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TomCADem

(17,382 posts)
31. I'll Make A Deal With The Pro-NRA Types
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 04:08 PM
Feb 2013

I will stop raising the NRA's contradictory positions in favor of the spread of guns when we get universal bankground checks and a ban on assault rifles.

Also, is your point is that former service members should be subject to more stringent gun control requirements? Afterall, the Alabama anti-government kidnapper who hid in a bunker designed to withstand an attack by the government was also former military. Likewise, the world's greatest sniper was against gun control was, of course, a former member of the service and was also killed by a former service member. So, you make a very powerful point about having more stringent gun control laws applied toward those in the military, but I think that would unduly discriminate against the men and women who served our country.

Instead, rather than targeting former members of the armed forces, as you do in your list, I would push for gun control laws that apply uniformly.

It's all over the television here in Los Angeles goclark Feb 2013 #1
CNN was covering too. ellisonz Feb 2013 #3
Is anyone else skeptical about this operation L.A.dweller Feb 2013 #21
The Guardian (UK) has the most coherent article I have seen on this panzerfaust Feb 2013 #40
This isn't going to end well... Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #2
Just read the former cop's "manifesto" Lurks Often Feb 2013 #4
could you find another source to link to? Mosby Feb 2013 #6
Well well Kingofalldems Feb 2013 #7
Well, Well, What? Lurks Often Feb 2013 #8
Coincidence of course. Kingofalldems Feb 2013 #10
He's bringing the war home. His manifesto declares his intent to wage coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #15
Yup tama Feb 2013 #32
I like the part at the end... Ash_F Feb 2013 #39
That is an interesting question. Now I am wondering how many cut out pictures from People and Us... Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #45
According to the local NBC4 news - he has a house in Las Vegas. ellisonz Feb 2013 #5
"Of course, he knows what he's doing...we trained him?" Doesn't seem to be reassuring to libdem4life Feb 2013 #9
That IS an odd phrase considering what "he's doing" is terrorism. n/t KurtNYC Feb 2013 #25
LAPD has been doing terrorism for years panzerfaust Feb 2013 #41
Mental health care? tama Feb 2013 #34
They found a burned out vehicle matching his truck in the San Bernardino mountains near Big Bear ellisonz Feb 2013 #11
AKA: closing the barn door after the horses have escaped. The car had stopped burning coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #16
I was in the area this morning BootinUp Feb 2013 #12
Having seen LAPD close up in person, I'd say they should take their own fucking advice Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #13
+1000 magellan Feb 2013 #18
Hey Beck, you putz! No one needed to be brutalized by your forces coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #14
So let us be clear here.... Socal31 Feb 2013 #22
They deserved it about as much as the peaceful, non-violent Occupy Los Angeles coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #24
More people need to die? tama Feb 2013 #35
I Wonder About The NRA's Endorsement of Vigilante Justice Now? TomCADem Feb 2013 #17
Yep: Spot. On. Reply. +1,000. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #20
Unfortunately this man is more dangerous because of his .gov training. Socal31 Feb 2013 #23
I'll Make A Deal With The Pro-NRA Types TomCADem Feb 2013 #31
He's also strongly anti-NRA according to his manifesto nt tama Feb 2013 #36
Excellent point. He's doing battle against tyranny, at least his own kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #33
Sadly, some 'Baggers and Other Losers are supporting this psycho. panzerfaust Feb 2013 #42
The Killer's Specific Crusade Is Irrelevant, Its The Vigilantism Generally... TomCADem Feb 2013 #43
Yep. A Second Amendment "solution", just like the baggers want. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #44
Bad situation all the way around - hope it can be resolved with no more loss of life. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #19
I wonder how the supervisor feels about all this. Macoy51 Feb 2013 #26
Completely agree n/t Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #27
OMG, your suggestion would actually require a few adults in the room. One coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #30
Sounds like he got screwed by LAPD and snapped appacom Feb 2013 #28
"bringing the war home" "just snapped" "trained to kill" "doesn't end well" libdem4life Feb 2013 #29
Don't know much tama Feb 2013 #37
LAPD chief to media: Use of water-soluble children's chalk is against the law. Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #38
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