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57. To be fair to the Delicate Flowers

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:37 PM

Jan 2013

They got the Rambo Fantasy floating around in their head. They gotta satisfy it!

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Every AR-15 owner is a law-abiding citizen... [View all] kentuck Jan 2013 OP

Or leave their guns lying around where others can grab ahold of them LynneSin Jan 2013 #1

Everyone is a "good guy" with a gun right up until they're a bad guy with a gun. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #2

I wish I could recommend this statement to the ends of the Earth and beyond... Tikki Jan 2013 #3

Indeed, Sir The Magistrate Jan 2013 #4

Or until laws are passed making them illegal, in which case they jmg257 Jan 2013 #5

Which is why self justifying law is a dubious prospect. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #17

So true, if you were in charge we could dispense with the law. xtraxritical Jan 2013 #59

No, more pare it down to the direct interference with the rights of others TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #64

bunch of hidden criminals... ileus Jan 2013 #6

Doesn't that go for every person regardless what they own? pipoman Jan 2013 #7

Yeah that whole guardian Jan 2013 #8

Why would anyone need that much gun? Taverner Jan 2013 #9

What's an example of a rifle that's "less" gun than the AR-15? Recursion Jan 2013 #10

No the Entire Point is that it is a light weight rapid fire weapon that has been used Bandit Jan 2013 #14

I totally agree with you on magazines. It will be difficult to get them back, but we need to try Recursion Jan 2013 #15

low power ? yesphan Jan 2013 #31

Now find a similar one for .308 or 30-06 Recursion Jan 2013 #33

30-06: here you go.... blackspade Jan 2013 #43

But, but billh58 Jan 2013 #11

Statistically speaking... kentuck Jan 2013 #13

I sincerely hope that billh58 Jan 2013 #16

Yes... kentuck Jan 2013 #18

Wow, there's a visual! Left Brain Jan 2013 #38

Ban ar15-owners... its the only way. nt OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #12

There really is a cognitive disconnect in your head, isn't there? nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #30

Agree, and they don't give a crud about society, especially those who aren't satisfied with just one Hoyt Jan 2013 #19

I inherited mine.. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #23

Do you drool over it? Hoyt Jan 2013 #26

No. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #27

Then, maybe you are OK. Hoyt Jan 2013 #46

Innocent until proven guilty... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #20

Sam says this in the West Wing after Bartlett was shot at. iandhr Jan 2013 #21

nope overthehillvet Jan 2013 #24

They might not be. If they bought the gun at a gun show, with no required back round check. reverend_tim Jan 2013 #22

You are wrong. Baseball Mom Jan 2013 #51

Not in Arizona not in Texas, so I am not wrong. reverend_tim Jan 2013 #62

Funny, the folks over at stormfont say things similar about my skin color. Glassunion Jan 2013 #25

'Xactly. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #28

Well said. That argument is indeed a large crock of pure de male bovine excrement indepat Jan 2013 #29

Everyone is a good husband or father until they ....... former-republican Jan 2013 #32

Do your... 99Forever Jan 2013 #36

Yes , look and see how many times mothers , fathers have killed or injured former-republican Jan 2013 #40

Dozens, repeatedly in separate cases? 99Forever Jan 2013 #45

google mother kills her child ,mother kills her children former-republican Jan 2013 #47

You "google it." 99Forever Jan 2013 #50

You asked the question , do your own research former-republican Jan 2013 #53

You can't... 99Forever Jan 2013 #58

A child under the age of 5 is more likely to be murderd by their parents than anyone else. Glassunion Jan 2013 #49

Which has what to do with shooting spree killers... 99Forever Jan 2013 #52

My bad... I misread the dicussion chain. Glassunion Jan 2013 #54

No problem. 99Forever Jan 2013 #56

Except folks like you are the ones begging the question in the first place. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #39

Every drinker is law abiding until they drink and drive. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #34

Drunk driving is different than gun violence. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #44

True, but most of the suicide-homicides involve hand-guns HereSince1628 Jan 2013 #35

Mike has spawned. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #37

Every pro gun argument arrives at the upaloopa Jan 2013 #41

Not true. ... spin Jan 2013 #55

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The big issue is not there are other ways to kill but in the mass shootings the choice was guns. Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #61

To be fair to the Delicate Flowers bongbong Jan 2013 #57

Well, there are professional, habitual, and convicted criminals out there who obtain them illegally aikoaiko Jan 2013 #60

Well, you seem to understand the definition of "law-abiding". ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #63