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The NRA misconception

posted 8 years ago by mmhunter-85806
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The NRA is misguided, but very self-serving. They hide behind the rights of a document written over two hundred years ago. Our forefathers could not foresee what the "right to bear arms" portion of the Amendment would evolve into in the 21st century. It is the right to bear arms; not a mandatory declaration, but a right. It is long overdue to update the Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights. And when the NRA fiercely objects, let's give them what the writers of the documents that founded this country really intended: a one shot musket.

[–] murad23 8 years ago

NRA has 58% approvals among the whole public. And you are why your side is LOSING :)

- 1996 college students who are considering buying a gun: 43%
- 2015 college students who are considering buying a gun: 60%

- 1994 Gallup national approvals for NRA: 40%
- 2015 Gallup national approval for NRA: 58%

- 1994 ABC and Pew public support for Assault rifle ban: 80% and 78%
- 2015 public support for Assault rifle ban: 45% and 43%

- 1990 support for sticker gun control Gallup: 78%
- 2015 support for stricter gun control gallup: 44%

- 1990 number of Americans saying owning a firearm makes the home safer from criminal violence: 32%
- 2015 number of Americans saying owning a firearm makes the home safer from violence: 63%

- Guns in the US in 1990:250 million
- Guns in the US in 2015: 350 to 400 million

- Assault rifles owned by civilians 1993: 250,000
- Assault rifles owned by civilians 2015: 6 to 9 million

- Semi Auto firearms owned by civilians 1993: 70 to 100 million
- Semi auto firearms owned by civilians 2015: at least 200 million

[–] murad23 8 years ago

The ACLU is misguided, but very self-serving. They hide behind the rights of a document written over two hundred years ago. Our forefathers could not foresee what the "right to free press and speecs" portion of the Amendment would evolve into in the 21st century. It is the right to free press and speech; not a mandatory declaration, but a right. It is long overdue to update the Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights. And when the ACLU fiercely objects, let's give them what the writers of the documents that founded this country really intended: a pen and paper and no free speech on the net, telephone, radio or television

See what your bizarre screed looks like with simple analogous substitution?

[–] destry1122 8 years ago

Brilliant rebuttal.

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[–] SixRavenX 8 years ago

It's funny you should say they hide behind a 200 year old document, when you likely do the same thing each and every day of your life, if for no other reason than freedom of speech.

You can't just pick out the things you don't like from the Constitution while simultaneously enjoying other benefits that are guaranteed by the same exact document. You might not agree with it but there is a reason it has been around so long and has held up to the test of time so far.