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

Thu May 30, 2013, 11:34 AM

May 2013

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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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