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Mopar151

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26. I think this poster may be trying to borrow my karma

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Sat Jan 5, 2013, 02:07 PM

Jan 2013

I'd like to think that my position on this subject is somewhat more highly evolved.

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Django Unchained is a cautionary tale for "gun enthusiasts" [View all] MightyMopar Jan 2013 OP

Old White Guy Here That Believes The 2nd Amendment Should Be Repealed cantbeserious Jan 2013 #1

Your tell is showing MightyMopar. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #2

So That's What Constitutes A "Threat" These Days? Paladin Jan 2013 #4

Not a physical threat, but a political/legislative threat (or a "promise" as he says below). aikoaiko Jan 2013 #9

It's not a threat it's a promise! MightyMopar Jan 2013 #5

Thomas Jefferson: NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #11

20 million guns were sold in 2012 NickB79 Jan 2013 #34

Your teabagger allies will desert when you run out of junk food MightyMopar Jan 2013 #61

I don't know if we have the numbers now or not but someday we will have the numbers and the will MightyMopar Jan 2013 #38

"guns are a overwhelmingly a white guy rural phenomenon" That's pure bull shit! upaloopa Jan 2013 #3

Yep. I stopped reading right there. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #31

"it's well known that" = "watch me make sweeping claims" JVS Jan 2013 #32

538 blog agrees with me, Gun ownership is a rural older white male thing MightyMopar Jan 2013 #35

Historically this country was rural. Historically rural Americans used guns to get food. upaloopa Jan 2013 #43

Are you calling me dishonest? Are you questioning Nate Silver's polling? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #46

Read what I said! The impression that you are leaving is dishonest because you leave out any upaloopa Jan 2013 #51

Gun ownership is declining as these old white rural guys die off. Prove the reverse or apologize! MightyMopar Jan 2013 #52

You don't fucking give up do you? It doesn't fucking matter in our gun debates here about rural upaloopa Jan 2013 #53

Profanity doesn't help your case. Rural white guys temporarily stand in the way of stronger regs MightyMopar Jan 2013 #54

Fine, you win I give up I'm sorry I wasted this much time with you upaloopa Jan 2013 #55

Can I consider that an apology and retraction for saying I'm dishonest? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #56

Dude, Django shot all kinds of folks and rode off armed for bear. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #6

Gun enthusiasts are bragging on DU saying the guns can't be taken off them MightyMopar Jan 2013 #17

not sure how you plan to take guns off people loli phabay Jan 2013 #20

I still see no connection to the movie TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #33

The gun "enthusiasts" claim there will be no appetite for taking their guns but I think otherwise MightyMopar Jan 2013 #36

im not sure why you think casting it as a racial thing is a good idea. loli phabay Jan 2013 #41

Everything is a racial thing in America if you hadn't noticed MightyMopar Jan 2013 #48

Then why frustrated_lefty Jan 2013 #7

Talk about a misleading title. Prometheus_unbound Jan 2013 #8

Sniff sniff. Do you smell that? NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #10

What the hell? HappyMe Jan 2013 #12

This is your second bigoted post I've read in fewer than 12 hours. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #13

Are you calling me a bigot? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #18

Not calling you a bigot. tradecenter Jan 2013 #21

Pointing out the political implication of hunderds of years or white male privelidge is bigoted? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #23

BTW, what is the distinction between calling me a bigot or posting a bigoted post? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #49

Who would do that? guardian Jan 2013 #24

Still no answer from you. How am I a bigot? MightyMopar Jan 2013 #40

Seriously? Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #14

There are guns aplenty in too many hands of all Skidmore Jan 2013 #15

318 posts. interesting. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #16

I think this poster may be trying to borrow my karma Mopar151 Jan 2013 #26

scary thought, for one of you - can't decide which! *sigh* Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #29

This is indeed a weird post. Robb Jan 2013 #19

The fear of armed minorities was historically the driving force behind gun control Recursion Jan 2013 #22

? Igel Jan 2013 #27

That's why I said "historically". The origin of gun control was Jim Crow Recursion Jan 2013 #28

Are these some of the 'rural white guys' that you are talking about? guardian Jan 2013 #25

Pictures of Danica Patrick and Juan Carlos Montoya don't prove NASCAR isn't white male dominated MightyMopar Jan 2013 #30

Exactly! Or not, I'm not sure. Are you a friend of Mopar151? NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #42

Just a coattail rider, AFIK, and not well informed. Mopar151 Jan 2013 #57

Let me use small words guardian Jan 2013 #44

No I'll just call you mathematically challenged! MightyMopar Jan 2013 #45

I find it interesting that the guardian Jan 2013 #47

They offer remedial math classes down at the community college MightyMopar Jan 2013 #50

Just like the "female patriarchy" mentioned on another thread, these are merely Romulox Jan 2013 #60

Yeah, tell that to all my Hispanic friends, neighbors and RELATIVES rl6214 Jan 2013 #37

How do you define "rural"? Mopar151 Jan 2013 #39

Gun culture has crossed all racial barriers ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #58

Gun culture is fading among whites while Hispanics and blacks are already against it MightyMopar Jan 2013 #59

Do you happen to have the numbers for homicides committed with a gun by race ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2013 #62