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applegrove

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31. I am saying guns are being used to build up crony capitalism & the GOP in the USA.
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 01:29 AM
Jan 2012

I'm using Mexico as an example of what life is like when you live in an unequal economy. You all pretend it is fine and healthy to go over every instance of self defence and spread the virus. I'm saying there is a method to your madness. If you don't know about the method perhaps you shouldn't defend propaganda of the NRA and the GOP. It is madness!

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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