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In reply to the discussion: If Your Knew Your Neighbor Had Assault Weapons And Assault Clips, Would You Move? [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)31. Since the majority with that kind of crud are bigoted right wingers, I'd make it a point to let them
know I don't care for that kind of junk around my family and to keep it on their property.
No need to coddle folks who probably ran out and bought more assault weapons, hi-cap magazines and ammo when Obama was elected/re-elected.
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If Your Knew Your Neighbor Had Assault Weapons And Assault Clips, Would You Move? [View all]
onehandle
Jan 2013
OP
I'd introduce myself, compare collections, and invite the person to go out shooting in the desert
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#2
An expensive and often frustrating sport where you spend hours and hours propelling
petronius
Jan 2013
#92
When you are shooting at soda can size targets at 500 or 600 yards, or more, a SMALL explosive...
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#125
Cool! Then make it law that your gun is kept in storage at a licensed gun range
rustydog
Jan 2013
#284
Florida, California, Maryland, New York, Illinois and New Jersey and maybe even the others
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#324
If that is your view, then you won't mind if we pass the laws that are safest for the most
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#340
It would depend on my judgment about the personality of my neighbor and ALL the members
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#6
If by LA you mean Los Angeles, you would probably be very surprised if you took a drive one day...
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#7
Checked out the Chabot range Website, and demographics were as I would have guessed.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#57
Figured it would turn you on. How many assault weapons have you acquired since Sandy Hook?
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#90
Would you vote for a Republican if your right to cover yourself in arms were severely restricted?
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#255
last spring I bought my first bonsai. I agree taking good care is very demanding.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#146
Haha great burglar story, good the cops caught him! I only saw the tennis shoe of the last burglar.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#140
A friend of mine is in that situation. Her neighbors are criminals. She wants to move.
ecstatic
Jan 2013
#16
It's unfortunate that you equate a neighbor lawfully owning a firearm with one being a criminal
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#21
Let's assume that your first sentence is true, even though it's not because handguns are really...
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#28
"I suspect that your thought processes have been shaped by misleading vividness in media reporting"
ecstatic
Jan 2013
#37
Not true. My friend "Jim" the felon (not his real name) used toy guns when he robbed people.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#122
Wouldn't know. Don't have any friends who robbed anyone with a gun or the illusion of one
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#129
"Jim" (not his real name) is the only one I know. He was the main talent for a record company...
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#132
Not only does the United States not have a "Dept of Needs," it does not have "assault clips."
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#148
Stripper clips can, of course, be even more dangerous if more than one is thrown at a time.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#108
I would move as soon as possible/practical, anyone who is paranoid enough to think they
DrewFlorida
Jan 2013
#26
Since the majority with that kind of crud are bigoted right wingers, I'd make it a point to let them
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#31
If you want to be in a safe neighborhood, come to Chicago where there can't be any such guns
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#34
How outrageous of you to say so. Don't you know that there are many rich and super-rich
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#89
Can't argue with the merits of a comment? Call it a it a "Talking Point" !!
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#70
Getting out = Your act of falsely claiming something is a "NRA Talking Point"
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#100
The people who would move because their neighbor owns guns are the real delicate flowers.
Undismayed
Jan 2013
#166
If it's been so thoroughly rebutted (over and over and over...) then just post the common rebuttal.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#106
Haven't heard of neighbors getting shot with assault weapons as a particular threat.
dkf
Jan 2013
#53
Where could someone move to in America where their neighbors won't have semi-auto rifles? n/t
Taitertots
Jan 2013
#61
LOL. You just reminded me of my Conservative Grandmother who lived in Southern California
rightsideout
Jan 2013
#156
are you still going to cotimue to walk your dog on the path behind his house? nt
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#75
Neither would I, that guy sounds nuts. Was this all hearsay, or he ACTUALLY does this? nt
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#85
Of course not, I would be happy he (or she) was protecting his/her home.
dexter sinister
Jan 2013
#95
No. but I'd write my rep in Congress to pass a law to make the gun illegal. q
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#133
I moved out of my rooming house when my housemate threatened to "show" me his
no_hypocrisy
Jan 2013
#136
You just called all of these people trolls. Way to go. What, no Delicate Flowers or Precious?
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2013
#144
It's legal so you have to use your best judgment if neighbors are a danger or not.I would not move.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#139
As long as they don't play loud country music, I don't care what they do. nt
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#163
DU rules forced 'antis' into the shadows. That time is over. Go back to the gungeon. nt
onehandle
Jan 2013
#225
You see some pariah object that resembles a futuristic ray gun from a 1950s SciFi movie
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#269
I still see a rifle. It's unfortunate that you presume to know the mindset of every person...
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#317
Are you bothered by the excessive number of mounting rails on the foreend of that rifle?
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#216
This, is why the human species lives in a corner of the universe isolated from
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#204
Words have meanings. If you want people to understand you then you should learn them.
DesMoinesDem
Jan 2013
#220
I understood what it meant - device to feed more bullets to the chamber than any moral person will
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#262
Clear to me. Of course, I don't "pointy finger" read word-by-word. I read in chunks for ideas.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#280
Except that a clip doesn't feed bullets into the chamber, so you don't know what it means.
DesMoinesDem
Jan 2013
#281
Is the irony lost on you that that wasn't an assault weapon under the '94 ban?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#245
Some that I know do, but there are some I hope don't have any kind of a weopon. n/t
doc03
Jan 2013
#285
I wouldn't trust my neighbour with a drawing of a butter knife, but he's an outlier. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2013
#341