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In reply to the discussion: 14-year-old boy dies after West Homestead shooting [View all]ManiacJoe
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Since what you posted was the whole article, what was it that you wanted to discuss?
ManiacJoe
Dec 2011
#1
"The police are inherently authoritarian and right wing. They should have no arbitrary power."
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#18
Yet you want to give the police the final say in my civil liberties? That's a liberal position? nt
hack89
Dec 2011
#27
Having only a superficial knowledge of the gun restriction issue (at *best*)
Simo 1939_1940
Dec 2011
#170
The police have no obligation to protect you, unless you are in their custody. n/t
oneshooter
Dec 2011
#126
I do live more or less in the "boonies"...as do millions of Americans. I hope you are not
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#147
I'm suggesting you consider others rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#153
Your knowledge of civics is abysmal. "...life, liberty and the pursuit..." is from the Declaration
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#158
I wrote reports on crimes that had already been committed. This was a semi-major urban city.
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#163
"As to where criminals get their guns, how is that germane to the discussion?"
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#168
But you *do* have an "UNprogressive agenda"- you support the Patriot Act.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2011
#165
I am debating with *you*, and I stand with Bernie Sanders and these Dems in opposition:
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2011
#169
Reducing the supply of illegal guns through common sense measures would go a long way.
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#71
They are locked up - just angling for a bigger safe so I can grow my collection. nt
hack89
Dec 2011
#96
Storage requirements not a problem providing they don't interfere with home defense.
hack89
Dec 2011
#98
As long as the police have no discretion I have no problem with a background check
hack89
Dec 2011
#35
The police perform arrestd based on either witnessing a crime, having a warrant or
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#111
If the police don't think you need to vote? If the police don't think you need to demonstrate?
X_Digger
Dec 2011
#51
So the Scalia of his day has the final word? Burger was a conservative Republican.
hack89
Dec 2011
#132
I can understant why you wouldn't want discuss the other civil liberties protected under the BoR.
aikoaiko
Dec 2011
#61
There are plenty people who consider liberals to be "mentally ill", per se.
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#112
And most of them agree with the shared opinion of the pro-gun crowd in this forum...
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#115
Do you care about the victims of gun violence enough to want to do something real about it? n/t
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#104
So basically you're for leaving a loophole Jared Lee Loughner could drive a truck through?
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#155
So why not have a real net. Clearly, people are getting through the way its currently designed.
ellisonz
Dec 2011
#102
Some are, but the safety net I'm talking about is not just about gun possession.
aikoaiko
Dec 2011
#105
By the way, how would you suggest to accomplish "free Tibet" without armed force?
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#149