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Hoyt

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16. Well, I guess your neighborhood is not very diverse, and the neighbors have a sick sense of timing.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 05:47 PM

Jan 2013

Sorry that you think a bunch of yahoos lining up to buy assault weapons one week after Sandy Hook is normal. Several were interviewed by the newspaper, and their comments indicated they were under-educated at best. But, I guess some people get a kick out of showing their buddies their new Bushmaster, "just like the one Lanza used to kill. . . . . . ."

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Gun Shows Concern Me [View all] redstatebluegirl Jan 2013 OP

Timothy McVeigh virtually lived at gun shows. He was heavily influenced by them. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #1

I get that, though ending gun shows won't make those people go away Recursion Jan 2013 #2

Homer Simpson: "Waiting period? But I'm mad NOW!" PSPS Jan 2013 #3

Can't disagree about the clientele dmallind Jan 2013 #4

That's what's so frustrating: everybody wants private access to NICS Recursion Jan 2013 #6

Background checks need to go through FFL license holder to ensure proper paper work AND Hoyt Jan 2013 #11

Exactly Recursion Jan 2013 #12

Here is why people are "scared" of gun shows. Hoyt Jan 2013 #14

Is there a reason I shouldn't want people like that in my neighborhood? Recursion Jan 2013 #15

Well, I guess your neighborhood is not very diverse, and the neighbors have a sick sense of timing. Hoyt Jan 2013 #16

If something I wanted stood a good chance of being banned soon I would probably buy it too Recursion Jan 2013 #17

The callousness in this society is really ugly sometimes. Hoyt Jan 2013 #18

Those folks are half my neighborhood in a rural town in a red state. Daemonaquila Jan 2013 #22

Not disagreeing but redstatebluegirl Jan 2013 #21

Did you see Jon Stewart the other night tblue Jan 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author hack89 Jan 2013 #7

What does Illinois have to do with anything? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #8

That is where the poster lives. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #9

No, she doesn't. n/t TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #10

You are right - saw home town but not current location. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #13

alex jones, the face of the paranoid scared the crap out of me.... spanone Jan 2013 #19

Yeah he scared me too! redstatebluegirl Jan 2013 #20

He scared me also Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #23

Any guns sold by licensed dealers at shows do have beckground checks performed. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #24