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In the discussion thread: So who, exactly, is a what people would consider a gun nut. [View all]

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So who, exactly, is a what people would consider a gun nut. [View all]	MadHound	Dec 2012	OP
Anyone who advocates shooting others on the basis of the most minor perceived threat	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#1
Bingo. Just dangerous people. And it doesn't matter if they belong to the NRA or not. nt.	OldDem2012	Dec 2012	#25
I am not just talking about people who are a direct danger	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#27
I understood where you were going and I agree. nt.	OldDem2012	Dec 2012	#28
Ah, so only a tiny percentage of gun owners, then.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#33
Actually it is a pretty big percentage	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#36
The same people idolized G. Gordon Liddy and Oliver North	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#38
I would argue that the number of gun owners...	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#39
I see them all the time, there are even some at DU	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#45
Yes, I realized your assertion had two components.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#56
So you ignored the bulk of the people I was referring to so you could call it a "tiny percentage"	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#64
Hey, YOU put the first group in the headline...	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#80
No, I put the second group in the headline. I will post my headline again for you...	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#84
Except that's not what they were advocating.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#93
It sure as hell is what they were advocating	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#95
Don't presume to tell me what I know, pal.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#99
Fine, I will just presume you are ignorant then.	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#100
Works for me. I'll happily reciprocate.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#102
If you walk out door with a gun prepared to play jesus, judge, jury, executioner,	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#67
And the millions of shooting deaths and injuries per year prove your point.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#83
No there are "only" about 9,000 deaths a year	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#86
I don't disagree that it's too damn many.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#92
Who made a statement about tens of millions of people? A real person or a strawman?	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#94
Hoyt did.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#97
No he did not.	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#98
Tens of millions of gun owners...	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#101
Time to quote you...	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#103
I just showed you RIF.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#104
He did not make a blanket statement, and your response to his statement was sickening	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#106
Of course it's a blanket statement.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#107
Says the person who used the eye roll icon to mock the number of people killed	Bjorn Against	Dec 2012	#108
Ah, another who says it's just price we have to pay. . . . . .	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#87
Oh, I said that, did I? Wait...I didn't.	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#91
The only rational answer is potato	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#2
~	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#40
Wow, the alerter is rather pedantic.	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#60
although I wasn't #5 -- I approve of that message.	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#62
This message was self-deleted by its author	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#66
what is that saying? Discretion is the better part of valor, I think is how it goes.	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#70
I guess you should have said patahto n/t	hootinholler	Dec 2012	#68
People in my family are more likely to use the term "turnip" or "filter feeder"	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#71
Gun Nut	bongbong	Dec 2012	#3
" gun nut is someone who has a gun without a job or wildlife-related (i.e, rancher) reason to own it	obamanut2012	Dec 2012	#8
So, you have Strawman fail	bongbong	Dec 2012	#29
Why do you have to be so...	one_voice	Dec 2012	#41
To that poster, I am a gun nut	obamanut2012	Dec 2012	#51
I've been reading your posts on...	one_voice	Dec 2012	#53
Thank you, I really appreciate it	obamanut2012	Dec 2012	#90
Proved my point	obamanut2012	Dec 2012	#49
Someone who has replaced breathing with firearms. n/t	2on2u	Dec 2012	#4
I have been thinking about this	mostlyalurker	Dec 2012	#5
