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overthehillvet

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69. True!!!!

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #66)

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 11:03 PM

Jan 2013

Every word of this is true. The AR-15 type of weapons are involved in a very small part of our nations gun violence.

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Does your neighbor having an AR-15 in his house make you feel safer? [View all] gulliver Jan 2013 OP

depends on if he has stockpiles of water, MREs, and supplies too datasuspect Jan 2013 #1

Both my neighbors have them and I could care less Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #2

Why do I get the feeling that said neighbor might just end up being a more-than-usual zbdent Jan 2013 #3

"Why do I get the feeling" that you are creating bigotry out of complete ignorance? n/t PavePusher Jan 2013 #55

I might consider moving away... CTyankee Jan 2013 #4

I don't give a shit one way or the other. nt rrneck Jan 2013 #5

Since majority of folks who accumulate those things are right wing and often callous and bigoted Hoyt Jan 2013 #6

People in the cells next to yours aren't allowed to own those things. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #40

And when I'm on outside, I make it a point to avoid their callous souls. Hoyt Jan 2013 #42

I wish they'd let me out from time to time. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #45

reckless and irresponsible for needing them and not safe for me 2Design Jan 2013 #7

It neither enhances nor detracts from my perception of safety. X_Digger Jan 2013 #8

My neighbor's choice of firearms has no influence on my feelings of safety. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #9

I know my neighbors have guns but not sure about an AR-15 rightsideout Jan 2013 #10

Well let's have a ban on fences then. guardian Jan 2013 #84

I'm not paranoid so it doesn't affect me one way or the other. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #11

Neither safer or less safe. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #12

The beauty of this is that it is social and private, not government. gulliver Jan 2013 #28

No. It would scare me half to death. He's probably extremely paranoid and has anger issues kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #13

That's an assumption on your part, for which you probably have no empricial evidence. Bake Jan 2013 #22

My neighbor is a Captain in the police force. benld74 Jan 2013 #14

No, nor does it make me feel less safe. I really don't care what kind of weapons my neighbors have. slackmaster Jan 2013 #15

The "other guy" having a gun never makes anyone feel safer. Robb Jan 2013 #16

To answer your question simply, it has no effect on my feeling of safety bossy22 Jan 2013 #17

On that basis alone? I couldn't care less. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #18

It would not matter to any rational person ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #19

HELL NO! ellisonz Jan 2013 #20

HIS house? REP Jan 2013 #21

No, I would feel that I couldn't go in my own yard Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #23

Oh, Lord Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #25

Is that right an Amish girl in a buggy was killed here last summer by a doc03 Jan 2013 #33

Stray gunshots = problem Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #53

Are you referring to this incident (it was a apparently muzzleloading rifle) ?... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #56

Perhaps it was the feared muzzle-loading full-auto AR-15A series Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #67

That's it I remembered it as a .22 I think because the next day on doc03 Jan 2013 #75

There was another incident I think was this last spring or summer. A women was doc03 Jan 2013 #82

How do you know? Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2013 #38

Here's a link Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #50

You better read your test again buddy the .223 penetrated the wall and doc03 Jan 2013 #78

Get educated. PavePusher Jan 2013 #57

It certainly wouldn't make me feel endangered Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #24

+1 my feelings exactly truegrit44 Jan 2013 #46

One of the things that's beginning to worry me Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #61

Yes, it does seem that way and we need to stay focused truegrit44 Jan 2013 #65

Not any more than him NOT having one. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #26

Neither more nor less safe. And your comment about the owner's association is petronius Jan 2013 #27

An AR15 next door does not scare me nor make me feel safer. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #29

Not weird.... PavePusher Jan 2013 #58

someone call the waaaaaaaaambulance ... zbdent Jan 2013 #106

Sort of neutral on the whole thing. He's a very nice older gentleman. jmg257 Jan 2013 #30

I would actually give his teaching job to someone else. gulliver Jan 2013 #31

He's probably lucky you are not in a position to do so, then. jmg257 Jan 2013 #32

