Gun Control & RKBA

WinniSkipper

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122. So are you saying that.....

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 03:37 PM

Apr 2012

.....every year millions of people are re-evaluating their stance on the issue? Millions of people that used to think guns were fun - no longer think they are fun?

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Attn: American Gun Lovers - The Blessings of Civilization Are Required! [View all] ellisonz Feb 2012 OP

Charlton Heston = Moron bowens43 Feb 2012 #1

A hero at FR safeinOhio Feb 2012 #2

honestly -- Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #6

What's FR? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #66

Oh my... ellisonz Feb 2012 #71

Thanks discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #72

What a perfect solution! The Amerikan way! Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #3

Plenty of goblins here at home that need taken care of first. ileus Feb 2012 #4

who gives a shit what Moses says? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #5

Looks as though our policy in Egypt is burf Feb 2012 #7

Well, the opening paragraph was entertaining. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #8

fyi Broderick Feb 2012 #9

Aww thanks! ellisonz Feb 2012 #10

no problem Broderick Feb 2012 #11

cute. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #20

odd ... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #18

Just letting the op know it was alerted on Broderick Feb 2012 #35

and yet my thread was locked for questions regarding the same issue.... Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #37

I think it is merely luck of the draw Broderick Feb 2012 #39

uhm .... no, THE HOST LOCKED my thread and told me to go to META to discuss a jury verdict Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #40

sorry I wasn't aware of your particular situation Broderick Feb 2012 #42

it is my understanding that it needs to passed along in H&M. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #45

Only if there is a question about it or a complaint Broderick Feb 2012 #47

in public forum when a PM would have sufficed ... of course that it your right and indeed, it is my Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #49

If that floats your boat Broderick Feb 2012 #51

whatever trips your trigger Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #52

LOL Broderick Feb 2012 #58

peace Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #60

If same jury that ruled on this gejohnston Feb 2012 #41

no, THIS IS A HOSTING ISSUE Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #44

absolute terms gejohnston Feb 2012 #12

Do I get the feeling that you believe that all gunowners hope for the chance... spin Feb 2012 #13

Would you deny that some do? ellisonz Feb 2012 #14

If the bad guy was a active mass murdering child molesting arsonist rapist home invader? Remmah2 Feb 2012 #15

It's a shame that you didn't watch the video... spin Feb 2012 #16

Yeah - I got better things to do with a half-hour... ellisonz Feb 2012 #17

like what? gazing into your crystal ball and reading people's minds. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #19

Hey spin gazed first... ellisonz Feb 2012 #23

I have said many times that they are a tool. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #24

Well if they are tools... ellisonz Feb 2012 #25

you know I do not alert. we have had this conversation before. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #27

Well then I don't understand your charge that "it borders on ToS violation on several counts." ellisonz Feb 2012 #28

functionally gejohnston Feb 2012 #29

you do realize what 157 votes mean in the scheme of things, right? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #43

That is just a shotgun, what difference does it make that it has plastic instead of wood? rl6214 Feb 2012 #100

It's scaaaaary! Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #101

Very astute. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #48

Guns have spread death and oppression for centuries. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #63

Guns have also saved lives and enabled freedom for centuries. n/t Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #67

So why so much objection to reasonable gun control? ellisonz Feb 2012 #68

The last time we did that.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #69

Seems the Brits had some sense... ellisonz Feb 2012 #70

I'm all for reasonable gun control. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #80

"But I'm sure many folks would be happy to sell firearms to anyone with the cash to buy them." ellisonz Feb 2012 #81

If you want guns, yes, you have to purchase them. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #84

So it's all about the money. ellisonz Feb 2012 #86

Yes, buying guns is about money. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #88

That would be people. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #112

IF guns are just a tool, why isn't there safeinOhio Feb 2012 #30

It is stymieing how many apparently smart people are so ignorant.. pipoman Feb 2012 #31

"apparently smart people are so ignorant.." safeinOhio Feb 2012 #33

ah, but the inverse is that the hammer is already defined as a tool Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #56

