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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:11 PM Original message |
POACHING IN NATIONAL PARKS WILL RISE UNDER OPEN FIREARMS PLAN |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why do you hate our freedoms? This is America! Guns, guns, everywhere! |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Guns long before baseball or hot dogs. You almost got it right. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course...a poacher would never dream of violating a gun law. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. My first thought. Absolutely ABSURD topic here.... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well someone's got to do something about those problem Jack-A-Lope!!!! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Poaching in national parks will increase with increasing food and oil prices. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. GROAN.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Being "progressive" or "liberal" doesn't prevent you from being a bigot |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Bigot? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The assumption that someone who carries a gun lawfully would be inclined to violate hunting laws |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Against who? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Referring to people who carry guns lawfully as "dipshits" sounds like bigotry to me too |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Really? What about dipshits who drive hummers, where toupees, or vote republican? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What about them? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Are we talking about people who were born that way? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You think that all people (other than police and military of course) who carry are of bad character? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Pretty much. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's a pretty broad brush you're painting with |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If they were something going on inside their heads... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Some people who carry guns for self-defense are victims of stalking, rape, and other crimes |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well then that would be an extenuating circumstance and a legitimate reason. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You just ASSume that many or most people who carry don't have reasons that you would consider legit |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Well, yeah. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Most gun OWNERS don't CARRY guns for self-defense |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. What's the number one reason? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I don't know, and once again in case you missed it the other two times |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Then how do you know it's not for self defense? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I'm OK with people carrying guns for self defense |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Guns are more likely to be used to kill a family member than an intruder... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. You're wasting your breath. Such statistics are lost on the GunNutters. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Body Count Fallacy |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. body count fallacy fallacy |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Is this more anti-gun-owner bigotry I'm seeing? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. No, it's your ass getting handed to you. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Here's a list of things I don't do, since you insist on making shit up |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Listen, just because you're so defensive... |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Can you provide a factual basis for your claims |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
79. Will the sky fall, too? Will rivers turn to blood? |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
85. That's not true. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. All Marines carry guns lawfully...I really doubt you have the cojones to call them |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. So do cops. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. No, YOU were talking about dipshits...you didn't delineate their affiliation. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Uh... |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, it's obvious you never got within 20 miles of a recruiting office. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Rear Echelon Mother Fuckers. |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
72. I congratulate you on the appropriateness of your username. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. lol... a "Bigot"... That's a New One |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Look it up |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Lol... awwwww..... poor poor "bigot" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Struggling to parse your comment |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. That's true. You accused nosmokes. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. that is all I was saying... and slackmaster is not a bigot in my book |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Yes... You Too Are a Bigot Now, through Your very use of that Word |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Go back and read the dictionary definition I posted |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. PEER ignores the simple fact that citizens want to carry legal firearms in National Parks and |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. "...attacks against predators like mountain lions and bears." |
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pt22 (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. There's a name for people who depend on "Bear Repellant" |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. What do they call people who feel so insecure going for a walk in the woods? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Golfers |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. paranoids? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I mean if the national park were in Alaska, sure. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I've spent a lot of time outdoors in Southern California |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. So you feel threatened by people. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. No, I don't feel threatened by people |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Exactly.... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. It's not like it doesn't happen. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. How many accidental shooting deaths have you had? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. According to the CDC, there were 789 fatal shooting deaths in the USA in 2005 |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #61 |
88. So far I haven't had any accidents at all that led to death. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. LOL. No one "depends" on it |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. It's What Folks I Know Use |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Who's more admirable? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Anybody who goes after a bear with a gun is just plain stupid |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. bigot |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. That's a Good Point |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. I think you're running on pure stereotype there |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. Well... that's Better Than Calling Me a Bigot |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I have decades of experience in the wilderness including work as a forester. Have a nice day. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. Then you know not to try to shoot at a bear |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Baker? No kidding? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Interesting factoid - Black bears have been sighted in San Diego Co. recently |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. That is interesting. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Yep, right about snowline on June 12th |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. Ha! Neither did I! |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #58 |
77. You do know that a .44 Mag, 250 gr. bullet, MV 1760 fps, ME 840 is much better than your insect |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. No ranger I've ever met would agree with that- |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. I agree with you re experience. No one should rely on a .44 mag for protection unless they are |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #58 |
90. It would be very stupid to try to kill a bear with a handgun. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't want to upset all you city folks, but hunting in some national |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. It might also rise from that hunger thing |
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