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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:09 PM Original message |
Deal reached allowing loaded guns in Nevada state parks |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good, now for some games of firearm tag! |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Huh? Do you really think that gun owners are now going to just start shooting? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. and the point of a gun is . . . . . |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. poke holes in stuff when you (the owner) make it work.(nt) |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ex - - - - actly |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yep, whats the point of your genetals? you can use them to rape , depends on YOU(nt) |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. but . . . there are uses besides rape |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yep. same with firearms. Competetion is one I participate in, |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. A gun can be used as defense against a rape. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. its basis as defense is due to its singular purpose |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Which nullifies any point to the "a gun has only one purpose" argument |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. the only reason it works in self-defense is the implicit threat of death |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes. So what? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. so what??? You are kidding - right? Did you not read my post in the context of yours? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Am I then to understand... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. the point I was making - and that you so clearly prefer to expand upon - |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. In all seriousness, do you consider the lawful use of deadly force in defense of UNlawful deadly |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. I applaud your grasp of the obvious. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
76. Then you aren't making any point germane to the discussion |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. And you seem to be purposefully avoiding aknowlegding... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
85. You're trying to claim some one-liner moral high ground. Doesn't work... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. as an aside |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. And I have spent over 20 years abroad |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. "none are welcome in my house." Would you deny others that choice? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. nope |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Thank you. nt |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Thank you for the concise answer. I have a follow up question from your last post. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I will share one |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Ok, I get it. Having a firearm could have labeled you as an opposition combatant and get you shot |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. all laws were in disarray - they were at the mercy of whomever decided to enforce them |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. If you are describing the Kenyan coup attempt of the early '80's... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:14 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. no - it was not Kenya - but near |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. When did you feel the need for a gun while in America? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. Your portion of the bell curve... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
86. Our family (and I, living elsewhere) have never "felt the need for a gun... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. If you turn him |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. So? n/t |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. And the point of not allowing one in a park is.......... |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. a safer environment for the rest of us |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Except for those of us |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. How is it a safer environment? |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The truth is that it will be no safer. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. my thought exactly |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. So you agree that banning firearms make no one safer.That they just feel safer. n/t |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. not exactly what I said . . . now was it |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. It is what oneshooter said |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. we agree that there is a false sense of safety . . . |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Do you need me to draw you a flow chart? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I just responded to that simple post . . . sorry it confused you |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. So his flow chart is correct. You acknowledge that there is really no actual safety gained. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. correct - those that carry the loaded guns into the parks will only FEEL safer |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Please |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. why would you carry if you did not feel safer |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. I think you misread the flow chart. The pertinent quote is: |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Jesus. Now we have to have flow charts for our feelings. nt |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. How do you think people that get assaulted feel? nt |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. probably no worse than these parents |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. So, |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Feelings over facts and rights. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. just had to make it personal - didn't you |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. That's not really personal. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Is it an accurate description? |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. A gun doesnt have a point. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I cleaned mine today and didn't see a part called a "point" n/t |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. And your point is...........? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. To launch pieces of metal at high speed |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Agreed. Blood will flow in Nevada state parks just like it flows in..hmmm..nevermind n/t |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Hopefully, not with the thugs which kill/rape park-goers. nt |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. whew . . . . now everyone can feel a whooooole lot safer |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Good thing the law doesnt care about your feelings on guns I own |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. true . . . good thing my congresswoman cares - bless her |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yep, you can find some that support abortion bans and some who would (privately) |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. And to a person, they all claim to do so out of "concern" n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you sigmund fucking freud. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. So what? A lot of people used to think homosexuality was a mental disorder. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. And therein lies the problem.... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Evidence, please, or you are talking out your rectum... |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I have to disagree with you, PP. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Well, I am near-sighted... n/t |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Try this, |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Perhaps you should consider that your perception is incorrect. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. this case isn't about protecting the right to self defense.. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Oh, spare us the straw man |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
69. It wasn't a strawman...I was misunderstanding details... |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Like say, Arizona, Alaska, Vermont? n/t |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
73. What stopped them before? A firm wag of the finger |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. how about fear of being caught and/or fined and arrested... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Except that the police will make an effort to find and convict you |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. k then how about speeding... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. You do realize the police can and do pull people over for speeding |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. when people use the gun I'd assume... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. If he wanted to use the gun it would be illegal either way |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. what do you mean...hunting and target shooting are legal... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. If they are not breaking the law, then what are you concerned about? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-26-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. I'm not defending the law... |
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