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Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
103. Pointing a gun at someone is an assault with a deadly weapon.
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 01:03 PM
Feb 2012

You know as well as I do that several members have stated that they would and have brandished and would shoot those who pose no threat to their lives. One brandished his weapon at guys who were running off with his tools. Another has stated several times that he would shoot people who break windows or who commit what he considers acts of vandalism, like TPing houses. He supports holding teenage girls with toilet paper in their cars at gunpoint. Are you part of that mindset? Because people who act like that are a true danger to society.
Or are you just one of those guys who got caught up in the gun culture as a kid and never outgrew it?

Link? krispos42 Feb 2012 #1
I'm going to second that... I'd like to see a link Glassunion Feb 2012 #4
Here you go. TheWraith Feb 2012 #7
Ah. Requiring background checks at gun shows, of course. krispos42 Feb 2012 #8
Actually, he bought the gun over a month prior to his criminal act. PavePusher Feb 2012 #10
Marketing discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #38
"maybe he should have called it the "Whitney Houston Bill" instead" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2012 #27
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is on the right track - best of luck to them DrDan Feb 2012 #2
The track of intentional dishonesty, misleading the public, outright lying rl6214 Feb 2012 #3
Don't forget their criminal track record too. DonP Feb 2012 #6
About 20 out of 600 mayors. So what's wrong with the other 580 mayors who recognize guns ain't good Hoyt Feb 2012 #31
by percentage gejohnston Feb 2012 #32
Think of it as "20 out of 600 ... so far" DonP Feb 2012 #46
the track of common sense . . . DrDan Feb 2012 #19
+100 Bloomberg is doing a great job, despite an uphill battle. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #12
He spend a record number of dollars for every vote he got. krispos42 Feb 2012 #13
Sorry, but I like the guy. Independent is not a dirty word. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #15
glad you think so gejohnston Feb 2012 #16
You think he's on a power trip? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #28
His PD gejohnston Feb 2012 #29
I think you're doing... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #40
You have your opinion of him. krispos42 Feb 2012 #17
My opinion of him keeps improving. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #34
stop and frisk? gejohnston Feb 2012 #35
Telling them not to send guns to NYC is one thing Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #36
they don't gejohnston Feb 2012 #43
I have to disagree. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #44
He's wrong on the drug issue and I strongly oppose him. 9 out of 10 ain't bad for a politician. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #49
Is he right about OWS? nt hack89 Feb 2012 #51
In what respect? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #52
He is an authoritarian hack89 Feb 2012 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #67
Not liberal at all. Police work rarely is. Carrying a gun around isn't liberal either. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #71
"Carrying a gun around isn't liberal either." PavePusher Feb 2012 #72
Obviously you did. Not too many liberals walking around with guns. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #75
I told that to a local cop once gejohnston Feb 2012 #76
A cop is paid to go into confrontational situations. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #77
he was trying to sell me on gejohnston Feb 2012 #79
"A citizen's job is to avoid them." PavePusher Feb 2012 #85
"before you can make up a fake claim to the contrary" - a bit rude, don't you think? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #95
By defending the self, I, by extension, defend society. PavePusher Feb 2012 #96
You appear to be trapped in the illusion that carrying a gun is in itself a defensive act. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #99
When I carry a sidearm, it is for defensive use only. PavePusher Feb 2012 #100
"if you aren't going to be my personal bodyguard and bullet-catcher, your platitudes are worthless" Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #101
Pointing a gun at someone who wishes to harm me... PavePusher Feb 2012 #102
Pointing a gun at someone is an assault with a deadly weapon. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #103
If someone is stealing the tools that are your means for earning a living.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #104
Thanks, but I don't prattle. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #105
Unless you can claim with a straight face (and you've already made some whoppers).... PavePusher Feb 2012 #111
Well, that's a relief, knowing you wouldn't pull a gun on TP'ers. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #113
Wow. You just tossed all of human history and society/sociology. PavePusher Feb 2012 #114
