# Pit thread for Martin\_Hyde {He has been BANNED}

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045 "2022-05-24T22:52:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-for-martin-hyde-he-has-been-banned/965045/243 "2022-05-26T00:36:57Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> I wish I could find the thread because I wanted to flip through it, but I don’t remember the exact phrasing/keywords of the exchange that stuck in my mind. This was, if I had to guess 15+ years ago.  
> Someone asked another poster “Would you give up your guns if it was guaranteed that there would never be another shooting?” and the person said “no”

[This OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafter-man-author-of-the-two-most-appalling-posts-ive-ever-read-here/644069) (from ten years ago, as it happens; in fact, prompted by discussion of the Sandy Hook massacre).

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