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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to bring this conversation back to the reality of the situation. I live outside of Portland. It was youth night at the bowling alley where the shooter hit and there was a team of deaf children bowling.

This guy, despite what is being said in this thread, had a history of actually being a good guy. His family is saying this is some acute incident and so are his army reservist colleagues. Which isn't to defend him but to say it is actually very difficult to figure out when someone is truly snapping, and it can in fact happen rather suddenly.

[b]So when all of you speak up against gun control you are of course all essentially saying that a man's right to have weapons is more important than deaf children being able to bow, elementary schoolers who are going to school, concert goers, people shopping at wal-mart, etc.[/b] [/quote]

We have been saying this for decades. To the far right, the right to bear arms supersedes everyone else's ability to live their lives in a fear-from-gun-violence manner. I am not sure that is what the Founders had in mind with the second amendment. Conservative Justices used to agree:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/VetsNyc30811/status/1717594063552073847[/twitter][/quote]

The second amendment is superseded in some ways already. Felons and minors are not allowed to buy weapons. They are not allowed on commercial aircraft or in certain government.  Second amendment die hards shout to the rafters that they will never concede any curb on their right to bear arms as a way to show how uncompromising they are. That is simply not true. We shouldn’t let them have that narrative, we should point out that gun rights are not special. They are no different than the right to own a tiger or a car or the right to free speech. We regulate all of it, and we have the right to regulate it. [/quote]

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