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pipoman

(16,038 posts)

32. Actually

Reply to earthside (Reply #28)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:07 PM

Jan 2013

do you think Jared Loughner would have sold his gun for the $100 walmart gift certificate? No, and neither will any other criminals..grandma, who's afraid to give the gun to her kids for fear the grandkids might get it will drag her dead husbands 1952 Iver Johnson six shooter down there. Now the public has just paid $100 for a gun that nobody would pay $50 for...OTOH grandma may have a first model Colt 1911, worth thousands in the collector market...and they are going to melt it down with the IJ paperweight? Silly ritual..Maybe when they are done melting guns they can get funding to buy objectionable books to burn..

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NRA Vows To Stop Tucson From Destroying Guns [View all] onehandle Jan 2013 OP

Won't anyone think of the guns? Confusious Jan 2013 #1

Rachel Maddow tonite on TRMS said the "NRA jumped the shark" MightyMopar Jan 2013 #2

STate law my ass. These buy backs have been happening off and on for YEARS now, benld74 Jan 2013 #3

The laws vary from state to state ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #8

This is about an Arizona state law. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #19

The NRA folks must stay up nights thinking of how to be ever more twisted and craven. Squinch Jan 2013 #4

The city should weld the triggers to the magazines and plug the barrels then sent them to the NRA Vincardog Jan 2013 #5

Words fail.....Forget that. The NRA is run by LUNATICS. neverforget Jan 2013 #6

WTF obama2terms Jan 2013 #7

The NRA is only, and I mean ONLY, a gun sales promotion outfit. Archae Jan 2013 #9

Why wouldn't gun manufacturers want the guns destroyed? pipoman Jan 2013 #12

Because it might get more popular than they prefer. Archae Jan 2013 #13

Nonsense pipoman Jan 2013 #21

Is there anyone dumber then a gun nut? bowens43 Jan 2013 #10

Is "buy back" accurate? pipoman Jan 2013 #11

The guns are neither seized nor abandoned Tempest Jan 2013 #14

That's what I immediately observed. caseymoz Jan 2013 #15

Gun nuts have seen they have no political power anymore and are fighting back Tempest Jan 2013 #16

So if they seized a ton of cocaine, it would have to be auctioned off vinny9698 Jan 2013 #17

On Noes!!! blackspade Jan 2013 #18

DU Gungeoneers like to ridicule gun buy back programs Kolesar Jan 2013 #20

And gun controllers pipoman Jan 2013 #22

&You belong to the complementary set: the "out of control" people ... Kolesar Jan 2013 #23

I just believe we pipoman Jan 2013 #29

So it's a "fiscal responsibility" argument? Bwah-hah-hah! We all know how bullwinkle428 Jan 2013 #26

? pipoman Jan 2013 #30

If they're so worthless... 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #31

see #29 and 30 pipoman Jan 2013 #33

Gun nuts jambo101 Jan 2013 #24

Drip drip drip, the nra is revealing itself to be a paper tiger. Javaman Jan 2013 #25

Perhaps the NRA yesphan Jan 2013 #27

a la Drudge yesterday ... I'd like to see ... earthside Jan 2013 #28

Actually pipoman Jan 2013 #32

if the NRA has its way, we would all be forced to own a gun. (or 10) olddad56 Jan 2013 #34