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In reply to the discussion: Meet George Zimmerman: He Is the NRA [View all]ellisonz
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Basically agree, but the NRA's actions have made it much easier for the Loughners and Zimmermans.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#4
Yes, society becomes a bit more interesting when the people are given a bit of freedom.
Pacafishmate
Mar 2012
#17
Anyone who is fearful enough to believe they always need to carry a gun is not free.
baldguy
Mar 2012
#20
Well...there are a few gun shops where you can buy fully automatic weapons.
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#62
You call that "civilization"? Your definition of civilization is certainly a lot different than mine
shraby
Mar 2012
#32
The NRA is a right-wing thug organization, and support of them will be challenged here
DisgustipatedinCA
Mar 2012
#45
The article says it correctly - it's no surprise it happened in Florida - a gun nut's paradise
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#15
Yet their violent crime rates have fallen every year but two in the last 20 years
hack89
Mar 2012
#24
You're incorrect. There was a crime drop in the entire U.S. in 2011. Florida has nothing to do
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#25
Again, the entire nation has become safer, but you're equating that to gun ownership and pro-murder
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#28
So show me where I am wrong. Show me how every state must follow Florida gun laws.
hack89
Mar 2012
#30
Wrong about what? Wrong that Zimmerman shot this kid with a gun? Wrong that this
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#35
Did you even read the damn OP? Did you read what it said about the National Reciprocity Act?
hack89
Mar 2012
#47
I view lack of gun control the same way I do this law. What's the difference?
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#53
The U.S. decrease in crime during 2011 (if you bothered to read the article)
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#67
Oh stop it. I've lived in countries where guns are not prevalent and felt infinitely safer because
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#71
Really? You're talking to someone who has lived abroad. Meanwhile, you haven't.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#77
Sure. He was American, a military guy, he met someone abroad, married her
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#83
There's a mammoth difference between being born on a U.S. base, and living
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#97
The key word here is stationed. You did not move abroad to live there as a Japanese.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#107
Where your fallacy is wrong? It's not even there yet. It's still in the fallacy stage. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#96
I've said all I'm going to say. You people have destroyed this country's safety
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#106
You've spent several days on here attempting to convince me that 1) gun crime rate has dropped - bs
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#110
So guns have created more crime yet crime is at historic lows? Strange logic there.
hack89
Mar 2012
#111
Ain't it, though? The death toll from handguns continues to pile up, and yet nothing - NOTHING -
apocalypsehow
Mar 2012
#93