rfranklin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-02-11 10:44 AM
Response to Original message |
| 2. If people on the streets started shooting police and soldiers... |
|
the military would probably retaliate with some of those missles and bombs that we have sold to Eqypt and hundreds, if not thousands, would die.
|
| -So, I guess the NRA would say Egypt would be a better situation if everyone had a gun? |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 10:41 AM |
#0 |
 -
There seem to be plenty of armed people |
Mojorabbit |
Feb-02-11 10:44 AM |
#1 |
 -
How can you tell that? If there were, don't you think todays clashes |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:02 AM |
#4 |
 -
I don't know the numbers |
Mojorabbit |
Feb-02-11 11:39 AM |
#19 |
| -
All those rocks are really handguns out of ammo |
DainBramaged |
Feb-02-11 11:04 AM |
#5 |
| -
Here's a rightwinger, for what it's worth, saying people are not allowed to carry firearms in Egypt. |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:04 AM |
#6 |
| -
Updated the OP to incude Egypt gun numbers and gun control info...n/t |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:12 AM |
#9 |
| -
I've seen sticks and bottles. Not guns. n/t |
pnwmom |
Feb-02-11 11:47 AM |
#24 |
| -
Then you have not been watching |
Mojorabbit |
Feb-02-11 11:50 AM |
#28 |
| -
If people on the streets started shooting police and soldiers... |
rfranklin |
Feb-02-11 10:44 AM |
#2 |
| -
So you assume that the government would NOT use force if the protest is unarmed? |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 11:12 AM |
#7 |
| -
You have no idea why Ghandi was so effective, do you? |
rfranklin |
Feb-02-11 11:29 AM |
#16 |
| -
You're delusional |
Lurks Often |
Feb-02-11 11:41 AM |
#20 |
| -
Or it could have gone like this |
shadowrider |
Feb-02-11 01:52 PM |
#57 |
| -
Oh nonsense. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 02:15 PM |
#62 |
| -
A point you have made n/t |
shadowrider |
Feb-02-11 02:48 PM |
#65 |
| -
More precisely, large parts of the British and American electorates were fairly decent |
Euromutt |
Feb-04-11 07:50 PM |
#86 |
| -
Probably better than you. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 11:45 AM |
#23 |
| -
That's what I've been thinking all day. |
pnwmom |
Feb-02-11 11:48 AM |
#25 |
| -
Who says the Police and the Army are the ones needing shooting? |
AtheistCrusader |
Feb-02-11 02:58 PM |
#68 |
| -
The NRA prefers second amendment solutions to everything. |
Ozymanithrax |
Feb-02-11 10:45 AM |
#3 |
| -
Is there actually any point |
dipsydoodle |
Feb-02-11 11:12 AM |
#8 |
| -
Since the OP opened it up...Yes, there was a point. |
Ozymanithrax |
Feb-02-11 02:35 PM |
#64 |
| -
It ain't over till it's over. Let the gov't start losing and we'll see what happens n/t |
shadowrider |
Feb-02-11 02:51 PM |
#66 |
| -
The NRA is no slouch with a ballot box - nt |
badtoworse |
Feb-03-11 12:02 PM |
#83 |
| -
And they would probably be right. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 11:14 AM |
#10 |
| -
Hope u donned |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:22 AM |
#12 |
| -
I guess it depends (and I haven't seen any of today's events). |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 11:43 AM |
#21 |
| -
So, what you're saying is... |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 12:12 PM |
#34 |
| -
Close enough. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 02:34 PM |
#63 |
| -
MLK did wonders preaching non-violence but there were armed supporters |
Nuclear Unicorn |
Feb-02-11 12:01 PM |
#31 |
| -
The military hasn't been fighting them. It's these |
pnwmom |
Feb-02-11 11:49 AM |
#27 |
| -
That's correct (as far as I know)... why bet lives that it won't change? |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 12:11 PM |
#33 |
| -
You think if everyone down there had guns they wouldn't be using them? |
pnwmom |
Feb-02-11 12:15 PM |
#35 |
| -
Yes. I think that having a gun does NOT mean that you're going to use it. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 12:25 PM |
#37 |
| -
It's also naive to think if everyone had a gun in this situation |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 12:36 PM |
#40 |
| -
Hey... as long as you're ok with the ones getting used all belonging to Mubarak |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 12:39 PM |
#42 |
| -
I guess you're right. More guns would be great |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 12:43 PM |
#45 |
| -
Lol... you missed that, didn't you? |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 01:01 PM |
#49 |
| -
Learn your history |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 01:10 PM |
#53 |
| -
Ok... if you stop inventing yours. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 02:10 PM |
#59 |
| -
LOL |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-04-11 01:28 AM |
#85 |
| -
You have got to be kidding! |
RegieRocker |
Feb-02-11 11:19 AM |
#11 |
| -
Huh? |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:28 AM |
#15 |
| -
Way way out there you are. |
RegieRocker |
Feb-02-11 11:45 AM |
#22 |
| -
I didn't say the Egyptian military was run by civilians |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:56 AM |
#29 |
| -
Run go ahead. You can't handle the truth and reading comprehension |
RegieRocker |
Feb-02-11 12:32 PM |
#38 |
| -
I can't handle reading comprehension? |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 12:37 PM |
#41 |
| -
Ah, the "if" game |
kctim |
Feb-02-11 11:23 AM |
#13 |
| -
So, guns = freedom? |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 11:33 AM |
#17 |
| -
Close. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 11:49 AM |
#26 |
| -
Way too many people living in fantasy land. |
RegieRocker |
Feb-02-11 12:35 PM |
#39 |
| -
Pay attention to the pic in my sig line, then ask the inhabitants of those countries |
shadowrider |
Feb-02-11 01:57 PM |
#58 |
| -
I merely point out |
kctim |
Feb-02-11 12:41 PM |
#43 |
| -
Woah. Don't put words in my mouth, please |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 12:46 PM |
#46 |
| -
"fewer guns" is ONLY a good thing if you trust that things won't get violent. |
FBaggins |
Feb-02-11 12:56 PM |
#47 |
| -
The NRA would say there would never have been a Mubarak... |
Recursion |
Feb-02-11 11:24 AM |
#14 |
| -
yeah, and a couple folks here are saying the same |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 12:00 PM |
#30 |
| -
*shrug* I've been there a few times |
Recursion |
Feb-02-11 12:03 PM |
#32 |
| -
Has there ever been a Mubarak in American history since our Constitution was ratified? |
spin |
Feb-02-11 03:09 PM |
#69 |
| -
NRA. The ZPG solution. |
Jakes Progress |
Feb-02-11 11:34 AM |
#18 |
| -
The people in Egypt protest even though they could lose their lives |
DainBramaged |
Feb-02-11 12:41 PM |
#44 |
| -
You always claim that those who legally carry firearms do so out of fear ... |
spin |
Feb-02-11 03:42 PM |
#71 |
| -
Bookmarked. |
Edweird |
Feb-02-11 12:25 PM |
#36 |
| -
Women have been raped |
Upton |
Feb-02-11 01:01 PM |
#48 |
| -
...and women are never raped or businesses robbed at the point of a gun? |
Electric Monk |
Feb-02-11 01:05 PM |
#52 |
| -
they like to say that "an armed society is a polite society" |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-02-11 01:04 PM |
#50 |
| -
According to information in the OP, any Egyptian who can pass a background check can get a handgun |
slackmaster |
Feb-02-11 01:04 PM |
#51 |
| -
And there are less than 4 guns for 100 civilians. That is the point. |
egressingsparrowdrop |
Feb-02-11 01:15 PM |
#54 |
| -
I think the low rate of gun ownership has a simpler explanation than your mental-stability theory |
slackmaster |
Feb-02-11 01:23 PM |
#55 |
| -
Deleted message |
Name removed |
Feb-02-11 02:14 PM |
#60 |
| -
But, it would increase the body count and make Mubarak's case for "stability" at any price. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Feb-02-11 01:31 PM |
#56 |
| -
Civil disobedience... |
jeepnstein |
Feb-02-11 02:14 PM |
#61 |
| -
As of today, Mubarak's supporters have come out with deadly force |
AtheistCrusader |
Feb-02-11 02:52 PM |
#67 |
| -
But at least they have Molotov cocktails and not guns |
shadowrider |
Feb-02-11 03:27 PM |
#70 |
| -
Missing sarcasm tag? |
AtheistCrusader |
Feb-02-11 03:42 PM |
#72 |
| -
My fault |
shadowrider |
Feb-02-11 03:44 PM |
#73 |
| -
No, I should have known. |
AtheistCrusader |
Feb-02-11 06:18 PM |
#76 |
| -
Now the guns are out. Only 'certain people' have them. Care to gues which side they are on? |
Edweird |
Feb-03-11 10:03 AM |
#80 |
| -
trying to provoke violence |
HankyDubs |
Feb-02-11 05:14 PM |
#74 |
| -
They could easily do the same by pretending to be protestors |
AtheistCrusader |
Feb-02-11 05:20 PM |
#75 |
| -
Save your breath- they only see what they want to see. |
friendly_iconoclast |
Feb-02-11 07:24 PM |
#77 |
| -
You say that... |
beevul |
Feb-02-11 07:28 PM |
#78 |
| -
re: "arm everyone"... |
Electric Monk |
Feb-03-11 12:20 AM |
#79 |
| -
And the NRA is mentioned *nowhere* in that article, nor in the linked original |
friendly_iconoclast |
Feb-03-11 11:17 AM |
#81 |
| -
If Egypt was as well armed as the United States ... |
spin |
Feb-03-11 11:21 AM |
#82 |
| -
Right about now, I'd say yes. |
shadowrider |
Feb-03-11 02:44 PM |
#84 |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread