Army Veteran's Twitter Rant About Guns Goes Viral For Obvious Reasons

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Mar 26, 2018 1:00 PM EDT

This army veteran's story about his personal experience with guns got Twitter GOING. 

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    Text - Westside Fireman Follow @WestsideFireman I carried an M-4 in the Afghanistan desert for almost a year. If you feel you need this or another weapon of war like it to protect your home; you need to re- evaluate the way you're living your life & make fewer enemies. These have no place in civilian hands. #VetsForGunReform
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Westside Fireman Follow @WestsideFireman I'm amazed, shocked, humbled & a lot of other adjectives about the traction this tweet has gotten. I was just adding my 2 cents along with a lot of other vets today. I don't claim to speak for anybody else but myself, just a regular dude stating my opinion.
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Westside Fireman Follow @WestsideFireman A lot of people have agreed with me, a lot of people have not. I appreciate & respect everyone's right to do so. I can't begin to keep up with all the comments and sub-arguments going on, I hope we can all have a civil dialogue and hear each other out.
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Westside Fireman Follow @WestsideFireman Gun people trying to explain to us that the AR-15 and the M-4/M-16 are nothing alike... #VetsForGun Reform
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - AA McDonald's Mc Dowell's Queens, HY Ff heBig Mick McDonald's McDowell's Golden Arches Golden Arcs Big Mac Big Mick Two all-beef patties Two all-beef patties Special Sauce Special Sauce Lettuce Lettuce Cheese Cheese Pickles Pickles Onions Onions Sesame Seed Bun NO SESAME SEEDS
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Gun - HICKORY @claydirtman Follow Replying to @Westside Fireman #2A You may not like that I own "M4" civilian version, you don't get to change my Constitutional Right TECHNOLOGY CHANGES RIGHTS DON'T NRA
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Andy Dykes @contact_andy Follow Replying to@claydirtman @WestsideFireman Do you think you should be allowed to own any gun that is invented?
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Firearm - HICKORY Follow @claydirtman Replying to @contact_andy @WestsideFireman Pretty much. The taxes(stamp) is expensive on some of those.
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Johannus Erectus Follow @JohnMulkey Replying to @Westside Fireman The M4 isn't a civilian firearm.
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Westside Fireman Follow @WestsideFireman Replying to @JohnMulkey I understand this. That's why I said "or ones like it"
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Johannus Erectus Follow @JohnMulkey Replying to @Westside Fireman Civilian firearms are semi automatic. Like 90 percent of handguns sold in the US
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - SDH Follow @Mountain Tigers Replying to@JohnMulkey @WestsideFireman Good thing you were here to explain firearms nuance to a veteran or this conversation would have been really stupid
    via @WestsideFireman
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    Text - Persistent Woman Follow @PixMichelle Replying to@Westside Fireman @TinaMorphis My friend, you are *way more* than just "a regular dude." Respect.
    via @WimpyLassiter
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    Text - RobinM Follow @reedmiller Replying to@Westside Fireman You shouldn't waste your time arguing with these gun nuts, they are going to believe what they want to believe no matter how illogical their beliefs. And they love their guns more than anything else.
    via @WimpyLassiter
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    Text - MinkSnopes Follow @WimpyLassiter Replying to @Westside Fireman The nitpicking by "law-abiding" gun owners (which everyone is until they shoot someone) is astounding. It's important to have people like you at the forefront of the gun debate. Thank you
    via @WimpyLassiter

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