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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:15 pm
(April 1, 2022 at 4:50 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 1, 2022 at 4:24 pm)Helios Wrote: That logic could be used to justify pretty much anything
Funny you should say that, because I use it to justify my position on a whole lotta stuff - abortion, alcohol, drugs, religion, etc.
Boru True I'm simply pointing out it could also be used to justify stuff most of us would agree is off. It can be a double-edged sword
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:16 pm
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Probably not the best comparison, as in any actual emergency, spending your gun money on mres is a more prudent bet. There just things, they're possessions. There's no dignity or honor or great purpose or even necessity in having a gun. They sit in a closet like a broom 99% of the time you're not spending money (that you could spend on mres) shooting at tin cans or paper targets.
Sure sure, they could kill a man, but who the fuck wants to do that? You gonna kill a man in front of your kids? For your kids? Moral equivalence and firearms has got to be the most ill advised angle for virtue signaling that I can imagine.
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:17 pm
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Quote:To me, a law abiding citizen owning a firearm is the moral equivelant of having emergency rations for yourself and your family.
No, it isn't 
Whether you are pro-gun or pro-gun control that's a poor analogy
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:19 pm
Since when does weather have anything to do with gun ownership?
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:21 pm
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:22 pm
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(April 1, 2022 at 5:21 pm)Helios Wrote: 
Which dead horse? That you don't speak the language or that you think your views on guns are the only valid ones?
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:25 pm
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1. I literally don't speak English. But it is rather annoying to have it nitpicked on when it has no impact on my comment being understood and simply used for stupid point-scoring because I dare to disagree with you or your forum daddy
2. I never said my view on guns was the only valid one. So why would you invent a position for me that I don't actually hold?
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:34 pm
My forum daddy?
You are funny and/or deluded.
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:36 pm
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Neither actually. But nice try. So are we done with this childish pissing contest or do you have one more face-saving quip? 
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RE: Why have a gun?
April 1, 2022 at 5:41 pm
I don't need to 'save face' because of anything that dibbles out of your mouth.
And the last 'daddy' I had died 13 years ago...get over yourself.
I don't have or need a daddy. That 'quip' is tired and boring now.
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