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  • TheWoodCrafter
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2013
    • 1023

    A Huffington Post Pro-Gun article?

    I was surprised to see this pro-gun, pro 2nd amendment article in the Huffington Post -

    You can largely determine where a person will fall in the debate over gun control and the Second Amendment based on their view of government and the role it should play in our lives.
    "That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." George Orwell

    "A free society asks not why people want or need their freedom. It asks why government would restrict it."
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    Marquand
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 1482

    Thirty seconds after finishing the article I was still sitting in stunned silence that it was actually there on my screen.

    I'll be checking it again tomorrow for leftist comments demanding the author be fired for advocating armed rebellion by baby-murdering gun owners.
    "A vote is like a rifle; it's usefulness depends upon the character of the user." - Theodore Roosevelt

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    • #3
      SVenigma
      Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 179

      I just saw it a little while ago, it stunned me too. The title had me convinced it would be another "gun owners want to shoot all the children" type of article. I had to read it twice to make sure I was actually reading a pro-2a article.

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      • #4
        Bainter1212
        Calguns Addict
        • Feb 2013
        • 5936

        Holy crap! That about sums up my views entirely. What a surprise.

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        • #5
          Steyr_223
          Calguns Addict
          • Sep 2002
          • 9480

          Great article in an unusual source?

          From deep inside Area 51

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          • #6
            SB1964
            Veteran Member
            • Mar 2012
            • 4876

            Who knows, I wont click on it.
            Yes I took the pic, no I didn't go swimming!

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            • #7
              Steyr_223
              Calguns Addict
              • Sep 2002
              • 9480

              Originally posted by SB1964
              Who knows, I wont click on it.
              Actually its a great article.. Great points.

              From deep inside Area 51

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              • #8
                Mr.Cip
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2013
                • 784

                Apparently Huffington Post based this article from another article posted here https://www.rutherford.org/publicati...on_to_violence


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                • #9
                  TS77
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 1697

                  Is it April 1 already?

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                  • #10
                    smle-man
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 10584

                    Looks like the Brits didn't listen to George Orwell's quote in the last line of the article. The whole essay was very well thought out and stated.

                    Here's another surprise: finding this on CNN

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                    • #11
                      Fastattack
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 1656

                      Seems so clear cut you have to wonder why there is even a debate.

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                      • #12
                        DaveInOroValley
                        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                        CGN Contributor
                        • Jan 2010
                        • 8967

                        I had seen the link earlier and didn't read it thinking it would just be more drivel from HP.
                        NRA Life Member

                        Vet since 1978

                        "Don't bother me with facts, Son. I've already made up my mind." -Foghorn Leghorn

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                        • #13
                          TheWoodCrafter
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2013
                          • 1023

                          Originally posted by Fastattack
                          Seems so clear cut you have to wonder why there is even a debate.
                          It sure does doesn't it.
                          "That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." George Orwell

                          "A free society asks not why people want or need their freedom. It asks why government would restrict it."

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                          • #14
                            Cypriss32
                            Calguns Addict
                            • Jul 2004
                            • 5969

                            I thought there was going to be a catch.... But I was wrong. Not so shabby.
                            "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
                            -- Thomas Paine


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                            • #15
                              TheWoodCrafter
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2013
                              • 1023

                              Originally posted by Cypriss32
                              I thought there was going to be a catch.... But I was wrong. Not so shabby.
                              I too kept waiting for the author to flip to the other side, he didn't.
                              "That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." George Orwell

                              "A free society asks not why people want or need their freedom. It asks why government would restrict it."

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