Tag Archives: NRA

What would Martin do?

Posted on 1/22/2013 by John Casey

You have the argumentum ad Hiterlum, whereby any proposition p consistent with Hitler’s beliefs b or actions a is ipso facto wrong.  Now you have the ad regem (still working on the name), where any proposition p consistent with the beliefs b … Continue reading →

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Fair share of security

Posted on 1/17/2013 by John Casey

My hypothesis is this: given any opponent O to your view p, your first reaction is to claim that O is inconsistent with regard to p.  So, take Obama, whose first initial happens to be O.  He’s against arming school teachers … Continue reading →

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Guns are people too

Posted on 1/6/2013 by John Casey

Unsurprisingly, there has been some talk recently about whether to ban certain types of firearms.  This produced the following comment from a former president of the National Rifle Association: “And they even admit this is about banning the ugliest guns, … Continue reading →

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