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Mon Jul-19-10 10:26 AM
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| 58. Pray tell, how would you get a machinegun in the US? |
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I'm really curious where you think you could go buy one.
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| -Seventeen party-goers shot dead in Mexico |
demoleft |
Jul-18-10 01:20 PM |
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It makes me sick |
Xipe Totec |
Jul-18-10 01:28 PM |
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Prohibition: It's what's for bloody dinner. nt |
SteveM |
Jul-18-10 01:35 PM |
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so if drugs were legalized |
davidinalameda |
Jul-18-10 02:12 PM |
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Drugs should not ONLY be legalized, but |
Plucketeer |
Jul-18-10 02:40 PM |
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for free? |
davidinalameda |
Jul-18-10 07:38 PM |
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yes, for free |
Plucketeer |
Jul-18-10 09:05 PM |
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who pays the hospital bills when you OD? |
davidinalameda |
Jul-18-10 10:27 PM |
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OD on marijuana . . . ???? |
defendandprotect |
Jul-18-10 11:55 PM |
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OH! |
Plucketeer |
Jul-19-10 08:32 AM |
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Overdoses are typically due to purity being unknown |
Euromutt |
Jul-19-10 04:39 PM |
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Liquor too? |
LanternWaste |
Jul-19-10 10:23 AM |
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No |
Plucketeer |
Jul-19-10 10:41 AM |
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Good luck with that. |
Socal31 |
Jul-19-10 12:41 AM |
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????? |
timo |
Jul-19-10 10:16 AM |
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I always check for the Made in America sticker on my weed. ;-) |
Nailzberg |
Jul-25-10 04:54 AM |
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yes |
frylock |
Jul-18-10 03:05 PM |
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That's what happened when prohibition was repealed. n/t |
liquid diamond |
Jul-18-10 03:38 PM |
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Yup. |
Bonobo |
Jul-18-10 09:06 PM |
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100% perfectly so? no. However, government prohibition strongly empowers those behind these events |
Alamuti Lotus |
Jul-18-10 09:53 PM |
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Do you know what happened after we got rid of alcohol prohibition in America? |
TheWraith |
Jul-19-10 11:20 AM |
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Well, do you see Budweiser dealers doing drive-bys on Coors dealers these days? |
benEzra |
Jul-23-10 09:59 AM |
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Some of it probably would, given these are drug gangs... |
SteveM |
Jul-25-10 12:46 PM |
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The problem here is the guests didn't have their machine-guns with them-- !!! |
defendandprotect |
Jul-18-10 01:43 PM |
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So, you are not serious about this issue (sarcasm tag, & all)... |
SteveM |
Jul-18-10 02:04 PM |
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Please, this has nothing to do with US gun policy. |
Pavulon |
Jul-18-10 05:32 PM |
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Gun proliferation in the US spreads to Mexico |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 07:51 PM |
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I knew it had to be America's fault some how |
FreakinDJ |
Jul-18-10 08:17 PM |
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Just a simple fact- Mexicans get their guns from the US where they're cheap and readily available |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 08:31 PM |
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Machineguns? *snort* |
X_Digger |
Jul-18-10 08:59 PM |
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The fact remains that the overwhelming percentage of Mexican guns come from America |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 09:05 PM |
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Link Please. From a real source, not common dreams.(nt) |
Pavulon |
Jul-18-10 09:17 PM |
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I'm sure you'd prefer Fox "news" - the material is readily available- and I'm ure you've seen it |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 09:26 PM |
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The "material" is available and has been debunked. |
TheWraith |
Jul-19-10 11:25 AM |
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The wife is an E Med (shock trauma) doctor |
Pavulon |
Jul-19-10 04:29 PM |
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No.. the majority of guns sent to the US for tracing are from the US.. |
X_Digger |
Jul-18-10 09:28 PM |
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Just like a climate denialist- which gun proliferators share many common characteristics with |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 09:31 PM |
