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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:09 AM Original message |
Boy, our Save the Guns People are out in force. KC |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Smokers did the same thing about public smoking |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. LOL! I'm WITH ya! Cigarettes are JUST LIKE guns! lololol! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
101. If you thought abtractly, you might see the connection |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. That's not at all true |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. its a fair comparison, some gun owners want more restrictions |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Then you should have said "some" in your original post |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. smokers as a group objected to restrictions |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
77. What group? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
110. Some gun owners want further restrictions? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #110 |
142. LOL - I got kicked off a message board a couple years ago |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 04:31 AM Response to Reply #110 |
186. And who would that hurt, exactly? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #110 |
203. Actually, Zanne, some still bless hunters & their guns. On site. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wait until you see how fast they mobilize on this thread... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Oh yeah! They'll be all over this one. n/t |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. 2.5 minutes. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
115. LOL! |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #115 |
130. And they can dominate the debate |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #130 |
204. Try something other than "pro-gun nuts." You should see what "antis" say. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. You can't own an AK-47 legally |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Certainly you can. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Let me rephrase this: |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes, it's a bit more complicated than buying a more common rifle, but not illegal. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I'm sure someone will correct me if this is wrong, but I've been told that ATF hasn't issued |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Certainly not true. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I know there are many existing, I asked about new issues. n/t |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Ah, I see I misunderstood your question. |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. The ATF and 'Class 3' |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
127. Thank you. So if I get it correctly, it's been 21 years since anyone "new" has been authorized to |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #127 |
154. Not quite |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
114. For 20,000 you can |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. Related editorial from my local newspaper |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. "out in force" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Those letters are trying to prevent gun bans or draconian new gun laws. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Can you explain why you need to own those certain kinds of guns. |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. What is a 'hunting rifle'? |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I'm thinking of a rifle that can actually be used for hunting - as |
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Wild Bill (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Saturday night specials and Automatics |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Just about ANY rifle can be used for hunting. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Automatics and semiautomatics are not the same thing |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. The 2nd amendment |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. The rifles that are on would-be ban lists are not automatic fire. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
187. Depends on what you want to do with them |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
206. Actually, few automatic rifles are used by gun owners.... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I think hand guns should be banned. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. How come? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. I disagree. I think that many people love to cling to our past, |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. As I said, I would fight you. You may need a constitutional amendment to ban guns at Federak level |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Believe me, I'm not holding out for any miracles. I am certain that |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 05:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
188. If the Dems are going to lose future elections for passing a sweeping law.. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-30-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
207. Actually, the 'Wild West' is, unfortunately, still with us. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. I suspect it comes from abject fear. |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Stricter background checks... |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I know lots of sane gun owners. Its the borderline insane I worry |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Borderline insane is an issue, but is already being addressed |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. 2 or 3 a night here in KC? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. Deleted sub-thread |
-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. "Ignorance is strength" |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. 30 rounds a second? More misinformation. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, I don't know anything about guns - I just used that as an |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. If you don't know anything about guns, why are you discussing them? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Maybe she wants to learn more about them? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. Maybe she should. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Wouldn't it be nice if DUers would be willing to help |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I have been trying for a long time to help with this! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Some of you guys are WAY too defensive. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I wasn't attacking her, I was attacking her argument |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Uh, because they could kill her? Drrrrrrrrrr. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Then why not ACTUALLY discuss? |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Guns affect everyone. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I am not telling anyone they can't discuss anything! |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
90. Mincing words. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Then be quiet. People ignorant of guns should not talk gun regulation |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Ever notice how obsessed the anti-gunners are with penises? |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. What you are engaging in is called "projection". |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
84. What -you- are engaging in is a strawman argument. |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Yeah, the gunners aren't suggestiong that more guns |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
192. Err, sorry, you're dead wrong on this. Re-read Freud. |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. "Be quiet"? Interesting. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
122. One doesn't need to be an expert on firearms to notice the carnage |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
152. Then perhaps... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #122 |
193. I agree, no one should "sit down and shut up." That said ... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. No, you are using an example that doesn't exist to make a pointless point. |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Be advised, if you speak incorrectly about their toys |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
68. Lol, well when someone admits they don't |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Figures you'd need a "sarcasm" tag, sorry for not |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Irony thy name is porque no |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
89. So your registration process was the same as Cho's? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Virginia should follow the law |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. So now it's my responsibility to monitor your hobby? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
107. And the prize for most assumptions and strawmen in three sentences... |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Maybe the Glock didn't exist then, but semiautomatic handguns have been around since the 1890s. |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Holding that many rounds? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. You honestly think that high-capacity handguns are a recent innovation? |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Puuuleeeze. If you for one second |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. There have been advances in dependability, but high-capacity is not new |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #102 |
120. Man, you guys are completely delusional. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #120 |
143. Your "argument" just dissolved into a pile of ad hominems. Try again. nt |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
194. Lot of hatred here, buddy. What do you propose? How would it work? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #95 |
119. Good luck with that, you know what a sig 550 is |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. That's the very definition of militia right? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. Address the topic |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #95 |
195. You will not reign in anyone. Your moral sneering is too obvious. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Come on and try to get mine. I dare you. |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Oooooooo scary. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. Conio. la palabra es "pseudo". |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #96 |
196. Sounds like a little macho has crept into your crypt and crapped. |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #88 |
133. Mags change quickly... |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #88 |
153. Really this is the second time.. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #88 |
208. Yes, since 1908 or so. Certainly on the civilian market by the 1920's. |
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Trehuggr (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #88 |
209. high capacity magazines have been around for a long time |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
61. I don't know anything about guns |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. I don't get this love affair with privacy, either. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. Guns don't kill people.people kill people.[And monkeys do to,if they have guns] |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Chimps kill people by ripping them to shreds. nt |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. LOL...you guys kill me. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. No, you've got it right. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
197. Oops! Stepped into that pile, didn't you? |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. Deathly afraid of change |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Aren't they always? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. They know that half their members are nuts. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Doubtful |
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porque no (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. You didn't get the memo? For a safe society, |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Ah, the old "mutually assured destruction" argument. nt |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. stricter gun back ground checks |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. There is so much fear in America |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Great post |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. So does the fear of guns. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Love the profile pic. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
105. Some of us just want a fighting chance against aggressors. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #105 |
135. Then work for gun control too, if you care about others |
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divineorder (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #135 |
146. The Premise that Most People Cannot handle guns |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #146 |
161. oh OK |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #135 |
198. What do you propose to make you "feel safe?" |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
66. "Why would anyone want to own an AK 47..." You don't get it because you hate America. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
82. Why do anti-gun people do nothing but bring up fully auto AK 47's? |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Because it is a scary soundbite...-nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Decades of intentionally misleading propaganda by anti-gun extremists |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
97. Maybe because they're on the street being used to commit crimes? |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. nope |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. First of all, the AK-47 is NOT the only assault weapon out there |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. A fetish? |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. OK |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #111 |
128. Source it with a link, please |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. here you go |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Shallow stats, as I suspected |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Fine your turn |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. I don't think state and local Govt's keep those sort of stats are kept |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Well if they are so common... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Those laws were very effective in the LA bank shooting |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. You didn't read the ATF link |
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Man_in_the_Moon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. Yes I read the link |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #150 |
166. But the 1994 law DIDN'T BAN ANY RIFLES... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:10 AM Response to Reply #166 |
173. You seem to be so deep into meaningless technicalities |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Sorry, you've been spun. All rifles COMBINED account for <3% of homicides. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #174 |
176. I haven't been spun- I've seen it with my own eyes |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. So if you expect violence to get worse, why would you voluntarily disarm yourself? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #178 |
180. That's a fallacious argument |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #180 |
182. Thanks for the extra info - it is appreciated! OK - so how |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. That's the million dollar question |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #176 |
183. How many rifle homicides have you witnessed? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #173 |
175. WHAT Automatic rifles ARE you talking about? I know of only |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #173 |
200. Gosh, you asked the question! Now you don't like the data. Geeez (nt) |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
141. It's not even AN "assault weapon" |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #106 |
170. All rifles COMBINED account for less than 3% of homicides |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #106 |
199. Check BenEzra on this. Homicides by so-called AWs: .01 |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #199 |
205. Good point on the Remington 742 |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #100 |
118. Actually, it's quite easy |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. The key is "some." Filing the sear is no guarantee it will actually function |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #118 |
171. And THOSE semi's are already Title 2 under the NFA, |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #97 |
108. This report is BS. There's no evidence it was an AK47 |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. How many reports would you like to see? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. I didn't insult you and none of those links have a goddamn thing to do with |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #121 |
136. You miss my points |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #136 |
148. You are incorrect, assault weapon is an orwellian term |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. How do you figure "Orwellian? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:02 AM Response to Reply #136 |
158. You're misinformed. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #136 |
159. Double post N/T |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. Technical Language, Firearms and Dope |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #123 |
201. But all prohibition smells like a courthouse bathroom. (nt) |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
165. All rifles COMBINED account for less than 3% of homicides, per the FBI... |
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Show_Me _The_Truth (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #82 |
103. Maybe they should start bringing up the scary barrel shrouds. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
98. I own several guns and am all for stricter background checks. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
112. Gun owners have been targets of anti myths for so long, now have a venue - and facts to speak out. |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
113. Semi-automatic weapons can easily be converted to full auto |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #113 |
124. Please learn what you're talking about. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #113 |
129. NO, you are way off |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:48 AM Response to Reply #129 |
156. So a lunatic is going to worry about a prison sentence? |
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Trehuggr (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #156 |
210. no only the receivers are made of sheet metal |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #113 |
167. You can't convert a Title 1 semi to full auto by filing the sear. Period. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. You've earned the Heracles Fifth Labour Badge! |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. :) :) :) (n/t) |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
117. Woman Here |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
134. The issue is very simple, what arms will a law-abiding citizen use to exercise their natural, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. Here's a great de Tocqueville quote |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Thanks. One percent of our population own about 50% of our financial wealth and control every major |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. Agreed. What all this boils down to, philosophically |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #140 |
157. jody! |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Thanks. Non-believers should consider humanism because the GR is implicit in secular humanism. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Humanist Manifesto III on “Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness.” |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
162. Possession of an actual AK-47 is a 10-year Federal felony... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
163. Boy, our Save the Reproductive Choice People are out in force. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
172. We are dealing with a moral panic here |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #172 |
181. What you're seeing here is rationality |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #181 |
185. What's your definition of a 'progressive view of guns' ? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #181 |
202. The prohibition cites are telling -- some want to extend prohibition to 2A. |
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Xela (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
177. A guy thing? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Yep, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #179 |
189. Deleted sub-thread |
Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-28-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
190. 30 rounds a second? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-29-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
191. MSM (heavily anti-gun) is always faster & precedes letters-to-eds. |
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