Why do liberals think that owning a gun is bad yet think that Stem Cell research is great?

Owning a gun has saved my life twice and the only thing embriotic stem cell research has done is cause cancer in mice?

Why do liberals think that owning a gun is bad yet think that Stem Cell research is great?
Why do they support abortion but abhor the death penalty? Probably the same answer.
Reply:I have no problem with people owning guns, as long as they take the responsibility to use and store them properly, according to their local, state, and the federal laws.


It's the idiots, drug dealers and gang bangers that ruin it for the responsible owners.





And if you ban stem cell research, how will we find out if there is something that works better and comes from a less controversial source?


I'm all for using it to find an ALTERNATIVE.
Reply:You aren't well. Please see a psychiatrist very soon. Also do some reading on Stem Cell Research. Can you read?
Reply:I don't know either. I'm a REPUBLICAN.





When you know the answer.





Please let me and everybody else know the answer.
Reply:Chocko 11. I'm sorry to tell you that your mother has cancer. We've done everything we could, but I'm afraid the only option now is a stem cell transplant. It could save her life, but you don't believe in it. Are you sure you don't want to save your mother's life? We're just going to throw this stem cell away anyway? No? Ok then. We'll leave you alone while you say your goodbyes.
Reply:I think both should be legal, and that liberals should be outlawed.





That would kill more mice and help save human lives.
Reply:I'm a "liberal" and I don't think owning a gun is bad. I think there should be reasonable limits in place. And while I clearly do not have the depth of knowledge that you command when it comes to embryonic stem cell research (nice spelling by the way), I would imagine my feelings would be similar when it comes to that topic as well.
Reply:I am a conservative. I don't believe gun control works. But I do believe that stem cell research will help find a cure for my disease, neurofibromatosis. A genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on the nerve endings all over the body, internally and externally. The disease begins in the embryo stage. Thus stem cell research is needed to help find a cure. and if you really want to know how serious neurofibromatosis really is, either look it up on a search engine, go to www.nfinc.org or go to www.ctf.org.


Find out the facts.
Reply:I'm not against people owning guns - my husband has three. What I am against is any idiot who doesn't know how to use them having access to guns. I personally should never own a gun - someone would take it away from me and shoot me with it because I'm not competent with it. However, my husband is a Marine and more than able to use it effectively if it became necessary. If your gun has saved your life, you probably know what you're doing, too. Guns are not inherently bad, but guns in the hands of idiots are. As far as stem cell research, as much as it sucks, abortions happen. No one has an abortion for the sole purpose of donating stem cells. Why not let some good come out of it? And if you think the only thing stem cell research has done is give Cancer to mice, you are grossly uninformed. A friend of mine had a 3-year-old girl with brain cancer. She had surgery, then had chemo treatments as well as stem cell treatments to try to regrow damaged tissue. A year later, they can't find a trace of the cancer. She's not out of the woods yet, since she still has to get rechecked every few months. But 12 months ago she was only given a 55% chance of survival. Tell that little girl and her parents that those embryos should have been thrown away instead of being used to develop that treatment for her.
Reply:I am liberal and would buy a gun in a New York Minute if I felt I needed one.





Therapies from adult and embryonic stem cell research. To date, adult stem cell research, which is federally-funded, has resulted in the development of a variety of therapeutic treatments for diseases. Although embryonic stem cell research has not yet produced similar results, many scientists believe embryonic stem cell research holds promise over time because of the capacity of embryonic stem cells to develop into any tissue in the human body.





http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/...





So instead of comparing apples and oranges.


Why don't you just move to safer neighborhood?
Reply:Where did you get a notion like that ? I am a Liberal and own several guns.





As far as Stem Cell Research, you NEED to do more research yourself !!
Reply:Did owning a gun save your life from someone else who had a gun? Chances are the person was aiming at you with a gun that was legal to begin with, then ended up in the wrong hands--perhaps stricter gun control laws could have prevented this.


I'm a liberal who is not in favor of stem cell research--humans do enough damage to the world and stem cells are just another way for us to prolong more human lives, destroying the natural selection process.
Reply:I think it is too easy to get a gun. Guns are things but guns in the wrong hands can kill people. Also, if you did more research you would discover that stem cell research has done more than what you say it has done. I am so tired of people who read one line of information and decide they are right about everything. You're probably fine with in-vitro and you are probably fine with all the to be babies just being thrown out when the mother gets pregnant. Those extras at the in-vitro lab could be used with stem cell research, but I bet you would rather them just be thrown out too. Lets just waste them because that would be better than actually picking up a book or a scientific journal and seeing what is actually going on in the scientific world.
Reply:My apologies to those who have answered as being self proclaimed liberal but are not for more gun control. I personally think you are not liberals as gun control is one of the very best litness test to determine if you are a liberal or not.





The answer to the question however is that liberals typically "don't think", they feel. The just "feel" that stem cell research might help someone, while they also "feel" that guns are bad because all they know about them comes from other liberals on the nightly news. They have also dislike the notion that one person may have an advantage over another one and a gun gives that person and advantage. Liberals also tend to dislike independence. (If you think this is not correct, just wait and see how many are quick to demonize someone that disagrees with them)
Reply:I'm going to give you a pass on your spelling, since so *many* other poor spellers post questions and answers and one of the other answerers has already chided you about it; but, as you said there have been absolutely *no* good benefits from the use of embryonic stem cells. In fact, the Chi-Coms and the Brits have already found that embryonic stem cells have caused mutated, malformed, useless, organs in humans, as well as extra legs and organs in lesser animals, etc. Whereas, umbilical and adult stem cells have been proven to provide good, sometimes, excellent, results!





The Libs' have an agenda against guns because they want to turn America into a Socialist State and private gun owners stand in their way. Embryonic stem cell research is primarily just another lie in their arsenal against President George W. Bush, and by association, all Republicans and conservatives! But, NEWSFLASH, Libs, "W" is not running this year *or* next!
Reply:Well, let's see. The most common use for a handgun is people blowing their own brains out.





The big promise of Stem Cell research is to replace damaged brain tissue.





Seems like a no brainer to me.

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