TheWraith
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Wed Jun-15-11 09:48 PM
Response to Reply #33 |
| 49. As I said, the reason we have relatively unrestrictive gun laws is the voters. |
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The NRA is one part of that, with about 4 million members out of the 80-100 million gun owners in the US.
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| -All US firearm manufacturers put together have less than the annual sales of Netflix. |
TheWraith |
Jun-15-11 03:34 PM |
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Remind me of DVD-related murders. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 03:35 PM |
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DVDs don't kill, the people who watch them do. |
wtmusic |
Jun-15-11 03:38 PM |
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Way to completely miss the point. nt |
eqfan592 |
Jun-15-11 04:00 PM |
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Oh, I got "the point", or lack of it, actually. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 05:50 PM |
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This seems like apples and oranges to me. |
Webster Green |
Jun-15-11 03:39 PM |
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For the reason I said? |
TheWraith |
Jun-15-11 03:43 PM |
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Guns are tools |
Taverner |
Jun-15-11 03:41 PM |
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Availability |
wtmusic |
Jun-15-11 03:49 PM |
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Predator Drones eom |
Taverner |
Jun-15-11 04:05 PM |
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Predator drones are fairly tightly controlled |
wtmusic |
Jun-15-11 04:09 PM |
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According to Wayne LaPierre, the firearms industry has greater ability to manipulate laws. |
wtmusic |
Jun-15-11 03:46 PM |
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To be totally honest, I dislike Wayne LaPierre as much as I do Paul Helmke ... |
spin |
Jun-15-11 04:03 PM |
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to be totally honest |
HankyDubs |
Jun-15-11 04:41 PM |
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Nope. The basic NRA membership fee can not be used for political purposes. n/t |
PavePusher |
Jun-15-11 04:45 PM |
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Exactly. If that wasn't true, I would not be a member. (n/t) |
spin |
Jun-15-11 05:07 PM |
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The NRA's Carve Out |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 05:53 PM |
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That money would be going through the NRA-ILA, not the portion of the org.... |
PavePusher |
Jun-15-11 07:08 PM |
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WRONG!!! |
HankyDubs |
Jun-16-11 12:03 PM |
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Hmmm, you do not seem to have cited anything to contradict my statement. |
PavePusher |
Jun-16-11 04:07 PM |
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What, are you saying that the NRA doesn't deserve the best stand up |
gejohnston |
Jun-15-11 06:15 PM |
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It's a close race between the NRA-ILA and the Brady Campaign ... |
spin |
Jun-15-11 06:27 PM |
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And by paying for your yearly membership you are purchasing |
RaleighNCDUer |
Jun-15-11 05:39 PM |
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Not really. But don't let facts get in your way.... n/t |
PavePusher |
Jun-15-11 07:09 PM |
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I thought it was paying for The American Rifleman |
RSillsbee |
Jun-16-11 02:03 AM |
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Political power grows from the barrel of a gun. - Chairman Mao N/T |
GreenStormCloud |
Jun-15-11 09:27 PM |
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It's not the industry that has influence, it's the people |
DissedByBush |
Jun-16-11 09:04 PM |
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The 2002 figure |
dipsydoodle |
Jun-15-11 03:46 PM |
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No, I don't mean the entire military industrial complex. I mean firearms manufacturers. |
TheWraith |
Jun-15-11 05:46 PM |
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Walmart IS the largest gun store |
Hawkowl |
Jun-15-11 03:55 PM |
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My point is that people imagine one tiny industry as having all this power. |
TheWraith |
Jun-15-11 05:48 PM |
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It's not manufacturers (via NSSF and SAAMI) who Congress listens to. |
benEzra |
Jun-15-11 06:48 PM |
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? |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 03:58 PM |
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You know, rusty charly, a simple Google search for the terms netflix and congress could save you... |
slackmaster |
Jun-15-11 04:11 PM |
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You know, slack, reading what you link to could save you |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 05:43 PM |
