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Paladin

(29,210 posts)
4. Thanks for using quotes around "constitutional carry."
Sat Jan 7, 2017, 01:05 PM
Jan 2017

It's a bullshit term trotted out by the pro-gun types, trying to deflect from all the bad publicity the "open carry" term has received. We can't afford to let the pro-gun militants control the vocabulary in this fight. Don't fall for their whining about assault rifles, sniper rifles, high-capacity magazines, high-powered ammunition, or any of the rest of it. Just remember that their positions on gun laws are fundamentally weak and derived from right-wing talking points; we have just as much of a right to complain about their terminology as they do ours---hence the need for the quotes around "constitutional carry."

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the KOCK BROS at work Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #1
Yes they are, and billh58 Jan 2017 #2
the new John Birch Society Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #3
Thanks for using quotes around "constitutional carry." Paladin Jan 2017 #4
All of the gun extremist terms, such as billh58 Jan 2017 #5
so much for state's rights, eh... dhill926 Jan 2017 #6
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