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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:37 PM Original message |
Some fucking idiot asshole with a rifle just almost blew my son's head off |
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jellen (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm with you. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Give thanks that it missed |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Give thanks to whom or what? nt |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
102. Really? |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #102 |
199. No. Take it easy. nt |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh man that's really scary! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. wasn't there a case in texas where a woman DID get shot but the guy wasn't charged |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. actually.. it was a man shot... by Dick Cheney. (True story) |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
149. It's ok Dick was drunk in a golf cart shooting clipped wing |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
188. Yep, in suburban Houston, in a restaurant. The idiot had forgotten |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #188 |
211. The guy who claims he forgot the gun was in his coat... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #211 |
243. I wear a gun daily... becomes habbit and you consiously forget you're wearing it. |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #243 |
442. Whaht?.... Are you serious??? |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #442 |
456. DO you walk around thinking about your wallet? |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #456 |
458. Yes I do. It is something of importance to me. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #456 |
465. yes, i know whether i have it on me or not --and if i drop it nobody gets hurt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #442 |
484. no, that poster is not a serious person |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #243 |
464. and if it falls out of your pocket and fires --it's your fault |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #464 |
471. Who are you to tell me I should or shouldn't do ANYTHING? NT |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #471 |
472. you just posted that you forget you have your gun on you |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #472 |
473. Allowed to comment? Absolutely ! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #473 |
479. Deleted message |
CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #473 |
487. it's not a basic human right to have a gun on your body |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #487 |
494. Hmmm, the Constitution says you are wrong. YMMV. n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #471 |
481. me, just a messenger from God saying: |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #464 |
474. It fell out of my holster shoveling snow a couple weeks ago... |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #474 |
475. Cause we all need our gun when shoveling snow. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #475 |
477. I'm glad you're amused... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #477 |
480. so why did you go looking for your gun so intently after it fell out into the snow? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #480 |
489. Because it cost $450 and I rather spend $450 getting another gun... not replacing one. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #489 |
492. a child couldn't find your wristwatch and accidentally shoot someone with it |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #475 |
488. Look at the "hearts" the poster you're responding to created: |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #474 |
482. look at your hearts, with all the gun types on them |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #482 |
490. I actually own all of those except for one. Care to guess which one? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #490 |
491. i don't actually care which one you don't own |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #188 |
463. In a DU thread, a few posters insisted he should not be charged because they said it was an accident |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. No kidding. I didn't see the almost when I first read this |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
73. I didn't either |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #73 |
206. Every day we do not head closer to the wild west |
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edogawa (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
379. NO..... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd be livid, too. |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow, that's scary. I hope they find they guy and throw |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Another example where "guns Could kill people". |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Umm.. you might want to edit that.. nobody's dead. n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Fortunately and luckily no one is dead. Good thing he wasn't sitting a foot sideways. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
466. well since nobody was in danger the guy with the rifle shouldn't even need one |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #466 |
468. Wha huh? |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
312. I doubt the trigger pulled itself. |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #312 |
353. "gun went off at random " Proving again that guns kill people, and people kill people. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #353 |
360. guns do not go off at random |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
359. another example of people nearly killing someone |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #359 |
467. the instance of the gun firing when it fell from someone's pocket --nobody fired it |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #467 |
478. the person who dropped it fired it |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd tell them to move the hell away from there |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Right. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good grief! I'm so glad that your son is okay! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. It has to hit personal before it comes home. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I have difficulty answering phones to this day, because of an asshole cousin shooting |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. That was no accident, that was negligence.. |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Yes, exactly. I'm sure that was frightening though. My mom's house was hit by a car |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I've lost count of the friends and friends of friends I've taught basic gun safety to.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:02 PM Original message |
but..but..but..more guns we have, the less this will happen |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. You should not listen to idiots. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Believe me - I don't |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Then how did you manage to repeat that claim? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
80. More guns in more places means more Freedom and Less Crime!!11 |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your work to support the right to keep and bear arms. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. You're welcome! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Deleted message |
X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
59. Please cite that claim. n/t |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
160. No, more guns does raise the probability of accidents. Like having more cars does. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
173. That actually is the truth |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #173 |
