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olefty (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:26 PM Original message |
View from a new gun owner |
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shrdlu (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nice piece. ....The gun. I mean the gun. |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. my sweet husband became pro-guns |
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olefty (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Question |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. You have to have a NICS background check to buy any gun from a dealer. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. so your principles are maleable if there's a little nookie involved...? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I would not do ann coulter with your er, weapon |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Deleted message |
SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Zora Neale Hurston packed. So did Harriet Tubman. And Eleanor Roosevelt. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Ann aint got shit on Eleanor |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
84. This photo was taken by ER's boy-toy of over ten years. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
82. LOL THAT's Great! |
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radioburning (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
100. Can't People Just Change Their Minds? It's Called "Growing". |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Some of us know people who've lost their lives, thanks to the easy proliferation of handguns. |
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olefty (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. My position was knee jerk not yours |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. it was, in particular, a student in one of the classes I taught. |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Neither empathy or sympathy is rare among the "pro-gun" crowd |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. since I posted this afternoon, a 16 year old cousin of *another* student of mine was shot |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Sorry to her that |
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f the letter (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Very few if any gun supporters would say that a 16-year-old should have a handgun, |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. does that mean the shooter shouldn't have had his handgun? |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Kid Killers? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. You seem to be missing |
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RSstoppingby (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
99. I think your wrong |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Condolences to the family |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. oh, for fuck's sake. It was a kid who wanted to move out of his neighborhood |
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ac2007 (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Then he was an unfortunate victim of a CRIMINAL |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. who you unfortunately wish to keep ARMED |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. More hateful culture war? How will your comments help anything? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
66. How did you jump to that conclusion?!?!?! |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. It is so hard |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I don't know who your post is directed at.... |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Yes, please do |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. So you just joined DU in order to call people liars, rather than engage in actual debate? |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Thank You! Case in point! |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Would you like to let us know what state and/or city you live in? |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
78. Don't want to let us know where you live? |
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radioburning (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
101. Very Well Put |
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radioburning (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
102. How Many Kids Have Gone Through Your Class Since You Started Teaching? |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
105. I've known more people who died in car crashes... |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bought Mine |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. even the language provides clues to how blase we've become... |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. i think you may be looking to deeply into his comment |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Exactly, Bossy22! |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Wow, I didn't read "...murdering one another just to make a point." |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. It's not murdering just to make a point... |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Indeed! |
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Plague (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Safe to assume... |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Correct, people that.... |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. And what exactly would you do if someone broke into your home at 0200? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I understand your motives for posing this question... |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Good luck with that... |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You can do what you want. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Wow |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Sorry to hear that. |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Good job! |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I am glad to hear that your event ended as well as it did. |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Yep, I was pretty lucky.... |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I have been meaning to ask you |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Hawaii is a "May Issue" state |
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ac2007 (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. No, the goal is to STOP someone from intruding |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Perfect |
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EricTeri (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
87. If you break into my home... |
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radioburning (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
103. What are you? A level 5 vegan? You won't eat anything with a shadow? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not hard to figure |
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olefty (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. That's a newly formed opinion |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Welcome to the Club |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-30-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. You also learned another good lesson apparently: |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Wrong. One good thing you can get from a Repug girl - |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Different experiences I guess... |
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olefty (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. She is an awesome shot!!! |
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olefty (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. She was a latent or "closet" repuke NT |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. I grew up with a kid who blew two fingers off his hand |
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ac2007 (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Hope the parents were found negligent then |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Thanks for the response, ac |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. You can deny it, but it still happens |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
63. Even a .22 has a range of over a mile... |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
91. No, you're not naive |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Welcome! And I've got another site for you to visit... |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #49 |
92. Highly recommended! n/t |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-31-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. THREE OUT OF FOUR |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. What!?! |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Compromise Your Rights? |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. OK...What do you call warrentless wiretaps and confiscation of legally owned, private property? |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Search and Seizures |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. but yet you continue to insist that erroding the rights in the 2nd |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 04:42 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Do you really want to talk slavery? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Deleted message |
fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. DISRESPECTFUL INDEED |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #76 |
98. You may be quite wrong |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. boy |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
90. FTGFN still ignoring history, still saying it didn't happen and |
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sabre73 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. Nice to hear it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
73. Deleted message |
cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
75. You wanna meet gun toting Dems? Go hunting |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. What?!? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
85. Deleted message |
Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. What's up with the personal attack? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. goodness gracious me |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. OK |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
93. So You Bought a Gun Because of Your .......... Girl |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-17-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I am sure that you meant |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-18-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Reality |
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Turbo Teg (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
96. For a begginer, you dove right in |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
97. many own guns to make up for a lack of "equipment" but most are really nice. |
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radioburning (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #97 |
104. Pervert! |
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