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jody

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44. Senator Feinstein said “If I could’ve gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:00 PM

Jan 2013

outright ban, picking up every one of them — Mr. and Mrs. America turn ‘em all in — I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren’t here.”

By your classification is she a “crazy left-wing nut"?

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Gun bans and abortion bans - a remarkable Puritanical similarity [View all] banned from Kos Jan 2013 OP

Well said!! montanto Jan 2013 #1

You're kidding right? bowens43 Jan 2013 #63

100% AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #68

yep.. pipoman Jan 2013 #2

nope bowens43 Jan 2013 #64

the two don't equate at all. A woman's right is 1st amend. A gun takes that away graham4anything Jan 2013 #3

Please cite the words from the 1st supporting "A woman's right is 1st amend." Thanks jody Jan 2013 #5

so one should have shoulder to air missles? graham4anything Jan 2013 #7

Hell' why not go with the nuclear bomb theory former-republican Jan 2013 #9

a gun violates everyones first amendment rights ask Dr. Tiller graham4anything Jan 2013 #23

No, actually, only government can violate one's first amendment rights.. pipoman Jan 2013 #45

ask Dr. Tiller who would love to respond to your question ...also ask the following ... graham4anything Jan 2013 #48

Oh the hyperbole is thick, my my.. pipoman Jan 2013 #59

they can't speak for themselves as a gun took their 1st amendment away enmasse graham4anything Jan 2013 #65

You are speaking for the "children"? AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #71

the OP is 100% incorrect. graham4anything Jan 2013 #73

Obviously not. And your fiction that firearms are "WMDs" is obviously a fiction. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #81

ROFL pipoman Jan 2013 #90

I thought you were off base there, but see you are looking at the intent and effects. Good. freshwest Jan 2013 #52

Please cite the words from the 1st supporting "A woman's right is 1st amend." nt jody Jan 2013 #10

Thomas Jefferson said all men are created equal. What about Blacks and Women? graham4anything Jan 2013 #13

. former-republican Jan 2013 #19

Never take more than three words to say "I don't know" and that was your correct answer to my jody Jan 2013 #21

I stand by what I said. Ask a person in Kansas about Dr. Tiller, a wonderful patriot who was graham4anything Jan 2013 #25

Roe v. Wade is a 14th Amendment issue.. pipoman Jan 2013 #26

wrongo. Dr. Tiller's being silenced has everything to do with the 1st amendment graham4anything Jan 2013 #29

LOL pipoman Jan 2013 #51

The zealots never cease to amuse ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #87

Whew..holy cow.. pipoman Jan 2013 #89

SCOTUS disagrees with you ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #67

We already have the intrusive government Fumesucker Jan 2013 #4

Yup Recursion Jan 2013 #56

did you think this up all on your own, or is it the faxed talking point du jour? DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2013 #6

A gun ban (not comprehensive background checks) banned from Kos Jan 2013 #18

Guns are weapons of mass destruction. Anything is acceptable imho to rid the streets of WMDs graham4anything Jan 2013 #50

"WMDs"? Are you one of those, after the 9/11 attack by Saudis, thought that there were WMDs in Iraq AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #74

What does Iraq have to do with WMDs? Guns ARE WMDs. graham4anything Jan 2013 #76

See. Even you get it. Just because someone says that there are "WMDs" to further their AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #79

guns are WMDs and should be treated as such. Anything goes as Cole Porter wrote graham4anything Jan 2013 #80

If honesty matters, it is wrong to say "anything goes." Firearms are not "WMDs." AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #94

yes they are, no matter how much you deny it. WMD=weapons, destruction, en masse=akaGuns graham4anything Jan 2013 #109

words matter DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2013 #53

Actually, they got it from *me*; see these posts from April & May, 2012: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #61

they don't equate because one involves PRIVATE MEDICAL DECISIONS. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #8

Both are constitutionally protected rights... so the Supreme Court seems them the same way. davidn3600 Jan 2013 #12

Hmm...maybe better said "...learn to die with it"? nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #36

False equivalence indeed! eom BlueMTexpat Jan 2013 #11

Gun Control = Hitler. Nice Drudge-ery. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #14

Ban them all Veridicus Jan 2013 #15

"everyone has access to a cop when needed" Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #22

About what? Veridicus Jan 2013 #27

Oh, sorry...nothing to do with him. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #42

