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baldguy

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12. Then they should act responsibly & vote for reasonable, strong gun control laws.

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 10:58 AM

Dec 2012

As yet the community of gun owners have proven they are incapable or unwilling to keep their weapons secure from people who would kill. Without that, a national gun ban would be the only right & reasonable solution we're left with.

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Whistling past the gun lobby (Paul Krugman) [View all] DanTex Dec 2012 OP

As mentioned in some of the comments, the supreme and other courts have had a great deal geckosfeet Dec 2012 #1

Not all gun owners are fanatics. DanTex Dec 2012 #2

OK - that may be his position but that was not clear in this short piece. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #3

Maybe not. For the record I am not advocating banning semi-automatic weapons. DanTex Dec 2012 #6

Any stolen firearm should be reported. For the ex-owners own protection and to geckosfeet Dec 2012 #44

"pro-gun fanatics" made it pretty clear to me Major Nikon Dec 2012 #8

I'm going to steal that last sentence of yours Patiod Dec 2012 #30

Have at it. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #42

Many of the gun owners I know are nether fanatics or absolutists. They are hunters and collectors. jwirr Dec 2012 #5

Me too. But I also know some fanatics with whom it is impossible to reason. DanTex Dec 2012 #7

Many reside here: ellisonz Dec 2012 #51

Then they should act responsibly & vote for reasonable, strong gun control laws. baldguy Dec 2012 #12

Agreed. We have all of our guns and ammunition locked in a safe. Even then my s-i-l was cleaning jwirr Dec 2012 #14

Spoke with a friend from Ireland. Even in the UK they have hunting weapons. nilram Dec 2012 #39

Maybe the dopes who think they have to fight tyranny svpadgham Dec 2012 #13

+1 AllyCat Dec 2012 #19

Of course, licensing and registration probably would have had no impact on the latest shooting. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #17

That appears to be true. DanTex Dec 2012 #20

I doubt it. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #27

Really? DanTex Dec 2012 #31

Yup, registration will cut down on the criminals with guns. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #33

It may have an impact on other shootings AllyCat Dec 2012 #23

Ban the SALE of guns JackHughes Dec 2012 #29

plurality of NRA members favor more gun control laws. fact. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #50

They favor stuff that doesn't impact them, that's all. NRA also tried to defeat Obama and other Hoyt Dec 2012 #53

I think Prof Krugs is correct again. The rural whites who vote single issue guns uber alles byeya Dec 2012 #4

Has anyone ever seen an NRA sticker with an Obama sticker? jsr Dec 2012 #9

Nope. I've seen them with confederate flags. Hoyt Dec 2012 #54

I'd Go Even Further - Repeal The 2nd Amendment - Ban All Guns cantbeserious Dec 2012 #10

I think ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #11

I think the choice is truebluegreen Dec 2012 #24

It takes a gun and a person Maineman Dec 2012 #15

Well said primavera Dec 2012 #26

Sadly, I agree. The gun-owning demographic is probably in decline of political relevence. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #16

"Sadly" ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #28

It's the destruction of 4 generations of my family history. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #34

Thank you for this post. ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #37

No problem. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #38

Your recent thoughts are "atypical" of most in gun crowd. Wish they were echoed by other gun folks. Hoyt Dec 2012 #55

Rec'd. The Recently Completed Election Iggy Dec 2012 #18

Hear, Hear! byeya Dec 2012 #21

Yup, Change Is Coming And the Reactionaries Are About To Get Steamrolled Skraxx Dec 2012 #22

Hmmm... truebluegreen Dec 2012 #25

And what would you say if I replied JayhawkSD Dec 2012 #32

What I would say to you is Glitterati Dec 2012 #35

I have nothing against gun owners. DanTex Dec 2012 #36

For "radical and intolerant thinking", Zoeisright Dec 2012 #43

I can't remember the last time Krugman was not BootinUp Dec 2012 #40

More and more people ProSense Dec 2012 #41

K&R Electric Monk Dec 2012 #45

Amen. The "political suicide" meme is horse shit Doctor_J Dec 2012 #46

HEAR THAT YOU RABID GUN FUCKS? Skittles Dec 2012 #47

+1000 ellisonz Dec 2012 #52

Well, well. Thank you once again, Dr. Krugman Hekate Dec 2012 #48

I wish he were right, and I'm afraid that this is going to be tried. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #49

A sign of the times: ProSense Dec 2012 #56