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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 05:42 PM
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107. "Why would I want your weapons? Mine are much nicer!"
--guaranteed to make their jaws drop.
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  -"I'm not voting for you... You are going to take my guns away..." WCGreen  Oct-29-06 09:30 PM   #0 
  - How did Brown end up on the wrong side of the torture issue?  wtmusic   Oct-29-06 09:33 PM   #1 
  - I don't know....  WCGreen   Oct-29-06 09:36 PM   #4 
  - He didn't  OzarkDem   Oct-29-06 10:47 PM   #12 
  - Someone told him it would pass anyway and get him elected to the Senate  Hippo_Tron   Oct-29-06 11:02 PM   #14 
  - That logic works equally well to appease moderate Republicans  wtmusic   Oct-30-06 08:56 AM   #16 
  - If we win, we can do the same thing to Republicans  lumberjack_jeff   Oct-30-06 10:51 AM   #17 
  - Baldfaced political calculation, that's how  eridani   Oct-31-06 04:01 AM   #55 
  - The "take my guns away" drivel has more to do with right-wing radio  JeffR   Oct-29-06 09:35 PM   #2 
  - I never said it was a left wing agenda....  WCGreen   Oct-29-06 09:39 PM   #5 
  - Simply meant that the party didn't have to move one way or another  JeffR   Oct-29-06 09:48 PM   #6 
     - They didn't want to accept them....  WCGreen   Oct-29-06 09:51 PM   #7 
        - The Democratic Party just didn't take hate radio & RW grassroots  JeffR   Oct-29-06 10:03 PM   #8 
  - That unfortunate meme was a result of the "assault weapon" bait-and-switch...  benEzra   Oct-30-06 02:44 PM   #18 
  - I'm a life long democrat owning and possessing guns  Erika   Oct-29-06 09:36 PM   #3 
  - I live in Philadelphia  GoneOffShore   Oct-29-06 10:16 PM   #9 
  - That being said most of the gun owners I know would not vote  Craftsman   Oct-31-06 03:26 PM   #78 
     - Thank goodness!  gorfle   Nov-01-06 07:41 AM   #100 
  - I have nothing at all against people owning guns....  WCGreen   Oct-29-06 10:20 PM   #10 
     - Unfortunately, for a lot of people in the '90s, Dianne Feinstein was the voice of the party  benEzra   Oct-30-06 02:57 PM   #21 
        - The problem now...  Nabeshin   Oct-31-06 04:16 AM   #57 
  - The fear is that the gun freedom lovers are under the impression they still have a right  mrcheerful   Oct-29-06 10:42 PM   #11 
  - It was really put forth by Lincoln back in 1861 when the  WCGreen   Oct-30-06 12:03 AM   #15 
  - No, the problem was that gun-404 politicians  benEzra   Oct-30-06 02:53 PM   #20 
  - There is no point really in gun control now....  WCGreen   Oct-30-06 03:38 PM   #22 
  - Right, and people who defend the right to free speech or to have an abortion  MGD   Oct-30-06 07:10 PM   #30 
  - there are about ten guns for every person living right now in the  WCGreen   Oct-30-06 07:49 PM   #35 
  - That's entirely beside the point  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:18 PM   #45 
  - What the fuck are you talking about...  WCGreen   Oct-30-06 11:21 PM   #46 
     - Go back and read it again slowly if you don't comprehend.  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:24 PM   #48 
        - You obviously didn't get what I was talking about...  WCGreen   Oct-30-06 11:28 PM   #49 
           - You're right, I didn't get that  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:45 PM   #51 
  - You've overstated the number of firearms in the US by a factor of :>10.  greyhound1966   Oct-31-06 10:26 AM   #63 
  - You better go back and look at what Nixon signed into law under the disguise of  mrcheerful   Oct-30-06 09:02 PM   #38 
     - Not one of my gun enthusiast friends wants to overthrow the Government.  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:22 PM   #47 
  - Here's what's amazing...  gorfle   Oct-31-06 02:48 PM   #76 
  - I read about that flood in 1994, too  grasswire   Oct-29-06 10:57 PM   #13 
  - Yes.  benEzra   Oct-30-06 02:47 PM   #19 
  - When the last gun-grabber leaves the party,  Jed Dilligan   Oct-30-06 06:15 PM   #23 
  - And When The Last Gun Activist "Democrat".....  Paladin   Oct-30-06 06:25 PM   #24 
  - I'm hardly a gun activist  Jed Dilligan   Oct-30-06 06:42 PM   #25 
  - Been saying that..  sendero   Oct-30-06 07:48 PM   #34 
  - Doesn't matter what you say. These people have very limited realities  rhett o rick   Oct-30-06 06:48 PM   #26 
  - My oh my  DancingBear   Oct-30-06 07:29 PM   #33 
     - Thank you for pointing it out. All we need to win, and to keep winning,  greyhound1966   Oct-31-06 10:36 AM   #64 
     - Apparently I did a bad job of presenting my case. There are currently  rhett o rick   Oct-31-06 10:59 PM   #92 
  - Waaaaahhh! I can't get it up without my guns!!  Lindacooks   Oct-30-06 06:50 PM   #27 
  - I feel the same way about people who equate defending civil rights with impotence  MGD   Oct-30-06 07:00 PM   #28 
     - Oh grow up.  Lindacooks   Oct-30-06 07:06 PM   #29 
        - Why don't you wise up instead? nt  MGD   Oct-30-06 07:15 PM   #31 
        - I wonder if Jefferson thought people should own firearms? Here are  AJ9000   Oct-30-06 07:23 PM   #32 
        - Sorry, those 'arguments' mean nothing against AK-47s and cop  Lindacooks   Oct-30-06 08:01 PM   #36 
           - And if you live in a rural area in the South where it takes  AJ9000   Oct-30-06 08:56 PM   #37 
           - And just how often does that happen out in the sticks compared to what  mrcheerful   Oct-30-06 09:10 PM   #40 
              - You're really bolstering my point - you can't always depend on  AJ9000   Oct-30-06 09:25 PM   #43 
           - Speaking of strawmen  mitchleary   Oct-30-06 09:09 PM   #39 
           - Armour piercing ammo. They are called cop killers because vests won't stop them.  mrcheerful   Oct-30-06 09:12 PM   #41 
           - Armor piercing eh?  mitchleary   Oct-30-06 09:28 PM   #44 
           - A typical bullet proof vest is defeated by most any jacketed spitzer type bullet fired from a rifle  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:38 PM   #50 
           - Armor piercing handgun ammo was banned 20 YEARS ago...  benEzra   Oct-31-06 06:11 AM   #61 
           - I'm not debating this issue with anybody.  Lindacooks   Oct-31-06 11:00 AM   #66 
              - "I'm not debating alcohol prohibition with anybody"  benEzra   Oct-31-06 01:10 PM   #68 
              - Ms Cooks, you're ignorant of firearms and your mind is closed. And  AJ9000   Oct-31-06 01:25 PM   #69 
              - Until the party loses that anti gun attitude you will see rethugs  Craftsman   Oct-31-06 04:00 PM   #79 
              - Hmmmmmmmm  mitchleary   Oct-31-06 04:40 PM   #81 
           - double post  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:57 PM   #52 
           - ++++++++  MGD   Oct-30-06 11:58 PM   #53 
           - It's funny...  Nabeshin   Oct-31-06 04:06 AM   #56 
           - That all changed under republican leadership during the 20's and 30's  mrcheerful   Oct-31-06 05:13 AM   #58 
           - WHICH ARE >>ALREADY RESTRICTED  benEzra   Oct-31-06 06:03 AM   #60 
        - Haven't you seen the cartoon...  Nabeshin   Oct-31-06 02:59 AM   #54 
        - Geez, talk about ignorant...  benEzra   Oct-31-06 06:01 AM   #59 
        - Really? Then why are convicts forbidden that right? It don't say a thing about  mrcheerful   Oct-31-06 09:59 AM   #62 
        - So is voting a right, or a privilege that can be restricted at whim?  benEzra   Oct-31-06 12:13 PM   #67 
           - Only if said convict wasn't convicted of a violent crime. Just because some states convinced voters  mrcheerful   Oct-31-06 02:12 PM   #72 
              - I think we may be on the same page here, then?  benEzra   Oct-31-06 02:38 PM   #74 
        - Careful Who You Call Ignorant  Paladin   Oct-31-06 05:34 PM   #83 
           - I was calling the personal attack ignorant, Paladin...  benEzra   Oct-31-06 09:36 PM   #90 
              - Unpersuasive  Paladin   Nov-01-06 05:21 PM   #104 
                 - Cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing...  benEzra   Nov-02-06 07:16 AM   #105 
                    - Cognitive Dissonance? Not Bloody Likely  Paladin   Nov-02-06 06:21 PM   #108 
        - Where is the militia?  gorfle   Oct-31-06 02:52 PM   #77 
        - A large standing Army was never supposed to exist in America  MGD   Oct-31-06 07:32 PM   #88 
           - The militia is still out there, MGD  slackmaster   Oct-31-06 11:14 PM   #94 
              - I'm aware of this. The organized portion, however, is simply another  MGD   Nov-01-06 12:52 AM   #97 
                 - Exactly, MGD!  gorfle   Nov-01-06 07:39 AM   #99 
        - If "common knowledge" is valid, why bother educating people?  slackmaster   Oct-31-06 11:12 PM   #93 
  - Dear NRA member....  ddeclue   Oct-30-06 09:19 PM   #42 
  - We will win this election because we are not them.  greyhound1966   Oct-31-06 10:40 AM   #65 
  - Guns and jobs...  gorfle   Oct-31-06 01:40 PM   #70 
  - Excuse me but wtf are you talking about? Under Nixons law and order platform  mrcheerful   Oct-31-06 01:58 PM   #71 
     - So you're invoking Nixon to justify Feinstein?  benEzra   Oct-31-06 02:33 PM   #73 
     - Amen brother. This is a HIGH PRIORITY issue for many voters. Being  AJ9000   Oct-31-06 04:27 PM   #80 
     - I just moved from Texas and heard the same things friend.  MGD   Oct-31-06 07:22 PM   #87 
     - The over throwing of the elected american government is illegal though, it has been since 1971  mrcheerful   Oct-31-06 05:32 PM   #82 
        - I'm sure it was illegal in 1776 as well...  benEzra   Oct-31-06 09:29 PM   #89 
     - I don't follow you...  gorfle   Oct-31-06 02:40 PM   #75 
     - Its illegal and if anyone tries they will be imprisoned faster then a camel jocky riding nude  mrcheerful   Oct-31-06 05:38 PM   #84 
        - There has never been any such right in any government including ours  MGD   Oct-31-06 07:19 PM   #86 
        - Ah, I see...  gorfle   Nov-01-06 07:33 AM   #98 
     - if you ever have to resort to using a gun  Jim4Wes   Nov-02-06 07:38 AM   #106 
  - You'll have two years with only a house majority. You'll pass no anti-gun legislation  MGD   Oct-31-06 07:13 PM   #85 
  - Thank you.....  WCGreen   Oct-31-06 10:16 PM   #91 
  - Here's your answer  mrgorth   Oct-31-06 11:16 PM   #95 
  - That is what I tried to talk about....  WCGreen   Oct-31-06 11:36 PM   #96 
     - The difference between 1996 and 2006...  benEzra   Nov-01-06 01:23 PM   #101 
        - I really was just pointing out my personal experience....  WCGreen   Nov-01-06 01:28 PM   #102 
  - When did Dems ever take away guns? The rethugs DID in  caledesi   Nov-01-06 02:16 PM   #103 
  - "Why would I want your weapons? Mine are much nicer!"  Lisa   Nov-02-06 05:42 PM   #107 
     - LOL! Good comeback!  benEzra   Nov-03-06 07:11 AM   #109 
 

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