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billh58

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7. You are correct that we should focus on
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:14 PM
Aug 2016

supporting other Democrats even while disagreeing with them. The problem with the Second Amendment absolutists however, is that it becomes very hard to tell the difference between an obvious right-wing troll, a Libertarian who claims to be a Democrat, and a Liberal Democrat.

In my experience, most Liberal Democrats do not call other Democrats "grabbers," "antis" or "prohis," and are supportive of reasonable, common sense gun control initiatives. Also, most Liberal Democrats who are gun owners aren't "gun nuts" in the common use of the term (absolutists, NRA apologists, or gun-splainers) and are actually pleasant to debate with.

I tend to use the "if it walks like a duck" standard to identify true gun nuts.

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