arguments from the captions above, shall be answered. I too wish there could be more rational discussion about gun control, but unfortunately the gun nuts won't have any part of it. Please see the op for examples. And I too am pro-gun, if that's what you want to call it.

Edited January 21, 2013 by Teddy B

[Penny Lane 8,159]

1. I don't know what you mean by "gun nut." Forgive me, I suspect that it is an insult. So, may we please leave it out of the discussion? I admit to being pro-gun.

2. I don't know who you have talked to, but I have not heard these arguments anywhere near "almost word of word". I understand them to be parody and satire. Parody and satire may have their place, but don't confuse these caricatures with the rational pro-gun position. They are not the words that I would use.

3. I wish that there could be more rational discussion and less impassioned advocacy, or at least to recognize a separation between the two.

4. I am speaking only for myself, hence the repetition of "I".

Hang around in P&R a little bit more. You'll get it.