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Old 01-07-2010, 06:56 PM
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Ooh, what a choice word!
And yet, better to leave it out.
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Old 01-09-2010, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Spartan198 View Post
Taken from the "cold dead hands" screen shot under the M1911A1 entry on the Red Dawn page:

The bolded word should be removed. I'd do it myself, but I'm unable to edit the page.
Why. It differentiates 'reasonable' from 'draconian', which is the spirit of the phrase (from my cold dead fingers). To leave it neutral opens the door for most people to infer that people who are against gun control are against any or all regulations period, which is false.
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