I see it now Veridicus Jan 2013 #49

That's an interesting theory. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #54

"no one needs to hunt anymore with a grocery store within walking distance of anyone." beevul Jan 2013 #103

I too am pro-choice on both issues slackmaster Jan 2013 #16

Tell that to all the countries that have vastly less gun violence than we do dsc Jan 2013 #17

Agree there rightsideout Jan 2013 #38

It isn't complicated dsc Jan 2013 #39

You, of course, left out Switzerland. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #75

funny you mention Switerland dsc Jan 2013 #93

Rubbish. ellisonz Jan 2013 #20

It's really too bad for gun enthusiasts that they have not more strongly stood up for other rights Fumesucker Jan 2013 #24

Did you miss my "I am a radical liberal" thread? banned from Kos Jan 2013 #32

The NRA supports none of those things, mostly supports Republicans Fumesucker Jan 2013 #40

What? I don't give a fuck about the NRA. banned from Kos Jan 2013 #58

Not trying to be insulting, just telling you what I see Fumesucker Jan 2013 #70

Meh. And I am richer than bill gates. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #95

Funny, some have - and been yelling for years about lack of choices/freedoms The Straight Story Jan 2013 #34

^Same here, Straight Story ^ Mimosa Jan 2013 #57

Agree! nt Budgies Revenge Jan 2013 #83

Fumesucker you mix lots of things. I personally know thousands of pro-RKBA folks and all of them jody Jan 2013 #37

You say that like it's a bad thing... Fumesucker Jan 2013 #60

I speak & vote for myself. I help Democratic candidates campaign and I've had many LTTE published jody Jan 2013 #66

I live in a gun mecca, seriously Fumesucker Jan 2013 #85

"Gun enthusiasts as a whole are now represented in the public mind by the NRA, ..." 1) No. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #78

Except that having an abortion doesn't threaten everyone else's lives. NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #28

Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman graham4anything Jan 2013 #30

The RBKA extremists are hanging on to any strawbranch they can MightyMopar Jan 2013 #33

What about him? (n/t) derby378 Jan 2013 #91

bill outlawing guns in the street, it should named in Mr.Trayvon Martin's memory graham4anything Jan 2013 #110

Both are and can be regulated. earthside Jan 2013 #31

Senator Feinstein said “If I could’ve gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an jody Jan 2013 #44

She was referring only to 'assault weapons' .... earthside Jan 2013 #77

"We have banned civilian ownership of all fully automatic weapons" - No, we haven't. beevul Jan 2013 #105

Just bullfuckingshit. For you to equate the right of a woman to control her body, MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #35

I am NOT equating a woman with a gun! banned from Kos Jan 2013 #43

conflating a medical procedure with a consumer decision is rather convenient LanternWaste Jan 2013 #82

"I am equating a woman who makes a private decision with a citizen who decides to own a gun" MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #88

The OP is reaching nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #97

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #69

Least persuasive talking point... Ever ThoughtCriminal Jan 2013 #41

There is no similarity etherealtruth Jan 2013 #46

Wow - so now banning guns is a rigid religious & moral issue? jmg257 Jan 2013 #47

Um, no gollygee Jan 2013 #55

Possibly the dumbest pro gun argument I have ever seen. bowens43 Jan 2013 #62

Last time I checked, abortion was 100% legal in most countries with strict gun control, Chorophyll Jan 2013 #72

There are many similarities, to be sure. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #84

Stunning...and this goes after all the false equivalence s we have seen nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #86

read points 1-4 please. banned from Kos Jan 2013 #92

Wow, kudos. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #96

I can see why you were banned from Kos. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #98

+1 ellisonz Jan 2013 #111

Yet another NRA false equivalence billh58 Jan 2013 #99

Now I know where you got this precious turd... nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #100

but common sense, regulations, and rules do work samsingh Jan 2013 #101

Didn't the Puritans have guns? thucythucy Jan 2013 #102

Stupid, stupid, stupid argument. morningfog Jan 2013 #104

Oh bullshit ismnotwasm Jan 2013 #106

So.....you like Rush Limbaugh's talking points? jeff47 Jan 2013 #107

They are pretty similar, authoritarians. Big Brother government. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #108

. Rex Jan 2013 #112

Seat belts too. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #113

Different issues. ljm2002 Jan 2013 #114