Agreed, even though safeinOhio Feb 2012 #57

~ Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #59

The Cohen brothers are a couple of my film-making heroes. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #113

Nobody is claiming a hammer isn't a tool.. pipoman Feb 2012 #73

how about the NAHB? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #38

IF you wish to call a CCW holder, safeinOhio Feb 2012 #53

please don't call me late for supper. thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #54

Probably because there is no concerted effort to strip people of their hammers. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #50

No paradox, merely complexity. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #111

We do indeed live in a society that glorifies violence... spin Feb 2012 #34

And gun owners are hardly immune from that... ellisonz Feb 2012 #61

Before the Dirty Harry movies, .44 magnum revolvers... spin Feb 2012 #74

IIRC gejohnston Feb 2012 #76

I havn't watched the entire series... spin Feb 2012 #78

lol ellisonz Feb 2012 #82

In the cases I described... spin Feb 2012 #85

"They were not members of the gun culture." ellisonz Feb 2012 #87

Plenty of people are intestested in the marital arts... spin Feb 2012 #90

A lof of it depends on your definition of membership in the culture... ellisonz Feb 2012 #91

While the people at the range that I consider to be part of the gun culture... spin Feb 2012 #93

I for one question the gun obsession... ellisonz Feb 2012 #94

I find shooting challeging... spin Feb 2012 #98

"And now we will pound our swords into plowshares and proceed with peace." - Cincinnatus ellisonz Feb 2012 #99

I have two cousins visiting this week... Clames Feb 2012 #115

This stops being fun for millions of Americans every year. WinniSkipper Apr 2012 #119

Those who suffer from gun violence... ellisonz Apr 2012 #120

So are you saying that..... WinniSkipper Apr 2012 #122

Yes. ellisonz Apr 2012 #123

How long do you think this has been going on? WinniSkipper Apr 2012 #124

"Gun culture" has always seemed, to me, a very loose term. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #92

By my definition I am currently a retired member of the gun culture... spin Feb 2012 #95

That's a very narrow definition that you're using. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #97

Yes, my definition is indeed very limited... spin Feb 2012 #104

"Good example of the foolishness that permeates much of the gun culture." rl6214 Feb 2012 #102

Plain hokum. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #103

I remember the first time my wife shot a 44 mag... ileus Feb 2012 #89

Ouch! (n/t) spin Feb 2012 #96

There is nothing romantic about hammers.... Clames Feb 2012 #21

Really? ellisonz Feb 2012 #22

Who's comparing guns to hammers? pipoman Feb 2012 #32

When the claim is made that guns are simply tools... ellisonz Feb 2012 #64

Maybe pipoman Feb 2012 #75

Wrong... DanTex Feb 2012 #77

Then why no measurable reduction pipoman Feb 2012 #79

The fact that the US with its lax gun laws has by far the highest homicide rates DanTex Feb 2012 #83

Just because a particular style of weapon is obsolete or out-of-style..... PavePusher Feb 2012 #36

Better watch out for the scary guy carrying a hammer. ellisonz Feb 2012 #65

Do a google search for "murders committed by hammers"... spin Feb 2012 #105

You actually just presented a good argument for better gun control. ellisonz Feb 2012 #106

So if firearms were banned... spin Feb 2012 #107

Who said anything about ban? ellisonz Feb 2012 #108

If we had better enforcement of existing laws... spin Feb 2012 #109

It's not the gun control movement that is holding up a bill like that. ellisonz Feb 2012 #110

So this whole myth thing you posted... Clames Feb 2012 #117

I think you need to re-read those blog posts in full. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #118

How is that an argument for gun control? Callisto32 Feb 2012 #114

Hammers probably kill more people each year than the gun in your cartoon. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #55

Clames, I have to disagree ... I find all those tools beautiful in their own right. I appreciate Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #26

More guns do not always equal less crime. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #46

India & Egypt discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #62

Hillary Clinton says they're going to get weapons on their own. ileus Feb 2012 #116

India has started their version of our NRA, called Indians for Guns. GreenStormCloud Apr 2012 #121