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beevul

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37. Keep in mind, also...
Thu May 31, 2012, 12:25 AM
May 2012

That the point has been made that prohibited persons can not be compelled by law to register guns.

Something about not having to bear witness against ones self, and not being penalized for refusal to do so, I think it was.

A new kind of gun-toting American [View all] SecularMotion May 2012 OP
Sounds like they have a criminal problem, not a gun problem. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #1
Great, "law-abiding" citizens firing back at a car in a neighborhood. Hoyt May 2012 #3
bzzzzzzzzzz Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #8
Your buddy is one who suggested "if everyone were armed" (the wet dream of gun culture, particularly Hoyt May 2012 #15
But you are the one who twisted my words. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #16
Bzzzzzzzzzzzt, wrong again, this is what he actually said: rl6214 May 2012 #17
I think my interpretation is pretty close to what he and you would like. But thanks for obfuscating. Hoyt May 2012 #18
Correcting you with the exact quote = "obfuscating"? Got it. Johnny Rico May 2012 #20
"Your interpretation" is warped and WRONG as usual rl6214 May 2012 #27
Do "best"? Common Sense Party May 2012 #29
Anthony would know that if he paid more attention to current events. ManiacJoe May 2012 #21
The problem is criminals with guns. safeinOhio May 2012 #34
couple of problems gejohnston May 2012 #36
NFA transference tax was set high because of safeinOhio May 2012 #40
You have not been paying attention. ManiacJoe May 2012 #42
I'm talking mandatory background checks safeinOhio May 2012 #43
Most folks don't mind the mandatory checks. ManiacJoe May 2012 #50
The proposed ban was because of the gangster connection gejohnston May 2012 #44
Keep in mind, also... beevul May 2012 #37
Wording of the law can safeinOhio May 2012 #39
Not the same thing gejohnston May 2012 #45
"they could make the criminals afraid to do drive-by shooting." ellisonz May 2012 #22
You think criminals want to get shot at? GreenStormCloud May 2012 #24
You think this is Northfield, Minnesota in 1876? ellisonz May 2012 #26
How many more people would the James gang have gone on to kill... GreenStormCloud May 2012 #28
Please don't shoot up the streets. n/t ellisonz May 2012 #31
If some thug is shooting at me, I will return fire. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #33
See this post, didn't stop that person. safeinOhio May 2012 #35
He was drunk. Nothing is 100% GreenStormCloud May 2012 #41
The aricle makes no mention of who the criminals (shooters) are but bluerum May 2012 #2
Youth social clubs, and neighborhood civic organizations... -..__... May 2012 #10
Maybe the NRA and AAA have teamed up. Remmah2 May 2012 #12
Gun ownership is declining SecularMotion May 2012 #4
"Self-Reported Gun Ownership in U.S. Is Highest Since 1993" hack89 May 2012 #9
No fair! You're supposed to only use the Joyce Foundation funded study from U of C DonP May 2012 #11
Given the way some urbanites react to gun ownership MicaelS May 2012 #13
And there are many like you, but Starboard Tack May 2012 #32
Are people that gullible????? MicaelS May 2012 #46
If some stranger called asking me to describe my home and personal security Starboard Tack May 2012 #48
I frequently get calls telling me I am elegible to lower my credit card interest rates. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #49
one in five would put us gejohnston May 2012 #14
Excellent response to this screed follows the article ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #5
Sounds like the old kind, that cause the new kind to carry. ileus May 2012 #6
Sounds like Seattle needs to clean the shit from it's streets... -..__... May 2012 #7
Seattle, the only place I've been to McDonalds where you had to have a coin for the restroom ileus May 2012 #30
Looks like the gang Meiko May 2012 #19
And the courts need to quite showing tolerance for criminal behavior. N/T GreenStormCloud May 2012 #25
Correct Meiko May 2012 #38
It seems it's an old kind of gun-totting American. Gang members. Atypical Liberal May 2012 #23
I missed the new part gejohnston May 2012 #47
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