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Now factcheck.org is in on it? |
X_Digger |
Jul-18-10 09:33 PM |
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You can argue about percentages- but not the basic facts |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 09:38 PM |
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Getting an accurate number is 'obfuscation'?? |
X_Digger |
Jul-18-10 09:41 PM |
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Arguing about percentages & using that to deny the basic fact is exactly what climate denialists do |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 09:53 PM |
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When the veracity of your statement DEPENDS on an accurate percentage.. |
X_Digger |
Jul-18-10 10:00 PM |
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Climate denial stuff- knowing that the atmosphere is heating up doesn't depend on know exactly |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 10:08 PM |
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And again you dodge. What's your source for your "80 or 90"? |
X_Digger |
Jul-18-10 10:11 PM |
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These are not the droids you're looking for ..... n/t |
Pullo |
Jul-19-10 09:37 PM |
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He's provided us with links to *his* sources, and you have provided none |
friendly_iconoclast |
Jul-18-10 09:54 PM |
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Now it's pile on time |
depakid |
Jul-18-10 10:03 PM |
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If you make an argument, it's yours to back up. Assertion without evidence is faith, not fact. |
friendly_iconoclast |
Jul-18-10 10:40 PM |
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"...gun obsessed hate..." He who first smelt it dealt it -- Euripides. nt |
SteveM |
Jul-25-10 12:53 PM |
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Cite you evidence, or stop lying. n/t |
PavePusher |
Jul-19-10 12:30 PM |
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Frankly, if you'd just say "my bad, I was mistaken"... |
Euromutt |
Jul-24-10 09:48 AM |
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M1919 Browning |
one-eyed fat man |
Jul-20-10 07:57 AM |
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Thanks for the info! |
X_Digger |
Jul-20-10 10:47 AM |
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Not only was it widely manufactured |
one-eyed fat man |
Jul-22-10 06:45 PM |
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No 17's |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-24-10 07:38 AM |
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It is well past the point of "applied ignorance"..... |
PavePusher |
Jul-24-10 11:38 AM |
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Name removed |
Jul-19-10 12:29 PM |
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Strict gun laws don't work. It only creates a black market. Mexico is the proof. |
Nailzberg |
Jul-25-10 05:08 AM |
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How doubleplus ungood of you |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-25-10 09:38 AM |
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They were illegal guns in Mexico |
Ter |
Jul-18-10 10:31 PM |
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Not true. |
GreenStormCloud |
Jul-19-10 09:48 AM |
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Sorry. Select fire (machine guns) are not available here |
Pavulon |
Jul-18-10 09:16 PM |
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Where in the U.S. did they get machine-guns? |
proteus_lives |
Jul-18-10 09:56 PM |
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From the US Supreme Court . . . right? |
defendandprotect |
Jul-18-10 11:53 PM |
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LMAO!!! |
slackmaster |
Jul-19-10 09:16 AM |
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Your failure is epic and amusing! |
proteus_lives |
Jul-19-10 11:03 AM |
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They didn't buy those full-auto guns at American gun shows. N/T |
GreenStormCloud |
Jul-19-10 09:44 AM |
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They sell full autos at gun shows? |
Xenotime |
Jul-19-10 11:18 AM |
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Pray tell, how would you get a machinegun in the US? |
Recursion |
Jul-19-10 10:26 AM |
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Look in the Yellow Pages under "Drug War" . . . ??? |
defendandprotect |
Jul-19-10 05:49 PM |
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All ya gotta do is ask |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-22-10 07:06 PM |
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There is a 1945 MG42 for sale on Gunbroker last week |
oneshooter |
Jul-24-10 11:54 AM |
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That "might" be negotiable |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-24-10 06:33 PM |
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Look into Yellow Journalism where kids are reported to have MACHINE GUNS! |
SteveM |
Jul-25-10 01:02 PM |
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Mexico has very strict gun laws |
DissedByBush |
Jul-18-10 06:05 PM |
