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[–] CherryVanillaMoira 1 point 32 points (+33|-1) ago 

That means universal background checks before somebody acquires a gun. New Harvard research confirms a long-ago finding that 40 percent of firearms in the United States are acquired without a background check. That’s crazy. Why empower criminals to arm themselves?

Gee, too bad the already criminal types and gangs aren't popping into the corner gunstore to buy their weapons so they can have that background check.

Burglars steal guns and smugglers bring them in wholesale. You can't stop a criminal from obtaining a gun because they by definition, don't obey the laws. So, good luck with getting the submachine guns away from the gangs...

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[–] Totenglocke 1 point 9 points (+10|-1) ago 

Funny how their "source" for that "New Harvard research" only links to another article that still fails to site an actual source for the new research. Very convenient to have "new research" confirming every liberal talking point and yet no one actually can see a copy of said research. Kind of like liberal's idea of a "social contract" that says "You have to do whatever I say" and yet no one has ever seen or agreed to said contract.

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[–] CherryVanillaMoira 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

It was typical NYT double talk. They use words and phrases with slightly negative connotations and introduce little factoids into their narrative as though if they are actually well known and established fact.

I don't remember what that method of argument is called. But it was prominent in Soviet disinformation campaigns designed to discredit something while all the time seeming to support it.

I wish I'd finished that school year :-(

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[–] Eualos 2 points 3 points (+5|-2) ago 

Why is this so hard for them to understand? Criminal don't give a fuck about laws and regulations, law abiding citizens do! All they are doing is making it harder for the people who actually want to protect others.

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[–] CherryVanillaMoira 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Ignore the law. If you need to kill an attacker, just do so and keep walking while looking around as if to see what those backfire noises were. Chances are good that everyone else will also start looking around. If it doesn't seem to be working, shout there they are and point somewhere in the distance or to the upper floors of a building, duck for cover and then scoot away.