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Tue Dec-02-08 12:14 PM
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| 5. the attendant fear propels/compels more gun sales, propaganda, etc... |
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In a nice vicious cycle that pays off quite handsomely for gun corporations, and their lobbying groups...
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| -At malls, at schools, -- “Guns don’t kill people ... " |
Cyrano |
Dec-02-08 12:05 PM |
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I'm with you, but the gun-obsessed needn't reply to me... |
hlthe2b |
Dec-02-08 12:09 PM |
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Since you posted on a public forum, I'll play |
michreject |
Dec-03-08 07:43 AM |
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Guns are necessary to maintain an uncivilized society. |
The_Casual_Observer |
Dec-02-08 12:09 PM |
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the attendant fear propels/compels more gun sales, propaganda, etc... |
villager |
Dec-02-08 12:14 PM |
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I buy them as a financial investment |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 12:54 PM |
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do you sell to collectors? Or to those, increasingly afraid, who want guns? |
villager |
Dec-02-08 02:07 PM |
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I've been collecting for about 25 years and haven't sold a firearm yet |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 03:12 PM |
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so, if you never cash out, is it really an investment? |
villager |
Dec-02-08 03:25 PM |
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My planned time horizon for the investment is very long |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 03:42 PM |
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well, all right. You'll have to update this thread in 2025 or so, and let us know... |
villager |
Dec-02-08 03:44 PM |
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Guns as a hedge. |
nocaster |
Dec-02-08 03:06 PM |
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Who says there should be an Uzi in every home? |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 12:11 PM |
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The straw man in Cyrano's closet. |
DuStrange |
Dec-02-08 12:31 PM |
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The straw man in Cyrano's closet kicked my dog |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 12:49 PM |
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I think we should do the same to the car culture. |
boozepusher |
Dec-02-08 12:12 PM |
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I wholeheartedly agree with you |
hogwyld |
Dec-02-08 01:09 PM |
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I wasn't being serious. |
boozepusher |
Dec-02-08 01:14 PM |
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Get Bent... |
Cid_B |
Dec-02-08 03:02 PM |
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Wow, never heard of a pickup-grabber before |
spoony |
Dec-03-08 10:53 AM |
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I didn't know that 4,000 times per day was "occasionlly" |
krispos42 |
Dec-02-08 12:19 PM |
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Statistics can and are used to prove or disprove any case one wants to make. |
Cyrano |
Dec-02-08 12:23 PM |
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So you don't want to argue facts? |
krispos42 |
Dec-02-08 12:34 PM |
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If you are sick of hearing about the shootings |
ItNerd4life |
Dec-02-08 12:20 PM |
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uh...no |
tjwash |
Dec-02-08 12:29 PM |
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What's Nashua or Montpelier? |
dmallind |
Dec-02-08 12:40 PM |
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i'd like to hear the answer to that too. |
sweets |
Dec-02-08 12:30 PM |
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It's more common than you think. |
dmallind |
Dec-02-08 12:24 PM |
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Rec'd - I applaud your courage in saying this; |
Phredicles |
Dec-02-08 12:26 PM |
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Reading some of the replies, I'm sorry I started this thread. |
Cyrano |
Dec-02-08 12:33 PM |
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Not true |
dmallind |
Dec-02-08 12:38 PM |
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There's truth in what you say. |
Cyrano |
Dec-02-08 12:45 PM |
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Perhaps counterintuitively |
dmallind |
Dec-02-08 12:57 PM |
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That's similar to what happened to me. |
DuStrange |
Dec-02-08 01:28 PM |
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Oh great, now we want a bunch of stoners with automatic weapons. |
gogoplata |
Dec-02-08 02:11 PM |
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Cute, but a bit off the mark |
dmallind |
Dec-03-08 07:05 AM |
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Writers who live by hyperbole die by hyperbole |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 12:50 PM |
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It was ever thus. I have always feared the ides of March and |
Cyrano |
Dec-02-08 12:55 PM |
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I came to a fork in the road once - Do you know what I did? |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 01:00 PM |
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So did Yogi. Both forks happened to lead to his house. |
Cyrano |
Dec-02-08 01:08 PM |
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i just saw "bowling for columbine" |
sweets |
Dec-02-08 12:28 PM |
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Well |
dmallind |
Dec-02-08 12:34 PM |
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Happiness is... |
D__S |
Dec-02-08 12:32 PM |
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You know, at some point we'll have to accept that it is us, not our laws, that are the cause of |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-02-08 12:48 PM |
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It's not even most of us |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 12:51 PM |
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Whatever the problem, it's never most of us. We have just come to reacting |
greyhound1966 |
Dec-02-08 01:12 PM |
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Guns Don't Kill People, People With Guns Do |
This One |
Dec-02-08 12:49 PM |
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Most of us never have and never will |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-08 12:53 PM |
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"But the vast majority of the time, guns are not used" |
EstimatedProphet |
Dec-02-08 12:59 PM |
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How's that ban on pot working out for everyone? n/t |
Double_Talk_Express |
Dec-02-08 02:14 PM |
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Gee, how's that ban on murder working out? Or burglary? Or assault? Or speeding? Or.... |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-08 03:31 PM |
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Back in September, I put a loaded S&W revolver in a drawer |
old mark |
Dec-03-08 07:20 AM |
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That's funny! |
EstimatedProphet |
Dec-03-08 07:27 AM |
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You go ahead and bury the philosophy of those who want a UZI in every home...shouldn't take long. |
jmg257 |
Dec-03-08 07:39 AM |
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My UZI is considered a pistol |
michreject |
Dec-03-08 07:41 AM |
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As long as you're not suggesting gun bans or preventing me from using a gun to defend myself or... |
aikoaiko |
Dec-03-08 08:37 AM |
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You left "criminals" off your list of dangerous gun owners Cyrano. |
wartrace |
Dec-03-08 10:35 AM |
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Nicely put! |
spoony |
Dec-03-08 11:11 AM |
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Good idea! |
minavasht |
Dec-03-08 11:07 AM |
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