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In reply to the discussion: I think we've already lost the gun control debate. [View all]Robb
(39,665 posts)34. Irrelevant. And facile.
Everyone is a law-abiding citizen until they break the law.
Sort of like every gun owner is a responsible gun owner, right up until the moment they are not.
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The 'ring of fire' was a group of inter-related manufacturers of small, inexpensive,
petronius
Mar 2013
#153
Working for a Gun-Free America. One day at a time. Longterm, the NRA is dead
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#6
What smart business person is going to agree to a clause like that in their contract?
Pararescue
Mar 2013
#82
Selling WMDs can't be very satisfying, especially if one of the stores babies is used badly
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#86
What???? First of all, there is nothing unrespectable about a gun shop.
Common Sense Party
Mar 2013
#83
Working for a gun in the streets free America, by the middle of Hillary's first term.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#89
And what role will Pope Michael Bloomberg The Infallible play in your Fantasy Island
Common Sense Party
Mar 2013
#90
"Here you go. That's 3 ounces of high-fructose corn syrup Coke. That'll be $49.50...AND you have to
Common Sense Party
Mar 2013
#92
He is not running. He is going to spend the next 30 years making sure the streets are safe
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#102
Because of wellness, his mother lived to 102. Wellness, leads to long lives more than not
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#105
Working for a bullet Free America, one day at a time. And then, you can keep your gun.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#129
Working for a bullet free in the streets America one day at a time. You may keep 100 guns.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#150
There was never any debate, there was a lot of screaming and posturing at both extremes.
hobbit709
Mar 2013
#16
Jeez, I tried debating -- even making proposals -- and was called every name in the book.
Eleanors38
Mar 2013
#111
I'm sorry but 3D printing technology is not so far advanced that widespread home use is an issue...
Earth_First
Mar 2013
#22
The court cases and legislation that is passing is mostly trending pro-gun rights,
Lurks Often
Mar 2013
#28
The Great Equalizer is changing it, one candidate at a time. Blackmail by the NRA is ending
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#37
I have great hopes that Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg's $$
riderinthestorm
Mar 2013
#51
Working for a bullet Free America, one day at a time. And then, you can keep your gun.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#40
That can be clarified easy enough. Though 'possession of an AW' should cover it, IF
jmg257
Mar 2013
#63
Why not? NY passed defacto mag confiscation..certainly should reduce the numbers in circulation.
jmg257
Mar 2013
#48
The hypocrisy is breathtaking. Make law abiding citizens criminals for owning firearms.
geckosfeet
Mar 2013
#69
I don't think many new laws would make citizens criminals for owning guns, only if they persisted
jmg257
Mar 2013
#73
I know what you mean - people picking only those parts of being a community they like,
jmg257
Mar 2013
#134
Very bad analogy. The threshold for counterfeiting is passing a note off undetected.
JVS
Mar 2013
#116
/\ Ding Ding Ding /\ Enough deaths to diminsh the perceived needs of selfish gun owners?
jmg257
Mar 2013
#64
Considering that gun deaths have been steadily declining for a couple of decades
hack89
Mar 2013
#65
I doubt it. Those who aren't personally affected would still be more concerned with themselves
jmg257
Mar 2013
#67
Fortunately it is unlikely that violent crime rates will reverse anytime soon. nt
hack89
Mar 2013
#68
90% of people used to smoke. 90% of people now don't. REGARDLESS of what a smoker might want.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#130
That lot have a lot of newfound love for the Patriot Act and super-PACS.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2013
#72
"...door to door and taking away the guns." Actually, rather popular here if you look up thread...
Eleanors38
Mar 2013
#114
It was lost when the focus shifted to whether or not a rifle can have a pistol grip
krispos42
Mar 2013
#74
I don't think it is so much about persons who "think about kiiling people a lot", as it is about
jmg257
Mar 2013
#81
It was a tale told by an idiot, full of sounds and fury, signifying nothing
Demo_Chris
Mar 2013
#123
That's okay. We'll deal with the criminals making semi-auto gun parts at home.
Zen Democrat
Mar 2013
#152