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CreekDog

(46,192 posts)
44. some can, that poster chooses not to
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 06:35 PM
Nov 2012

not my fault. we all get excited about the issues that truly matter to us.

If this is unconstitutional, then so are taxes on paper and pens. NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #1
And poll taxes? nt jody Oct 2012 #2
They had to pass an amendment to ban those. NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #9
The 24th Amendment (1964) applied only to federal elections. The OP case is for state rights. jody Oct 2012 #10
I never see you put up this much fuss about children going hungry or without health care CreekDog Nov 2012 #40
Associational fallacy writ large? PavePusher Nov 2012 #43
some can, that poster chooses not to CreekDog Nov 2012 #44
Are you his/her next-door neighbor? PavePusher Nov 2012 #45
yes CreekDog Nov 2012 #61
Well.... PavePusher Nov 2012 #66
ok, that's appropriate CreekDog Nov 2012 #67
Intent... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #20
We better start putting all of those guns in jail. nt rDigital Nov 2012 #75
Clueless fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #12
IMO the case will go to SCOTUS. I'll wait on their decision. nt jody Oct 2012 #15
That IS illegal. sir pball Oct 2012 #23
Tax Gun Nuts! onehandle Oct 2012 #3
Ineffective, tax gun grabbers and use the money to purchase guns for law-abiding citizens who are at jody Oct 2012 #7
Works for Me!!!! fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #13
What was it they got Capone on... ? Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2012 #4
Bring it on... let the city's legal bills keep on piling up. -..__... Oct 2012 #5
and of course naaman fletcher Oct 2012 #6
One Should Hope they move in the Process fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #17
Nonsense fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #14
Yeah what's a few hundred thou' Gs to politicians? Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #21
Nothing compared to the NRA spends on a single election cycle. fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #27
...but the NRA doesn't use tax-payers' money. Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #34
Ok fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #36
Silly is one thing. Obfuscated (as your's is)? Please. Boring. Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #62
How hypocritical. If Preckwinkle really thought guns were a source of violence, he would be working slackmaster Oct 2012 #8
Huh fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #16
I'm not scared of government at all. I'm simply pointing out that people who SAY they want all... slackmaster Oct 2012 #19
No fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #26
On "paranoia." You guys project too much, or protest too much Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #22
Preckwinkle is a she, and she's a good fighter for her constituents. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #30
She's not taking very good care of her poor constituents who want to buy firearms slackmaster Nov 2012 #37
Taxes fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #11
Craven and Weird fascisthunter Oct 2012 #18
Hunted down any? Lately? Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #24
yes, with intellect, words fascisthunter Oct 2012 #25
More like ignorance and bullshit. -..__... Oct 2012 #28
Read the Party Platform fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #29
So... by your reasoning, I/myself/others... -..__... Nov 2012 #31
No fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #32
So gun control suffers legislative defeat after defeat hack89 Nov 2012 #39
Your Characterization fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #48
The president has expanded gun rights - he is no threat to my guns. hack89 Nov 2012 #50
Obama winning inspite of the GOP Saying He Is Going To Take Your Gun fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #51
But not for gun control - it is a spent force in American politics hack89 Nov 2012 #52
Simply Not True fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #53
How can he win when he refuses to fight? hack89 Nov 2012 #54
GOP House of Representatives? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #55
Doesn't stop him from trying. He refuses to even talk about it hack89 Nov 2012 #56
Refuses to Talk About It? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #57
All I know is that he is not a threat to my guns - and never will be hack89 Nov 2012 #58
He Doesn't Refuse to Talk About Guns fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #60
He threw you a bone hack89 Nov 2012 #63
Bones? fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #64
He actually did something to strengthen the 2A. hack89 Nov 2012 #65
LOL fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #68
What are you talking about? hack89 Nov 2012 #70
I Don't fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #74
There will not be an AWB hack89 Nov 2012 #78
Hack89 thinks the President is Not Honest When He Said in the second debate fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #69
Well, he was misinformed if he thinks criminals are using automatic weapons. hack89 Nov 2012 #71
Actually fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #73
He doesn't have the more important support - votes in Congress. hack89 Nov 2012 #77
Which is why the AWB is constantly mentioned by the President in the campaign ... oh wait. hack89 Nov 2012 #38
Right fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #47
Considering President Obama has expanded gun rights hack89 Nov 2012 #49
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #33
Nuisance taxes and Sin taxes have been with us for a couple of centuries and have not byeya Nov 2012 #35
Why don' t they just collect tax on drug transactions? Remmah2 Nov 2012 #41
Darn it Remmah2, you are not allowed to use facts to rebut anti-RKBA rants. nt jody Nov 2012 #42
What about the Federal Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax (FAET)? sl8 Nov 2012 #46
It's applied uniformly. The federal government does have the power to regulate interstate commerce. slackmaster Nov 2012 #59
I think it should be. PavePusher Nov 2012 #72
Why don't they just tax newspaper ink, paper, computers and electrons. Same deal, right? nt rDigital Nov 2012 #76
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