I Expect They Will Find This Specimen, Sir: It Will Be Fun (Reply #2)

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Thu May 30, 2013, 11:34 AM

2. I Expect They Will Find This Specimen, Sir: It Will Be Fun

The whole 'law-abiding gun owner' line is in the same class as 'jumbo shrimp': the demands of their fantasy lives as heroic slayers of 'thugs' and resistors to 'tyranny' require them to adopt an attitude of 'bending the rules' and 'defying authorities' in the pinch when the gun is in hand. So their actual attitude to the law is not 'I will obey the law' but rather 'I will decide which laws I will obey', and yet still their own conviction they are righteous and law-abiding people allows them to feel they are not criminally inclined when they harbor the intent to break laws at will, and even to believe that they are not criminals when they actually break laws.

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
Third Letter Sent to President Obama, Similar to NY Mayor Ricin Letters [View all]	onehandle	May 2013	OP
When will the actual hunters speak out	SCVDem	May 2013	#1
We put Dr Spock in jail for a lot less.	classykaren	May 2013	#45
Majority of gun owners don't belong to the NRA	liberalgunwilltravel	May 2013	#51
+1,000	freshwest	May 2013	#69
"Majority of gun owners think NRA is full of shit."	Progressive dog	May 2013	#74
I Expect They Will Find This Specimen, Sir: It Will Be Fun	The Magistrate	May 2013	#2
Very well put. n/t	cosmicone	May 2013	#5
I sure hope you're not talking about all gun owners in the country.	premium	May 2013	#8
When Pious Public Pronouncements, Sir, Conflict With Secret Wishes Of the Heart	The Magistrate	May 2013	#10
IOW, you have no proof of what you claim,	premium	May 2013	#13
In Other Words, Sir, You Are Embarrassed To Find Your Veils Have Been Pierced	The Magistrate	May 2013	#17
Despite all the fancy language,	premium	May 2013	#20
And You Have Not Even A Command Of Rhetoric, Sir	The Magistrate	May 2013	#22
Pointing out the fact that the majority of firearms owners in the country are	premium	May 2013	#25
Your Confession Of Failure, Sir, Provides Convenient Occasion To Restate The Hearty Of the Matter	The Magistrate	May 2013	#32
You have still failed to answer the question,	premium	May 2013	#36
You Just Do Not Like The Answer, Sir....	The Magistrate	May 2013	#38
Yes, there are people like that out there,	premium	May 2013	#41
Again, Sir	The Magistrate	May 2013	#43
I've owned firearms my whole life,	premium	May 2013	#50
And I Do Not Trust Your Self-Report Of Your Fantasy Life, Sir	The Magistrate	May 2013	#59
Sorry, I should have been more clear,	premium	May 2013	#61
Give it up Preemie	brucefan	May 2013	#62
Uh huh.	premium	May 2013	#65
It is True People Who Have Actually Done It Spend Less Time Imagining It, Sir	The Magistrate	May 2013	#64
We're just going to have to continue to agree to disagree	premium	May 2013	#66
I spy a troll	PatrynXX	May 2013	#42
I take it you've polled all gun owners in the country	premium	May 2013	#44
Odd. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.	LanternWaste	May 2013	#89
I am a law-abiding gun owner . . .	Anymouse	May 2013	#78
And Your Point, Sir, Is?	The Magistrate	May 2013	#83
It's telling when	billh58	May 2013	#31
Also Telling, Sir	The Magistrate	May 2013	#37
I believe that this	billh58	May 2013	#40
You're right except there is no logic to what they do nt	Progressive dog	May 2013	#73
I might add they show up to all Zimmerman threads	Kingofalldems	May 2013	#90
Nicely put	Progressive dog	May 2013	#72
Very unfair. nt	clarice	May 2013	#76
Accurate Description Often Is, Ma'am	The Magistrate	May 2013	#84
It just seemed stereotypical to me. I hate stereotypes. nt	clarice	Jun 2013	#96
Mmmm take ma gunz I killz ya, mmmmmmm	DainBramaged	May 2013	#3