181. Global warming reduced violent crime - do you know anything about cause and effect? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #181 |
233. I don't recognize any relationship between increased gun ownership and more crime |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #173 |
215. False premise...crime has dropped in NYC where it's almost impossible to own a gun... |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #215 |
216. The reason crime has dropped in NYC |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #216 |
227. I have never been frisked in NYC... |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #227 |
232. Nope |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #227 |
371. stop and frisk, NYC is a fascist dream, cannabis is depenalized but |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #215 |
231. So you agree that more guns does not mean more deaths and crime? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #231 |
306. Greater numbers of unemployed young people. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #306 |
311. But since more guns do not mean more crime or violence |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #306 |
323. As A Durham Resident |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #323 |
326. I absolutely agree. And just as banning guns is no solution, neither |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #326 |
330. One of those topics where reasonable people will disagree |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #215 |
365. crime has dropped in LA and Chicago |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
130. Well said |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
219. 5. Don't drink when you're carrying |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
186. Firearm "accidents" almost never happen |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #186 |
308. What do you think the meaning of 'accident' is? nt |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #308 |
469. That's why I had it in quotes |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. WOW, I'm so sorry |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:47 PM Original message |
You have every right to be pissed.....Guns don't go off at random... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. So sorry that happened to you. |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. I totally, totally agree with you. Thank God your son was not hurt or killed. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've certainly had my fill of stupid fuckers for the week. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. .....and it's only Sunday. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Could certainly be. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. Hey, at least it's not explosives |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
97. Working on them. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm so glad your son is alright, but you are right..... No one should |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm so sorry, thank goodness your son is alright. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Holy moly. I don't know how you can keep yourself together enough to type. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. As someone from "the cult" I'm glad your kid is ok, and your anger us jusified. |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Your post made my blood run cold! Really hits home. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. Guns don't go off at random. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. we have gun accidents all the time in texas... my ER sees them weekly |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Would you care to say where this took place? |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. San Angelo... Tom Green County when I was in Nursing School |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Oh rats, I'm sorry I meant to ask the first poster! (I do know San Angelo well, |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Their gun rights trump your kid's right to life |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
76. The Holy Second Amendment trumps all concerns of life, safety and personal liberty |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Yeah..that Bill of Rights sure is a problem.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I have a right to be free of guns in my workplace and public places |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I keep forgetting, where is that in the Constitution? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. 9th and 10th Amendments -all unenumerated rights are retained by the people |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #89 |
262. Too bad for you |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #262 |
298. Too bad for you there are gun laws and the people will retain their right to gun-free public places |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #298 |
307. I'm not opposed to gun laws per se. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #86 |
236. Why do you think you have a right to gun free public spaces and workspaces? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #236 |
240. Guns offend him |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #240 |
300. Smoke-free and open carry gun-free |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #300 |
356. Smoking is covered in which amendment? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #300 |
357. Smoking is covered in which amendment? |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
142. that Bill of Rights sure is a problem.. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #142 |
403. Lawl. |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #142 |
476. what militia do you belong to ? |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
152. You mean the Republicon version |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #152 |
166. See United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #152 |
495. A simple sentence diagram proves that the "militia clause" is not a limit on the Right. |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #81 |
175. Maybe it wouldn't be if we has SCOTUS Justices who could read the... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #175 |
225. All 9 justices believe the 2A protects and indivdual right. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #175 |
265. That's not how the version ratified by the states reads. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #81 |
235. There is nothing in the Second Amendment that prevents states |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #235 |
239. Incorporation via the 14th amendment does.. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #235 |
313. So states can ban abortion? Institute poll taxes? Really? nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
317. No -- guns are the problem -- and violence destroys our other rights ... |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #317 |
319. It would be nice if people moved on to actually addressing the cause of most violence |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #319 |
322. And what did the young man sitting on his couch do wrong? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #322 |
329. No, It is city mouse country mouse culture war and not rooted in numbers. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:38 PM Original message |
Nonsense, country mouse needs an assault weapon -- 30 shot cartridges ... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
367. Some of those pre-continental congress laws |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
372. I prefer 48 rounders as a reload is not required in most 3 gun stages... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #372 |
389. Gun bravado is really impressive .... |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #389 |
392. So people who spend 600,000 on an airplane must be really insane |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #392 |
396. Your interlocutor does not believe that man landed on the moon.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #392 |
401. When did airplanes become a weapon -- like a gun? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #401 |
408. Yes it is about me. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #408 |
455. Society is at least as important as the individual ... |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #455 |
459. Prohibition started and links the restriction of a drug (alcohol) |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #459 |
460. CIA fueled a rise in crack cocaine in America and gun crime .... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #401 |
496. "When did airplanes become a weapon -- like a gun?" |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #389 |
406. Not nearly as impressive as "30 shot cartridges". |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
314. .. and all questions of medical costs of bullet woundings we all pay -- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
172. No - they do not say that at all |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #172 |
180. because they are bought and paid for by the industry, which... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #180 |
229. Yet gun deaths are at historic lows and still falling |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #229 |
278. The OP's son sure wasn't safe sitting on the couch in his apartment |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #278 |
282. I like to drink beer - does that mean that I don't care about the victims of drunk drivers? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #282 |
284. Deleted sub-thread |
pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #180 |
260. Translation... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #172 |
195. The leading gun safety organisations in the US are the likes of the Brady campaign. N.T. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #195 |
228. Oh - so what gun safety courses do they teach? |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #228 |
275. I take issue with this "steady decline" meme.. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #275 |
280. Check the FBI's UCR or the DOJ's BJS.. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #275 |
281. Talk to the DOJ to see how wrong you are. You are also wrong about Oakland |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #281 |
296. You got me there... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #296 |
305. The issue is and always will be criminals and guns |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #305 |
310. Have never been the problem, other than being the source for |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #310 |
316. So? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #316 |
320. Fine. So make gun owners criminally liable for the expropriation |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #320 |
324. Guns and owners have to also be INSURED against damages to other citizens!! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #320 |
325. And we can arrest liquor store owners |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #325 |
335. Tell me, if you faced six months in prison for allowing a gun you own |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #335 |
337. seems logical to me.. |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #337 |
340. So I have to buy a $3000 dollar safe or a cable lock is OK? |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #340 |
415. No. Just secured. |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #415 |
419. For sure agree. That is the law here in NC, muct be secured from kids |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #419 |
438. Yeah.. a rational, responsible way to be.. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #335 |
338. The Canadian gun registry cost billions and failed |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #320 |
368. I've supported registration in the past, however |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #368 |
417. I don't mean to be dense.. |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #417 |
453. Yes, like the drug ban the money is the prize. And the folley of |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #453 |
461. interesting point.. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #305 |
334. no argument there.. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #281 |
297. self delete accidental duplicate n/t |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #275 |
497. Your local is only a few points of data on the curve. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #195 |
261. I've taught basic gun safety to more than 100 people. The Brady Campaign hasn't taught anyone. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
249. That is completely untrue, and wholly unnecessary (nt) |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. oh oh oh. What a nightmare. So glad he's OK! |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. Everytime someone abuses the second amendment people propose for it to be limited. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. This is gonna be good. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. going to be watching that one's career with |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Negligent gun owners are like negligent drivers |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. psst |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Except right to assembly doesn't kill anyone |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #64 |
266. Not exactly accurate. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #266 |
361. Threats and incitement to riot are crimes and are outlawed. |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Agreeable |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
242. Yes |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. what. the. fuck? First amendment, guns, blocking roads, liberty for security? What? |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Protesters having a right to assemble really inconvinences me. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. But doesn't kill you. |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. What if someone uses their freedom of speech to post my address on the internet ? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. A better analogy would be incitement to riot. |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:02 PM Original message |
Works for me.... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
196. Please elaborate? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #196 |
237. Please see my reply to another poster on this thread, #235 |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
279. Or 'hit lists' of doctors that provide abortion services... (nt) |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
267. It could. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Deleted message |
Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Should I have added the sarcasm tag? |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
69. shooting a high powered |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. No it's not freedom of speech. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #98 |
106. guns are lethal weapons |
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Brilliantrocket (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. I agree, if someone shows signs that they are not a fit to own guns |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #107 |
345. In case you didn't know this, federal law defines several categories of people who are prohibited... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #98 |
182. I am curious as to how much the second amendment has been limited |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #182 |
190. Depends on what timeframe you look at.. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #190 |
230. Thanks for all the info/data |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #230 |
238. The "assault weapons ban" was not about automatic weapons.. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #238 |
434. Except for opening up the NFA registry, that is |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #434 |
440. True, but I consider that a return to the status quo. n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #182 |
347. Government cannot expand rights. It can only limit them. |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
185. We're calling for it to be interpreted with a modicum of intelligence |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #185 |
498. The Amendments say what they mean. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #69 |
268. What is a low powered rifle? |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
93. IBTT |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #93 |
248. Fail |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
148. "the second amendment gets limited every time someone abuses it."- really??? |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
165. 2nd Amendment? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #165 |
226. The 2A is about the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms. |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #226 |
245. Yes, the people |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #245 |
247. See United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #245 |
250. So do you also believe you have no individual 4th amendment right. |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #250 |
274. You said it! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #274 |
285. "Persons" makes it even more clear that "the people" is referring to individuals (in the plural) |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #285 |
294. keep trying! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #294 |
299. Sounds like you're the one going in circles. Since you didn't bother to respond |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #299 |
302. HA HA |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. Fucking idiots |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
83. Same to own a computer, I say. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. Glad he is ok, but that is not an "accident", it was negligence. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm sure this will be characterized as the proverbial, "but I didn't think it was loaded" excuse. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Exactly. A gun is always loaded until proven unloaded. nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. It's best to assume it's always loaded even when it's not. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #66 |
82. When I teach gun safety and the first rule.. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
110. Even after I check the weapon, I treat it like it's loaded. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. *nod* If you follow the four rules, you're golden. n/t |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
154. I talked to an older man |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. I know how you feel, someone |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. If your son had been armed, he could have returned fire. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
103. Good point. |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. Where did this happen? |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
62. Terrible situation, but I'm glad your kids are okay. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
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CherokeeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
67. I Agree 100% |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:25 PM Original message |
+1000 |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. +1000 |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. What exactly needs to be stopped? A cult? How would you propose to do that? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
91. Over reaching gun lobby nonsense that defies all common sense |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. Pardon me, I thought I had asked someone else. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. This is GD - general discussion |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #100 |
137. Pssst... |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. And I am still waiting for one. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #139 |
223. Simple question wtih a complex answer. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. k&r glad your son wasn't hit |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
72. Sorry for your kid...however |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
84. not to |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #84 |
207. So, 27,887 deaths were caused by the NON-accidental discharge of firearms... |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #207 |
212. it makes the case |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #212 |
253. That does not answer the question of why we should expand firearms ownership when... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #253 |
255. Who is talking about expanding firearms ownership? |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #255 |
257. Lots of people. Haven't you noticed? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #257 |
259. No, I haven't noticed. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #257 |
270. Can you be less specific? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #253 |
264. Of coarse 16000 of the 30k are suicides |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #253 |
315. I will say that I have not |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #253 |
321. We shood look at the problem and the numbers.. Apply reason. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #207 |
411. By itself it doesn't. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
87. IBTL |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
92. I think I just read your son's account on another board. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. With photo. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
95. Glad your son was not injured. Parents, relatives, friends are always angry when a loved one has a |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
116. As Clarence Darrow said in the Scopes trial, |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. Hope Springs Eternal is a much used phrase and has sustained many during trying times. nt |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
96. My God, that's horrible! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
99. That's horrible! |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
101. I'm with you, Starroute. Completely. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
105. Hugs, and it never ceases to amaze me |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. Thinking of them as toys is a significant contribution to their misuse. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Forgive me, but my refering to them as toys |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Well, being downrange from a paintball enemy isn't quite what I'd call risky. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. Well that paint ball was an AK-47 once |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. I really thought you were talking about paintball with the 'toy' reference! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #120 |
126. Mexican Red Cross paramedic |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. Muy peligroso... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. we have guns, but I do know exactly what they do |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. Ouch! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
109. i'm so glad it missed him |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
111. That wouldn't scare me, just think about it. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
114. K&R... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #114 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. Your post makes no sense |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #147 |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. WTF are you talking about??? |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
118. I hate guns with a passion. |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. I know what you mean, most cops are terribly dumb. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-24-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #118 |
499. Actually, this sort of thing is very rare. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
119. Guns do not go off all by themselves ...even when they get dropped. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. You know... the FAL has that habbit |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #119 |
169. Where did you get THAT information? 50% of DUers own guns???? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #169 |
171. He may have been engaging in hyperbole.. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #169 |
179. That's right. You missed seeing the polls from time to time. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #169 |
269. A self-report poll suggested the possibility. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #269 |
276. That's less than 800 DUers. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #276 |
283. I agree with your description (51% of respondents), but we don't know that is inaccurate. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #283 |
286. Statistics 101. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #286 |
287. One doesn't have to havea response from every member of a population to make some claims. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #287 |
288. The claim is: "over 50% of DU members own guns." |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #288 |
290. I would say it is an undocumented claim. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
121. 87 chking in...KnR.... :o) |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
124. A young man's head is a small price when our very freedom is a stake!!1!1! |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Only if you think Patrick Henry needed one too. |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
146. Snark that makes no sense is just lame. |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #146 |
156. I wouldn't know. Contrary to your implication, I am not a troll |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #156 |
174. So you are good with the current Supreme Court rulings? |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #174 |
447. All nine agreed on the salient point. I have no problem agreeing with anyone who's right... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
125. Agree -- and these gun nuts aren't even insured if they do damage -- !!! |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. I wish you had told me that 30 years ago, I could have saved a fortune by skipping |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #125 |
256. Anyone who either owns or rents a home and doesn't have liability insurance is a fool, guns or not |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
128. So glad your son wasn't harmed |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
134. but "Guns don't kill people". . . |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
141. Who are those people? I've never met any. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
136. cult of the worship of the sacred right of gun ownership has gone too fucking far |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
140. Whoa! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
144. Glad everyone's okay. Unfortunately, if you try to make a point about it, temper tantrums will |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
145. I'm grateful that you and your son are ok. Also good to see the cops are being helpful. |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
150. Glad they are all ok |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
151. I wish more of us would get mad like this! |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
155. Had a bullet go through my bedroom window, made a hole in the wall, richocheted around the room, |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
158. Gotta love the absence of that "well regulated militia" |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
159. I am with you. Off topic but I once shot a bb gun and the bb bounced off three walls and went up |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
161. The usual suspects |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #161 |
168. The usual suspects.. |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #168 |
177. LOL |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. If I were going to alert and try to 'scrub'.. why would I have quoted the whole thing?? |
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IamK (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
162. gangs....they don't care who they kill n/t |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
163. My son was almost run over by a car in front of our house. What can |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #163 |
327. Car owners are insured for damage they do -- gun owners are not -- |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #327 |
332. Actually you could be liable in civil court |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #332 |
350. Should be MANDATORY that gun owners are insured for damages to victims -- |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #350 |
373. Will pull my bill, you can pick it up on homeowners for |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #163 |
388. Do we make all automobiles illegal because of a idiot driver? |
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IamK (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
164. n/t |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
167. Only sick indivduals give a shit about guns |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #167 |
390. Only sick individuals think that. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
170. Thanks to everyone -- and thanks for the hearts |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #170 |
183. Any parent's nightmare. So glad for your outcome, AND glad your anger turned |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
176. My condolences |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
184. I had a bullet pass 6 inches from my face two years ago. |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
187. OMG! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
189. Pretty much the perfect time to post to DU, when your child almost |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. yeah, because it takes hours to post something on DU |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #191 |
192. Danger close gunfire has always left me unable to light a fucking cigarette. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #192 |
198. a lot of people find it easier to talk to someone , i have had people tell me right after something |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #189 |
222. when in doubt: blame the victim. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
193. What an awful experience... I'm so glad he's safe. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
194. You will be tempted at this time of trauma to blame the true victim - the innocent gun. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:22 AM Response to Reply #194 |
210. While the gun isn't the victim, it isn't the villain either |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #210 |
328. A gun is a weapon of violence -- to try to deny that is to be disingenuous .... |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #328 |
331. 300,000 people in Rwanda would disagree with that statement. Problems are solved at root |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #331 |
341. "a 1st amendment issue contributed greatly to the genocide" - Yeah, they just *talked* themselves to |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #341 |
342. Froduald Karamira encouraged others to kill their countrymen |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #342 |
344. Ho-kay...so you seriously maintain it was the spoken *words* that killed people, not weapons? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #344 |
375. So the 300,000 people who were hacked to death |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #375 |
381. So, now you're backtracking on your claim above that the 300,000 were talked to death, and now admit |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #381 |
398. So should machetes be microstamped and registered now? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #398 |
400. Just as you became quickly uninterested in discussing the "Swiss model" when the facts were pointed |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #400 |
414. So you want the swiss model here? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #414 |
420. I'd take it in a heartbeat. That would mean, among other things: gun registration; mandatory gun |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #420 |
423. Just curious. What you will actually get is 50 state |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #423 |
425. No, what we will get is gun laws like Switzerland - with all those restrictions and regulations |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #425 |
429. Nope, will just work on changing the platform by primary vote |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #429 |
432. Hey, you were the one all enthusiastic up-thread about the "Swiss model." It'd be nice if you made |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #432 |
451. Just the machinegun part. Don't worry the hughes amendment |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #331 |
351. And are you speaking for Rwandans now? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #351 |
382. They were in turmoil and poverty BEFORE violence was INCITED |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #382 |
462. Machete is a farming tool -- |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #328 |
387. A gun can be put to violent use certainly |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #210 |
336. Yes, poor, poor gun..I've often wondered: when any given firearm is used to kill, maim, or terrorize |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
197. My father in law shot a hole in their furnace with a gun that "wasnt loaded". nm |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #197 |
352. News report the other day that a man and woman were arguing .... |
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vietnam_war_vet (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
200. Another recent example of gun-related idiotic behavior |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
201. Too frightening. Reading an account like this feels ice water in the pit of my stomach |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
202. "Fucking Idiot Asshole?" |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
203. I Am So Glad He Is All Right! n/t |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
204. One of the first rules I was taught as a kid, "never load a gun in the house." |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
205. With guns, as with religious symbols |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
208. Was out hunting years ago and one of the guys almost blew my head off... |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
209. great attitude! this is what is missing and is sorely needed. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
213. Yes, the guy was an idiot. |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
214. Obviously, I'm happy your children are OKay.. |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
217. Why on earth is this OP accompanied by an ad for a "sniper scope"? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #217 |
244. Ads are generated by content of the webpage. |
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djean111 (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
218. When I lived in North Carolina |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #218 |
295. I live in Durham. Hunters are the LEAST of my problems. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
220. The gun worship cult is the most bizarre development in our 40 year culture war. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #220 |
234. It was fueled by the anti-gun worship crowd's poor law making |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #234 |
293. No it wasn't. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #293 |
483. The AWB was the greatest gift to the NRA that one could imagine |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #293 |
485. All those right wing plutocrats in blue states? |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
221. In our so called democracy |
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Granny M (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
224. How awful. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
241. AFAIC, you want to have a firearm, fine. BUT. . . |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #241 |
251. Just a clarifiction. You can't sue someone for a crime. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #251 |
273. Whatever. Thanks for clarifying, though. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
246. These cocknuckles who insist on taking their rifles out in public don't know shit about gun safety.. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
252. recommend |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
254. Modern firearms in good condition don't go off "at random" |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
258. OMG, I'm so glad your son is okay. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
263. K&R |
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jmodden (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
271. I was accused of being a freeper |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #271 |
292. Well, they were extreme proposals. |
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jmodden (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #292 |
304. for the 18th century, perhaps |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #304 |
348. Laballing your view as "reasonable" does nothing to further a meaningful discussion |
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jmodden (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #348 |
395. tell that to starroute |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #395 |
399. It seems you aren't willing to engage in a rational discussion of the issue |
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jmodden (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-23-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #399 |
493. OK, you want a simple "rational discussion"? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
272. Perhaps they should move to Washington, DC. They have strict gun control there |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
277. Baseball bats are as good as guns in some situations. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
289. So glad that all is well and I do understand as a similar situation occurred to my child - |
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SargassoSea (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
291. Guns have to go! n/t |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
301. Some fucking idiot asshole nearly wiped out my family |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
303. when parents finally care and do something |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #303 |
318. Congress should care -- too many have been targeted by GOPs/NRA -- |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
309. Scary. I would feel angry too. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
333. There is NO Freedom in ABSOLUTES. Some gun-owners NEED to answer: How much is enough? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #333 |
339. 20,000 laws is about right... None of which address suicide and drug violence |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #339 |
354. Like violence in general, the Drug War and NRA are serving the right wing design -- |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #354 |
362. I love root cause. I am OCD about it. Suicide from clinical depression |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #362 |
394. Any one world dictator ever been declared "clinically depressed" or "psychotic" .. ? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #394 |
404. I think clinical depression can be treated. I work with brilliant people |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #404 |
470. Well, so can psychosis ...so can many physical ailments -- |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #333 |
343. No, what's needed is gun laws more in line with Europe and Canada's, and RKBA "enthusiasts" can go |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #343 |
346. like the Swiss with machineguns at home? The numbers are not there for this or prohibition |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #346 |
349. Yes, just like the Swiss - where that "machine gun" is registered, the owner tested, it has to be |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #349 |
358. Gun Control and Jim Crow are friends, why do you think "may issue" |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #358 |
364. Notice you're no longer interested in discussing moving the U.S. to the "Swiss" model..I wonder why? |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #364 |
366. Reasonable people disagree. Reality is |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #366 |
369. A Blue America is coming - and with it tighter and more sane gun laws, including, but not limited to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #369 |
374. Deleted message |
Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #369 |
376. Sorry that is not Blue anymore. There are lots of old people who remember Jim Crow |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #376 |
383. Sorry, further gun safety laws are as Blue as Blue can be, and those new laws are coming soon to a |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #383 |
391. Milions and Millions of people (35 percent of homes) |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #391 |
402. A Blue America is coming - and with it tighter and more sane gun laws. Get used to it. n/t. |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #402 |
416. Half right. No Jim Crow, no Gun Control. Sun has set on those |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #416 |
422. Totally right: a Blue America with Gun Safety laws in line with Europe & Canada. Get ready for it, |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #422 |
426. Allrighty then.. (nt) |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #426 |
430. ... |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #430 |
433. .. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #433 |
437. A Blue America is coming - and with it tighter and more sane gun laws. Get used to it. n/t. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #369 |
378. Keep dreaming.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #378 |
384. You're not going to have any choice: those laws are coming, sooner or later, and when they do you |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #384 |
385. You are the one facing an unpleasant (to you) choice.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #385 |
386. Nah. The future is on my - meaning the progressive - side. Want to see the future of gun safety laws |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #386 |
393. How about Progressive Vermont? Or Progressive Washington? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #393 |
397. Seriously? You well know those are not good counter-comparisons for the following reasons: |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #397 |
409. Keep trying to sweep the beach.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #409 |
410. And right on cue, an attempt to change the subject. Textbook gun thread. n/t. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #410 |
413. I tend to ignore ad hominems.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #413 |
418. Translation: "I tend to ignore facts that contradict my narrative." |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #418 |
431. I can only go by what I know.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #431 |
435. Which is really saying "I didn't bother to check the factual basis of my claim," i.e., the claim |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #435 |
439. If you're going to attempt to put words in my mouth, at least wash your fingers.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #439 |
441. Asked & answered in reply #397 above. Here's a handy link to help you navigate your way to it: |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #441 |
443. That wasn't a response, it was a dodge.. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #443 |
445. A question already answered in the context of gun safety laws. Here's that link again: |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #445 |
448. In any context.. simple question. n/t |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #448 |
449. In the context under discussion, asked & answered. Here's that link again, since you seem to be |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #369 |
424. A blue America may be coming, but those things you cite will NEVER happen. |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #369 |
444. Sorry, but you're having a rat dream if you believe any of those have a snowball's chance. |
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mediator (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #369 |
446. When snow cones are given away free in hell. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #349 |
380. "The vast majority" ??? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #349 |
412. You fail to understand that many of the Bluest of Blue |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #412 |
427. Yeah, San Francisco and New York City is just teeming with pro-gun "enthusiasts" alrighty..... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #427 |
428. Deleted message |
apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #428 |
436. Whatever that's supposed to mean. Alerting on your post for casual use of a racial slur. n/t. |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #436 |
452. That means don Imus who made that comment ON AIR about (google for context) |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #427 |
457. Luckily Democrats are not limited to a few stereotypical areas. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #343 |
421. Rewrite history much? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
355. why was some asshole shooting across the parking lot? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
363. Get yourself a gun and threaten the person. |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
370. Amen...and I live 100 mi north of 53 murders in 72 hours |
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Phlem (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
377. As a person with PTSD I say |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
405. But, but, but if God didn't want us to have guns and shoot them, he wouldn't have |
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Ken_Fish (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #405 |
454. What is a gun person?(nt) |
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BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
407. You want this to end? |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-21-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
450. My friend's sister was killed by a bullet that came through her wall... |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-22-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
486. I detest drunk drivers. |
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