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In reply to the discussion: Meet George Zimmerman: He Is the NRA [View all]Pacafishmate
(249 posts)16. What does that have to do with anything?
Osama bin Laden once said that something should be done about climate change. Does that somehow mar the reputation of groups working to stop it? Please think before you post.
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Basically agree, but the NRA's actions have made it much easier for the Loughners and Zimmermans.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#4
Yes, society becomes a bit more interesting when the people are given a bit of freedom.
Pacafishmate
Mar 2012
#17
Anyone who is fearful enough to believe they always need to carry a gun is not free.
baldguy
Mar 2012
#20
Well...there are a few gun shops where you can buy fully automatic weapons.
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#62
You call that "civilization"? Your definition of civilization is certainly a lot different than mine
shraby
Mar 2012
#32
The NRA is a right-wing thug organization, and support of them will be challenged here
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#45
The article says it correctly - it's no surprise it happened in Florida - a gun nut's paradise
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#15
Yet their violent crime rates have fallen every year but two in the last 20 years
hack89
Mar 2012
#24
You're incorrect. There was a crime drop in the entire U.S. in 2011. Florida has nothing to do
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#25
Again, the entire nation has become safer, but you're equating that to gun ownership and pro-murder
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#28
So show me where I am wrong. Show me how every state must follow Florida gun laws.
hack89
Mar 2012
#30
Wrong about what? Wrong that Zimmerman shot this kid with a gun? Wrong that this
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#35
Did you even read the damn OP? Did you read what it said about the National Reciprocity Act?
hack89
Mar 2012
#47
I view lack of gun control the same way I do this law. What's the difference?
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#53
The U.S. decrease in crime during 2011 (if you bothered to read the article)
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#67
Oh stop it. I've lived in countries where guns are not prevalent and felt infinitely safer because
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#71
Really? You're talking to someone who has lived abroad. Meanwhile, you haven't.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#77
Sure. He was American, a military guy, he met someone abroad, married her
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#83
There's a mammoth difference between being born on a U.S. base, and living
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#97
The key word here is stationed. You did not move abroad to live there as a Japanese.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#107
Where your fallacy is wrong? It's not even there yet. It's still in the fallacy stage. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#96
I've said all I'm going to say. You people have destroyed this country's safety
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#106
You've spent several days on here attempting to convince me that 1) gun crime rate has dropped - bs
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#110
So guns have created more crime yet crime is at historic lows? Strange logic there.
hack89
Mar 2012
#111
Ain't it, though? The death toll from handguns continues to pile up, and yet nothing - NOTHING -
apocalypsehow
Mar 2012
#93