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In reply to the discussion: The difference between urban and rural people is... [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)4. Too bad you chose to destroy
what could have been a worthwhile discussion with the perfectly ridiculous
For the same reasons that I don't want anyone taking my chainsaw, tractor or wrenches away, I don't want anyone taking my guns away.
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Your statement is incorrect. The difference between urban and rural people is
justiceischeap
Jan 2013
#1
conclusion: country folk are ignorant and feel helpless around those from different cultures while
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#3
it's all in your post, jeff. you chose to highlight the positive, but the negative was drawn from
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#40
"very few choose to be shot, suicides being the exception." Not quite true....
Ghost in the Machine
Jan 2013
#113
You should check out DU sometime. Seen some folks there wanting to take guns away
The Straight Story
Jan 2013
#125
In the same way that city folk are blind to the infrastructure that supports them...
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#66
Having lived in the city for many years I now choose to live in a rural area but work in the city
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#8
I'm a security guard and took a psych test. I wish a gun purchase required the same or better test.
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#12
yeah my slightly sociopathic cousin failed the psych for the NYPD. I thought that was pretty
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#24
Not me. If I had my choice, I would go live in urban areas around Europe and spend most
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#112
I have traveled to the British Isles, Paris, Mexico City and many Caribbean islands,
RebelOne
Jan 2013
#129
Let's see, I've lived at East 74th street in Manhattan, and in dairy farm country in upstate NY
mrsadm
Jan 2013
#11
my trespassing problem is city folk who park on my property to gain access to some falls in the nati
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#16
well the tow company charges them and the tow me for free when i get stuck so i guess
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#63
Likewise, I've lived in NW DC, urban and rural VA, and now in rural/suburban Conn.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2013
#23
My personal experience with people of ill intent is also pretty close to zero.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#35
yep, I've seen many a situation where many NYers immediately jumped in to help
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#26
For someone defensive about the value of your book larnin', your reading skills could improve.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#48
When I was mugged by two youths at gun point in Norfolk, VA (not exactly rural)
justiceischeap
Jan 2013
#76
We could mix better if we had better passenger rail. City could visit rural for the small town festi
patrice
Jan 2013
#30
I wasn't thinking about light-rail. I live in a "shipping hub", amazing the amount of right-of-way
patrice
Jan 2013
#81
FYI, "machine guns" are already highly regulated, and fewer than 200K own them...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#102
In my experience rural people are often well versed in local and regional history
1-Old-Man
Jan 2013
#33
I grew up on a farm, 9 miles from town (pop: 2,500), then lived in D.C., Chicago and Milwaukee ...
Scuba
Jan 2013
#37
The "Skills" part only works if you're defining "skills" as things that are helpful in the country.
JoeyT
Jan 2013
#39
Not a good enough argument to justify having an AK47. Or 30 bullet mags. Sorry. I'm sure 6'll do it
judesedit
Jan 2013
#45
therefore urban/suburban people have no need to have people-killing guns. great news ! nt
msongs
Jan 2013
#49
Urban folks do have "people killing guns". They simply hire others to operate them. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#51
RURAL POPULATION IN DECLINE FOR GOOD REASONS AND MORE WOULD LEAVE IF THEY COULD
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#62
It's one thing to retire to the country, it's quite another to grow up in the country
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#79
this is total bullshit as evidenced by the lack of any science, any study, and
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#77
Rural people need to be understood, as do urbanites and Americans of all locales, BUT
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#108
Mostly she opposes any words found to the left of the name "lumberjack_jeff"
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#115
Who is planning on taking away your guns, your chainsaws, and your wrenches?
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#97
There are undoubtedly people who don't fit into the urban/rural dichotomy.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#104
The person you were for 10 years is the type of person you now hope dems waste no time with.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#121
Right, because "middle class tax cuts" is an electoral loser that no democrat would ever support.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#134
A company moved some operations from Manhattan/Brooklyn to town just north of Newark
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#137