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You seem to believe that the only way to measure influence is in dollars spent officially lobbying |
slackmaster |
Jun-15-11 05:46 PM |
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Uh. THAT WAS THE BASIS OF THIS ENTIRE THREAD/ORIGINAL POST. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 05:48 PM |
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No, actually it wasn't. If it were, I'd have posted lobbying dollars. |
TheWraith |
Jun-15-11 05:51 PM |
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And Congress COMPLETELY IGNORES The NRA. Poor struggling dears. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 05:55 PM |
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I can see that you aren't willing or able to engage in a thoughtful, polite discussion here |
slackmaster |
Jun-15-11 06:10 PM |
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When there's something thoughtful being address, yes. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 06:53 PM |
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As I said, the reason we have relatively unrestrictive gun laws is the voters. |
TheWraith |
Jun-15-11 09:48 PM |
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Actually, the basis of the thread was revenue |
slackmaster |
Jun-15-11 06:09 PM |
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The basis of the post was money. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 07:02 PM |
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Jun-15-11 04:43 PM |
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Jun-15-11 04:47 PM |
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Should those "others" (gun owners) have a tattoo or patch on the sleeve to identify us |
lawodevolution |
Jun-15-11 06:00 PM |
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Gun freak as "victim"! |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 07:00 PM |
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If you get to call me a "gun freak," ... |
Straw Man |
Jun-16-11 02:56 AM |
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Poor Darrell Issa |
rusty charly |
Jun-17-11 08:56 AM |
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Who said anything about Issa? Dodge and deflect... |
Straw Man |
Jun-17-11 11:46 AM |
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Members of the KKK don't feel that their racist views are bad either and can also |
lawodevolution |
Jun-16-11 01:30 PM |
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But very few people have been shot by Netflix movies. |
damntexdem |
Jun-15-11 04:53 PM |
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according to Tipper Gore and some others |
gejohnston |
Jun-15-11 05:14 PM |
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That is a COMPLETE misrepresentation. |
rusty charly |
Jun-15-11 05:46 PM |
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Another reason to get off our duffs and take the family out to the range. |
ileus |
Jun-15-11 04:55 PM |
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guns are flying off the shelves |
lawodevolution |
Jun-16-11 06:14 PM |
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When was the last time a movie accidentally killed somebody? Of course gun manufacturers |
applegrove |
Jun-15-11 08:10 PM |
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I think you have the cart before the horse |
gejohnston |
Jun-15-11 08:28 PM |
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So applegrove's world violent crime doesn't exist? |
GreenStormCloud |
Jun-15-11 09:34 PM |
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The NRA and gun groups are constantly bragging about their 'power.' |
onehandle |
Jun-16-11 10:34 AM |
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The NRA is powerful but there isn't enough money in selling guns for it to result in corruption |
lawodevolution |
Jun-16-11 06:12 PM |
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Gun owners have a lot of political power, but not because of money, |
benEzra |
Jun-16-11 06:26 PM |
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That doesn't seem right. |
krispos42 |
Jun-16-11 10:06 PM |
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So what? |
Atypical Liberal |
Jun-17-11 02:18 PM |
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Watch NRA heads explode: |
rusty charly |
Jun-17-11 05:43 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
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Jun-17-11 06:06 PM |
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before the tread got deleted |
gejohnston |
Jun-18-11 10:12 AM |
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Except: |
rusty charly |
Jun-18-11 12:58 PM |
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Feel free to demonstrate it. |
X_Digger |
Jun-18-11 01:34 PM |
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not legally and prove it. |
gejohnston |
Jun-18-11 01:40 PM |
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A distinct difference between firearems and DVDs |
Abin Sur |
Jun-18-11 08:54 AM |
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Senate Bill 17 |
rusty charly |
Jun-18-11 01:03 PM |
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already covered in another thread but |
gejohnston |
Jun-18-11 01:44 PM |
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