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hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:57 PM Dec 2012

Pit bulls and guns: I realized this morning that the arguments tend to follow the same lines: [View all]

- "the gun used wasn't a (fill in the blank), it was a ###, which proves how ignorant people are"
"the dog wasn't a pit bull, it was a ###, which proves how ignorant people are"

- "guns don't kill, people kill."
" there are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners"

- " it's foolish to try to ban certain types of guns"
" it's foolish to try to ban certain breeds"

- "people who don't own guns don't understand the hobby"
" people who don't own one don't understand how sweet they are"

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