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Skittles

(152,967 posts)
127. BE SURE NOT TO CALL THEM ANY NAMES!!
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 06:01 AM
Dec 2012

the occasional gun massacre is A-OK but OMG DON'T CALL THEM NAMES! They will scream HYPERBOLE!!!

It's never been about insufficient deaths Recursion Dec 2012 #1
You're going to sit there with a straight face and say banning guns won't save a single life? Robb Dec 2012 #4
Any prohibition regime is going to kill people Recursion Dec 2012 #10
False equivalency. Robb Dec 2012 #13
Who sweats and twitches without marijuana? Recursion Dec 2012 #14
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #34
Huh? Are you saying the War on Drugs only causes 10 to 20 deaths? Recursion Dec 2012 #37
Typical reading comprehension FAIL for the Delicate Flowers bongbong Dec 2012 #41
When you write unclearly, Delicate Flower Recursion Dec 2012 #44
LOL bongbong Dec 2012 #46
The US and Australia have had the exact same drop in gun deaths since 1996 Recursion Dec 2012 #50
Your name-calling is part of the problem. Bake Dec 2012 #67
Bongbong cares not a wit about that. As long as s/he can call names and accuse anyone that disagrees cleanhippie Dec 2012 #73
well, just lookie here, recursion! CTyankee Dec 2012 #23
And their drug situation is much better than ours, too Recursion Dec 2012 #25
no excuses. We fought wars in two different parts of the world and won. CTyankee Dec 2012 #29
We've also epicly failed at most of our attempts to keep US citizens from getting stuff they want Recursion Dec 2012 #31
from the horse's mouth, so to speak, who worked on the Australian ban CTyankee Dec 2012 #90
We've had the same reduction in gun violence they have over the same period Recursion Dec 2012 #94
Let us look try again with snopes CTyankee Dec 2012 #98
Cool how snopes doesn't address either claim Recursion Dec 2012 #113
the data does speak to your first statement CTyankee Dec 2012 #116
Well, if we could magically make all guns disappear, lives would be saved. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #21
OK lets extend that to just one more legal product. qkvhj Dec 2012 #68
Oh, please, Mr. LaPiere? Is that you? RetroLounge Dec 2012 #80
Get a vaccine for an illness...then it also prevents multitudes from getting sick going forward graham4anything Dec 2012 #126
It's a false dilemma, Robb. slackmaster Dec 2012 #2
No, it won't. Robb Dec 2012 #7
OK, you are firmly in the realm of things that are simply not going to happen, ever slackmaster Dec 2012 #19
"Cold, dead fingers.." 99Forever Dec 2012 #32
Are you advocating for the killing of anyone that would refuse to turn in their gun? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #75
I thought shooting dangerous criminals was OK. Robb Dec 2012 #77
So, you're telling me Comatose Sphagetti Dec 2012 #15
That's not in any way responsive to what I wrote slackmaster Dec 2012 #18
Did you destroy your guns yet? former-republican Dec 2012 #3
They are broken down. Robb Dec 2012 #5
Take them into evidence? former-republican Dec 2012 #9
You want me to film your snuff gun porn for you? Robb Dec 2012 #16
yep , make a statement like the guy that tore up his NRA membership card in a video former-republican Dec 2012 #17
... ellisonz Dec 2012 #65
Why not? Talk is cheap, especially from "antigun" gunowners. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #60
If he has 1911s, Jenoch Dec 2012 #110
I surrendered mine to a cop this week. It was liberating. morningfog Dec 2012 #33
Your fork is responsible for more deaths than my guns. n/t flvegan Dec 2012 #6
The issue isn't your guns. It's all our guns. Robb Dec 2012 #8
Feel free flvegan Dec 2012 #12
That is an excellent point obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #42
Seriously? theKed Dec 2012 #62
Bwahahahaha..good one.. monmouth3 Dec 2012 #11
This obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #40
is mzmolly Dec 2012 #58
How many people can I kill with my fork today? mzmolly Dec 2012 #54
What's absurd flvegan Dec 2012 #69
No. Your comparison between mzmolly Dec 2012 #79
Kid pool thinking, then. flvegan Dec 2012 #83
Another bizarre, mzmolly Dec 2012 #112
Thank the gods it's shallow there. flvegan Dec 2012 #119
Counting your blessings, mzmolly Dec 2012 #120
Nonsense is fun, I guess. flvegan Dec 2012 #121
We ate a delicious chicken yesterday. Bonobo Dec 2012 #97
Who are you flvegan Dec 2012 #101
You are the one that is equating eating a slice of ham with a dead child. Bonobo Dec 2012 #104
Every time you and I have this dance, I lead. flvegan Dec 2012 #105
I don't see you as leading. I state my opinions clearly. Bonobo Dec 2012 #107
No, you don't. flvegan Dec 2012 #109
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!! Zoeisright Dec 2012 #122
Prove it. n/t flvegan Dec 2012 #133
Forks have other uses. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #124
Thanks for proving your idiocy. flvegan Dec 2012 #134
