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countryjake

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28. That's a good comeback, but they've already been prepped...

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 07:45 PM

Dec 2012

with an answer by the rightwingers (NRA-ILA?) who are stoking this gun-nut paranoia. I had a rather heated confrontation with a guy in front of our post office, a man who hates any taxes more than anything on earth, and when I tossed that suggestion to him, his answer was a rambling, hysterical harangue about the damage that public schools have done to our country...he wants them all shut down, privatized, to put the liberals out of the "brainwashing business".

There really is no good way to politely refute many of those "knuckle-draggers", not when they'd just as soon shoot you as to look at you. My simpler solution is to call the authorities after the situation I found myself in this week. I reported that guy for having an unusually aggressive and belligerent attitude, so as to get him on record as someone who probably should not be allowed to possess a gun safe in his home, containing more than twenty of his favorite "toys".

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Wanna kill LaPierre's "A Cop in Every School" solution with a single sentence? [View all] Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 OP

Plus armed cops at columbine did not stop the massacre there peacebird Dec 2012 #1

What I really can't stand sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #16

+1 On the ninjas... Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2012 #19

Shit! sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #21

Just what does coloring one's hair Bohunk68 Dec 2012 #37

I absolutely sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #71

colleges have campus cops. didn't help at va tech. eom ellenfl Dec 2012 #49

Great. Then I guess that proves that no cop, ever, anywhere, ever stopped any crime in progress. Flatulo Dec 2012 #70

I'll give you another.. Panasonic Dec 2012 #2

Math Cayenneman Dec 2012 #3

Welcome to DU, Cayenneman. PA Democrat Dec 2012 #5

And guns will have to be re-registered annually, just like cars. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #8

Damn Straight BlueNoteSpecial Dec 2012 #17

Good points. n/t JimDandy Dec 2012 #44

Yes. Yes and Yes. Irony that there are the same amount of cars as guns in the US. libdem4life Dec 2012 #73

Being made fun of... BlueNoteSpecial Dec 2012 #82

Analogy and metaphor are common ways of teaching...getting across a difficult libdem4life Dec 2012 #86

I guess you're ok with only the wealthy having guns then? nt Flatulo Dec 2012 #30

I don't recall reading Bohunk68 Dec 2012 #38

This latest shooter was upper-middle class. LAGC Dec 2012 #39

I think household income of $250,000 is beyond upper middle class. kwassa Dec 2012 #48

I am OK with the idea of a gun having a high cost to the user. It already has a high cost Squinch Dec 2012 #40

It would mean a LOT less guns. And of course the ones who could afford them kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #58

If we were discussing anything but guns, this would be considered a R/W talking point. Flatulo Dec 2012 #63

Fewer people who can get 'em the better MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #81

Well that's a bit much. JimDandy Dec 2012 #42

I disagree. We need fees on gun ownership to be high kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #59

You'll only punish the innocent. People who are living outside of the law will neither register Flatulo Dec 2012 #64

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2012 #85

THe training needs to be factored in as well Mz Pip Dec 2012 #11

I make over 20 dollars an hour as an unarmed hospital secuirty officer rustydog Dec 2012 #13

Brings it up to $10 billion or so. Every year. yardwork Dec 2012 #45

The costs would be about twice as high, actually. yardwork Dec 2012 #43

Welcome to DU, Cayenneman. Good post! yardwork Dec 2012 #46

LaPierre and his ilk just want a domestic arms race, they don't care anymore about Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #4

No way the NEA goes for this BainsBane Dec 2012 #6

"Gun culture power grabs" and "police state" are two more. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #7

Or, "What do the children want?" Because no one is asking them. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #9

Children can't make an informed decision about matters of such import. That's why Flatulo Dec 2012 #31

You completely overlook that they are fully capable of being frightened into trauma by guns Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #50

I dunno, I taught my kid to respect the police Flatulo Dec 2012 #55

Depends, what is the purpose of all those police? Leopolds Ghost Dec 2012 #65

Agreed Mz Pip Dec 2012 #10

Yep. nt Chorophyll Dec 2012 #12

AMEN iandhr Dec 2012 #14

Guns cost the public $644 each anyway ... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #15

Or would he support a stiff hike in sales tax specifically for guns and ammo? AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #18

Thers already an additional 10-11% excise tax on ammo/guns. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #29

Not high enough. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #67

Here's another one: pnwmom Dec 2012 #20

There was an army of cops at VA Tech. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #53

a police state won't protect us from the police state, either. to those for whom it matters. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

They should have to pay a 'clean-up' fee toby jo Dec 2012 #23

Come on, you know they already plan to pay for it by cutting funding to Big Bird Bucky Dec 2012 #24

I can kill it with one word: Math. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #25

Tax Guns and Ammunition ThoughtCriminal Dec 2012 #26

You know it. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #69

And HUGE government. earthside Dec 2012 #27

That's a good comeback, but they've already been prepped... countryjake Dec 2012 #28

Don't be surprised if the cops jotted your name down too for wasting their time. Flatulo Dec 2012 #32

It was our Postmaster who recommended the report... countryjake Dec 2012 #56

Ah, well if he's a well-known crank, then he's probably on their radar. One outcome of last weeks Flatulo Dec 2012 #57

Nah, they'll just say "get rid of welfare cheaters - that'll pay for it." regnaD kciN Dec 2012 #33

No, no, no, no, no. They'll just fire a teacher to pay for the cop. valerief Dec 2012 #34

Sounds like a cold hearted conservative asshole thing to do. Initech Dec 2012 #74

sounds like mr lapierre wants to start another huge bureaucracy and sell tons of guns spanone Dec 2012 #35

How about - we already HAVE cops in schools! Taverner Dec 2012 #36

tax the shit outta guns and use the proceeds to fund mental healthcare!! el scorcho Dec 2012 #41

Oh, I'm sure they could just cut some programs to pay for it. Matariki Dec 2012 #47

How'd Kent State work out? no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #51

Absolutely, tax guns and ammunition enough to hire 250,000 additional security personnel for schools Fresh_Start Dec 2012 #52

obxnacy obxnacy Dec 2012 #54

I taught in Harrison, Arkansas ChoralScholar Dec 2012 #60

or this one, posted on another thread Skittles Dec 2012 #61

Take the money from the Defense Budget, since it's for defense. Kennah Dec 2012 #62

NRA's solution is the plot from "Kindergarten Cop" eShirl Dec 2012 #66

We have had cops at schools for 20+ years kydo Dec 2012 #68

Yes. Some people just ass-u-me. The evolution of the friendly, beat cop on the streets of Small libdem4life Dec 2012 #75

bullying will end? MostlyAmused Dec 2012 #78

Ammo Tax Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #72

First its hiring cops for school ... Historic NY Dec 2012 #76

New schools are being built with harden walls, doors and they do have alarms and cameras. JohLast Dec 2012 #84

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Suddenly the NRA is expert in school security & design. Historic NY Dec 2012 #79

Last I heard, they're framing it as "volunteers." xfundy Dec 2012 #80

Everyone does understand that we already have armed security and police officers in schools, right? JohLast Dec 2012 #83