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AtheistCrusader

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22. AS a gun owner,

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:31 PM

Dec 2012

I tend to agree with you. And it makes sense. I mean, shit, we have people trying to weaponize civilian drones.

I don't personally know where it is 'right' to draw a line in the sand, but something weird is happening here, society-wise. Something is going to give.

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Cultural seismic shift [View all] nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 OP

I will hope along with you. we can do it Dec 2012 #1

I hope you're right. Lindsay Dec 2012 #2

I will always put the tipping point at the Katrina disaster Warpy Dec 2012 #3

The world must be ending when of all people this morning Sen. Joe Manchin agreed something doc03 Dec 2012 #4

And he is not alone. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #5

How long will they stand their ground once the Teabaggers doc03 Dec 2012 #7

I suspect this will be more lasting. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

Sen Joe Manchin ad from first campaign doc03 Dec 2012 #17

Oh I know. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #19

I am thinking they may be losing their power. Chemisse Dec 2012 #42

I think MadAnne Dec 2012 #28

I agree. The only way to manage this horror is change flamingdem Dec 2012 #6

100% correct malaise Dec 2012 #8

We know there are going to be more mass shootings, unfortunately AndyA Dec 2012 #10

Of course they are. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #14

I hope so, Nadin. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11

No problem, as long as we disagree and are not disagreeable. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #15

Absolutely. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #18

Funny, that is what a congresswoman told me yesterday nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #23

We live in a world where Barack Obama just got re-elected. We can be allowed to be hopeful. reformist2 Dec 2012 #12

Indeed. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13

I told some conservative lady acquaintences a couple of months ago that we were in a cultural shift. MissMarple Dec 2012 #16

I think we are. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #20

Only if we make it happen reverend_tim Dec 2012 #61

Change is coming... ragemage Dec 2012 #21

You are so right that this was different. Chemisse Dec 2012 #45

AS a gun owner, AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #22

To be honest LittleGirl Dec 2012 #24

We will move past this...we will, we always have. MissMarple Dec 2012 #50

I think so. But still a LOT of education is still needed on both sides of the fence. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #25

Patience is paying off.I always said 2013 will be the year President Obama can bring forth everythig graham4anything Dec 2012 #26

I think there's an awakening within the masses about many things, like a national RKP5637 Dec 2012 #27

Won't happen Demobrat Dec 2012 #29

He is, nooz to the rest of us. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #31

I'm heaven05 Dec 2012 #30

Exactly. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #32

Yes, the angst against the mentally ill is palpable... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #33

Well short term we need to deal with the guns nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #35

Has the tipping point been reached--will this latest outrage finally catalyze a critical mass Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #34

I think so nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #36

Agree, "well-regulated militia" needs serious reinterpretation... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #37

we had no standing army maindawg Dec 2012 #47

Nor did we trust standing armies. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #48

so far the evidence is not supporting your prediction bossy22 Dec 2012 #53

The ground swell is just beginning to rise... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #55

You are forgetting a key componenet bossy22 Dec 2012 #59

Here nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #57

There has always been controversy surrounding big chains selling those guns bossy22 Dec 2012 #58

It's a start. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #60

The internet made it happen. zonkers Dec 2012 #38

this is a knee jerk reaction maindawg Dec 2012 #39

So outside of the guard you really need to have an infantry riffle? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #40

I will dare hope with you, too. Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #41

Yall are idiots ... taxpayer2000 Dec 2012 #43

Son...the ban on high cap magazines is a no brainer nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #46

this might be the long game Obama supporters talk about Hamlette Dec 2012 #44

we are as sane as we ever were, we just decided to vote maindawg Dec 2012 #49

I felt it at work today... cynatnite Dec 2012 #51

Me too. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #52

I'm of the same mind. liberalla Dec 2012 #54

Dicks sporting goods to stop selling em nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #56