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the NRA represents paranoid cowards Skittles Jul 2013 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Pelican Jul 2013 #2
or, apparently, stay off a public road Skittles Jul 2013 #3
How dare he walk about in public while black BainsBane Jul 2013 #5
Notice BainsBane Jul 2013 #22
it's what cowards do, BainsBane Skittles Jul 2013 #27
What? BainsBane Jul 2013 #4
Can you identify a causal link between a gun and the impulse to use it improperly? nt rrneck Jul 2013 #6
I guess it's too much to expect you would actually read the editorial? BainsBane Jul 2013 #7
Um, yeah. rrneck Jul 2013 #10
All the available data on guns is correlation BainsBane Jul 2013 #15
Can you establish rrneck Jul 2013 #32
I'm waiting for you to provide evidence BainsBane Jul 2013 #38
What is it about a gun rrneck Jul 2013 #40
It's mental masturbation. reusrename Jul 2013 #63
I certainly believe you can't answer it. rrneck Jul 2013 #67
It's child's play, really. Packing a gun is exactly like using steroids only it's instant. reusrename Jul 2013 #69
So rrneck Jul 2013 #72
Is the concept really that difficult for you? reusrename Jul 2013 #76
So rrneck Jul 2013 #77
I know he's a murdering, lying sack 'o shit. reusrename Jul 2013 #86
Well, lets see... rrneck Jul 2013 #90
They aren't misusing it BainsBane Jul 2013 #65
I already told you they were designed to kill. Try and keep up. rrneck Jul 2013 #68
well if the point isn't to kill BainsBane Jul 2013 #94
What sort of killing is legal? rrneck Jul 2013 #112
Not quite... TampaAnimusVortex Jul 2013 #47
So what is your response BainsBane Jul 2013 #66
My response isnt more emotional hyperbole... TampaAnimusVortex Jul 2013 #119
and this BainsBane Jul 2013 #8
... rrneck Jul 2013 #11
In other words BainsBane Jul 2013 #17
There are many words you may use rrneck Jul 2013 #33
Don't you think Zimmerman's possession of a gun affected his decision to go hunting? Loudly Jul 2013 #104
Of course it did. rrneck Jul 2013 #117
crickets? BainsBane Jul 2013 #9
A firearm is an object that exists in the real world. rrneck Jul 2013 #13
I have provided evidence BainsBane Jul 2013 #21
Sorry, BB, but your conclusions don't match the evidence. Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #24
Obviously people without guns can't shoot BainsBane Jul 2013 #28
Let me make it even simpler for you: Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #108
Maybe you could carry a pool cue with you at all times. louis-t Jul 2013 #31
Did it, and used it. Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #109
I don't know, I think you have to have a pretty callous temperament to arm up and carry in public. Hoyt Jul 2013 #35
I think people who dictate what others can and can't do are callous. Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #111
We are talking guns here. I think society has right to define how yahoos use them. Enjoy yours. Hoyt Jul 2013 #113
You're right, of course. Decoy of Fenris Jul 2013 #115
Of course guns kill. It's what they're designed to do. rrneck Jul 2013 #34
There need not be a causal link BainsBane Jul 2013 #42
Well, you made the assertion rrneck Jul 2013 #46
I'm a middle aged woman BainsBane Jul 2013 #52
Ah. rrneck Jul 2013 #81
I think the difference is some people look for trouble BainsBane Jul 2013 #96
I don't carry a gun. rrneck Jul 2013 #116
Then there is a point that no one purchases a gun BainsBane Jul 2013 #43
Guns are equally useful rrneck Jul 2013 #45
"defense" like George Zimmerman? BainsBane Jul 2013 #49
Zimmerman was the agressor in that encounter. rrneck Jul 2013 #91
sanctimony BainsBane Jul 2013 #50
Killing is always wrong, every time, I don't care why. rrneck Jul 2013 #92
I have bought many handguns with no intention of ever killing anything with them. ... spin Jul 2013 #58
If you don't intend on killing BainsBane Jul 2013 #59
I have several methods of handling an attack on the street. ... spin Jul 2013 #61
Question BainsBane Jul 2013 #98
Good question. ... spin Jul 2013 #103
Thanks for answering BainsBane Jul 2013 #105
No problem. (n/t) spin Jul 2013 #107
RIght, there are no murders via gun in the US....regards uponit7771 Jul 2013 #12
Can you establish a causal link between the gun and the impulse to use it. rrneck Jul 2013 #14
So Zimmerman would have killed the Martin kid even if he didn't own a gun? reusrename Jul 2013 #64
What else do you know about Zimmerman? rrneck Jul 2013 #70
Aren't you arguing that the gun has nothing to do with the killing? reusrename Jul 2013 #71
No. rrneck Jul 2013 #73
The desire to shoot the kid would be there whether or not he has a gun. reusrename Jul 2013 #74
There is no science junk or otherwise. rrneck Jul 2013 #75
Then why insist on setting up this strawman? reusrename Jul 2013 #84
I didn't make the assertion. rrneck Jul 2013 #88
To clarify rrneck Jul 2013 #83
Your refusal to face reality should not be construed as evasion from others. reusrename Jul 2013 #85
I'm getting the same exact wrong answer. rrneck Jul 2013 #89
You think an answer is wrong because it doesn't tell you what you want to hear BainsBane Jul 2013 #106
Are you asserting that rrneck Jul 2013 #118
In this case? krispos42 Jul 2013 #87
I don't need to, vigilantes chasing down burglary suspects is improper... Hippo_Tron Jul 2013 #79
Yes, all prudent responses, and you are to be congratulated on your grasp of the obvious, rrneck Jul 2013 #82
No one without a badge should be allowed to carry a weapon. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #16
That is not the case BainsBane Jul 2013 #18
I know that is not the case. I just want it to be. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #19
I'm with you on that BainsBane Jul 2013 #20
Me too.nt bravenak Jul 2013 #51
BINGO! kentuck Jul 2013 #23
They love this trial BainsBane Jul 2013 #25
Welcome to the World of the Non-Gun Owner HockeyMom Jul 2013 #26
And your irrational fear should be the basis of public policy? hack89 Jul 2013 #41
That may be the most foolish post I have ever read on DU. ... spin Jul 2013 #60
if you walk around with a hammer riverwalker Jul 2013 #29
Exactly BainsBane Jul 2013 #30
Hmmm on the decline in crime, from their own link: The Straight Story Jul 2013 #36
Yes, you missed it BainsBane Jul 2013 #37
There has to be a point? The Straight Story Jul 2013 #39
The whole armed-citizen/citizen militia movement is made of idiots, misfits and nincompoops... LanternWaste Jul 2013 #44
Well we do have our virtual neighbors BainsBane Jul 2013 #48
I agree with you however ... spin Jul 2013 #62
I have a gun that somebody gave to me. bravenak Jul 2013 #53
I'd say you might do better to turn it in BainsBane Jul 2013 #54
I live in Alaska so I don't know if they even have buy back programs. This state has the worst gun bravenak Jul 2013 #55
I used to carry pepper spray BainsBane Jul 2013 #56
Ok. bravenak Jul 2013 #57
Thing is with these people Spirochete Jul 2013 #78
Gun ownership has fallen far less than the crime rate has krispos42 Jul 2013 #80
This is a column from the Huffington Post BainsBane Jul 2013 #93
But you're posting it, and supporting it. krispos42 Jul 2013 #95
Why, so you can't attack me? BainsBane Jul 2013 #97
So you don't want your stuff challenged? krispos42 Jul 2013 #99
It's not my stuff, dude BainsBane Jul 2013 #100
Oh, you mean my posts would be hidden BainsBane Jul 2013 #101
Also, you should know better than to write posts that long BainsBane Jul 2013 #102
Dodge City WovenGems Jul 2013 #110
No, the Old West had pretty strict gun control Recursion Jul 2013 #114
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