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In reply to the discussion: Now its the liberals who are arming up [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)140. Objective data to support your premise?
"toddlers kill their parents and themselves, the higher the average IQ will rise..."
Objective data to support your premise, or merely another self-validating bumper-sticker at the expense of others?
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NRA is an assoc. dedicated to promoting guns from manufacturers so don't care who
wordpix
Dec 2016
#132
I got mine last year when they were talking about not allowing people on the
Dustlawyer
Dec 2016
#48
Unfortunately most people don't have the juice of a name like Kennedy to help rectify the situation
NWCorona
Dec 2016
#128
You mean like show your ID, let the clerk see you are not the terrorist, and get your boarding pass?
ManiacJoe
Dec 2016
#146
That's NOT what happened with Sen. Kennedy. You demand precision, but don't perform precisely, mani
Mc Mike
Dec 2016
#148
I do. If I didn't live in NY, I would be one of the people arming myself and taking lessons.
KittyWampus
Dec 2016
#10
I know more liberals who have been packing heat for years than I do conservatives.
GoCubsGo
Dec 2016
#38
The odds of death by a firearm is increased a thousand-fold is my guess.. not sure of exact #'s..
vkkv
Dec 2016
#19
Yes - by all means - let's keep puking forth this "scholarship" from Hemenway and Kellerman.
pablo_marmol
Dec 2016
#126
I see all you have is insults. You attack me as "pathetic," and driven by "ego."
SunSeeker
Dec 2016
#175
LOL! As if accusing me of reciting "NRA propaganda" was intended as a compliment!
pablo_marmol
Dec 2016
#178
Those are not conclusuions of the CDC, but summaries of areas identified as needing more study.
SunSeeker
Dec 2016
#180
I've had a shotgun and a few rifles since buying a large property in the Sierra mountains, however
vkkv
Dec 2016
#16
I won't join em, and while I understand their concerns, the reality is that a lot of those weapons
still_one
Dec 2016
#18
If you think that you need a firearm to protect yourself from a tyrannical government...
vkkv
Dec 2016
#22
Indeed, but I'm thinking most of us aren't thinking of holding back dumpf on an armed tank.
BlancheSplanchnik
Dec 2016
#30
Yep. They're the ones from whom we're fearing *Immediate Threat*. n/t
BlancheSplanchnik
Dec 2016
#41
Trump is more likely to do a gun grab than get way with cutting social security.
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2016
#29
This is not good for anyone and someone needs to tackle the issue of fools with guns whether GOPer
Hoyt
Dec 2016
#35
It was the George Zimmermans of this country that prompted me to get my first firearm and CCW.
Jake Stern
Dec 2016
#44
If liberals are arming up, it's a direct result of right-wing pro-gun militancy.
Paladin
Dec 2016
#45
Theres nothing threatening in the article. reverse the parties & the story is the same
7962
Dec 2016
#65
The 45 can be a bit much for some. It's not my favorite for the reasons you listed
NWCorona
Dec 2016
#129
My personal opinion is that with a 45 you don't have to rely on bullet expansion. n/t
oneshooter
Dec 2016
#133
The notion that liberals are completely unarmed and defenseless isn't accurate.
Paladin
Dec 2016
#104
It's in response to a repressive regime that the pro-gun movement helped put in place.
Paladin
Dec 2016
#168
'Our resident DU Gun Enthusiasts' warned people for years that 'Gun Control Uber Alles' was a loser
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2016
#170