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73. "How about offering another solution?" Sure- repeal the Second Amendment

Reply to Jakes Progress (Reply #58)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 02:50 PM

Mar 2021

It'll take a while, so you'd best get started.

Unless and until you succeed, we'll all have to abide by it.

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Anti-masker murders police officer who was escorting him away from basketball game [View all] turbinetree Mar 2021 OP

This junk has to stop. According to the article, the shooter had robbed a man before the shooting. Hoyt Mar 2021 #1

Metal detectors are a form of harrassment on the general public. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #6

Gun shots are too. There are other means of detection. Hoyt Mar 2021 #7

You said metal detectors "everywhere". NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #9

Did you see the "etc." Look, we've been through this before, you support gunz. I get it. Hoyt Mar 2021 #13

Sad to say, if you can't just outright ban the damned things RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #23

+ 1 n/t They_Live Mar 2021 #59

I think that most of the implants are made with metals that are non-ferrous that are not LiberalArkie Mar 2021 #12

Thank you for clarifying. Hoyt Mar 2021 #14

They are incorrect. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #22

Like the poster below, some folks might be inconvenienced. Small price to pay to keep gunners off Hoyt Mar 2021 #24

Is it really? Metal detectors everywhere? NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #25

You don't like it because you are a gunner. Hoyt Mar 2021 #51

I dunno about NutmegYankee, but *I* don't like it because I'm not a crypto-Puritan control freak... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #74

+1000! nt NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #87

Same here, friendly_iconoclast. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #130

I don't like it and I am not a gunner. SlogginThroughIt Mar 2021 #104

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Does that constitute "everywhere"? SlogginThroughIt Mar 2021 #116

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The statement to me was that they need to be ubiquitous SlogginThroughIt Mar 2021 #119

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Got a plate and 6 screws in my arm. lonely bird Mar 2021 #146

Implants set them off. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #19

Unfortunately, that is not true. Chili Pepper Mar 2021 #48

I've been setting off metal detectors csziggy Mar 2021 #57

artificial disk? NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #89

I'm not real sure - they explained it but I was still loopy csziggy Mar 2021 #90

It might have been a fusion with bone. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #97

I'm wondering about my neck but I think I just need the proper exercises csziggy Mar 2021 #122

Yeah, nerve damage sucks. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #123

Have they checked for carpal tunnel or ulnar nerve pinching? csziggy Mar 2021 #124

Yes, they did the nerve conduction tests and electromyography. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #128

That's a shame! csziggy Mar 2021 #131

yeah, i have a plate in my neck. mopinko Mar 2021 #92

So, what's the alternative? Pat downs and body cavity searches for all? capechacon Mar 2021 #15

What a fucked up response! NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #21

Gun control advocacy is rife with both classism ($5K bullet tax) AND ableism friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #26

Racism, too. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #29

Gun-toters are now chiming in. You guys don't want any restrictions. Hoyt Mar 2021 #60

No, we don't want the restrictions *you* want. You've peddled that "unrestricted" libel for years... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #68

And you've championed "more gunz in more places" for years. Hoyt Mar 2021 #69

And that's as phony a claim as the GOP whining about 'widespread election fraud' friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #70

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What a fucked up response. Jakes Progress Mar 2021 #58

"How about offering another solution?" Sure- repeal the Second Amendment friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #73

Keep up please. Jakes Progress Mar 2021 #117

And you're apparently out of touch with the reality that..... capechacon Mar 2021 #93

Let me know how that works out for you. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #96

Um...no. The (idiotic) Rethug response would be to rid ourselves of all screening devices and then.. capechacon Mar 2021 #105

You might - in the minority. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #111

Not really, only 30% or so are gun-lovers. Would you vote for a GOPer Hoyt Mar 2021 #127

Good gawd, enough! Iggo Mar 2021 #145

The use of a hand wand is hardly invasive bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #28

So people really want metal detectors at grocery stores? NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #31

No, I really don't want that bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #32

I hear you on common sense regs. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #35

Disrobing? Really? You've jumped the shark. nt. druidity33 Mar 2021 #94

I had to remove a belt to get into a courthouse. nt NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #95

Yeah. That's not disrobing. nt. druidity33 Mar 2021 #100

Subjective definition NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #101

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Hoyt said "everywhere possible". nt NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #110

Disrobing means to take your clothes off. druidity33 Mar 2021 #112

Yeah, I want to show my "Papers" everywhere I go. That's the ticket to great society... NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #113

I've lost some weight OriginalGeek Mar 2021 #147

To me, that's nonsense RainCaster Mar 2021 #37

Everywhere you go though? NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #39

Don't get me wrong.... I think that's the wrong emphasis... BUT... Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #43