As long as they are legal... gulliver Jan 2013 #34

Why might I ask that?? To do so (tell) doesn't seem worth-while in the least. jmg257 Jan 2013 #43

Maybe you should "dump" the bigotry. n/t PavePusher Jan 2013 #59

Around here it would just make them like him more Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #62

Just wow...... overthehillvet Jan 2013 #63

Re: not much of a liberal are you gulliver? ;) the coming storm Jan 2013 #35

Is 2nd Amendment discussion a Liberal v Conservative thing? pinto Jan 2013 #44

not really overthehillvet Jan 2013 #68

I don't know. I'd have to ask my neighbors how they feel. lol (n/t) OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #36

I would have to report him as a terrorist former-republican Jan 2013 #37

Shhhhhh................ Remmah2 Jan 2013 #39

I wouldn't know what my neighbor had in his house Marrah_G Jan 2013 #41

I would be surprised if any of my neighbors had an AR. Mugu Jan 2013 #47

I'm an AR-15 owner. Dr_Scholl Jan 2013 #48

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Oh yes, Turbineguy Jan 2013 #51

I don't really care what my neighbors own Recursion Jan 2013 #52

I live in Texas - I am used to cowards with guns Skittles Jan 2013 #54

They do (and a whole lot more than that) and I couldn't care less. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #60

Neighbors The revenge Jan 2013 #64

You draw up a caricature, then proceed to be terrified by it? krispos42 Jan 2013 #66

True!!!! overthehillvet Jan 2013 #69

I live so far away from my neighbors I could give a damn what they have or do - Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #70

I have at least 3 close neighbors who own them, based on hearing them target shoot riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #71

Such weapons are quite popular among bigots. Hoyt Jan 2013 #76

Such bigots are quite common among anti gun zealots rl6214 Jan 2013 #93

Yes they are very popular among Law Enforcement Officers. harcosparky Jun 2014 #109

I want to be safe like people in Russia. obama08lover Jan 2013 #72

I thought it was the people who owned guns sarisataka Jan 2013 #73

Well done! (n/t) derby378 Jan 2013 #74

No. Those fucking coawards with their AR15s scare the hell out of me. bubbayugga Jan 2013 #77

I am much more scared by a neighbor that might have guardian Jan 2013 #85

LOL Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #99

My neighbor has three such weapons but i dont feel safer. Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #79

No. Most definitely not. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #80

"Their kind is simply not needed." flvegan Jan 2013 #81

Does your neighbor having an AR-15 in his house make you feel safer? guardian Jan 2013 #83

I Wouldn't Want My Kids otohara Jan 2013 #86

I could care less. tradecenter Jan 2013 #87

NO! I'd much rather not know that he does. *Then* I feel safer. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #88

Of course not. Iggo Jan 2013 #89

You have a "property owner's association" and you want to control what your neighbors think and do AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #90

Depends on what he does with it. kudzu22 Jan 2013 #91

not really Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #92

Maybe we should have them all sew a scarlet AR15 patch on their chest rl6214 Jan 2013 #94

no. yellow stars are much nicer, doncha think. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #97

They are so over done though rl6214 Jan 2013 #100

well, we can use 5 point stars because Yeah the 6 point was done to death. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #101

"Assault weapon weirdos"? I know a few of them... TreasonousBastard Jan 2013 #95

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LOL Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #98

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I have no clue what weapons my neighbor has and - lynne Jan 2013 #103

Wouldn't bother me any. Glaug-Eldare Jan 2013 #104

most people will probably never know. barbtries Jan 2013 #105

It actually does Old Troop Jan 2013 #107

What Are You So Afraid Of ????? harcosparky Jun 2014 #108

You're referring to the neighbor, right? Wondering why they are so afraid. arcane1 Jun 2014 #110

I was near one once Mindfreak7 Feb 2015 #111

What state do live in that GP6971 Feb 2015 #112

It's doubtable Mindfreak7 Feb 2015 #113

I'm not so sure, why would the state allow such a terrible weaponin the hands of these people..... marble falls Feb 2015 #114

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