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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 10:33 AM
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36. Stop it. Just stop it. You are using reason and rational thought, and that does not work.
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   #0 
  - Responsible gun owners support rational gun restrictions.  baldguy   May-27-11 08:11 AM   #1 
  - One more time... What restrictions do you think are "rational"?  PavePusher   May-27-11 08:26 AM   #3 
  - I've said it many times: as a start, register every gun; license every gun owner.  baldguy   May-27-11 09:57 AM   #28 
  - I am a licensed gun owner, I have a concealed weapons permit ...  spin   May-27-11 10:10 AM   #31 
  - Neither of those is "reasonable", and neither will accomplish the purpose you claim.  PavePusher   May-27-11 10:47 AM   #42 
  - If registration is such a great idea why did New Zealand dump it?  gejohnston   May-27-11 10:53 AM   #44 
  - I think I've broken the code  guardian   May-27-11 12:54 PM   #55 
     - Ah, a translation...  PavePusher   May-27-11 04:53 PM   #66 
  - With 4.5 million dues-paying members the NRA isn't astroturf. N/T  GreenStormCloud   May-27-11 08:39 AM   #6 
  - look up the word astro turf  gejohnston   May-27-11 10:14 AM   #33 
  - ALL gun control orgs put together could not equal 10% of the NRA's membership.  friendly_iconoclast   May-27-11 03:01 PM   #63 
  - Why are they using biased and intentionally misleading wording?  Taitertots   May-27-11 08:17 AM   #2 
  - lol... "Nothing like a nice warm Uzi"  DanTex   May-27-11 08:27 AM   #4 
  - Fully automatic UZI's are rare in the US.  AtheistCrusader   May-27-11 09:13 AM   #13 
  - Right... because people actually go duck hunting with Uzi's and AR15's.  PavePusher   May-27-11 10:56 AM   #45 
  - Lol, Hollywood ignorance at it's greatest  Taitertots   May-28-11 12:25 PM   #98 
  - Safe firearms?  RC   May-27-11 08:43 AM   #8 
     - I don't hunt....  MicaelS   May-27-11 08:55 AM   #10 
     - 'the rest of them' that are not handguns are used in less than 3% of homicides  AtheistCrusader   May-27-11 09:11 AM   #11 
     - How would you distinguish one from the other? nt  rrneck   May-27-11 09:42 AM   #21 
     - So you would ban handguns?  spin   May-27-11 09:43 AM   #22 
     - Another one with severe myopic vision.  cleanhippie   May-27-11 10:31 AM   #35 
     - Does the Second Amendment reference hunting?  PavePusher   May-27-11 10:48 AM   #43 
     - Canada has the correct idea in what  gejohnston   May-27-11 11:18 AM   #52 
     - Safe in terms of safety systems, relative lack of overpenetration, ergonomics,  benEzra   May-27-11 08:55 PM   #85 
     - The 2nd amendment  Oneka   May-27-11 09:55 PM   #91 
     - So called Assault weapons are the most popular and effecting for hunting and sport shooting  Taitertots   May-28-11 12:20 PM   #97 
  - The only polls that matter are elections  slackmaster   May-27-11 08:28 AM   #5 
  - If gun control is so loved by the public,  GreenStormCloud   May-27-11 08:41 AM   #7 
  - The same way FreedomWorks and the Koch brothers win elections.  DanTex   May-27-11 09:30 AM   #18 
     - Do you mean republicans like  RSillsbee   May-27-11 09:39 AM   #20 
     - I love it. The far-right is pushing for gun control. LOL.  DanTex   May-27-11 09:59 AM   #29 
        - Self Delete  eqfan592   May-27-11 10:22 AM   #34 
        - not that simple  gejohnston   May-27-11 10:42 AM   #38 
        - Please, keep this stuff coming.  DanTex   May-27-11 10:59 AM   #47 
           - can you say package deal fallacy?  gejohnston   May-27-11 11:35 AM   #54 
              - If you want to get technical, I believe it's called the "fallacy of delusional fabrications"  DanTex   May-27-11 01:39 PM   #59 
                 - Again I did not say he will do either  gejohnston   May-27-11 02:33 PM   #60 
                    - I'm glad you brought up Thom Hartmann and Rachel Maddow  DanTex   May-27-11 05:03 PM   #69 
                       - Perhaps you are new in the Guns forum...  PavePusher   May-27-11 06:22 PM   #73 
                       - unrelated to ideology  gejohnston   May-27-11 06:25 PM   #75 
                          - Hey, you brought up Rachel and Thom, I just thought you should know where they stand.  DanTex   May-27-11 08:31 PM   #82 
                             - "forcing"?! Seriously?  PavePusher   May-27-11 08:39 PM   #83 
                             - I knew exactly where they stand.  gejohnston   May-27-11 09:44 PM   #89 
        - Are you trying to imply that  Bold Lib   May-27-11 05:40 PM   #70 
           - Not all Republicans are Teabaggers. Some are quite decent people  Starboard Tack   May-27-11 06:51 PM   #77 
              - That is a different issue to which I responded to. You seem to acknowledge that  Bold Lib   May-27-11 08:09 PM   #81 
