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In reply to the discussion: People don't NEED guns. They WANT them. [View all]Go Vols
(5,902 posts)6. I need guns to protect my livestock
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.
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Some people actually do need them. I don't presume to judge another person's needs.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#2
Owning a gun and owning automatic weapons with huge magazines are not the same thing.
MichiganVote
Dec 2012
#33
Interesting, so nobody needs to protect themselves from the million+ violent crimes that occur...
StayFunky
Dec 2012
#60
The first guy on twitter had asked: "why don't I need an assault weapon?"
ProfessionalLeftist
Dec 2012
#14
Its my preference that they not have automatic, semi automatics or any other auto anything
MichiganVote
Dec 2012
#75
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
Prairie dogs are not groundhogs. I'll defer to your experience in "doubling down on stupidity."
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#72
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
Right. They don't want to acknowledge there IS a difference. Because that would mean
MichiganVote
Dec 2012
#30
sort of true, if you snip out the need for the means to secure those essentials.
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#28
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