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26. Meh. Everybody has a right to an opinion

Thu May 16, 2013, 10:24 AM

May 2013

I wish the anti-gun-control "side" were less eager to vomit forth technical details at the drop of a hat. I try to only do it when it's pretty much central to the question, which unfortunately it becomes too often. If I had to sum up my views in a sentence it would be:

I'm much more concerned about who has a gun than what particular gun they have.

Which is why I'm much more interested in universal background checks on buyers than on feature restrictions on weapons themselves. Actually there are a lot of parallels to the pit bull arguments here, which doesn't bode well for civility, sad to say...

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GOP raffling AR-15 �Sandy Hook�-type rifles as macabre pro-gun stunt [View all] deminks May 2013 OP

Horrible asshats. HappyMe May 2013 #1

I don't think you can really say they are doing it to "mock" the dead. justanidea May 2013 #2

Yes, they've proved to be such nice guys NightWatcher May 2013 #4

You seem to be assigning the actions of a few nutcases to everyone. justanidea May 2013 #10

Judged by the company you keep. aquart May 2013 #35

LOL! HappyMe May 2013 #45

No, the GOP asshats who are stirring up shit by raffling off AR's NightWatcher May 2013 #47

The only people they're stirring up are people like you. premium May 2013 #48

Ah, there's that NRA billh58 May 2013 #55

It's not the only vacuous statement in the article. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #5

First Time Ever A Congressman otohara May 2013 #34

Not really "mocking". IMO, more like a GOP celebration. Celebrating that no new laws were enacted AlinPA May 2013 #44

And that's the problem, too many yahoos interested in those damn assault weapons. Hoyt May 2013 #51

So predictable Hoyt, premium May 2013 #54

It's the best-selling rifle in the US for the past 2 decades Recursion May 2013 #3

So are raffles like this pretty common? HappyMe May 2013 #7

I don't know that gun raffles are terribly common, but the ones I've seen are all AR-15s Recursion May 2013 #8

I think you are probably right about the HappyMe May 2013 #13

I'm torn on that Recursion May 2013 #19

Well, this is why I generally HappyMe May 2013 #22

Meh. Everybody has a right to an opinion Recursion May 2013 #26

I agree. HappyMe May 2013 #30

Your concern is the same as mine. WHO has the gun, vs which gun. AlinPA May 2013 #49

Ahhh, premium May 2013 #28

I think getting rid of the HappyMe May 2013 #31

I think you're right about Sen. Feinstein, premium May 2013 #21

It would have been better for them HappyMe May 2013 #27

I hope they at least do a background check on the raffle winner ... Bake May 2013 #33

Don't forget the GOP raffle 8 months after Gifford was shot -- in her district. Pholus May 2013 #9

Except that article points out it was a different gun Recursion May 2013 #11

Darnit, you added reason AFTER I posted a reply. Pholus May 2013 #14

Sorry! I edit too much sometimes Recursion May 2013 #16

Thanks. I appreciate that. nt Pholus May 2013 #18

I have to stop editing over. Pholus May 2013 #23

It was a GLOCK. Sufficient for breathtaking insensitivity. aquart May 2013 #39

Glock is popular because it makes good weapons Recursion May 2013 #41

I remember that. justanidea May 2013 #12

I think it's as Recursion said, HappyMe May 2013 #15

Well, yeah, everywhere I've ever lived ... oldhippie May 2013 #17

Well, sportsman's clubs make sense. HappyMe May 2013 #20

They're pretty common here in Nevada also, premium May 2013 #25

Every year at our county fair, one of the local VFW chapters does one. TheMightyFavog May 2013 #32

My uncle used to hunt HappyMe May 2013 #38

To use for what? Killing ants at picnics? aquart May 2013 #36

Target shooting and hunting small animals mostly Recursion May 2013 #40

It's a squirrel gun? That's the story? aquart May 2013 #42

I don't know about squirrels so much, but .223 is not a round for large game Recursion May 2013 #43

Again, that indicates a problem -- too many yahoos coveting most lethal weapons available to them. Hoyt May 2013 #52

Yup, Mr. Drunk Boater Dwyer himself is a pillar of our MD society. Pholus May 2013 #6

Massacres are great (free) Marketing Opportunities. JoePhilly May 2013 #24

I'm now believing that the NRA and Gun Industry (and the GOP) see the massacres as an increase AlinPA May 2013 #46

The Republicans appear to be proud of their meanness. America, are you paying attention? nt ladjf May 2013 #29

I'll be okay with them doing that WITH one major caveat: Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #37

Is this an implicit endorsement of Adam Lanza's terror? Dawson Leery May 2013 #50

Maybe. But probably more like, "we don't give a flying f%*k how many kids get murdered, I'm Hoyt May 2013 #53