                 - 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   #86 
                 - They are all from urban areas too  gejohnston   May-27-11 09:50 PM   #90 
                 - Would you really describe the Brady campaign as a "far-right special interest group".  Tejas   May-28-11 11:41 AM   #96 
                 - First let me point out that it is against DU rules to suggest that a member  Starboard Tack   May-28-11 01:00 PM   #99 
     - Special Interests.  Atypical Liberal   May-27-11 10:09 AM   #30 
  - They're still using terms like Clips and assault weapons...  ileus   May-27-11 08:45 AM   #9 
  - I like the Brady's new term "assault clips". That awed me....  spin   May-27-11 09:47 AM   #23 
     - What is an assault clip  youneverknow   May-27-11 07:27 PM   #80 
        - No one really knows exept the Brady Bunch.  oneshooter   May-27-11 09:12 PM   #87 
        - High capacity condiment dispenser. nt  rrneck   May-27-11 10:21 PM   #92 
  - Who said gun control is unpopular?  RSillsbee   May-27-11 09:11 AM   #12 
  - The problem will eventually get fixed by the judiciary once Scalia and Thomas have moved on.  sharesunited   May-27-11 09:14 AM   #14 
  - Not in your lifetime NT  RSillsbee   May-27-11 09:17 AM   #15 
  - Some people who were alive for Plessey lived to see Brown v. Board of Ed.  sharesunited   May-27-11 09:20 AM   #16 
     - Some people who were alive to see the Boston Massacre  RSillsbee   May-27-11 09:26 AM   #17 
        - Some of the kids that remember Eugene Hasenfus  Katya Mullethov   May-27-11 10:45 AM   #40 
           - unlucky rabbit's foot  one-eyed fat man   May-27-11 02:44 PM   #62 
              - Did you know  Katya Mullethov   May-27-11 03:14 PM   #64 
  - I think most are painfully aware we're one vote from losing the 2nd  ileus   May-27-11 09:53 AM   #26 
  - maybe, maybe not  gejohnston   May-27-11 01:33 PM   #57 
  - Here are some more polls for you..  X_Digger   May-27-11 09:35 AM   #19 
  - I bet a large amount of that pro gun control  Upton   May-27-11 09:49 AM   #24 
  - or big city conservatives for that matter.  gejohnston   May-27-11 01:36 PM   #58 
  - a few thoughts about polls and decision making...  Flyboy_451   May-27-11 09:51 AM   #25 
  - 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   #32 
  - Agree and disagree  DanTex   May-27-11 10:36 AM   #37 
     - MAIG hires Frank Luntz too  gejohnston   May-27-11 10:45 AM   #39 
     - you are reading far more into my words than what is there...  Flyboy_451   May-27-11 11:12 AM   #50 
     - Lies, damn lies, and propaganda  one-eyed fat man   May-27-11 11:23 AM   #53 
  - But it is so easy to see how ridiculous this is.  Atypical Liberal   May-27-11 09:56 AM   #27 
  - Stop it. Just stop it. You are using reason and rational thought, and that does not work.  cleanhippie   May-27-11 10:33 AM   #36 
  - It worked for switchblades  Katya Mullethov   May-27-11 10:46 AM   #41 
     - NSN: 1095-01-446-4348  one-eyed fat man   May-27-11 03:33 PM   #65 
        - We give 'em to all our deploying airmen.  PavePusher   May-27-11 04:57 PM   #67 
           - what was your AFSC?  gejohnston   May-27-11 05:01 PM   #68 
           - 2A6X1 - Turboshaft engines  PavePusher   May-27-11 06:19 PM   #72 
              - I can relate. I started off in photo systems and  gejohnston   May-27-11 06:31 PM   #76 
           - Did you run across this guy yet ?  Katya Mullethov   May-27-11 05:55 PM   #71 
              - Know him?! I AM him...!  PavePusher   May-27-11 06:24 PM   #74 
  - Here here!!  eqfan592   May-27-11 10:58 AM   #46 
  - A ban on assault weapons is an incremental step to banning other firearms ...  spin   May-27-11 11:07 AM   #49 
     - Agreed.  discntnt_irny_srcsm   May-27-11 01:08 PM   #56 
  - couple of problems with the poll  gejohnston   May-27-11 10:59 AM   #48 
  - If gun control was popular we would not have "shall issue" concealed carry ...  spin   May-27-11 11:12 AM   #51 
  - It's Your Story  DWC   May-27-11 02:34 PM   #61 
  - Popular does not mean it passes Constitutional muster...  krispos42   May-27-11 06:59 PM   #78 
  - I am new here  youneverknow   May-27-11 07:22 PM   #79 
  - Welcome to DU.  LAGC   May-28-11 01:56 AM   #94 
  - I agree and it's a distraction from other issues  lawodevolution   May-28-11 02:02 AM   #95 
  - Ummm, banning the most popular civilian rifles in the United States is not a "moderate" position.  benEzra   May-27-11 08:44 PM   #84 
  - 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   #88 
  - You guys make the best buggy whips in the world  Katya Mullethov   May-27-11 10:21 PM   #93 
  - A mountain of opinion polls is struck down by a single election result  Euromutt   May-28-11 07:53 PM   #100 
 

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