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In reply to the discussion: Why Gun-Rights Backers Win While Other Conservative Causes Lose [View all]badtoworse
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Penis reference on the very first reply (with extra added race baiting!). /thread
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2014
#42
Well, yeah...you almost never see gun control advocates setting up checkpoints. (nt)
stone space
Apr 2014
#5
Guess you haven't been reading the news. But here's another example of how far...
stone space
Apr 2014
#11
What gun rights group were they representing or were they just assholes who happened to be armed?
badtoworse
Apr 2014
#12
"Assholes who happened to be armed" stems directly from the gun rights movement.
Paladin
Apr 2014
#14
Nope. not wearing it. There are legitimate uses for firearms, but these are not on the list.
badtoworse
Apr 2014
#16
Like I said, a group of armed assholes doesn't speak for the millions of legitimate gun owners
badtoworse
Apr 2014
#103
Responsibe gun owners no doubt would have wanted to see him arrested immediately and his guns...
stone space
Apr 2014
#109
I think it would have made more sense to arrest him that day for his threatening behavoir...
stone space
Apr 2014
#121
Terrorism. Dude brought an AR-15 to a political event to threaten and intimidate people and...
stone space
May 2014
#133
The Neo-Nazi with the AR-15 slung over his shoulder was talking about Civil Rights. Yeah, right.
stone space
May 2014
#142
Feel free to tell us how much you would oppose the police responding with guns drawn
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2014
#28
All the responses in this thread about clinging, bitterness, milita membership, its a white issue...
Mr_Rogers
Apr 2014
#19
"the NRA has been allowed to devolve into a purely political machine under teahadist influence."
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2014
#44
Fortunately, most people have something different in mind when turning the country blue.
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#38
Fortunately, most courts and legislatures recognize the Constitutional right to be armed.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#46
good luck, if all you offer to your "movement" is ignorance and name calling, you'll need it.
SQUEE
May 2014
#169
Sounds like gun restrictions would put you out of the gun profiteering business. Not surprised.
Hoyt
May 2014
#160
& the answers are: *CLOAKING* gunnuttery in "populism," "empowerment," & "non-racial" - plus,
UTUSN
Apr 2014
#27
Not a shot was fired at the Bundy ranch, but our country was harmed by the armed gun fanciers
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#40
Difficult to respond to gibberish. But, I'm talking about the right wing gun yahoos who showed up.
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#51
But, she gets re-elected. So I assume her non-right wing constituency supports her.
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#58
I wouldn't call Democrats who are gun owners right wing and you have to admit
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#60
What our party needs is a leading Democrat that can resonate with the majority of gun owners
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#65
I know exactly why dialog goes nowhere -- gun fanciers can't imagine life without access to
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#73
You're proving my point. You might get seven states to go along with Australia's approach.
badtoworse
Apr 2014
#79
Better approach is one more rational Justice, and get rid of bigoted right wingers
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#81
Nope, yahoos into gunz and manufacturers, keep them in business. Leadership is who's who
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#120
When gun owners hear people blathering about taking their guns, they send more checks to the NRA.
badtoworse
May 2014
#132
Do you seriously believe a state like Michigan would stay blue if politicians there talked like you?
badtoworse
May 2014
#137
I'm not running for anything. I just do not believe your fellow Michigan gun fanciers like this
Hoyt
May 2014
#138
Not really. There are very few NRA-style gun fanatics that are actually Democrats.
DanTex
Apr 2014
#116
I know a guy in upstate NY who owned a gun that was made illegal by the SAFE act.
DanTex
May 2014
#161
That is arguing on a purely emotional plane and poorly even by that standard.
badtoworse
Apr 2014
#63
I think that is good. When guns become like cigarettes, swastikas and incest, so much the better.
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#64
"That's why your [gun owners] have to behave better, they gotta act nicer, they gotta try harder..."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2014
#80
you do realize your constant belittling approach to people isn't winning anyone to your cause,right?
dionysus
Apr 2014
#74
If I tickled gun fanciers with a feather, it wouldn't change their obsession with gunz.
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#77
i don't think you have to worry anyone on DU shooting up anything, seriously... nt.
dionysus
Apr 2014
#83
If folks in the gungeon said worse things to you, why are you one of only two people banned there?
Lasher
Apr 2014
#111
You have to repeat things over and over to get through to those with gunz strapped to their body.
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#119
The gungeon is for gun fanciers. You know, to discuss shooting people efficiently,
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#118
I get it now, it's like protective custody to protect you from those unprovoked personal attacks.
Lasher
May 2014
#125
so is your goal (on DU) to bring people over to your side, or just snark it out with gun folks™?
dionysus
Apr 2014
#84
Pro Tip™: using belittling remarks in every post isn't clever, and it won't convince anyone to join
dionysus
Apr 2014
#89