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In reply to the discussion: Obama says rural voices need to be heard in gun debate [View all]stultusporcos
(327 posts)22. You must not be a very good shot and need multiple clips to hit a critter
The Barrett has all the stopping power you will need to kill hogs and coyote's.
I swear I don't know how the west was settled with just a plain old Winchester 1873 lordy how did they stop all them critters and injuns with a lever action rifle!!!
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i think he gets there is a rural urban gap here and weapons are seen differently depending where
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#1
Yep, don't know anyone who has a problem with hunters as long as that's their true intent.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#3
Who cares? Confederate flags, Tbag flags, guns and white racists aren't my kind of organization.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#163
My comment wasn't meant to be mean spirited. And obviously it wasn't funny.
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#136
Um, what does the guy in the middle have between his legs there? Is that a white cane for the blind?
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#29
depends on what they are hunting for. squirrels dont need anything powerful.
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#53
nothing tastes better than buffalo style squirrel wings i highly recommend them.
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#89
Obama's smart enough to know that liberal can get carried away very easily on this issue.
reformist2
Jan 2013
#32
thats deer rifles. an ar is better for stuff like hogs or coyotes or just used target shooting.
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#8
You must not be a very good shot and need multiple clips to hit a critter
stultusporcos
Jan 2013
#22
yeh but the barrett is a pain to hump through the woods and you dont need the range
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#23
Aww - sweet! I have a brother-in-law who says he'll trade me his '58 Historic VOS
jmg257
Jan 2013
#78
LOL- you aint kidding. Well - I hope you find a nice one you can afford! Good luck! nt
jmg257
Jan 2013
#81
i dont expect anything different from citidiots as we hicks call the city folk
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#20
And then Ruralites wonder why they don't get the respect they think they deserve
Lordquinton
Jan 2013
#74
no interest in getting respect from the citidiots just want them to stay off my property
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#94
and yet you seem to be the one who is bigoted. i just know that assholes live everywhere.
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#100
I'm the bigot who has to keep his mouth shut while they talk about "Martin Luther Coon" day
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#104
You really don't think the bigots in say Georgia don't carry a pistol when the go to Atlanta?
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#138
I don't know and neither do you. Saying "most" do when you have no clue is irresponsible.
antigone382
Jan 2013
#142
I'm sure I am correct. If someone is into AR15s, etc, highly likely they need a gun
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#143
You mean the discussion where you approved of a post that equated rural people to the Taliban?
antigone382
Jan 2013
#155
I live in a rural area&they won't vote Dem because they're proud racist anti-intellectual homophobes
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#93
good luck feeding the cities without the rural lands. you should move to the city if you think its
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#97
Much of our food come from corporate farms manned by Mexicans or the immigrants du jour
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#109
I still think a tax added on ammunition would be a step in the correct direction for even rural...
Tikki
Jan 2013
#16
There is added taxes on taxes to many consumer items...I believe that most hunters....
Tikki
Jan 2013
#46
It may have the in intended consequence of deterring people who you refer to
Glassunion
Jan 2013
#54
Then maybe learning to shoot should be at 'shooting ranges' and let the free market determine..
Tikki
Jan 2013
#63
I'll be blunt...the idea would be to make ammunition, ultimately, only available...
Tikki
Jan 2013
#111
I shoot scores of $2 rounds at the range so I can "shoot sharply" that one round.
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#105
I think a lot of people feel a need for a gun because of the dead children in cities.
hedgehog
Jan 2013
#34
Unpossible! Liberals aren't bigoted, esp. toward rural whites. Unheard of on DU!
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#115
Despite the complaining in this thread, this is exactly the tact a leader is suppose to take.
phleshdef
Jan 2013
#38
It should be about being sensible, I grew up in rural area, family of hunters,
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
#82
If society is going to make progress on this issue (as we have on many other social issues),
Moses2SandyKoufax
Jan 2013
#42
Please, like rural gun lovers haven't been catered to up the wazoo already.
MotherPetrie
Jan 2013
#87
He's right. And suburban voices, and voices from other kinds of communities.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#150