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Straw Man

(6,622 posts)
9. So ...
Wed May 2, 2012, 04:52 PM
May 2012
You live up to your screen name. Great Straw Man! No one is calling for banning anything. Just better "regulation", as the 2nd Amendment says. The NRA has your panties all twisted in a paranoid knot.


... the Assault Weapons Ban was a figment of my imagination? A ten-year hallucination? Remember that its grandfather clauses were late-stage compromises, added to the chagrin of Diane "Turn-'em-all-in" Feinstein.

So how would you regulate semi-autos, and why? Or don't you like to discuss the details, preferring to revel in your own proud ignorance?

I love elaborations about the fine points of killing people from the gun defenders! Who cares?

I guess it's the latter.

Arguing with gun religionists is like shooting fish in a barrel with a semi-automatic, except easier.

Generally, argument is presumed to have a point. I see none in your post.
14-year-old Covington boy's fatal shooting ruled accidental bowens43 May 2012 #1
safety first....death later. ileus May 2012 #2
From the hand book of the anti2A gaggle. Remmah2 May 2012 #57
Fortunately nobody ended up shot ... spin May 2012 #3
Yes! bongbong May 2012 #4
A shotgun can be a very lethal weapon ... spin May 2012 #5
Uh huh bongbong May 2012 #8
If two guys broke into my home and I confronted them with my shotgun ... spin May 2012 #13
Indeed. Straw Man May 2012 #6
Yep bongbong May 2012 #7
So ... Straw Man May 2012 #9
HA HA bongbong May 2012 #10
Proud ignorance ... Straw Man May 2012 #11
I agree bongbong May 2012 #19
If you're going to use my wording ... Straw Man May 2012 #25
lsld bongbong May 2012 #29
Easier just to show you were you disregard facts... Clames May 2012 #34
BS bongbong May 2012 #37
Another anti-gunner talking point that lacks... Clames May 2012 #44
LOL bongbong May 2012 #49
Glad to oblige. Straw Man May 2012 #41
Wrong again bongbong May 2012 #46
Oh ye of little knowledge ... Straw Man May 2012 #52
Technical incompetence... Clames May 2012 #59
Oh boy! bongbong May 2012 #61
Yippee! Straw Man May 2012 #64
Lose bongbong May 2012 #67
actually, gejohnston May 2012 #74
Prove it bongbong May 2012 #80
what NRA talking points? gejohnston May 2012 #82
So you haven't looked anything up, I see. Straw Man May 2012 #77
Funny how I can shoot better with my S&W 686 than I can with my father's DA/SA Beretta 92FS Rittermeister May 2012 #78
Name still appropo bongbong May 2012 #79
What a bullshit proposition. Clames May 2012 #81
Semi-auto pistols were designed for rapid reloading. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #84
I could say the same of yours. Straw Man May 2012 #85
So you won't disclose how you'd regulate unless you're paid? shadowrider May 2012 #12
Yes bongbong May 2012 #20
Do tell. Straw Man May 2012 #24
Really? bongbong May 2012 #28
gun-religionists, you gave me an idea gejohnston May 2012 #14
"sure love to insult people" rl6214 May 2012 #18
Hmmmmm bongbong May 2012 #21
Gun religionists rl6214 May 2012 #26
Faithful bongbong May 2012 #30
Insults. Straw Man May 2012 #43
Observations bongbong May 2012 #48
And more observations. Straw Man May 2012 #53
Entitled bongbong May 2012 #62
So, let's run this down. Union Scribe May 2012 #35
Yawn. bongbong May 2012 #38
You've inconvenienced so many electrons Union Scribe May 2012 #45
Yawno bongbong May 2012 #50
How can we lose an argument you haven't even begun? Union Scribe May 2012 #54
aa bongbong May 2012 #63
Well I'm glad I least taught you a word. Union Scribe May 2012 #65
Lessons bongbong May 2012 #68
It's a rotten shame he didn't kill the thugs. crayfish May 2012 #16
Gun defenders now AND gun religionists? rl6214 May 2012 #17
Gun religionists ignore history & precedent bongbong May 2012 #22
How long have individuals been allowed to own firearms? ileus May 2012 #23
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? bongbong May 2012 #32
2? 3? 4 years? ileus May 2012 #33
Yes!!! bongbong May 2012 #39
No really how long have indivicuals been allowed the 2A rights? ileus May 2012 #42
Ever since it was put into effect bongbong May 2012 #47
Please cite to this "right of the militia"..... PavePusher May 2012 #51
Read the Constitution bongbong May 2012 #60
I see a "...right of the people...". PavePusher May 2012 #66
familiar bongbong May 2012 #70
I'm quoting it. Plain language. PavePusher May 2012 #75
So we're going to quibble over grammatical details Rittermeister May 2012 #69
Wake up! bongbong May 2012 #71
The SCOTUS Rittermeister May 2012 #72
Additionally, see Federalist Paper #46 Rittermeister May 2012 #73
Cites, please. n/t PavePusher May 2012 #76
when are you going to post a real definiton to your term "gun religionists" rl6214 May 2012 #27
Faithful 2 bongbong May 2012 #31
I have faith in my can opener Rittermeister May 2012 #58
So you got nothing but your feeble attempts...Got it. rl6214 May 2012 #86
You've hit on the best adjective Union Scribe May 2012 #36
OK bongbong May 2012 #40
Home invasions. Remmah2 May 2012 #56
It's sad that Meiko May 2012 #15
I'm curious Rittermeister May 2012 #55
^^^^Like. notxt Xela May 2012 #83
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