I tossed nothing. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #115
This message was self-deleted by its author oneshooter Feb 2012 #108
Your not looking at all sides. Glassunion Feb 2012 #106
I always look at all sides. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #107
"You're not looking." PavePusher Feb 2012 #112
You have provided quite the chuckle shadowrider Feb 2012 #90
You sound just like a religious person claiming what a TRUE believer is and is not. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #78
You've got stats? PavePusher Feb 2012 #83
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #80
There are more liberals who would disagree with you than you think. Simo 1939_1940 Feb 2012 #81
I think not. There are very few liberals who support public carry. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #91
One question gejohnston Feb 2012 #92
Thanks for that. I wish those who ridicule the 2nd Amendment would all read it...and think. Fortran Feb 2012 #94
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #87
And there's the dicotomy krispos42 Feb 2012 #60
Has he given up his armed security guards yet? PavePusher Feb 2012 #20
I have no idea. Does he take them on the sobway with him? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #37
Holy Moley, there are none so blind.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #41
You need a reality check Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #47
bullshit gejohnston Feb 2012 #84
What's your "net worth over/under" for armed security to be acceptable to you? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #45
Don't be silly. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #48
"Don't try to turn a public safety issue into a class issue." PavePusher Feb 2012 #62
"Personal safety trumps personal desire to carry a gun." Simo 1939_1940 Feb 2012 #86
It's NORML, not NORMAL Fortran Feb 2012 #88
Really? Nothing like starting off on the right foot, is there? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #89
Nope, nothing is better than correcting an egregious error. Fortran Feb 2012 #93
Authoritarian, however, is a dirty word. Ask OWS what they think of him. nt hack89 Feb 2012 #21
On most issues, he's effectively a liberal Democrat. DanTex Feb 2012 #53
Thanks Dan. I agree 100% Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #55
does not work that way gejohnston Feb 2012 #57
You make a good point. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #58
I can't remember which book I read it in gejohnston Feb 2012 #59
why the gejohnston Feb 2012 #56
What about the *rational* hatred for Bloomberg? 'Stop and frisk', OWS, the NYPD Demographics Unit? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #70
Rational hatred? LOL. DanTex Feb 2012 #73
I don't think anyone said he was right wing gejohnston Feb 2012 #74
Who here has cozied up to Palin and Perry? Cites, or retract your slur. friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #82
sane voice? gejohnston Feb 2012 #14
So now a republican is doing something good for you? rl6214 Feb 2012 #18
He's no Republican. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #39
So, swapping political parties for electoral expediency is O.K.? PavePusher Feb 2012 #42
Happens all the time. I don't blame him. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #50
I guess stopping people 'randomly' in the streets and searching them without a warrant now equal... PavePusher Feb 2012 #61
And let's not forget the NYPD Demographics Unit, aka 'COINTELPRO for Muslims' friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #68
Not just switching but switching TWICE according to ST rl6214 Feb 2012 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author Union Scribe Feb 2012 #66
He bribed the City Council into overturning term limit laws approved by the voters. TheWraith Feb 2012 #97
You have evidence of the bribery or are you just blowing smoke? Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #98
Try asking anyone who has a clue about New York politics. TheWraith Feb 2012 #109
Oh, and let's not forget his early and vigorous support for the Iraq War. TheWraith Feb 2012 #110
Well, all this is news to me. Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #116
The end justifies the means, eh DrDan? How will you feel if and when Israel bombs Iran's nuclear... slackmaster Feb 2012 #22
he gets my support in these efforts DrDan Feb 2012 #25
Within the ranks of doctors. Remmah2 Feb 2012 #26
With a speciality in cranio-rectal inversion syndrome? PavePusher Feb 2012 #63
The problem is further simplified. Remmah2 Feb 2012 #69
I'd rather call it the "Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop Bill" Glassunion Feb 2012 #5
Free Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop! slackmaster Feb 2012 #23
Hell no! Keep his ass locked up!!! Glassunion Feb 2012 #24
FMB ileus Feb 2012 #9
ATHHRIO Glassunion Feb 2012 #11
Hope he continues this and other approaches. Not like gun proliferators don't use people's names Hoyt Feb 2012 #30
does he have any legal or gejohnston Feb 2012 #33
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