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54. Life is only important

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:57 PM

Jan 2013

To the GOP in the uterus.

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What's more important: The rights of living, breathing people to walk around with their lives… [View all] MrScorpio Jan 2013 OP

overly simple question... n/t a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #1

Would you like to answer it? MrScorpio Jan 2013 #3

okay then... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #14

So, you object to the right of having a vast array of firearms out there? MrScorpio Jan 2013 #17

shaping rhetoric, are we? a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #20

it's the "collections" that do endanger people outside the home noiretextatique Jan 2013 #27

I'd say that's a case of not locking up the guns... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #43

and the result is the same noiretextatique Jan 2013 #44

right... the guns had the magic power to entice the kid... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #49

How Do We KNOW Your Guns (or anyone's for that matter) Don't Endanger Someone Outside Your House? Skraxx Jan 2013 #30

actually... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #40

IOW, You Really Have No Answer Skraxx Jan 2013 #59

You seem to want to pick a fight... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #60

Who Says I'm Non-Violent? Skraxx Jan 2013 #61

those would definitely have effects outside of property lines a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #64

So, People's Guns Never Leave Their Property Line? Skraxx Jan 2013 #66

That's ONE of my criteria a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #67

Oh, I See, So YOU Decide All The Criteria Of What's Acceptable and What's Not? Skraxx Jan 2013 #68

and your glancing insults don't really add to the conversation... shame on you a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #69

They Don't Leave Your Property? How Do I Know That? Cuz YOU Say So? Why Would You Leave Things Skraxx Jan 2013 #72

okay... so you've gone into crazy land... I can respect that... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #73

So You're An Anarchist Then? Because The Penal Code Is Exactly The Community Deciding Something Skraxx Jan 2013 #74

I electrified the lawn for two reasons... jeenyus a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #75

So You're A Ridiculously Paranoid Anarchist? Skraxx Jan 2013 #76

I'll ask again a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #77

Do You Believe The Community Has No Say At All In Your Dangerous, Irresponsible Skraxx Jan 2013 #78

I'll answer yours, if you answer mine... n/t a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #79

The Answer To Yours is Contained in the answer to mine Skraxx Jan 2013 #80

actually... I enjoyed your rhetoric on that one a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #81

Under Certain Circumstances, Indeed, I Just Might Have That Right Skraxx Jan 2013 #83

You answered my question, and I'll answer yours... and then I have another question... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #87

I Don't Think That's Relevant To Anything I've Said, Or To This Debate Skraxx Jan 2013 #90

I've stated that I obey the laws of my state and my city a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #91

YOU Say You Obey The Laws, I Don't Know That Skraxx Jan 2013 #92

My electrified lawn isn't a danger to someone, unless they trespass... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #93

May I Suggest Reading Comprehension 101, Because I Never Said Any Such Thing Skraxx Jan 2013 #94

from your own words a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #95

Where did I say "need"? Skraxx Jan 2013 #96

Oh? So you are a member of the Law Enforcement community? a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #97

Bullshit, I Never Implied Any Such Thing, put up or shut up, lets see this implication Skraxx Jan 2013 #98

Skraxx... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #100

You.Seem.To Believe The community Has No Obligation To Regulate You Skraxx Jan 2013 #101

I like my 16-g pump rickyhall Jan 2013 #33

The problem is... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #38

True rickyhall Jan 2013 #82

I prefer a layered defence model: a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #86

+1 Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #99

False dilemma a.k.a. false dichotomy or black-ad-white thinking, a common logical fallacy slackmaster Jan 2013 #2

It's only a fallacy when the two alternatives AREN'T actually mutually exclusive. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #5

+1 Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #62

I was not aware sarisataka Jan 2013 #4

you believe guns and their use can be regulated then? thanks! nt msongs Jan 2013 #6

I do believe they can be regulated, sarisataka Jan 2013 #9

If you're NOT gunning other people down, this question wouldn't apply to you… MrScorpio Jan 2013 #7

It shouldn't sarisataka Jan 2013 #11

"…in order to gun them down." MrScorpio Jan 2013 #13

You are talking in two directions sarisataka Jan 2013 #16

My question asked about access to a vast array, that could also mean a .22 pistol… MrScorpio Jan 2013 #21

I see a bit of where you are going sarisataka Jan 2013 #26

Then the question is applicable only to a handful of people. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #22

Well, alrighty then… OK. Who has the more important right? nt MrScorpio Jan 2013 #23

Of the groups to which your question actually applies? Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #25

If you accept that they are both rights AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #34

it seems you EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #8

Where did I ask about "100 million gun owners"? MrScorpio Jan 2013 #12

okay sir EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #19

I'm saying that if we made a priority of dealing with gun violence... MrScorpio Jan 2013 #31

Now that EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #36

I think a better question would be FunkyLeprechaun Jan 2013 #10

People carry weapons around for a lot of reasons, some of them based on paranoia MrScorpio Jan 2013 #15

I was just thinking of that ABC (?) video FunkyLeprechaun Jan 2013 #35

Not even close, Mr. S. Denninmi Jan 2013 #18

Yes. People are more important than property… MrScorpio Jan 2013 #24

+100000 noiretextatique Jan 2013 #29

i'd say the former is more important than the latter noiretextatique Jan 2013 #28

You would think that would be obvious, wouldn't you. rivegauche Jan 2013 #32

I call false strawman nonsense question. bluerum Jan 2013 #37

Neither. The most important thing in the world is to make rich people richer. nt valerief Jan 2013 #39

I'll remember you, come dividend check time... n/t a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #41

It's now become the Right to Massacre. calimary Jan 2013 #42

THis is an entirely ridiculous statement. Please say you forgot the :sarcasm: OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #46

It does amount to "a right to massacre" marions ghost Jan 2013 #70

you are so right noiretextatique Jan 2013 #47

Disengenious framing. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #45

however, the co-existence hasn't been working so well, has it? noiretextatique Jan 2013 #48

mass destruction refers to AREA weapons: war gases... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #50

an assualt weapons that one uses to murder 20 children noiretextatique Jan 2013 #53

your propaganda is showing... a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #55

and so is yours noiretextatique Jan 2013 #57

rightie-O a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #58

Another false choice, eh? You're just full of logical fallacies today. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #51

I live in the country. A gun is a necessity for survival. A semi-automatic is not. appleannie1 Jan 2013 #52

Life is only important Politicalboi Jan 2013 #54

Gunarians are NOT about freedom & the ONLY blood they want sacrifice to Liberty is others' patrice Jan 2013 #56

Oy vey! Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #63

Only the government should have the right to blow people away. Remmah2 Jan 2013 #65

The Congress will confirm, imo, that the right of others to have access to a vast array of firearms indepat Jan 2013 #71

My right to walk around treestar Jan 2013 #84

To Gun Lovers, It's More Important to Walk Around with a Very False Sense of Power and Control Yavin4 Jan 2013 #85

I'm sick of talking to gun owners like they're children. In all honesty: Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #88

nice 'tude... n/t a geek named Bob Jan 2013 #89