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In reply to the discussion: I'm gonna say it and I don't care what gun nuts think... [View all]glinda
(14,807 posts)154. and possibly arming a future army consisting of
angry ultra conservative zombies because at the moment, their political leaders reveal angry hostile speak against many people, gender, anti-environmet, etc.....
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We also know that the NRA and it's army of gun extremists want to force their...
Walk away
Mar 2012
#135
Well I think getting handguns and legally concealing them aren't necessarily the same thing
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#22
the problem is that the "responsible folks" who own guns may not be "responsible" forever...but
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#29
So what is your solution? How do you keep the nuts from killing people so you can have your
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#42
That's it - let's do nothing and in a decade there will be another 100 million guns on street.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#55
Details -- If you make money off guns, you likely don't really give a crud who gets killed.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#160
So what's your solution to this "problem"? Prohibit gun manufacturers from advertising
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#161
Society needs to look a guns like stinking cigars, swastikas, confederate flags, Republicans,
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#166
Rather than a rant about all the evils of the world, what *policies* do you advocate?
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#168
I suspect the fact isn't as "useless" as it is inconvenient for your position
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#204
There are going to be another 100 million guns in a decade (or two) even *if* you do something.
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#165
You're exaggerating the analogy to make a point, but exaggeration isn't useful
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#211
When driving a car, you are required to attend a class, have a license and insurance...
cynatnite
Mar 2012
#97
That's for driving a car. But owning one doesn't necessarily require any of that
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#100
So fine. Keep your gun in your house. Take it out on the streets: get a license.
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2012
#163
I think most people agree that carrying it should require a license. I certainly do
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#207
This Is The Gun Rights Movement's Concept Of A Convincing Argument...... (n/t)
Paladin
Mar 2012
#222
What does a car have to do with a gun? That's one of the usual arguments the NRA teaches you but...
Walk away
Mar 2012
#140
First off, the NRA has never "taught" me anything; I'm not a member and never have been
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#213
And by the way, you most certainly CAN "drive your kids to school in a car"
WinniSkipper
Apr 2012
#251
Whenever a friend or acquaintance mention getting a concealed carry permit,
aka-chmeee
Mar 2012
#141
Great post LynneSin. I've always thought this is like sex to these losers. F**k the NRA..n/t
monmouth
Mar 2012
#14
Maybe, but I think such is beyond the libertarian/authoritarian/liberal/conservative frames
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#193
I read a very interesting piece in the NY Times about the U.S. Constitution's popularity with
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#35
A written constitution that is unworkable is a problem! What good is it if you can't USE it?
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#230
As the country gets Bluer, i.e., more Democratic, thanks to demographics, the "gun rights" crowd is
apocalypsehow
Mar 2012
#206
Given the enormous amount of (mostly)Republican money that went into the coffers
CTyankee
Mar 2012
#179
Wish that our govt killing innocent people with guns/bombs/drones got this much press
The Straight Story
Mar 2012
#21
Government killing innocent people with guns/bombs/drones is predictable collateral damage
indepat
Mar 2012
#88
This horrible case is just what millions have been afraid of happening when this law was debated
got root
Mar 2012
#24
By definition, murder is an unlawful killing of a human being by a human being.
Kennah
Mar 2012
#104
On the question of "Is George Zimmerman an unindicted murderer?" I would say yes.
Kennah
Mar 2012
#212
Your right. But as far as am concerned he still murdered an unarmed young man. That makes him a
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#226
I know you all don't want to hear this but everytime there is a DU poll about who owns a gun...
L0oniX
Mar 2012
#39
this has nutt'n to do with gun owners, just the kooks supporting the bizarre gun lobby law of SYG
got root
Mar 2012
#80
Gun Nuts, in the old Moderator version of the DU this would have been locked. Not anymore!
Logical
Mar 2012
#49
Ed Shultz just highlighted another case that just happened in Wisconsin due to the castle law
TNLib
Mar 2012
#72
That was a 20 yr old man hiding in an enclosed back porch in which he was trespassing at 2 am
piedmont
Mar 2012
#109
the point is there was no investigation and someone should not be shot just for tresspassing
TNLib
Mar 2012
#151
"After careful review of the evidence in this case, and for the reasons discussed..."
piedmont
Mar 2012
#171
shooting an unarmed man who is unlawfully on your back porch is not justified Self defense.
TNLib
Mar 2012
#175
I care much more about people being beaten, raped, killed in their own homes by invaders
piedmont
Mar 2012
#189
Stand Your Ground = Open season on anybody that doesn't look like you..
workinclasszero
Mar 2012
#60
Sure seems like it. They have had shootings like this all over the place, wherever they have those
Major Hogwash
Mar 2012
#65
A gun. A rope. What's the difference? It's the hate and fear we have to stop. n/t
jtuck004
Mar 2012
#78
You're drinking from the "gun nuts just want an excuse to kill and get away with it" trough.
krispos42
Mar 2012
#94
I agree. The mere fact someone is attracted to something marketed as an "assault" weapon is enough
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#169
Opponents Of Florida’s 2005 ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Predicted ‘Racially Motivated Killings’
ProSense
Mar 2012
#178
"Guns don't kill people, People do". Yep - insane people who are allowed to have guns kill people.
jillan
Mar 2012
#199
The admins have the ability to block you guys from posting in the GD forum.
Major Hogwash
Mar 2012
#239