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JoeyT

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29. I disagree with the ban on hollow points.
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 04:01 PM
Dec 2012

Hollow points won't go through a vest, FMJ will. If anything I'd think a ban on FMJ or JHP would be more useful. A ban on hollow points won't go well. A ban on FMJ would be very easy to promote: It serves absolutely no purpose but shooting people.

tax and regulate eom tj_crackersnatch Dec 2012 #1
Yup Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #31
Hollow point ammunition is safer than "ball" or Cu plated round point ammunition. Why do you bluerum Dec 2012 #2
Safer for whom? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #5
It does not go through walls hack89 Dec 2012 #28
Because the "guntards" use them to expand in their targets. They don't give a shit about bystanders. Hoyt Dec 2012 #6
Indeed!!!! haikugal Dec 2012 #9
More bullshit amateur psychoanalysis, Hoyt? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #10
Like I said, it's time to quit coddling those who think their need to hug a bunch of guns is more Hoyt Dec 2012 #12
Oooh! Bullshit amateur psychoanalysis AND straw man! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #18
So you're saying you feel like you need to be coddled? rbixby Dec 2012 #38
I see nothing groundbreaking in his post tkmorris Dec 2012 #13
"They don't give a shit about bystanders." Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #16
I'll take your word on it... daleanime Dec 2012 #20
The Newtown killer did not use hollow points. bluerum Dec 2012 #94
K&R nt abelenkpe Dec 2012 #3
K&R 99Forever Dec 2012 #4
Federal law against concealed carry Fumesucker Dec 2012 #7
Not a federal issue hack89 Dec 2012 #30
Look, you have people starting arguments in restaraunts and then ending them with a concealed gun Fumesucker Dec 2012 #32
Can states make weed totally legal? Washington and Colorado think they can. hack89 Dec 2012 #33
Law abiding gun owners will follow federal law Fumesucker Dec 2012 #37
So all those pot smokers in Washington and Colorado are criminals? Really? hack89 Dec 2012 #39
I've been needing a new hobby I'm kind of of bored with the old ones Fumesucker Dec 2012 #41
So you're saying the 1934 federal law banning machine guns thucythucy Dec 2012 #100
They did not ban machine guns - they are perfectly legal for private citizens to own hack89 Dec 2012 #106
Okay. Then the way to go would seem to be thucythucy Dec 2012 #108
Heller has changed things somewhat hack89 Dec 2012 #110
I agree it won't be easy, and that a consensus thucythucy Dec 2012 #111
Concealed carry? Hmmmm... I've been thinking about a new hobby... hunter Dec 2012 #81
I like the Tree of Life. Nice. Hoyt Dec 2012 #98
Nail...meet The Rude One!! haikugal Dec 2012 #8
Since when is any form of "retard" okay here? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #11
Give us a break. You are just another gun cultist trying to deflect blame from your "hobby." Hoyt Dec 2012 #14
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #17
Wow... "guntard" wasn't hidden letemrot Dec 2012 #47
The Term "guntard" Came From The Rude's Piece HangOnKids Dec 2012 #59
In the OP title there are no quotes letemrot Dec 2012 #63
I guess you just take your chances on an internet board. It is what it is. HangOnKids Dec 2012 #66
as much as I detest gun enthusiasts Skittles Dec 2012 #15
Well...at least we have that in common! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #19
He's the "RUDE PUNDIT" for a reason. MessiahRp Dec 2012 #23
I agree, this is a term demeaning to people with developmental disabilities, thucythucy Dec 2012 #101
Excellent statement at the end: SpankMe Dec 2012 #21
I love this! But knowing the mentality of the bad guys, that bumper sticker on your car calimary Dec 2012 #103
This rocks, but I'll add one more Proud Public Servant Dec 2012 #22
Sensible man and article riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #24
'Guntards' is juvenile. randome Dec 2012 #25
+1 Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #26
If you let the NRA speak for you that's how others are going to think of you Fumesucker Dec 2012 #35
So to get stupid people to behave more rationally, we need to be more stupid? randome Dec 2012 #43
OK.. Fumesucker Dec 2012 #46
There is no reasoning with the likes of Nugent, that's for sure. randome Dec 2012 #57
We have ways to deal with people who don't "cooperate with new regulations" DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #42
I agree completely with creating much more comprehensive laws for guns. randome Dec 2012 #44
