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PavePusher

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111. Unless you can claim with a straight face (and you've already made some whoppers)....
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:16 AM
Feb 2012

that being homeless is a safe and healthy life-style, then yeah, making me homeless (or providing a significant threat to do so) is a threat to my life. By the way, I wouldn't simply shoot someone that I caught stealing from me. I would try to stop them, verbally, then, if neccesary, physically. If they then threatened my life or safety, I would respond accordingly.

No, I wouldn't pull a gun on mere TP'ers, but I would try to stop them, see above.

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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