IMHO, with the SCOTUS case coming up, we have to start pre-framing the debate in terms of leftist ideology and terminology. They do not respond to discussions about "rights" - those mean nothing to them. They sometimes see the world only in terms of disadvantaged minorities. So, let's give that to them.
Again, my refrain for confronting leftists is: "Gun control is racist, sexist, ageist, classist, and intolerant. It has no place in a liberal, tolerant, and democratic society." It ties them in knots.
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(photo of black man in period dress holding a rifle)
(quote from the Black Codes of 1840)
"That if any free negro, mulatto, or free person of color, shall wear or carry about his or her person, or keep in his or her house, any shot gun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, dagger or bowie-knife, unless he or she shall have obtained a licence therefor from the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of his or her county, within one year preceding the wearing, keeping or carrying therefor, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be indicted therefor."
(bold)
"Gun control is racist."
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(photo of young woman holding a gun)
"Gun control disproportionally disempowers women, as they are less physically strong than male attackers."
"Gun control is sexist."
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(photo of an old woman in a wheelchair with a revolver)
"Gun control means that a frail old woman cannot defend herself against young and strong attackers."
"Gun control is ageist."
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(Photo of man in a suit surrounded by bodyguards)
"This man makes $7,525,000 a year. He can always afford to pay 4 350lb unarmed bodyguards $2500 a month each to protect him."
(photo of frail woman)
"This woman makes $32,000 a year. She cannot afford bodyguards."
"Gun control is classist."
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(photo of man teaching his daughter to shoot)
"Owning, bearing, and shooting guns safely is a life choice shared by millions of law-abiding Americans."
"Gun control is intolerant of others' life choices and is antithetical to a liberal, tolerant, and democratic society."
Again, my refrain for confronting leftists is: "Gun control is racist, sexist, ageist, classist, and intolerant. It has no place in a liberal, tolerant, and democratic society." It ties them in knots.
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(photo of black man in period dress holding a rifle)
(quote from the Black Codes of 1840)
"That if any free negro, mulatto, or free person of color, shall wear or carry about his or her person, or keep in his or her house, any shot gun, musket, rifle, pistol, sword, dagger or bowie-knife, unless he or she shall have obtained a licence therefor from the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of his or her county, within one year preceding the wearing, keeping or carrying therefor, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be indicted therefor."
(bold)
"Gun control is racist."
---
(photo of young woman holding a gun)
"Gun control disproportionally disempowers women, as they are less physically strong than male attackers."
"Gun control is sexist."
---
(photo of an old woman in a wheelchair with a revolver)
"Gun control means that a frail old woman cannot defend herself against young and strong attackers."
"Gun control is ageist."
---
(Photo of man in a suit surrounded by bodyguards)
"This man makes $7,525,000 a year. He can always afford to pay 4 350lb unarmed bodyguards $2500 a month each to protect him."
(photo of frail woman)
"This woman makes $32,000 a year. She cannot afford bodyguards."
"Gun control is classist."
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(photo of man teaching his daughter to shoot)
"Owning, bearing, and shooting guns safely is a life choice shared by millions of law-abiding Americans."
"Gun control is intolerant of others' life choices and is antithetical to a liberal, tolerant, and democratic society."
