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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
37. And when the Senate confirms you as Secretary of Need, your opinion will matter.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:11 PM
Mar 2012

In the meantime you and those that feel as you do are perfectly free to not carry firearms.

The NRA/GOP/Top 1% wants more guns in the hands of more of the 99%. baldguy Mar 2012 #1
hmmmm--- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #2
No, just people who think that guns exist to protect them. baldguy Mar 2012 #4
Just, wow. Callisto32 Mar 2012 #13
You said it. You own it. It is all on you. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #23
I think people are pretty stupid who don't think that guns exist to protect them. rl6214 Mar 2012 #28
You can find variations on that theme in this forum Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #21
The post that landed you on my ignore list. eqfan592 Mar 2012 #3
No great loss. baldguy Mar 2012 #5
I don't put him on ignore just for the comedic relief rl6214 Mar 2012 #29
don't worry gejohnston Mar 2012 #6
Irrelevent to the topic at hand. PavePusher Mar 2012 #7
"First, it turns out that Zimmerman's dad, a retired Virginia judge, apparently belongs to the 1%" baldguy Mar 2012 #8
What about your "good" 1%er, Mike Bloomberg? Doesn't quite jibe with your mythology... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #9
And your gun-loving pal Dick Cheney? baldguy Mar 2012 #11
+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Hoyt Mar 2012 #12
Like 'reasonable' terror suspect lists? The ones *you* were against before you were for them? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #14
This is the definition of "taking statements out of context". baldguy Mar 2012 #15
So investigating people for their political beliefs is "progressive" when Bloomie orders it... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #18
No, this is the definition of someone 'calling you on your bullshit'. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #22
so are you saying these are not rational progressives or Democrats? gejohnston Mar 2012 #16
Here's two more photos of El and Franklin packing heat (and one of Eleanor's CCW application) friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #20
Who knew! FDR favored the '03 Springfield DonP Mar 2012 #24
Looks like he's sporting a Mosin Nagant ... Straw Man Mar 2012 #26
Certainly would be interestng to know rl6214 Mar 2012 #30
the caption just said that he was gejohnston Mar 2012 #31
That's a youngish FDR in that pic. Straw Man Mar 2012 #32
I have asked you this before. oneshooter Mar 2012 #25
So you're saying only the 1% own firearms? ileus Mar 2012 #17
^ ^ ^ Another one who can't read. ^ ^ ^ baldguy Mar 2012 #19
Now it's the NRA/GOP AND the Top 1% rl6214 Mar 2012 #27
Since gun violence is at historic lows, it does not appear to be working. nt hack89 Mar 2012 #34
If "gun violence is at historic lows", then people have no reason to carry firearms. baldguy Mar 2012 #36
And when the Senate confirms you as Secretary of Need, your opinion will matter. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #37
Why not? hack89 Mar 2012 #38
The poster claims that the threat having a gun is supposed to gaurd against doesn't exist. baldguy Mar 2012 #39
But two decades of more guns have not made things worse. hack89 Mar 2012 #40
I guess being able to live w/o the threat of being shot at by some yahoo isn't a civil liberty? baldguy Mar 2012 #41
you had a greater chance of that before gejohnston Mar 2012 #42
The right to self defense is also a civil liberty. hack89 Mar 2012 #43
Trayvon Martin's rights really helped him, didn't they? baldguy Mar 2012 #44
Laws and rights are not magic shields hack89 Mar 2012 #45
No surprise, the powerful alway protect their children MicaelS Mar 2012 #10
Cite please? pneutin Mar 2012 #33
I found it in GD gejohnston Mar 2012 #35
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