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Go Vols

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6. I need guns to protect my livestock
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 12:24 PM
Dec 2012

I don't hunt a lot anymore,but do know people that wouldn't eat very well without a gun to kill their food due to lack of money to buy meat at the store.

People don't NEED guns. They WANT them. [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 OP
ask them if they are Oath keepers or are riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #1
Some people actually do need them. I don't presume to judge another person's needs. slackmaster Dec 2012 #2
As long as they're honest about why they want them n/t ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #8
Now you're encroaching on the boundaries of privacy slackmaster Dec 2012 #10
They don't mind encroaching on women's privacy ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #12
I mind encroaching on a woman's privacy slackmaster Dec 2012 #16
kick samsingh Dec 2012 #3
Wrong! darkangel218 Dec 2012 #4
" I'm only excercising my constitutional rights." rainlillie Dec 2012 #18
+1 Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #26
And that is what makes your kind dangerous realgreen Dec 2012 #77
False dichotomy. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #78
Owning a gun and owning automatic weapons with huge magazines are not the same thing. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #33
Thats not what the OP was saying. nt darkangel218 Dec 2012 #37
Well its what I'm sayin' darlin'. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #38
Sweetie ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #41
Again, your post had nothing to do with my reply to the OP. darkangel218 Dec 2012 #49
What do automatic weapons weapons Jenoch Dec 2012 #55
One question... XRubicon Dec 2012 #58
I dont need AR15s, small handguns for self defense darkangel218 Dec 2012 #61
I am with you XRubicon Dec 2012 #63
Americans (first world populace) etherealtruth Dec 2012 #5
+1000 ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #9
If this were the old west days I can see how a gun would be a need. Initech Dec 2012 #59
Interesting, so nobody needs to protect themselves from the million+ violent crimes that occur... StayFunky Dec 2012 #60
I need guns to protect my livestock Go Vols Dec 2012 #6
You need food. I got no problem w/ that. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #13
When I was young, I needed a rifle and shotgun in order to feed my family. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #7
You know the level of "Need" based on the advertising. Pholus Dec 2012 #11
The first guy on twitter had asked: "why don't I need an assault weapon?" ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #14
not what the OP said. Go Vols Dec 2012 #15
people don't really need much more than food, water and air. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #17
And when someone comes to cut off your air supply ComplimentarySwine Dec 2012 #79
without 2A, the others are pretty much empty statements. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #82
If you want a shotgun to put food on the table, fine. PDJane Dec 2012 #19
How else does one become proficient with a firearm... Marengo Dec 2012 #20
Right. Apparently Adam L. had that. Worked well don't you think? MichiganVote Dec 2012 #32
Insipid. So, every gun owner who practices to be proficient with a firearm... Marengo Dec 2012 #73
Its my preference that they not have automatic, semi automatics or any other auto anything MichiganVote Dec 2012 #75
Do you believe "No one NEEDS to shoot targets" as the poster suggested? Marengo Dec 2012 #81
You still don't NEED an exploding target, nor do you need 30 rounds in the gun PDJane Dec 2012 #57
You said "No one NEEDS to shoot targets."... Marengo Dec 2012 #74
I want a firearm Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #83
Ranchers who sometimes need to protect their cattle from having broken legs after stepping in AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #45
That's a really specious argument....and yeah, ok, carry more bullets than 3 - 6. PDJane Dec 2012 #56
Yea, the ranchers can shoot 3 and then begin reloading while the rest scatter. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #64
I've lived on a farm. PDJane Dec 2012 #66
I lived on a ranch. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #67
Oh for chrissake, nothing like doubling down on stupidity. PDJane Dec 2012 #68
Prairie dogs are not groundhogs. I'll defer to your experience in "doubling down on stupidity." AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #72
Ok that's an argument to devalue other people's interests. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #21
So now we're supposed to place more value on a bear over kids in schools? Oh come on. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #29
Well that equivalence is yours and I suspect intentionally absurd for its theatrics HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #35
Intelluctualizing gun rights that include automatic weapons w/huge magazines MichiganVote Dec 2012 #36
No, it's what happens after we have acknowledged the problem and have moved on HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #39
Of course, the "overly broad characterizations of the mentally ill" will discourage some from AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #46
Yes, HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #48
I mostly agree with you assertion me b zola Dec 2012 #22
Where the debate ends. hay rick Dec 2012 #23
Right. They don't want to acknowledge there IS a difference. Because that would mean MichiganVote Dec 2012 #30
People don't need alcohol, either. eallen Dec 2012 #24
Mostly true, HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #25
Humans only NEED sustenance and shelter. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #27
sort of true, if you snip out the need for the means to secure those essentials. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #28
I'd say the means are implied. (nt) Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #42
Shelter and SAFETY kind of go together darkangel218 Dec 2012 #31
Like enormous trucks. Or, really, 4WD. Robb Dec 2012 #34
The fact they covet lethal weapons is reason enough to restrict them. Hoyt Dec 2012 #40
So Go Vols Dec 2012 #43
No sympathy for your poor pitiful gun plight and "earnest need" for semi-autos. Hoyt Dec 2012 #44
I have no gun plight, Go Vols Dec 2012 #47
I own guns because I want to. So what? Throd Dec 2012 #50
Why do you want them then? nt tblue Dec 2012 #51
I own all kinds of stuff I don't need. So do you. Throd Dec 2012 #52
Might as well face it BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #53
Some need them. Some want them. rrneck Dec 2012 #54
a question for those who say they need a gun mokawanis Dec 2012 #62
Who's the Secretary of Need these days? X_Digger Dec 2012 #65
All rights are wants and not needs Taitertots Dec 2012 #69
There is a difference but when someone wants something enough ... it becomes a need. nt Raine Dec 2012 #70
Depends on your definition of "need." "Need" as in you'll die if you don't have it? Maybe that's Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #71
We will always gain more mileage out of common ground than any boundary. Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #76
True, but the same could be said about anything. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #80
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