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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: So tired of people saying assault rifle's are not a thing. [View all]AndyS
(14,559 posts)58. Spending my time responding to someone who refuses to actually understand my
point of view and manufactures things I have said out of whole cloth is a waste of my time. Only so many hours in the day and I don't need to spend them on dipshits who have no interest an honest exchange, only scoring high school level debate points and poorly applied "logic".
Some hills are worth dying on, some not.
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It can be converted, but there are consequences for that if one is caught with
MarineCombatEngineer
Jul 2023
#26
In absence of honest debate, semantics, moving the goalposts, strawmen, & everchanging nomenclature
hlthe2b
Jul 2023
#8
I think the term came out of legislation or regulation that allowed sporting rifles to be imported.
SYFROYH
Jul 2023
#27
Well, as long as we are playing high school debate team and simply trying to score
AndyS
Jul 2023
#53
I respect your POV, but putting people on ignore is not a winning strategy.
MarineCombatEngineer
Jul 2023
#57