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In reply to the discussion: Here is when I bought my first gun [View all]Bake
(21,977 posts)217. Nope. Bought a Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver.
Never even thought about a machine gun, or an assault rifle.
Nice straw man. I've said OVER AND OVER AGAIN, both in this thread and elsewhere in GD, that I'm fine with an assault weapons ban. And by the way, if you want to buy a "machine gun," good luck finding one of those. Even a Bushmaster AR-15, the sale of which I'm fine with banning, isn't a "machine gun."
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LOL, people from all countries and socio economic circumstances live within 30 minutes
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#53
The words you used in your post make you sound as if you might be a paranoid loon.
Atman
Jan 2013
#334
Since when is a semi-automatic Bushmaster XM-15 or Carbon 15 used in combat zones?
S_B_Jackson
Dec 2012
#221
I never said I was offended, I simply asked for solutions rather than name calling.
DrewFlorida
Dec 2012
#118
We do often rationalize and predicate our own behavior by blaming others for the same thing
LanternWaste
Dec 2012
#125
I understand Castle Doctrine pretty well. But what does that have to do with the OP
jmg257
Dec 2012
#74
Well - then I tend to think there is really no sense in coming up with (new) gun bans, if no one
jmg257
Dec 2012
#90
Question for you: Are there Democratic talking points? Gun control talking points?
Bake
Jan 2013
#305
No - we are talking about the hypothetical "I will keep my illegal guns if they are banned"
jmg257
Dec 2012
#103
"Depend on the police? Not on my life. Hell, I don't even trust the police not to fuck with....
Walk away
Dec 2012
#147
The rounds from a shotgun don't tend to go through walls and find toddlers
Major Nikon
Dec 2012
#122
You might have been able to identify the perp if you had outside surveillance cameras..
Tikki
Dec 2012
#30
But he didn't get in your home and he may still be out there harassing others or he could be...
Tikki
Dec 2012
#55
Until the anti gun nuts experience this sort of thing they will not understand or sypathize.
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#36
..and when it is your kid or wife who gets shot by a criminal and ends up there?
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#46
In all of this discussion you have not offered one single solution to the gun problem!
DrewFlorida
Dec 2012
#144
I'll tell you the truth: I live in an urban area. I have a lock on my door.
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#139
For home use against break-ins and robbery .... perhaps a Photo and a Sign and a night Light
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#129
I have lived all over the world and I have never once had an incident like that.
Walk away
Dec 2012
#137
I didn't say that I didn't believe you. I clearly said that if that had happened to me...
Walk away
Dec 2012
#223
wth is this post meant to mean. the poster made a very honest and truthful post
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#214
If you object to having your perspective discounted DO NOT use prejudicial language, "gun grabbers"
patrice
Dec 2012
#202
Sorry to express some skepticism, but you've had 3 home invasion attempts
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#224
As this thread amply illustrates (w/ reference to your last sentence). The psychology
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#229
I note that in all the incidents you cite that you did not use a gun, even to brandish it.
maxsolomon
Dec 2012
#235
And when whoever that is figures out how to get your gun and kill you with it, then do whatever it
lonestarnot
Jan 2013
#314