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+A Bunch. Hoyt Dec 2012 #1
Anyone who kicks in the front door of someone's home TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #2
If that happens, your gun won't save you Taverner Dec 2012 #4
I don't own and carry a firearm because it might happen TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #11
Why does everyone that ever defended themsleves with a firearm also own such cheap doors? Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #51
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #57
What did you replace the "kicked-in" door with? Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #60
What do military tactical experts do to minimize the attack? LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #104
First thing I did when I bought this house years ago was replace the front door. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #131
It's because most of these stories are made up Taverner Dec 2012 #70
Try to kick down even a cheap front door. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #92
We lived in a double wide for awhile and it had the cheapest doors EVER. renie408 Dec 2012 #136
Because instead of giving themselves seconds to arm/discourage via steel doors and frames DainBramaged Dec 2012 #126
Guns and such anger don't mix well. Hoyt Dec 2012 #54
neither do legal gun owners and people looking to cause them harm. TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #58
I sure hope you don't pack in public as well. Hoyt Dec 2012 #61
I've carried legally for as long as I can remember TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #63
Typical gun toter rhetoric. Tell your boy LaPierre hello. Hoyt Dec 2012 #65
It was ever so brief. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #94
Another right wing gun cultist entering and welcomed by Gungeoneers. Hoyt Dec 2012 #108
You assume, wrongly, that anyone who carries has a chip on his/her shoulder. Bake Dec 2012 #117
Women tend to be more responsible than men about guns. Hoyt Dec 2012 #121
So the law abiding citizens don't get to jog in the park. Bake Dec 2012 #149
George Zimmerman, Loughner, Holmes, Stawicki, etc., were all law-abiding according to gun Hoyt Dec 2012 #150
Sorry. I can carry legally. Bake Dec 2012 #151
Lots of things are legal, yet immoral, menace to society, etc. Hoyt Dec 2012 #152
The gun is an inanimate object, neither moral nor immoral. Bake Dec 2012 #153
That's just the way Hoyt is to anyone that doesn't drink his koolaide rl6214 Dec 2012 #140
And 1 arsehole in a 1000 survives being ejected from... TheMadMonk Dec 2012 #99
You are dead wrong on that one. 18 yo mother, husband died of cancer on Christmas jtuck004 Dec 2012 #67
Interesting you said shotgun. OrwellwasRight Dec 2012 #75
There are semi-automatic shotguns. There are shotguns that are assault weapons (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #89
Then not those. Taverner Dec 2012 #93
No one? Really? Bake Dec 2012 #119
Actually a shotgun is often a semi-automatic weapon, and some other reading I have jtuck004 Dec 2012 #148
Just let me know... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #96
Ah the "superspy comes to kill me" defense... Taverner Dec 2012 #97
There's this term. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #100
Does not follow - which is YOUR argument Taverner Dec 2012 #101
Really n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #109
We agree about that. Some of us have legit reasons to fear Concealed Carry in PUBLIC. patrice Dec 2012 #15
Agreed - Concealed Carry Is Menace To Society cantbeserious Dec 2012 #59
There are places I would like to go, but I don't AND I'm not the only one AND that fact, plane & patrice Dec 2012 #62
You seem to enjoy this fantasy Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #26
What kind of fucking moron would see their family being in harm's way TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #28
The kind who is into hero fantasies? Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #29
great, then talk to gun nuts about that TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #31
Lock and load! Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #56
the usual paranoia strikes again Skittles Dec 2012 #39
That is an exceptionally bold statement. Indydem Dec 2012 #3
I think that there is a difference between gun owner and gun NUT. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #5
+100000 Taverner Dec 2012 #7
Unfortunately that isnot the prevailing idea around here. Indydem Dec 2012 #9
Oh, bull... you're wrong on that being the 'prevailing idea around here'. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #12
I've spent the last 2 weeks getting destroyed. Indydem Dec 2012 #16
Depends on how you define "prevailing" Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #22
Check out their transparency page. Quite revealing. Electric Monk Dec 2012 #55
Lots of anger there....against words posted by a stranger, on an internet board. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #64
I don't know about prevailing, but he's right that gun owners generally have been called nuts here.. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #82
While I am not in the camp you describe, I shed no tears for you. You have the NRA and PLENTY of PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #87
Anything going on on this board, you MUST factor in trollery of one degree or another. patrice Dec 2012 #25
Am I a gun owner, or a gun nut? shadowrider Dec 2012 #33
I don't know you, but you're clearly willing to discuss things that can be done. My vote is NOT nut. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #36
if you keep asking people to define "gun nut" Skittles Dec 2012 #41
If you agree with anything Ted Nugent says, YOU ARE MOST DEFINITELY A GUN NUT. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #43
OMG PeaceNikki Skittles Dec 2012 #45
If your firearm has a name...you might be a gun nut Taverner Dec 2012 #71
Especially if your firearm is your baby. LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #111
I have no problems with a gun Taverner Dec 2012 #6
Isn't RKBA kind of about using the guns for killing people though? rbixby Dec 2012 #81
Many here think killing someone is just like in Rambo... Taverner Dec 2012 #84
This tantrum totally persuaded me to the OPs position cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #8
poor thing has been neglected and is searching for the Mother Love. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #44
Honestly! I'm not entirely comfortable, but willing to compromise a little to respect the rights of patrice Dec 2012 #10
I just get sick of the knee jerk reaction to any talk of regulation Taverner Dec 2012 #14
Most handguns are semi-auto shadowrider Dec 2012 #34
Plenty of revolvers are on the market theKed Dec 2012 #129
Plenty of revolvers are on the market theKed Dec 2012 #130
My vision of the future, especially the future for more troubled cohorts, in their OWN communities patrice Dec 2012 #52
Seems to me that just gives name calling a new suit of clothes HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #13
I'm so out of the loop. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #17
right to keep and bear arms PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #20
Well, duh. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #24
Oops, when you mentioned the 'right to life', I thought you were saying you supported... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #18
"Right to Life" atreides1 Dec 2012 #19
I thought the same thing... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #23
Sorry - best I could come up with Taverner Dec 2012 #27
They do need a new way of referring to authentic Right to Life that recognizes OUR very very real patrice Dec 2012 #37
Yes. Exactly. Taverner Dec 2012 #79
K&R Whovian Dec 2012 #21
No. Tell me Big Guy exactly, how was I born? Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #30
lol!! nt darkangel218 Dec 2012 #38
False dilemma, a common logical fallacy slackmaster Dec 2012 #35
Both sides practice this Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #40
but, which side started this thread? Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #46
Meh....sort of irrelevant Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #48
very much relevant to this thread. IF? please. I changed your Momma's diapers. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #50
My biggest fan! If I said the sky was blue, you'd claim it was red. Taverner Dec 2012 #78
Floyd_Gondolli, is that you? did you get you get your socks confused? Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #80
news from you - I am, and have only ever been, Taverner Taverner Dec 2012 #83
Then; Why are You all up in this subthread chasing me down, stalker. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #85
That's not me... Taverner Dec 2012 #88
like I always say, better pissed off than pissed on. C ya, Floyd_Gondolli, dueces. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #90
Chickens most definitely came first slackmaster Dec 2012 #47
Nice false dichotomy ya got there. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #42
You seem to be confusing RTKBA with supporting assault weapons michigandem58 Dec 2012 #49
You seem to be confusing your trolling with something meaninfgul Taverner Dec 2012 #77
So you oppose a woman's right to choice? Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #53
Right to life not in the Anti Abortion context Taverner Dec 2012 #76
You seem to have missed the main point. That being about absolutes and the implied second Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #138
Ah once again the Not True Scotsman arguement raises it head hootinholler Dec 2012 #66
Ah the "names are meaningless" fallacy Taverner Dec 2012 #72
To the contrary hootinholler Dec 2012 #122
I don't understand why we can't just do the same as abelenkpe Dec 2012 #68
Because Gun Nuts would rather everyone die in a standoff... Taverner Dec 2012 #74
Oh, look: yet more bullshit amateur psychoanalysis... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #91
I support your right to be an idiot. Swamp Lover Dec 2012 #69
Does your "piece" have a name? Taverner Dec 2012 #73
No. My daughter and my graddaughter have names. Swamp Lover Dec 2012 #154
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #86
So youre implying rightful gun owners are " fascists " and dont care about your life? darkangel218 Dec 2012 #95
I understood it to be directed at those who totally refuse to budge and discuss gun control. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #98
We discuss gun control all the time. darkangel218 Dec 2012 #105
I don't read it that way at ALL, but I have no guns I cling to. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #107
Yah well, then you didnt read it too objectivly at all. darkangel218 Dec 2012 #110
lol, I just want it better fucking REGULATED, dude. That's my fucking 'problem'. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #112
I have a problem with the name calling, " dude ". darkangel218 Dec 2012 #115
I see. I didn't realize gun owners were such delicate flowers whose feelings are hurt so easily PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #120
Ahh so now youre implying we're listening to right wing media and the NRA?? darkangel218 Dec 2012 #123
Only if you totally refuse to budge on gun control. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #125
Youre throwing insults left and right just like the OP, but claim you want a serious discussion darkangel218 Dec 2012 #127
WTF? You're fucking paranoid. I've thrown no insults. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #128
Oh you havent? just read your last few posts to me again. darkangel218 Dec 2012 #132
Study: Carrying a gun can make you more paranoid PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #133
Gun owners hAVE budged, LOTS of inches. beevul Dec 2012 #147
It depends. Are those "Rightful" gun owners determined to hold onto their assault weapons? Savannahmann Dec 2012 #102
Where is the OP refering only to assault weapons? darkangel218 Dec 2012 #106
I agree. Semi automatic weapons have no place in a civilized society. Initech Dec 2012 #103
You do not get to define "progressive" for anyone but yourself. Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #113
This ^^^ is one of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #116
+1 darkangel218 Dec 2012 #118
What the fuck does abortion have to do with RBKA? REP Dec 2012 #114
+1,000 + a gazillion. DainBramaged Dec 2012 #124
I'm so tired of people trying to define what a progressive is and isn't. Th1onein Dec 2012 #134
lol. of course you are. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #135
Finally we learn who defines "progressive" OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #137
Maybe if you would grow up people would pay attention to your posts rl6214 Dec 2012 #139
Big man - willing to back that up? Taverner Dec 2012 #142
What are you going to do...beat me up after school rl6214 Dec 2012 #144
I don't see why it's an either/or. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #141
+1 darkangel218 Dec 2012 #143
Better watch out...the op will ask you if you are willing to back that up rl6214 Dec 2012 #145
Whoa..."value life" really? When did you go vegan, Tav? flvegan Dec 2012 #146
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