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apocalypsehow

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54. I'd say to the tea-baggers in the rally: good luck with that, pro-NRA gun nuts!
Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:50 AM
Mar 2013

The legislation passed the NY Assembly with overwhelming support and is a model for a nationwide law that is coming soon to a USA near you!

Proud of the progressive and liberal Democrats in the great state of New York that got this bill passed, and is now law. Something like it will soon be law of the land.


Edit: typo.

what a bunch of lunatics...... bowens43 Feb 2013 #1
It appears they are quite spirited in the condemnation of Gov Cuomo and his Act. jmg257 Feb 2013 #2
Huff Po is a little low on the attendance number Remmah2 Feb 2013 #3
Wow - 10 grand...pretty good turn out. Nt jmg257 Feb 2013 #4
My cousin has been texting me all day from Albany (live reports). Remmah2 Feb 2013 #5
Well teabaggers are gun nuts, and make no mistake about it this was a Tea Party rally. Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #6
Sorry. You're mistaken. Straw Man Mar 2013 #7
It was a tea party rally Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #8
but no July four costumes gejohnston Mar 2013 #9
I know the Gadsen Flag is from the American Revolution originally but today it is a Tea Party symbol Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #11
Association fallacy. Straw Man Mar 2013 #13
He is on their Board of Directors, they reelected him after this video was was widely distributed Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #14
OK, once more, slowly. Straw Man Mar 2013 #16
Here is your fallacy, you claim I said "everyone at this rally" but I never said such a thing Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #18
So you're recanting? Straw Man Mar 2013 #23
No I am not recanting, there is a difference between attending and endorsing Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #33
You're just weaseling. Straw Man Mar 2013 #37
Once again there is no cotradiction here, there is a difference between attendance and support Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #44
So your brush really is that broad. Straw Man Mar 2013 #46
I never said anything about opposing the Safe Act Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #48
This whole rally is about the SAFE Act. Straw Man Mar 2013 #50
That one doesn't care about facts. CokeMachine Mar 2013 #70
Keene didn't appoint Nugent gejohnston Mar 2013 #15
Has the NRA President done anything to condemn Nugent? Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #20
search me gejohnston Mar 2013 #21
Is there any evidence that Mayors Against Illegal Guns knew he was committing the crimes? Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #22
I never checked it out gejohnston Mar 2013 #26
There is no way the leadership did not know what Nugent said Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #32
Keene's son out of jail yet? rdharma Mar 2013 #28
The Gadsen Flag holdencaufield Mar 2013 #10
The American Revolution is over, the Gadsen flag is now known as a Tea Party symbol Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #12
you take symbols back and co opt them gejohnston Mar 2013 #17
Yeah, you keep telling yourself that this crowd is not packed with teabaggers. Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #19
I'm reminded of someone I knew in childhood ... holdencaufield Mar 2013 #24
I have been to literally hundreds of protests, I never made that claim Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #31
Nobody said there were no teabaggers there. Straw Man Mar 2013 #25
The tea party funding NRA was a lead organizer of the rally Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #30
So basically everything can be determined WinniSkipper Mar 2013 #68
Please explain (with reference to COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #34
I don't know about the 2A gejohnston Mar 2013 #35
That's possible, but I would still like COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #39
Maybe there's a clause that says mwrguy Mar 2013 #40
Yep. Nails it right down the line, every single thing you state in this reply. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #53
They need 100's of Thousands....to get back what a few have taken. ileus Mar 2013 #27
don't laugh at me jimmy the one Mar 2013 #29
"don't laugh at me" holdencaufield Mar 2013 #36
Can't stop laughing jimmy the one Mar 2013 #38
Don't tread on........ rdharma Mar 2013 #42
I always laugh at you word salads. How's things in Canada? nt CokeMachine Mar 2013 #71
I haven't seen a crowd that white mwrguy Mar 2013 #41
And? Skip Intro Mar 2013 #43
Is this a Tea Party event of racist white guys? Remmah2 Mar 2013 #52
Yes, it was a teabagger rally Bjorn Against Mar 2013 #45
Go ahead. Straw Man Mar 2013 #47
I think the implication is that one is a teabagger IF one opposes the SAFE act. Marengo Mar 2013 #51
Funny, my cousin who was there is 50% Latino & took his buddies. Remmah2 Mar 2013 #49
I'd say to the tea-baggers in the rally: good luck with that, pro-NRA gun nuts! apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #54
So if it had such overwhelming support, why didn't Coumo gejohnston Mar 2013 #55
Puh-leeze: it passed the NY Assembly 104-43, and NY Senate 43-18. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #56
state constitution requires the waiting period gejohnston Mar 2013 #57
NY Assembly 104-43, and NY Senate 43-18. And the law's here to stay. Get over it. n/t. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #59
$10 says ... holdencaufield Mar 2013 #58
In ten years, there will be a *NATION-WIDE* law passed by a Democratic Congress apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #60
Wait .... holdencaufield Mar 2013 #61
This isn't "1994," and the GOP is not gonna be able to rescue the discredited "RKBA" cause again: apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #62
Thanks, Jeane Dixon holdencaufield Mar 2013 #63
What I find odd is that a supposed Democrat would invoke "1994" - the year the GOP took apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #64
What I find odd.... WinniSkipper Mar 2013 #69
Suuuure you find it all "odd"... apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #72
Oh, yeah, and one other thing: NY Assembly 104-43, and NY Senate 43-18. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #65
I take it you're not one of those "law abiding" gun owners waving the jmg257 Mar 2013 #66
LOL - ain't it the truth? Claim to be "law-abiding gun owners" yet let new laws be passed apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #67
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