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lyonn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:33 PM
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24. How about another Bingo!
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  -armed citizens inoculate a society against tyranny.. BrokenBeyondRepair  Apr-17-07 01:12 PM   #0 
  - Yes  kwolf68   Apr-17-07 01:12 PM   #1 
  - Yes - and that is precisely what the founding fathers contemplated  ThomWV   Apr-17-07 01:13 PM   #2 
  - So when do the Freepers rise up against Bush in armed rebellion then?  Dr Fate   Apr-17-07 01:14 PM   #3 
  - Little known factoid  nadinbrzezinski   Apr-17-07 01:14 PM   #4 
  - did the Iraqi's call it tyranny?  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 01:19 PM   #8 
  - The question to ask is a tad different  nadinbrzezinski   Apr-17-07 01:43 PM   #28 
     - not sure i'd agree that the Iraqis called it tyranny because my  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 02:09 PM   #39 
  - There is a difference between having tools and having will  ThomWV   Apr-17-07 01:20 PM   #10 
  - Just a guess....  RUMMYisFROSTED   Apr-17-07 01:28 PM   #22 
  - But  atreides1   Apr-17-07 01:21 PM   #13 
  - Guns are just the tool, the will is still required.  Erebus67   Apr-17-07 01:27 PM   #20 
  - Too bad Stupid went into Iraq  zidzi   Apr-17-07 01:37 PM   #25 
  - Too bad 9.11 had nothing to do with Iraq  nadinbrzezinski   Apr-17-07 01:42 PM   #27 
  - Yeah, but those houses were SUNNI. nt  piedmont   Apr-17-07 01:59 PM   #32 
  - Then according to the argument, they should not have been  treestar   Apr-17-07 02:52 PM   #45 
  - Yes. "George W. Bush" is a great argument for privately-owned firearms.  dicksteele   Apr-17-07 01:15 PM   #5 
  - The 'Patriot Act' is certainly a great argument for owning guns  Erebus67   Apr-17-07 01:32 PM   #23 
     - honestly, I'm not sure I agree  unpossibles   Apr-17-07 02:26 PM   #40 
  - Yes, Iraqi citizens were armed before the invasion (averaging  Benhurst   Apr-17-07 01:18 PM   #6 
  - they do now  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 01:25 PM   #18 
  - No. Look at Hussein's Iraq.  kwassa   Apr-17-07 01:18 PM   #7 
  - And yet they  Mojorabbit   Apr-17-07 01:19 PM   #9 
     - bingo  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 01:21 PM   #12 
        - How about another Bingo!  lyonn   Apr-17-07 01:33 PM   #24 
           - Bingo away, but you haven't refuted my point in any way.  kwassa   Apr-17-07 02:32 PM   #41 
              - Read this article a little more closely:  Nabeshin   Apr-17-07 02:46 PM   #43 
                 - but common citizens still had pistols and shotguns.  kwassa   Apr-17-07 02:50 PM   #44 
                    - Pistols and shotguns suck against assault rifles.  Nabeshin   Apr-17-07 04:24 PM   #47 
                       - So, you still haven't rebutted my point  kwassa   Apr-17-07 07:45 PM   #49 
  - No. The tyranny of the gun is just as bad.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Apr-17-07 01:20 PM   #11 
  - and the desperate..  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 01:22 PM   #15 
  - Agreed  Xenotime   Apr-17-07 02:03 PM   #37 
  - "There are four boxes to use in the defense of Liberty:"  baldguy   Apr-17-07 01:21 PM   #14 
  - No. The American Revolution is to my recollection the only  gbrooks   Apr-17-07 01:22 PM   #16 
  - Armed citizens scare the hell out of me. Freepers armed? Run for the hills!  Sapere aude   Apr-17-07 01:23 PM   #17 
  - not, if they support the tyrant  NYCALIZ   Apr-17-07 01:26 PM   #19 
  - Maybe  slackmaster   Apr-17-07 01:27 PM   #21 
  - No, not any more anyway!!  aljones   Apr-17-07 01:39 PM   #26 
  - Iraqis don't have the same firepower as "Allied" troops. It's called ASYMMETRICAL warfare.  piedmont   Apr-17-07 02:01 PM   #34 
  - what about local tyranny..  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 02:02 PM   #36 
  - not only no, but hell no  KG   Apr-17-07 01:46 PM   #29 
  - do you believe a government should fear it's people?  BrokenBeyondRepair   Apr-17-07 02:00 PM   #33 
  - Why not? nt  piedmont   Apr-17-07 02:02 PM   #35 
  - Yes how else do you get rid of tyranny?  Erebus67   Apr-17-07 01:53 PM   #30 
  - Absolutely. It's why we have a Second Amendment. n/t  stevietheman   Apr-17-07 01:58 PM   #31 
  - No it isn't.  baldguy   Apr-17-07 02:36 PM   #42 
     - Nope. n/t  stevietheman   Apr-17-07 09:11 PM   #50 
  - They certainly help. Over 180 MILLION unarmed people killed by their governments in the 20th century  piedmont   Apr-17-07 02:03 PM   #38 
  - And notice how well it's working at the moment. n/t  warren pease   Apr-17-07 02:54 PM   #46 
  - NO NO NO  Gruenemann   Apr-17-07 04:26 PM   #48 
 

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