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In reply to the discussion: Pro-assault weapons goon heckled the father of one of the kids slaughtered in Newtown [View all]mwb970
(11,358 posts)167. They're not "people". They're right-wing jerks. /nt
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Pro-assault weapons goon heckled the father of one of the kids slaughtered in Newtown [View all]
malaise
Jan 2013
OP
Seriously. Do you HAVE to have experienced loss to know how to behave around those who have?
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#33
No, you don't. My parents taught me when I was TINY that I should treat people the way
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#53
I wish there was video and names taken. They need to be filmed and recorded for the public.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#132
One of our friends here in CT called up and was YELLING into the phone about this!
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#45
Well, here in The People's Republic of New Haven we are intolerant of these goons...
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#67
Are you also for magazine capacity limits, or does your owning a 15+1 9mm keep you from
jmg257
Jan 2013
#89
Cheers - good luck - it doesn't seem like it will be getting any cheaper to shoot any time soon.
jmg257
Jan 2013
#105
Thanks to Harry Reid's cave on filibuster reform, gun control is dead in the water.
Bake
Jan 2013
#115
It's going to get more popular everywhere as America finally get to see the real facts...
Walk away
Jan 2013
#177
Enough sunlight? Hell, many here have exhibited precisely this same level of "empathy"
villager
Jan 2013
#27
How about Canadian style background checks and registration for EVERY gun...
Walk away
Jan 2013
#179
Exactly. Gun nutters (Scalia included) horrifically misinterpret the 2nd Amendment. nt
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#235
These assholes seem to believe that the Constitution is one big 2nd Amendment
Chorophyll
Jan 2013
#37
Selfish fucking scumbags...gun owners all over should be embarrassed as hell by these neanderthals
jmg257
Jan 2013
#40
LOL! Sure You Have. Bit Of Wishful, Reality Denying On Your Part. Change is Coming, Better Get Used
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#237
20 Dead Six Year Olds Has A Way Of Resonating With Folks Who Have A Shred of Morals and Decency
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#240
Yes, I Will Play The "Morality Card" And Raise 20 Actual Dead Six Year Olds Against Your
Skraxx
Jan 2013
#242
I know. Let's make everywhere State Capital Property! That's one way to get rid of them.
valerief
Jan 2013
#90
That thread reminds me of this scene from "Beneath the Planet of the Apes":
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2013
#145
And the President thinks we should be MORE sympathetic to these people and their opinions!?
Moses2SandyKoufax
Jan 2013
#71
God forbid someone complicate the narrative and have non-neatly-packaged thoughts...
Recursion
Jan 2013
#169
assholes like that are doing more to get normal folk to embrace common-sense gun laws..
frylock
Jan 2013
#149
They really are wading deeper and deeper into the Westboro Baptist end of the gene pool.
bullwinkle428
Jan 2013
#156
They should remember that the public has learned to respond to Westboro Baptist
malaise
Jan 2013
#161
I usually run at the mouth but behavior like this leaves me speechless.
CranialRectaLoopback
Jan 2013
#157
One almost wants to believe it is some sort of false flag operation, but unfortunately it's real
Kennah
Jan 2013
#159
They are asking for the guns to be pried out of their hands, we should grant their wish
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#164
Yes, he was shot to death with an AR-15. Stop peddling conspiracy theories.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
#185
Actually, he was probably going to claim the AR-15 was left in the car.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
#205
It's ok really...once they do come take your AR, you can always find another gun or 2 to
jmg257
Jan 2013
#198
Exactly. These nutters are passing around this sick "Sandy Hook Exposed" video.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#200
I'm curious whether or not they escorted those scumbags out of the hearing....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#174
Henson Ong at Gun Violence Prevention Public Hearing - Hartford, CT - 1/28/2013 .
Remmah2
Jan 2013
#187
Pro-assault weapons goon heckled the father of one of the kids slaughtered in Newtown n/t
malaise
Jan 2013
#193
A man's emotional appeal about his dead kid was rudely interrupted by NRA snark.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
#210
Those are some sick NRA talking points this tool is reading. Way to poison this thread. nt
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#202
Those ARE the standard NRA talking points about how gun control doesn't work.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#219