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jeff47

(26,549 posts)
36. And they're replaced by other people flying the drones before they do.
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:34 AM
Dec 2012

24/7 coverage isn't that hard.

Plus this is one weapons system. We have a lot of others where an assault rife is utterly ineffective.

Don't worry, i am sure the NRA has some drones of their own on the way. kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #1
Nah their real objective durablend Dec 2012 #41
I always want to ask those people when they believe it becomes OK to shoot cops Bjorn Against Dec 2012 #2
Don't expect the expected. Right. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #9
Nobody expects ashling Dec 2012 #32
"Second Amendment Remedies" ellisonz Dec 2012 #3
Ya Know... If Everybody Still Had Muskets... And ONLY Muskets... They Might Have A Chance... WillyT Dec 2012 #4
Yeah, that's why we are still fighting wars in Iraq and Afganistan OffWithTheirHeads Dec 2012 #5
But that's their own country CJCRANE Dec 2012 #7
So, it would be different in "our country"? OffWithTheirHeads Dec 2012 #10
It depends on the political will and the public mood. CJCRANE Dec 2012 #14
All Comparisons Between Iraq and Afghanistan Are Inapt Yavin4 Dec 2012 #24
Civil War was all tea and crumpets? tia uponit7771 Dec 2012 #37
Sorry, but that's wrong. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #11
Oh, Please. Yavin4 Dec 2012 #21
Yes, and they welcomed us with flowers in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan would R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #38
Uh...We're Not Fighting Those Wars At Full Capacity. We could do far more damage if we wanted to. Yavin4 Dec 2012 #16
Personally, I don't want to be shooting my neighbors if a catastrophe comes. Hoyt Dec 2012 #6
Do you believe that one of these drones would have stopped R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #8
Man, You Flew Past My Original Point. Yavin4 Dec 2012 #19
And my point is that it is never that easy. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #39
Sufferance enhancement is fair check on overreach. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #12
Who does the dude who flies the drone believe in? galileoreloaded Dec 2012 #13
Like There's Just One Dude? Multiple Dudes and Dudettes. Yavin4 Dec 2012 #18
The people who fly the drones have to leave the office sometime. LAGC Dec 2012 #15
You have no idea of where they are. Yavin4 Dec 2012 #17
Oh, I think in a real insurgency situation, intelligence would leak. LAGC Dec 2012 #20
If The U.S. Govt Was Faced with a Domestic Military Insurgency Yavin4 Dec 2012 #25
Doubtful. LAGC Dec 2012 #26
Umm donheld Dec 2012 #27
Your Point Is? Yavin4 Dec 2012 #29
My point is that the drones are already here in the US donheld Dec 2012 #31
Doubt that would be the issue. k2qb3 Dec 2012 #23
Bingo. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #40
And they're replaced by other people flying the drones before they do. jeff47 Dec 2012 #36
Are there any plans to give drones to teachers? nt DURHAM D Dec 2012 #22
Hey, It's only Tuesday. donheld Dec 2012 #28
Kids will LOVE them! durablend Dec 2012 #42
The Threat isn't the US Government !! shintao Dec 2012 #30
great, now everybody will want one... nt TeamPooka Dec 2012 #33
I am yet to talk to any gun owner who really believes that ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #34
I usually ask my right wing friends.... JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #35
that's what hubby said to a bunch of red necked loud mouths at work last week NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #43
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