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Response to Straw Man (Reply #25)

14 year old uses a shotgun to kill a man... [View all] virginia mountainman Jan 2012 OP
Too bad he couldn't nail the other 3 as well... Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #1
Sharing the fantasy sells guns doesn't it? applegrove Jan 2012 #2
what?! virginia mountainman Jan 2012 #3
I'm sure it did happen. Spreading this gun porn around is getting people to fantasize applegrove Jan 2012 #6
What are you talking about?? virginia mountainman Jan 2012 #7
gun porn? or is it spreading how common home invasions are becoming? ileus Jan 2012 #8
A cycle? E6-B Jan 2012 #11
The cycle of scaring people into fantasizing so they'll buy a gun. applegrove Jan 2012 #12
What completes the supposed cycle? Straw Man Jan 2012 #13
The fantasy is to shoot a burglar. Then you get a gun. Then you are made applegrove Jan 2012 #14
ok, let me get this straight.. virginia mountainman Jan 2012 #15
Nope. You have a fantasy "to" shoot a burglar. Then "you" get a gun. It is clear enough. applegrove Jan 2012 #16
....tick, tick, tick, tick, tick... applegrove Jan 2012 #17
I don't vote GOP. Straw Man Jan 2012 #18
Is a "fantacy" a kind of fancy fantasy? Straw Man Jan 2012 #21
My bad. applegrove Jan 2012 #22
I believe that under the Canadian laws that some posters here oneshooter Jan 2012 #49
Odd E6-B Jan 2012 #35
Are you saying there is no element of fantasizing in gun ownership... that gun owners or potential applegrove Jan 2012 #36
Just to be clear Union Scribe Jan 2012 #38
I am accusing some DUers of fantasizing about using a gun, to defend themselves, to kill someone, applegrove Jan 2012 #41
No, you're using the word fantasize, which has Union Scribe Jan 2012 #42
I guess I fantasize about... We_Have_A_Problem Jan 2012 #43
Prejudice view E6-B Jan 2012 #55
Well, who are they? SteveW Jan 2012 #61
Oh, allright, I'll fess up, I *DO* have a gun fantasy... BiggJawn Jan 2012 #57
Well.... We_Have_A_Problem Jan 2012 #50
But... Straw Man Jan 2012 #19
Crony capitalism. Mexico is 1/3 rich and 2/3 poor. The usa will be that way some day applegrove Jan 2012 #20
So 2/3 of Mexicans cannot afford a firearm? Straw Man Jan 2012 #23
2/3 of mexicans can't afford much. That is what poor means. Why so many get into crime and the applegrove Jan 2012 #24
I know what "poor" means. Straw Man Jan 2012 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Jan 2012 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Jan 2012 #27
I am saying guns are being used to build up crony capitalism & the GOP in the USA. applegrove Jan 2012 #31
since more Finnish gejohnston Jan 2012 #33
And I'm saying "Nonsense." Straw Man Jan 2012 #37
Well, those "wedge issues like guns" were promulgated by....? nt SteveW Jan 2012 #62
What I want to know is... beevul Jan 2012 #29
Fantasy? E6-B Jan 2012 #28
I am talking about all the stories about gun justice that are posted here ad nausium. To create applegrove Jan 2012 #30
Please... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #47
Each story is a chance to learn and think, we need more secnario based threads here. ileus Jan 2012 #53
1st Amendment E6-B Jan 2012 #56
What an odd world you live in. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #32
Then why is it lauded in the gungeon every time there is an example? The NRA is trying to change applegrove Jan 2012 #34
Why? Straw Man Jan 2012 #39
What is the "it" you think is "lauded in the gungeon"? Union Scribe Jan 2012 #40
Exactly right. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #59
You have the right idea, just the wrong classification. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #60
If someone has already been proven to be a home-invading {burglar, robber, rapist, etc.} Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #63
That isn't a cycle, it is a process. Callisto32 Jan 2012 #44
And this cycle can be proven with real data? nt hack89 Jan 2012 #46
You're kidding right? We_Have_A_Problem Jan 2012 #48
Just another rude toter I guess. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #54
And Democratic positions are what makes people afraid the gov't will take your gun away... krispos42 Jan 2012 #58
Are you claiming that this didn't actually happen? Straw Man Jan 2012 #4
So it didn't happen? I knew it was too good to be true. ileus Jan 2012 #5
Hyperbole driven umbrage wont get you very far. rrneck Jan 2012 #9
roll over and play dead? no wait...run out the back door! ileus Jan 2012 #10
I don't know about you... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #45
let the neighborhood find out you have pain meds... ileus Jan 2012 #51
why didn't i think of that ;) n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #52
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