Hey, hey. I take objection to the term 'plankton.' Mindless, but essential to the marine food chain.	freshwest	May 2013	#71
I hope he is found, arrested, tried, convicted, sentenced and serves life in a federal pen.	GreenStormCloud	May 2013	#4
Thought About This Kind Of Thing, Have You, Sir?	The Magistrate	May 2013	#7
+100	billh58	May 2013	#11
-1000. nt.	premium	May 2013	#14
You make a false allegation against me.	GreenStormCloud	May 2013	#24
I Draw A Not Unreasonable Inference, Sir, From Your Body Of Commentary Here	The Magistrate	May 2013	#29
I hope that you are right, or that he made some stupid error.	GreenStormCloud	May 2013	#46
What Gets Brought To Bear, Sir, In A Direct Attack On the President, Should Rope Him In	The Magistrate	May 2013	#54
That conviction rate in Texas is really persuasive	Progressive dog	May 2013	#75
Hope they catch the SOB!	hrmjustin	May 2013	#6
+1000.	premium	May 2013	#12
This is to be	billh58	May 2013	#9
keep up the good work, gunfuckers	frylock	May 2013	#15
Gunfuckers?	premium	May 2013	#16
yes, gunfuckers. if you take exception to my characterization of someone..	frylock	May 2013	#19
nOOb?	premium	May 2013	#21
i give you another week, tops..	frylock	May 2013	#23
Uh huh.	premium	May 2013	#28
what the fuck do you think?	frylock	May 2013	#63
When you've got nothing,	premium	May 2013	#67
This one is	billh58	May 2013	#81
clearly..	frylock	May 2013	#86
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure he has.	premium	May 2013	#91
Look at the pot call the kettle black.	premium	May 2013	#92
returning the bipartisanship	Doctor_J	May 2013	#18
And many gun fanciers are cheering him on I'm sure.	Kingofalldems	May 2013	#26
This gun owner hopes they catch and hammer him hard,	premium	May 2013	#33
It comes from Castor beans.	GreenStormCloud	May 2013	#48
That's just great.	premium	May 2013	#53
Republicans literally fear their base. The gun humpers and immigrant bashers	geek tragedy	May 2013	#27
ricin letters are covered by the 2nd Amendment	Enrique	May 2013	#30
True. Arms are arms. nt	onehandle	May 2013	#34
Only if the ricin is mixed with gunpowder and	Progressive dog	May 2013	#82
Anyone who is for gun control better check his mail first. Those bastards are evil!	Auntie Bush	May 2013	#35
Isn't Ricin considered a WMD?	premium	May 2013	#39
Let's hope it was ReThug Senator and he get's caught. One less foolish ReThug Senator.	Auntie Bush	May 2013	#49
That would be..............	premium	May 2013	#52
$10 bucks the sender is also a tea party member and a "Christian".	Ganja Ninja	May 2013	#47
You forgot as a child, he tortured and killed dogs and cats,	premium	May 2013	#57
I wonder what his Cave handle is.	Kingofalldems	May 2013	#55
I hate that we call them "Enthusiasts"...	AmBlue	May 2013	#56
I used 'enthusiasts' as a euphemism back when DU wouldn't allow us to call them gun nuts.	onehandle	May 2013	#58
I agree, all gun humpers have this in them.	ForgoTheConsequence	May 2013	#60
Such a brave act: sending annoymous poisoned letters.	tofuandbeer	May 2013	#68
Actually stupid as well as nobody like a mayor of NYC or President opens their own mail.	Jennicut	May 2013	#70
True.	tofuandbeer	May 2013	#95
"Third Letter Sent to President Obama..."	greiner3	May 2013	#77
These RWNJs hope to have the same effect as the anthrax mailings did:	freshwest	May 2013	#79
Who is dumb enough	Fearless	May 2013	#80
spawning these dingbat-crazies is how republican-nra creates work/jobs for the FBI	Sunlei	May 2013	#85
It could be prosecuted as treason . . .	Anymouse	May 2013	#87
Cowardly chickenshits.. of course they did.	Cha	May 2013	#88
Everyone that loves guns is capable of this kind of terror.	Pragdem	May 2013	#93
Anyone is capable of this kind of terror,	premium	May 2013	#94

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