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Gun Control & RKBA

Lil Missy

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30. You'd think they were destroying sperm instead of guns.

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 05:48 AM

Jan 2013

Don't waste any seed!

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

WTF? The whole point of a buyback is to destroy guns. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #1

Gun makers make $$$ when old guns get destroyed. n/t krispos42 Jan 2013 #2

Not if people don't buy more guns. n/t ellisonz Jan 2013 #5

So, no effective response, then. krispos42 Jan 2013 #12

So you're supporting the NRA's position on this issue? ellisonz Jan 2013 #13

As opposed to the gun manufacturer's position on the matter? krispos42 Jan 2013 #15

"Where does it say the people turning them in wanted them destroyed?" ellisonz Jan 2013 #16

So, no answer. krispos42 Jan 2013 #19

I don't make a habit of answering ridiculous questions. ellisonz Jan 2013 #20

Are you unfamiliar with the more common forms of capitalist exchange? holdencaufield Jan 2013 #21

And that's why they need the NRA to rescue their guns for them, yes? ellisonz Jan 2013 #22

Collectors show up to try to get the better ones gejohnston Jan 2013 #23

The guns were destroyed. ellisonz Jan 2013 #28

Actually ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #24

"people don't turn in guns because for noble reasons or hippie sentimentality" ellisonz Jan 2013 #27

You earned it buddy: ellisonz Jan 2013 #29

Those are some of the silliest replies to you that I ever heard... freshwest Jan 2013 #42

it's not a fu%ing puppy "move a gun from an unwanted home to a wanted home" who are ya, MichaelHarris Jan 2013 #31

So some other gun does instead? krispos42 Jan 2013 #37

wayno weeping jimmy the one Jan 2013 #3

They just can respect the free choices of other citizens... ellisonz Jan 2013 #4

...as long as you approve of those choices... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #6

NRA has a gun fetish? rl6214 Jan 2013 #26

Yes. Come to think of it, "gun" is nowhere in the 2nd Am either. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #38

Your don't understand what "arms" means? rl6214 Jan 2013 #40

"Arms" are what "a well regulated Militia" uses. nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #41

Obviously you don't know what "well regulated" means rl6214 Jan 2013 #43

Obviously you want it to mean something it doesn't. nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #44

threats of legal action gejohnston Jan 2013 #7

Missing PavePusher already? ellisonz Jan 2013 #8

no, merely pointing out there is a difference gejohnston Jan 2013 #9

Don't hijack my thread, brah. ellisonz Jan 2013 #11

OK back to the thread gejohnston Jan 2013 #14

The NRA has no case. The property is not being seized. ellisonz Jan 2013 #17

Especially since most of them gejohnston Jan 2013 #18

Buy backs of fine firearms should set a goal to rehome those that are worthy. ileus Jan 2013 #10

I'd bet the collectibles and fine firearms are safe from destruction JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #34

How can it be a gun BUYBACK when they didn't own them in the first place and rl6214 Jan 2013 #25

You'd think they were destroying sperm instead of guns. Lil Missy Jan 2013 #30

CPUSA jimmy the one Jan 2013 #32

Wow. Really, NRA? DanTex Jan 2013 #33

NRA, um, reasoning jimmy the one Jan 2013 #36

Gun buybacks are stupid and ineffective iiibbb Jan 2013 #35

They are just hunks of metal, wood, and plastic. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #39