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Fri May-27-11 10:33 AM
Response to Reply #27 |
| 36. Stop it. Just stop it. You are using reason and rational thought, and that does not work. |
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The facts don't matter, you know that.
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| -The myth that gun control is unpopular |
DanTex |
May-27-11 08:03 AM |
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Responsible gun owners support rational gun restrictions. |
baldguy |
May-27-11 08:11 AM |
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One more time... What restrictions do you think are "rational"? |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 08:26 AM |
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I've said it many times: as a start, register every gun; license every gun owner. |
baldguy |
May-27-11 09:57 AM |
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I am a licensed gun owner, I have a concealed weapons permit ... |
spin |
May-27-11 10:10 AM |
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Neither of those is "reasonable", and neither will accomplish the purpose you claim. |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 10:47 AM |
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If registration is such a great idea why did New Zealand dump it? |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 10:53 AM |
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I think I've broken the code |
guardian |
May-27-11 12:54 PM |
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Ah, a translation... |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 04:53 PM |
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With 4.5 million dues-paying members the NRA isn't astroturf. N/T |
GreenStormCloud |
May-27-11 08:39 AM |
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look up the word astro turf |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 10:14 AM |
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ALL gun control orgs put together could not equal 10% of the NRA's membership. |
friendly_iconoclast |
May-27-11 03:01 PM |
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Why are they using biased and intentionally misleading wording? |
Taitertots |
May-27-11 08:17 AM |
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lol... "Nothing like a nice warm Uzi" |
DanTex |
May-27-11 08:27 AM |
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Fully automatic UZI's are rare in the US. |
AtheistCrusader |
May-27-11 09:13 AM |
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Right... because people actually go duck hunting with Uzi's and AR15's. |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 10:56 AM |
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Lol, Hollywood ignorance at it's greatest |
Taitertots |
May-28-11 12:25 PM |
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Safe firearms? |
RC |
May-27-11 08:43 AM |
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I don't hunt.... |
MicaelS |
May-27-11 08:55 AM |
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'the rest of them' that are not handguns are used in less than 3% of homicides |
AtheistCrusader |
May-27-11 09:11 AM |
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How would you distinguish one from the other? nt |
rrneck |
May-27-11 09:42 AM |
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So you would ban handguns? |
spin |
May-27-11 09:43 AM |
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Another one with severe myopic vision. |
cleanhippie |
May-27-11 10:31 AM |
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Does the Second Amendment reference hunting? |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 10:48 AM |
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Canada has the correct idea in what |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 11:18 AM |
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Safe in terms of safety systems, relative lack of overpenetration, ergonomics, |
benEzra |
May-27-11 08:55 PM |
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The 2nd amendment |
Oneka |
May-27-11 09:55 PM |
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So called Assault weapons are the most popular and effecting for hunting and sport shooting |
Taitertots |
May-28-11 12:20 PM |
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The only polls that matter are elections |
slackmaster |
May-27-11 08:28 AM |
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If gun control is so loved by the public, |
GreenStormCloud |
May-27-11 08:41 AM |
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The same way FreedomWorks and the Koch brothers win elections. |
DanTex |
May-27-11 09:30 AM |
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Do you mean republicans like |
RSillsbee |
May-27-11 09:39 AM |
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I love it. The far-right is pushing for gun control. LOL. |
DanTex |
May-27-11 09:59 AM |
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Self Delete |
eqfan592 |
May-27-11 10:22 AM |
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not that simple |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 10:42 AM |
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Please, keep this stuff coming. |
DanTex |
May-27-11 10:59 AM |
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can you say package deal fallacy? |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 11:35 AM |
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If you want to get technical, I believe it's called the "fallacy of delusional fabrications" |
DanTex |
May-27-11 01:39 PM |
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Again I did not say he will do either |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 02:33 PM |
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I'm glad you brought up Thom Hartmann and Rachel Maddow |
DanTex |
May-27-11 05:03 PM |
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Perhaps you are new in the Guns forum... |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 06:22 PM |
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unrelated to ideology |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 06:25 PM |
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Hey, you brought up Rachel and Thom, I just thought you should know where they stand. |
DanTex |
May-27-11 08:31 PM |
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"forcing"?! Seriously? |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 08:39 PM |
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I knew exactly where they stand. |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 09:44 PM |
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Are you trying to imply that |
Bold Lib |
May-27-11 05:40 PM |
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Not all Republicans are Teabaggers. Some are quite decent people |
Starboard Tack |
May-27-11 06:51 PM |
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That is a different issue to which I responded to. You seem to acknowledge that |
Bold Lib |
May-27-11 08:09 PM |
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I'm implying that the gun control movement is not a driven by far-right special interest groups. |
DanTex |
May-27-11 08:55 PM |
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They are all from urban areas too |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 09:50 PM |
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Would you really describe the Brady campaign as a "far-right special interest group". |
Tejas |
May-28-11 11:41 AM |
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First let me point out that it is against DU rules to suggest that a member |
Starboard Tack |
May-28-11 01:00 PM |
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Special Interests. |
Atypical Liberal |
May-27-11 10:09 AM |
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They're still using terms like Clips and assault weapons... |
ileus |
May-27-11 08:45 AM |
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I like the Brady's new term "assault clips". That awed me.... |
spin |
May-27-11 09:47 AM |
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What is an assault clip |
youneverknow |
May-27-11 07:27 PM |
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No one really knows exept the Brady Bunch. |
oneshooter |
May-27-11 09:12 PM |
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High capacity condiment dispenser. nt |
rrneck |
May-27-11 10:21 PM |
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Who said gun control is unpopular? |
RSillsbee |
May-27-11 09:11 AM |
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The problem will eventually get fixed by the judiciary once Scalia and Thomas have moved on. |
sharesunited |
May-27-11 09:14 AM |
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Not in your lifetime NT |
RSillsbee |
May-27-11 09:17 AM |
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Some people who were alive for Plessey lived to see Brown v. Board of Ed. |
sharesunited |
May-27-11 09:20 AM |
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Some people who were alive to see the Boston Massacre |
RSillsbee |
May-27-11 09:26 AM |
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Some of the kids that remember Eugene Hasenfus |
Katya Mullethov |
May-27-11 10:45 AM |
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unlucky rabbit's foot |
one-eyed fat man |
May-27-11 02:44 PM |
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Did you know |
Katya Mullethov |
May-27-11 03:14 PM |
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I think most are painfully aware we're one vote from losing the 2nd |
ileus |
May-27-11 09:53 AM |
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maybe, maybe not |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 01:33 PM |
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Here are some more polls for you.. |
X_Digger |
May-27-11 09:35 AM |
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I bet a large amount of that pro gun control |
Upton |
May-27-11 09:49 AM |
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or big city conservatives for that matter. |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 01:36 PM |
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a few thoughts about polls and decision making... |
Flyboy_451 |
May-27-11 09:51 AM |
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When you have to distort and mislead to win a poll, your subject is not popular. (n/t) |
spin |
May-27-11 10:13 AM |
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Agree and disagree |
DanTex |
May-27-11 10:36 AM |
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MAIG hires Frank Luntz too |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 10:45 AM |
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you are reading far more into my words than what is there... |
Flyboy_451 |
May-27-11 11:12 AM |
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Lies, damn lies, and propaganda |
one-eyed fat man |
May-27-11 11:23 AM |
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But it is so easy to see how ridiculous this is. |
Atypical Liberal |
May-27-11 09:56 AM |
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Stop it. Just stop it. You are using reason and rational thought, and that does not work. |
cleanhippie |
May-27-11 10:33 AM |
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It worked for switchblades |
Katya Mullethov |
May-27-11 10:46 AM |
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NSN: 1095-01-446-4348 |
one-eyed fat man |
May-27-11 03:33 PM |
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We give 'em to all our deploying airmen. |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 04:57 PM |
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what was your AFSC? |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 05:01 PM |
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2A6X1 - Turboshaft engines |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 06:19 PM |
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I can relate. I started off in photo systems and |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 06:31 PM |
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Did you run across this guy yet ? |
Katya Mullethov |
May-27-11 05:55 PM |
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Know him?! I AM him...! |
PavePusher |
May-27-11 06:24 PM |
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Here here!! |
eqfan592 |
May-27-11 10:58 AM |
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A ban on assault weapons is an incremental step to banning other firearms ... |
spin |
May-27-11 11:07 AM |
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Agreed. |
discntnt_irny_srcsm |
May-27-11 01:08 PM |
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couple of problems with the poll |
gejohnston |
May-27-11 10:59 AM |
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If gun control was popular we would not have "shall issue" concealed carry ... |
spin |
May-27-11 11:12 AM |
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It's Your Story |
DWC |
May-27-11 02:34 PM |
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Popular does not mean it passes Constitutional muster... |
krispos42 |
May-27-11 06:59 PM |
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I am new here |
youneverknow |
May-27-11 07:22 PM |
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Welcome to DU. |
LAGC |
May-28-11 01:56 AM |
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I agree and it's a distraction from other issues |
lawodevolution |
May-28-11 02:02 AM |
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Ummm, banning the most popular civilian rifles in the United States is not a "moderate" position. |
benEzra |
May-27-11 08:44 PM |
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One of the first rules of polling is to make sure that people understand what you're asking. |
aikoaiko |
May-27-11 09:25 PM |
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You guys make the best buggy whips in the world |
Katya Mullethov |
May-27-11 10:21 PM |
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A mountain of opinion polls is struck down by a single election result |
Euromutt |
May-28-11 07:53 PM |
#100 |