Now try to make that argument with me. Go on, my friend. yewberry Dec 2012 #125
This response is a shame. flvegan Dec 2012 #131
I don't have a gun but isn't the question whether you think giving up your gun makes you safer? dkf Dec 2012 #20
Yeah, banning guns won't work. SheilaT Dec 2012 #22
funny you should post that. I just posted a little tidbit on Aussie gun control upthread. CTyankee Dec 2012 #24
. former-republican Dec 2012 #26
Do you really think pro-gun propaganda from Australia is going to influence DUers? n/t ellisonz Dec 2012 #66
The snopes link above you totally discredits this video. nt stevenleser Dec 2012 #89
No, it doesn't. LAGC Dec 2012 #108
They banned them in Scotland after a mass shooting of kindergarten children in 1996. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #27
How many guns Jenoch Dec 2012 #118
Who the fuck cares? Zoeisright Dec 2012 #123
We've had the same decrease in gun homicides that they have Recursion Dec 2012 #38
The question is not homicides Pab Sungenis Dec 2012 #53
Ah, yes, Australia has had only 1 mass shooting since the buyback Recursion Dec 2012 #56
When first-graders get shot at school and firemen get shot responding to a fire, Chorophyll Dec 2012 #28
+1 laundry_queen Dec 2012 #86
Listen, hot coffee can be very dangerous. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #87
Don't laugh, someone on the FB page for my show argued that stevenleser Dec 2012 #91
wasn't it something about 'prying from cold death hands' ? samsingh Dec 2012 #30
Stupid arguement... LP2K12 Dec 2012 #114
thank you for your service samsingh Dec 2012 #117
They simply don't care about anything but their "right" to possess their weapon(s) of choice. morningfog Dec 2012 #35
Only banning and collecting all the guns will stop any mass shooting. Do you understand that? Logical Dec 2012 #36
Maybe we can't sop "any" but we can stop "most." morningfog Dec 2012 #49
That may be true. n-t Logical Dec 2012 #64
That would stop them theKed Dec 2012 #63
I would give up alcohol first hack89 Dec 2012 #39
You're 45 times more likely to be a gunshot victim Robb Dec 2012 #43
May I see that link hack89 Dec 2012 #48
No they're not. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #45
There have been exactly two murders in 15 years in my town of 40,000 hack89 Dec 2012 #47
Nope. You have that backwards, nationwide (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #51
No, I don't have it backwards. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #70
No, gunshots are projected to pass automobile deaths in 2015 Recursion Dec 2012 #72
Could be mistaken quakerboy Dec 2012 #128
drunk driving is illegal and cops are able to stop cars JI7 Dec 2012 #92
Very few murderers kill as their first crime hack89 Dec 2012 #95
Might as well start now. If we do nothing, there will be another 100 million on streets in a decade. Hoyt Dec 2012 #52
+1. Your post demonstrates prescience beyond that of a goldfish. wtmusic Dec 2012 #135
What are you willing to give up in order to save one life... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #55
What do you mean by "now?" happy xenusmas eve Dec 2012 #57
fast and furious ??? RetroLounge Dec 2012 #81
lol wut RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #106
When its one of their children or loved ones..but I maybe wrong there. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #59
I'm sure the answer is 'infinity'. The 2nd Amendment is more important than human lives, to them Dems to Win Dec 2012 #61
Awesome, a stupid, baiting question with no desire to add to the discussion !!!! OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #71
I'll give mines.. jal777 Dec 2012 #74
2 more firemen are dead samsingh Dec 2012 #76
Small sacrifices are required by the Gun Gods. baldguy Dec 2012 #78
Robb, you are not a dingbat. Arguing with any of the pro gun denizens Whovian Dec 2012 #82
Awww Hell you caught us Berserker Dec 2012 #84
Thanks for making the point. Whovian Dec 2012 #85
Hatred spills over, but it isn't from those for are pro-regulation. morningfog Dec 2012 #93
OK, how about we stop asking THEM permission? CTyankee Dec 2012 #88
No need to ask anyone for permission. hack89 Dec 2012 #96
I hope you are not defending the gerrymandered votes of House republicans on this website. CTyankee Dec 2012 #99
Just pointing out political reality hack89 Dec 2012 #100
As we know, the gerrymandered House can have undue influence over law making. CTyankee Dec 2012 #102
Because I am a Democrat hack89 Dec 2012 #103
do you agree with the Democratic Party 2012 platform statement on guns? CTyankee Dec 2012 #115
Freedom isn't free. Bucky Dec 2012 #111
BE SURE NOT TO CALL THEM ANY NAMES!! Skittles Dec 2012 #127
No, see, if you aren't super polite Robb Dec 2012 #129
Yawn. closeupready Dec 2012 #130
Oh the NRA won't be happy until every last man, woman and child is armed Taverner Dec 2012 #132
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