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This is a poor straw man argument, banning guns is not the same as banning people assembling together for any reason.
by celticninja 9y ago
This is a poor straw man argument, banning guns is not the same as banning people assembling together for any reason.
- mindslight 9y agoI didn't intend it as a straw man, but to be facetious. Rather than this ever-present implication to myopically focus on what happens to be the easiest tool for killing people, perhaps we should be looking at the structures that cause individuals the intense stress and alienation that pushes them to rampage. In addition to the media that provides the validation and glory for doing so, of course.
- mistersquid 9y agoYour roundabout hint (?) at an attack on the First Amendment which guarantees freedom of association, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, also guarantees freedom of religion. It is very unlikely Congress would ever repeal freedom of religion as expressed in the First Amendment. I do not mean to condescend, but given your willingness to protect people from violence by preventing them from assembling in the first place, it might be useful for you to think about why the Founding Fathers thought to compose the First Amendment using specifically these words: > Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- mindslight 9y agoI know the red/blue ignorance clubs have done their best to make people think that support of the rights described in the first and second amendments are mutually exclusive, but I assure you that's not my stance.