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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:37 PM Original message |
The NRA ..........dragging its feet anyway. |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why should anyone care about guns? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I agree. Why worry about them? People need to quit being scared and live their lives. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Why should anyone care |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why does the executive VP of the NRA have a name that sounds like a hairdresser |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. So you would ridicule a man with a French name? |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Or a name that sounds queer? Is that what you really meant? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Actually I have no problem with your sexuality or Mr LaPierre's |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I understand the huge difference, it was your use of "hairdresser" (a classic gay stereotype) |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Always be weary of anyone wanting to tell you in 6 paragraphs |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Calderón was talking out his ass |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. I suspect it has to do with wanting more "aid" from the U.S. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oppose any effort to restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. David |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. No. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I agree with David. |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Guns are not the real issue in the drug war.. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. NRA = teabaggers |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Hmmm. Number of NRA members, 4 million. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In terms of rhetoric and sensibility, no difference... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Except that only half of the above are repubs, much less teabaggers. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. You're talking about gun owners in general, I'm talking about the NRA |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. He probably thinks progressives shouldn't lie about people. Just a guess though. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Because of your constant conflation of anyone who opposes new gun bans |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I didn't see any mention |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
11. I wonder... |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. That's the part I'm watching..... |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I missed that part. That is troublesome and IMO violates the 2A. |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They might require reloaders to |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. What this is really about. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. What's wrong with poor people having access to |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
14. RKBA is an inalienable/unalienable right protected by the 2nd Amendment. As such no law or treaty |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Just like this treaty is being objected to by the ACLU & EFF |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thanks. Sadly ACLU opposes RKBA for self-defense even though it's a civil right/liberty. n/t |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. That's why I don't even open their letters anymore. eom |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hmm..the President of Mexico or an American pro-rights group...ya, I'll go with the NRA on this one. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. There is a part of this that really bothers me |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I'm not sure about unauthorised manufacture |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. What do those two issues have to do with one another? Nothing |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
55. Authorized manufacturers... |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. But would this affectively ban the home manufacture of firearms? |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. It's against the law... |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. Calderon is a far-rightwing nutcase. Are we supposted to take marching orders from him now? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Strict licensing requirement and making firearms easier to trace |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Well, if you're a safe gun owner |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. How often do you want to be tested to drive? |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You know you're tested twice (first is the written test and then the driving test) |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Yeah, for operation of a motor vehicle on public roadways |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Apx 44 states do that. For concealed carry on public roads, I mean |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, you are 1/2 right. Sorry, but your ignorance doesn't justify my loss of secured rights. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Tell me... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. So you actually need someone to define "arms" for you? OK, then let's start with |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. With very strict licensing |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Or in NYC. And let's not forget "gun free zones"...Are you trustworthy? Well, too bad. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Do you realize that you are mis using the term "gun"? A "gun" is |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Interesting |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. So you believe something that's not explicitly stated and don't believe believe something that is. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Because it is a presumption and a prior restraint. Would you want such "proof" |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. I don't have to prove anything. |
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