Target shooting and collecting are perfectly good non-nutty reasons for owning firearms	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#7
I think I would lump in target shooting with hunting.	mostlyalurker	Dec 2012	#15
I keep my collection locked in a safe that weiged 1,200 pounds empty	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#18
That seems absolutely reasonable to me.	mostlyalurker	Dec 2012	#30
Sargent & Greenleaf Series II dial combination lock, just like on safes used for money	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#65
Don't forget the ever present active biological deterrant	aikoaiko	Dec 2012	#46
Yes, my two highly trained Attack Cats.	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#61
What do you mean "knives"? I've a lot of knives around my house, without serious security.	uppityperson	Dec 2012	#20
I mean knives not used for your daily living like kitchen or utility knives.	mostlyalurker	Dec 2012	#32
This message was self-deleted by its author	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#63
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site.	hrmjustin	Dec 2012	#11
Thank you!	mostlyalurker	Dec 2012	#16
So if you live in a crime infested area,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#17
Or own a ranch	obamanut2012	Dec 2012	#22
I consider a gun nut in the following way...	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#6
Realistically speaking...	OneMoreDemocrat	Dec 2012	#14
I've spoken to more than four who believe that...	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#42
Check out Gungeon for more than four.	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#72
You don't even need to go there. I think I've seen 4 hint at that position here in GC since Fri. nt	laundry_queen	Dec 2012	#109
I think it's a useless term, for starters.	JohnnyLib2	Dec 2012	#9
+1	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#34
Yep. It identifies the speaker's stance and very little beyond that. (nt)	Posteritatis	Dec 2012	#54
Your first case is NOT a gun nut	tosh	Dec 2012	#10
Anyone who wonders if they might be	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#12
Someone for whom Happiness Is A Warm Gun	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#13
If you found yourself arguing in favor of guns last Friday	DisgustipatedinCA	Dec 2012	#19
+1000	ellisonz	Dec 2012	#59
If you ever find yourself saying that the answer to gun violence is MORE guns...	renie408	Dec 2012	#21
I know gun nuts, and I know people who just happen to own guns	WooWooWoo	Dec 2012	#23
Anyone with more guns than you is a gun-nut... anyone with less or equal is not.	OneTenthofOnePercent	Dec 2012	#24
easy	MichaelHarris	Dec 2012	#26
Anyone who is unwilling or unable to relate guns to gun-related crime.	Aristus	Dec 2012	#31
I know hunters and ranchers who are gun nuts, and gun owners who	Warpy	Dec 2012	#35
Great list......	llmart	Dec 2012	#85
It's a term like "communist sympathizer" or "fellow traveler."	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#37
Good unanswerable question. Another would be what is an "anti gun nut". One definition might be	jody	Dec 2012	#43
What's a justifiable fear ?	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2012	#57
Anyone who is paranoid about government takeover, hordes guns and ammo for doomsday scenarios, and	neverforget	Dec 2012	#44
People who don't believe in any logical restictions on	mzmolly	Dec 2012	#47
Recognize a disease by its symptoms.	ThatPoetGuy	Dec 2012	#48
I own a single AK with a few 30-round magazines	derby378	Dec 2012	#50
The shotgun's probably enough for some people to think that	Posteritatis	Dec 2012	#55
Is there any logical reason for you to own an AK + hi-cap mags?	VOX	Dec 2012	#69
I commend you.	llmart	Dec 2012	#88
A person that interjects guns into every conversation.	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2012	#52
According to some posters if your own a gun you have blood on your hands and have a mental illness	ProgressiveProfessor	Dec 2012	#58
Ted Nugent = Gun Nut	Generic Brad	Dec 2012	#73
+1000	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2012	#113
you are more likely to get struck by lightning than use a gun in self defense	farminator3000	Dec 2012	#74
Just call them nuts. Save a word.	gulliver	Dec 2012	#75
ANYONE WHO POSTS IN THIS THREAD	undeterred	Dec 2012	#76
anyone? I have a feeling some will take issue.	Tuesday Afternoon	Dec 2012	#79
A gun nut is some one who acts like a right wing whack job only over guns.	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#77
I'd nominate anyone who rushed out to buy guns after Friday	Fresh_Start	Dec 2012	#78
I don't own a gun, never have,	HooptieWagon	Dec 2012	#81
Nope if you are for the awb and strict magazine limits you're not a gun nut.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#82
+1	ellisonz	Dec 2012	#96
This ought to be fun	Android3.14	Dec 2012	#89
Love it, a whole new genre of "if you, you might be..."	sanatanadharma	Dec 2012	#105
Anyone who owns a gun but doesn't truly need it	Dems to Win	Dec 2012	#110
I would be considered a gun nut to most people on this forum.	Dr_Scholl	Dec 2012	#111
"For the Second Amendment" is rather glib, honestly.	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2012	#112

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