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thanks go to @gunpolicy for bringing attention to this NYTimes article.
this particularly bad NYTimes article. let's read.
thanks go to @gunpolicy for bringing attention to this NYTimes article.
this particularly bad NYTimes article. let's read.
https://twitter.com/gunpolicy/status/1455178864926281731
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multiple lies in the opening paragraph.
also contradicts later in the article.
truth: guns are growing in popularity in US; millions of new gun owners in recent years, due to disastrous cultural & cime problems.
multiple lies in the opening paragraph.
also contradicts later in the article.
truth: guns are growing in popularity in US; millions of new gun owners in recent years, due to disastrous cultural & cime problems.
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>more violent crime
both research and practice shows time and time again that armed society is polite society
>judicial hostility
the constitution of the union. doesn't get any more blatant than that.
>growing movement
astroturfed propaganda. gun ownership shows clear tend.
>more violent crime
both research and practice shows time and time again that armed society is polite society
>judicial hostility
the constitution of the union. doesn't get any more blatant than that.
>growing movement
astroturfed propaganda. gun ownership shows clear tend.
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academic thinking of the law professor:
>let's re-make language to make a constitutional right unavailable
>let's make things nominally legal but effectively infeasible
academic thinking of the law professor:
>let's re-make language to make a constitutional right unavailable
>let's make things nominally legal but effectively infeasible
5/
>research indicates that more research is needed
>activism indicates that more activism is needed
>redistribution indicates that more redistribution is needed
also >federal gov meddling in cities
wow, brilliant thinking, mr constitutional law professor
>research indicates that more research is needed
>activism indicates that more activism is needed
>redistribution indicates that more redistribution is needed
also >federal gov meddling in cities
wow, brilliant thinking, mr constitutional law professor
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>gun trafficking is when teenager carries a rifle for self defense
>don't worry the database won't be abused
>just do it lol we'll make it legal
mind you the same faction claims to love 14A's right to privacy so much they somehow found *abortion* in it
>gun trafficking is when teenager carries a rifle for self defense
>don't worry the database won't be abused
>just do it lol we'll make it legal
mind you the same faction claims to love 14A's right to privacy so much they somehow found *abortion* in it
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a very dangerous point: call for more "red flag" laws.
i.e., an *accusation* of abuse also disenfranchises you from the 2A.
no comment on the disparate gender impact of the 2nd one
a very dangerous point: call for more "red flag" laws.
i.e., an *accusation* of abuse also disenfranchises you from the 2A.
no comment on the disparate gender impact of the 2nd one
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>rifle, a proper home defense weapon
vs
>handgun, a weapon for carrying around daily
you know what this is about if you have seen a couple videos of violence in the cities.
the author knows, and winks at the reader.
>rifle, a proper home defense weapon
vs
>handgun, a weapon for carrying around daily
you know what this is about if you have seen a couple videos of violence in the cities.
the author knows, and winks at the reader.
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mr constitutional law professor is unhappy that creating many criminals didn't help anybody
mr constitutional law professor is unhappy that creating many criminals didn't help anybody
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remember he called for redistribution, social workers, and red flag laws and more federal databases.
remember he explained this requires changing *minuscule, obscure* laws - ones that would often escape attention of gun owners. that's his point.
remember he called for redistribution, social workers, and red flag laws and more federal databases.
remember he explained this requires changing *minuscule, obscure* laws - ones that would often escape attention of gun owners. that's his point.
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bonus meme: compare and contrast.
for decades we were told by the media & talking heads to stay asleep, to just acquiesce to activists, for they have "good intentions" and are "popular & grass-roots".
here we see stated & astroturfed preference vs the expressed preference.
bonus meme: compare and contrast.
for decades we were told by the media & talking heads to stay asleep, to just acquiesce to activists, for they have "good intentions" and are "popular & grass-roots".
here we see stated & astroturfed preference vs the expressed preference.
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it takes an academic to be this wrong, this consistently and with that much conviction
it takes an academic to be this wrong, this consistently and with that much conviction
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