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Sancho

(9,067 posts)
52. That's not what happens...
Mon May 19, 2014, 07:09 PM
May 2014

If you pass the vision test at the dmv and get in a wreck...you can't sue the person who sold you a pair of glasses. If you want assurance you won't get it from a license. But it will prevent a few people from killing, committing mass murder, and easily buying guns willy billy even though they are clearly unstable. Some even report they are unstable. Check out all the mass murders lately!

Mr. Tomorrow is definitely the sort of person who is too dumb to own a gun. Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #1
Bingo! mikeysnot May 2014 #2
That's not even internally consistent. Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #3
You are right I was being too kind... mikeysnot May 2014 #6
Because 90% of those tens of millions of gun owners do bad things with them. Lizzie Poppet May 2014 #24
Dumb? brucefan May 2014 #4
More like Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #34
The only statements he is making LondonReign2 May 2014 #37
Then he is even dumber than I originally asserted if Nuclear Unicorn May 2014 #38
He's lampooning RW "stand your ground" memes. Maedhros May 2014 #51
This happened at the Bundy Bunch ranch Politicalboi May 2014 #54
Most of the people I think of as "too dumb to own a gun" OWN a GUN CBGLuthier May 2014 #5
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Well, hello there billh58 May 2014 #16
It's true...if you don't *personally* know LondonReign2 May 2014 #18
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Does it count that I know a state trouper who shot his tv while cleaning it LiberalArkie May 2014 #19
So the first trooper didn't want to clean his tv? bearssoapbox May 2014 #25
Oh, I imagine it happens a lot LiberalArkie May 2014 #30
Yeah bearssoapbox May 2014 #33
So, we only need fear people we PERSONALLY know who have guns... joeybee12 May 2014 #21
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No, you're not...you're stating that the poster personally knows people joeybee12 May 2014 #29
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Return gun trolls are so billh58 May 2014 #35
He replied again to me...but he's been removed... joeybee12 May 2014 #36
And you know this how? Lizzie Poppet May 2014 #22
It's that nasty projection SQUEE May 2014 #9
you mad, bro? frylock May 2014 #11
How can you tell? surrealAmerican May 2014 #20
K&R Gidney N Cloyd May 2014 #7
New law legalizing brandishing a gun at head level pauldp May 2014 #8
Relevant SecularMotion May 2014 #10
A pointing society is a polite society! DirkGently May 2014 #13
Excellent cartoon Tsiyu May 2014 #14
That's a great cartoon Aerows May 2014 #17
K&R! billh58 May 2014 #15
People control (not gun control)! Sancho May 2014 #23
Makes sense bearssoapbox May 2014 #26
What is the license for oneofthe99 May 2014 #39
Just what it says... Sancho May 2014 #40
Would it be free? oneofthe99 May 2014 #41
Probably not...issued by your state...just like all similar permits. Sancho May 2014 #44
So you would want every state to adopt the same laws? or this would be a federal law? oneofthe99 May 2014 #48
What about this? oneofthe99 May 2014 #42
Do you pass a vision test to drive? Sancho May 2014 #46
No way to abuse a system on a vision test oneofthe99 May 2014 #49
Yes, you can beat any system. Sancho May 2014 #53
If a doctor okay's you and a week later you shoot up a mall should oneofthe99 May 2014 #50
That's not what happens... Sancho May 2014 #52
Do you think there's potential abuse of denying lawful gun owners the right to purchase or carry oneofthe99 May 2014 #43
Not a chance... Sancho May 2014 #45
K&R. Another bullseye from Tom Tomorrow. (nt) Paladin May 2014 #27
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2014 #47
Locking... Lasher May 2014 #55
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