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And these laws are largely ignored |
S_B_Jackson |
Jul-18-10 07:30 PM |
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Don't forget that there is only ONE legal gun shop |
oneshooter |
Jul-19-10 02:26 PM |
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UCAM |
Xela |
Jul-19-10 06:00 PM |
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Edit - CZ 550 (not CZ 452) |
Xela |
Jul-23-10 09:35 AM |
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Easy there... |
Xela |
Jul-19-10 06:04 PM |
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And you have to travel to Mexico City to buy it. |
GreenStormCloud |
Jul-19-10 10:04 PM |
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Gotta love the loop holes though... |
Xela |
Jul-20-10 02:03 AM |
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Massacre at Party in Mexico, 17 Dead |
RamboLiberal |
Jul-18-10 05:30 PM |
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we used to go to northern mexico a lot...no more! |
w8liftinglady |
Jul-18-10 05:30 PM |
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Right . . . this is also an excellent way to make the world safe for the violent . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jul-18-10 11:56 PM |
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You might be interested in reading the latest Texas Monthly... |
SteveM |
Jul-25-10 01:12 PM |
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It is........ most unfortunate |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-26-10 06:21 PM |
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Which of the following nations is the safest for Americans to visit: Iraq, Afghanistan, Mexico? |
VermeerLives |
Jul-18-10 05:30 PM |
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Still Mexico by far |
kenny blankenship |
Jul-18-10 05:30 PM |
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dupe n/t |
WhiteTara |
Jul-18-10 05:30 PM |
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Massacre at Party in Mexico, 17 Dead |
RamboLiberal |
Jul-18-10 05:30 PM |
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This happened only a few months back too. That shooting was at a party also |
superconnected |
Jul-18-10 11:56 PM |
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Those gin-runners are ruthless! |
Romulox |
Jul-19-10 09:47 AM |
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Remove all prohibitions? |
LanternWaste |
Jul-19-10 10:24 AM |
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I think it is CRUCIAL that we prohibit hyperbole and straw men arguments. |
Romulox |
Jul-19-10 10:26 AM |
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"On penalty of catapult" Can't get a permit for that in Chicago. n/t |
oneshooter |
Jul-19-10 02:28 PM |
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I so wish that there were people who would |
bitchkitty |
Jul-19-10 10:52 AM |
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This is a very scary incident. It would appear by the news articles |
Hoopla Phil |
Jul-19-10 12:44 PM |
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They bumped it up a notch at the end of last week |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-19-10 01:36 PM |
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Or we could legalize drugs which would bankrupt the cartels. N/T |
GreenStormCloud |
Jul-19-10 01:52 PM |
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Yep, that could do it too. |
Hoopla Phil |
Jul-19-10 01:58 PM |
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Why not. Our War on Drugs has been, is and will be a total failure. (n/t) |
spin |
Jul-19-10 05:56 PM |
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not for the agencies and industry that profits from it. |
Caliman73 |
Jul-26-10 03:02 PM |
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This thread should be moved to the section dealing with drug policy, this has nothing to do w/ guns |
Nomorehannity |
Jul-20-10 03:43 AM |
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It does in the sense that Mexcio and our administration ... |
spin |
Jul-22-10 07:06 PM |
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The word from the top is................... -Prohibition is working- |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-22-10 08:17 PM |
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Prohibiting items never seems to work... |
spin |
Jul-22-10 08:44 PM |
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But that isnt the official story |
Katya Mullethov |
Jul-23-10 07:09 PM |
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The only thing I can suggest... |
spin |
Jul-24-10 06:46 PM |
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update - Mexican prison officials released inmates AND provided weapons/transport |
Tejas |
Jul-26-10 06:04 AM |
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Now wait a minute, that.. |
X_Digger |
Jul-26-10 07:59 AM |
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Holy mackerel, it's like something out of El Mariachi |
Euromutt |
Jul-26-10 08:53 AM |
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Now Now DON'T INTRODUCE INCONVENIENT FACTS TO THE THREAD |
virginia mountainman |
Jul-26-10 04:38 PM |
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