And I'm arguing against bans on concealed carry. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #45

Well obviously, not THAT kind of restriction. Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #46

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I was challenging the metal detectors everywhere comment of Hoyt. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #67

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Nope. NOT a strawman fallacy NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #86

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JFC! Look at Hoyt's comment: NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #103

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Yes, you were wrong and falsely accused me of using a strawman fallacy. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #109

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Many businesses are gun free zones and carry stickers as such. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #120

I don't want to live in a society like that either, Nutmeg Yankee. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #134

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I have two artificial knees.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #38

See post 39. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #41

I've got some. Scruffy1 Mar 2021 #47

That's more myth than reality. Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #63

It depends on how sensitive they set the detectors. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #125

I haven't had any issue with Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #137

If he is not scared of committing an armed robbery hack89 Mar 2021 #55

Hack, stopping the proliferation of gunz will minimize this. I know you need a bunch of gunz to Hoyt Mar 2021 #62

"(S)topping the proliferation of gunz" Just like the GOP "stopping the proliferation of voting" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #75

Gunner junk. Hoyt Mar 2021 #78

I live in a state with model gun laws hack89 Mar 2021 #76

Gun murder rates have been declining for years, until recently. Unfortunately, white wing militia Hoyt Mar 2021 #81

Kyle is not from Rhode Island hack89 Mar 2021 #82

Sorry, I thought you lived in Illinois. In any event, Rittenhouse's photos illustrate what I want - Hoyt Mar 2021 #83

Criminals have been carrying concealed guns since guns were invented hack89 Mar 2021 #84

First, he would have been stopped from entering the gym. Second, he might have been stopped Hoyt Mar 2021 #85

The shooting was not in the gym. hack89 Mar 2021 #91

How long do you think he had the pistol? He could have been apprehended Hoyt Mar 2021 #138

Still pushing for vigilantism and 'cleansing society' of gun owners, I see: friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #142

Still promoting gunz everywhere, I see. Hoyt Mar 2021 #143

Still peddling your Big Lies, I see. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #144

So sad, but now police should swap... HariSeldon Mar 2021 #2

Two more family's destroyed because of OrangeAnus and his Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #3

"And why again are bullets not taxed at $5,000 per bullet"...BRILLIANT IDEA!!! BComplex Mar 2021 #4

Because it is regressive, and then only rich people will be allowed to be armed obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #5

I've heard that before cannabis_flower Mar 2021 #8

Because it would be unconsitutional hack89 Mar 2021 #52

That mask meant that much to him? JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #10

Protecting his freedumb got him less freedom. wnylib Mar 2021 #36

Yeah, he'll have fun in prison. JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #44

He **also** committed armed robbery. Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #64

With no mask? JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #126

Probably without a mask . . . Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #136

People Control, Not Gun Control Sancho Mar 2021 #11

If you lived on military bases, you know gunz are severely restricted, to point that only a Hoyt Mar 2021 #16

I grew up on a military base...my father was a long timer. Sancho Mar 2021 #65

Conversely, says the NRA (by implication): RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #27

Do you have an argument that *isn't* made of straw? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #33

Excuse me? RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #42

You've insinuated the NRA held a position that they never have, hence a strawman friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #72

I thought that saying "by implication" would suffice. RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #141

I have had similar ideas about guns Tree Lady Mar 2021 #34

Not everywhere. Caliman73 Mar 2021 #98

I appreciate it that you frequently post this. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #49

I also have no problem with reducing the number of guns... Sancho Mar 2021 #66

+1000 cate94 Mar 2021 #50

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first off , we are in a national emergency. you have no rights . AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #18

this. nt Baltimike Mar 2021 #88

Horrible. I'm so sorry. As for the shooter, no more HS basketball for him in prison. Joinfortmill Mar 2021 #20

K&R for visibility and outrage Blue Owl Mar 2021 #30

It's unbelievable how small a value is placed on a human life these days. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #40

Sounds to me like this wasn't just about the mask. Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #61

Schools need metal detectors. Chicago has had them since the 1990s. Ziggysmom Mar 2021 #71

Takes bdamomma Mar 2021 #99

Anti-masker murders police officer who was escorting him away from basketball game FelineOverlord Mar 2021 #114

The gun nuttery is strong in this thread Chautauquas Mar 2021 #129

I hope the trigger happy murderer gats life withou parole. Nt raccoon Mar 2021 #132

If responsible gun peole soldierant Mar 2021 #133

OMFG. That scumbag should never get out of jail! SunSeeker Mar 2021 #135

horrible... a life lost over wearing a bit of cloth over someone's mouth Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #139

Rest in Peace Officer Mitchum MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #140