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When Gun Control Satire Becomes Reality

AngloRights Wrote: Dec 28, 2012 9:28 AM

I've been in the kitchen longer than some if not most of these folks have been alive, I can assure you that while you may not have a need for a long knife, that does not mean that others don't. Your position is totally absurd... Why do you feel, that because you don't need a long kitchen knife, that it would be OK to take them from everyone.

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When Gun Control Satire Becomes Reality

Back in my less sophisticated days (shocking as it may seem, I wasn’t always the mature, statesmanlike figure I am today), I sometimes resorted to silly arguments when debating gun control, such as, “does this mean you want to ban knives since they also can be used to kill people?”

Smarter opponents would scoff and accuse me of knocking down straw men, assuming a non-existent slippery slope, or engaging in reductio ad absurdum.

I wasn’t even sure what the last one meant, but I secretly felt chagrined because I also thought the...