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Old 01-05-2011, 03:23 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Oh, believe me, I have many irrational fears. I'm quite familiar with the subject, which is why I had originally commented on your comparison. I still think fearing the taking away of guns is more irrational than fearing the health effects of junk food.

Is that what we're talking about?

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Originally Posted by aceventura3 View Post
I was raised in the Chicago area. They banned gun ownership, basically making hundreds of thousands of regular law abiding people criminals overnight. Yet, the city is not safer. You can bet if I lived in the city of Chicago, I would own a gun. if you consider a man who wants to protect his family and property an extremist, color me an extremist along with hundreds of thousands of others who live in the city - a city with one of the highest murder rates in the country. Generations of liberal leadership in the city has failed. Yes, I fear government incompetence.
I thought it was a handgun ban.
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