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In reply to the discussion: People don't NEED guns. They WANT them. [View all]Pholus
(4,062 posts)11. You know the level of "Need" based on the advertising.
Hunting and livestock protection is important but NOT what this is about.
If it is, please explain the connection to this Bushmaster ad.
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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