If their position is unreasonable then they appear more and more unhinged the harder they fight Fumesucker Dec 2012 #48
There is that. randome Dec 2012 #55
The Rude One hits it out of the park again. hifiguy Dec 2012 #27
I disagree with the ban on hollow points. JoeyT Dec 2012 #29
What is it with gunheads and... 99Forever Dec 2012 #34
Do you want legislation? cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #64
Well golly gee... 99Forever Dec 2012 #65
No, apparently we don't. JoeyT Dec 2012 #69
NOT TODAY , NOT EVER --> "the NRA and right wingers are the only ones that sound like " bettyellen Dec 2012 #104
They're awesome at taking sections of a sentence out of context too. JoeyT Dec 2012 #105
Today, the NRA sounded like deranged moronic selfish assholes. So there's that. bettyellen Dec 2012 #107
Yep. JoeyT Dec 2012 #109
Yeah, trying to craft functional legislation makes me a gunhead. JoeyT Dec 2012 #68
Precisely who did I call "retards." 99Forever Dec 2012 #76
You didn't. JoeyT Dec 2012 #82
Hollow points sarisataka Dec 2012 #72
Yep. JoeyT Dec 2012 #74
A very unfortunate fact is sarisataka Dec 2012 #80
True, but only because gunsters will always push the envelop to satisfy their need Hoyt Dec 2012 #99
Thoughts on the proposals... Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #36
Forgive me if I missed something genxlib Dec 2012 #45
Clarifications. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #56
With all due respect genxlib Dec 2012 #86
On private sales. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #89
Too much potential for fraud with online sales and online registration. I work for the state and Erose999 Dec 2012 #54
If the banks can figure out how to pass finanancial credentials, this is a solveable problem. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #58
I've had 2 instances of fraud on my bank account in the past year. Nothing online is secure. Nothing Erose999 Dec 2012 #112
"No private sales of firearms" JoeyT Dec 2012 #70
It's harder to buy cold and sinus medicine. Matariki Dec 2012 #40
Hell, it's harder to VOTE in an election! AllyCat Dec 2012 #62
Maybe at a cold medicine show it is, but not in a store. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #67
That's because there's a JoeyT Dec 2012 #71
The gun registry should be open for public viewing. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #49
That would be a bad idea. JoeyT Dec 2012 #73
But what kind of militia do we have if membership in it is secret? JDPriestly Dec 2012 #91
The kind that isn't shooting someone JoeyT Dec 2012 #95
Invitation to theft. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #78
But the Second Amendment grants the right to bear arms in order to insure we have a militia. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #93
The kind that fears its government. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #96
I fucking love you. nt rivegauche Dec 2012 #50
Hey, I bought sake from a sidewalk vending machine in Tokyo in the wee hours of the morning DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #51
Close down gun shows!!! lastlib Dec 2012 #52
K&R for the Rude Pundit. nt Chorophyll Dec 2012 #53
LOL OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #60
And while we are at it, require gun owners to purchase liability insurance AllyCat Dec 2012 #61
No problem. It's cheap, and you will probably get it as part of your NRA membership. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #77
If your gun is stolen/missing and it can be shown you were not reasonably prudent Fumesucker Dec 2012 #85
Good ideas, rude guy, but they still won't get us to Japan's low level of gun deaths Dems to Win Dec 2012 #75
Our *non*-gun homicide rate is higher than Japan's *total* rate, too. X_Digger Dec 2012 #79
As I said, 'Japan's low level of gun deaths'. Gun-murder is the lazy man's way of death. Dems to Win Dec 2012 #83
It's only "gun carnage" that bothers you. Okay. X_Digger Dec 2012 #84
People don't have a constitutional right to own a bat. Guns are oh-so-special Dems to Win Dec 2012 #88
No shit, people don't have a constitional right to a bat.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #90
Article V of the US Constitution awaits your attention. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #87
Lets look at your proposals happyslug Dec 2012 #92
Kicked and FUCKING recommended for the RUDE PUNDIT!! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #97
While I agree with much of this OP, "guntard" is a demeaning slur thucythucy Dec 2012 #102
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