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Gun Control & RKBA

X_Digger

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57. One thought about 'why not arrest'..

Reply to pneutin (Reply #35)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 12:07 AM

Mar 2012

If Sanford arrested quickly after the pressure was turned up, folks would ask, "Why did it take national attention to get you to arrest him? What were you planning to do had there been no pressure?" -- they'd be busted for being the racist assholes that their previous history suggests they are.

So they have to either double down, and stubbornly keep asserting their hands are tied, even as more damning evidence is made public, or should a piece of evidence that's new to them turn up, they'll shout, "Aha, this is just what we were waiting for! See, you shouldn't have doubted us!" -- and arrest / charge Zimmerman.

At this point, I think they're trying to save face. Even today's press conference / 'temporary step-down' was a non-apology apology- (paraphrasing), "I'm going to step aside because attention on me is taking away from the investigation.."

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Pity the Poor Gun Lobby [View all] ellisonz Mar 2012 OP

And????????? rl6214 Mar 2012 #1

You expected more? Clames Mar 2012 #2

Would you care to expand on your rant... ellisonz Mar 2012 #8

Nope. Clames Mar 2012 #11

Finally... ellisonz Mar 2012 #12

What a SILLY Response fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #30

A little more than the OP rl6214 Mar 2012 #37

And you? Clames Mar 2012 #41

SURE fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #42

Lets see... eqfan592 Mar 2012 #14

And I'd say... ellisonz Mar 2012 #18

Here's another... Clames Mar 2012 #19

Good thing she's not on the Neighborhood Watch! ellisonz Mar 2012 #49

wonder what loopholes the artist believes exists. ileus Mar 2012 #44

Too funny.. fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #48

Funny only in its irrelevance as a reply to my post. eqfan592 Mar 2012 #65

Of course you were fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #74

I would hope for more. rl6214 Mar 2012 #36

What???????? ellisonz Mar 2012 #3

Let's get rid of the '86 ban on new manufacture of machine guns for civilians. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #4

Now we're talking. Dr_Scholl Mar 2012 #6

+1 ileus Mar 2012 #45

That, and college campus carry... NewMoonTherian Mar 2012 #55

^This Pullo Mar 2012 #66

within two months two things are going to happen gejohnston Mar 2012 #5

^^^^this^^^^ Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #7

You hit the nail right on the head. (nt) eqfan592 Mar 2012 #15

What does "DTR" stand for? n/t krispos42 Mar 2012 #27

Duty to retreat :) discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2012 #29

Oh, duh krispos42 Mar 2012 #34

No need. fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #40

I'm going to have to disagree pneutin Mar 2012 #35

this too, sounds like a good possiblity of a logical conclusion. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #53

One thought about 'why not arrest'.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #57

Maybe... pneutin Mar 2012 #59

I hadn't considered it from that angle. Could be. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #60

But what if it has the opposite effect? Remmah2 Mar 2012 #9

Unpossible. The NYTimes hates guns and wouldn't have them anywhere around shadowrider Mar 2012 #10

I figure Bloomburg's personal bodyguards moonlight there. nt Remmah2 Mar 2012 #20

Safety? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #31

LEGTFY Callisto32 Mar 2012 #61

What did you find? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #73

You mean like in 1864 when they mounted 2 Gatling Guns on the oneshooter Mar 2012 #64

Heh. Yea, kinda like that. shadowrider Mar 2012 #67

Once they got everything they wanted, in terms of gun prevalence, only their festering villager Mar 2012 #13

Thank you... eqfan592 Mar 2012 #17

Thank you..... villager Mar 2012 #26

I'm not a member of the NRA... eqfan592 Mar 2012 #54

The OP states, pretty clearly, that it's talking about the NRA. villager Mar 2012 #58

Amen fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #32

To a man still clawing at the cavern walls, the light does seem crazy, nay? Callisto32 Mar 2012 #62

Ah yes! As the pendulum swings. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #16

5 year olds have a right to open carry at schools, not banned in 2A ya know nt msongs Mar 2012 #21

And the ridiculous get more riduculouser shadowrider Mar 2012 #22

You hit the nail on the head. (nt) eqfan592 Mar 2012 #23

Only the anti-gun zealots express something like that. rl6214 Mar 2012 #38

Sadly, they too often do just that (with tragic results)... Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #25

How about high-fashion designer guns, Surya Gayatri Mar 2012 #24

The Gucci Glock? krispos42 Mar 2012 #28

Like this? Clames Mar 2012 #39

That'd even make Muammar Gaddafi blush! ellisonz Mar 2012 #50

Not likely. Clames Mar 2012 #51

That's just...wrong. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #75

I take it you won't be getting one of these? gejohnston Mar 2012 #76

Kalashnikitty! Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #77

It is the modern one gejohnston Mar 2012 #78

Nah...if I was going to spend that kind of money, for $8K I could get a full-auto MP40! Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #79

Like those Nazi guns eh... ellisonz Mar 2012 #80

since you are implying that he has gejohnston Mar 2012 #82

She's an academic. ellisonz Mar 2012 #84

she teaches business, not history gejohnston Mar 2012 #89

So she's just another gun fetishist... ellisonz Mar 2012 #90

Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #92

So basically that little cliche is made up by gun nuts? n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #93

What would cause you to come to that conclusion? Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #94

Excellent website, and bookmarked. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #86

Nazi-marked guns bring a premium...sure. So what? Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #85

Nazi guns aren't cool. Neither is fetishizing their history... ellisonz Mar 2012 #87

Fine...you don't think guns are neat. I do. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #91

EXACTLY fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #46

In other news... ellisonz Mar 2012 #52

Well, the "first" if you overlook all the genocidal murders of children in Hebrew schools in WWII DonP Mar 2012 #69

If I add the caution "modern"... ellisonz Mar 2012 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author ellisonz Mar 2012 #71

GOP/NRA/ALEC = flaming over-reaching douchebags jpak Mar 2012 #33

It's too bad Karl Rove isn't involved... ileus Mar 2012 #43

Tried and True Tactic fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #47

He one of your heroes? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #56

*crickets* ellisonz Mar 2012 #81

or gejohnston Mar 2012 #83

or ellisonz Mar 2012 #88

There is still much territory yet to gain. GreenStormCloud Mar 2012 #63

Whew. At least she doesn't want a ban. Or would that come after she got everything else? shadowrider Mar 2012 #68

So you're conceding defeat? jeepnstein Mar 2012 #70