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Did I miss something? Are we being required to own guns now? SheilaT May 2013 #1
per the teabagger argument: own a gun or getting raped is your own fault ZRT2209 May 2013 #2
Since when do we need to take anything teabaggers say in context with reality? nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #23
"Why should she be forced to pay with her life or safety because she chooses not to own a gun?" Jenoch May 2013 #3
sounds like you're saying it was her fault she was raped ZRT2209 May 2013 #4
no one said any such thing backwoodsbob May 2013 #7
Riddiculous marions ghost May 2013 #13
Shooting someone in self-defense while they are trying to rape you is not murder. (n/t) LAGC May 2013 #15
OK excuse me--let's get legal and call it homicide marions ghost May 2013 #16
Speaking as someone who's actually used a gun in self-defense NickB79 May 2013 #25
with people advocating guns as the solution marions ghost May 2013 #39
that's not a given, especially with these fucked-up right wing judges ZRT2209 May 2013 #19
I don't know how one could rationally read the post you replied to and come to that conclusion. tritsofme May 2013 #37
Gun Owners: "Join our cult or get raped" mwrguy May 2013 #5
exactly ZRT2209 May 2013 #6
+1 Nine May 2013 #12
More evidence for the basic proposition: gunners are assholes alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #14
+1. (nt) Paladin May 2013 #18
The teabagger argument is just more blame the victim twaddle magellan May 2013 #8
You rely on the cops or you rely on yourself NickB79 May 2013 #9
"conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms" Recursion May 2013 #10
It takes a Republican gun nut to see things that way. Nine May 2013 #11
There are places Jenoch May 2013 #17
then don't live there ZRT2209 May 2013 #20
Well, there goes most US farmland NickB79 May 2013 #21
Or poor neighborhoods in urban centers.. X_Digger May 2013 #27
sounds like you want to live in Somalia where the biggest gun = the law ZRT2209 May 2013 #32
Sounds like you want a personal armed guard X_Digger May 2013 #33
So are we depopulating the rural countryside now? tritsofme May 2013 #36
What? Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #22
So what are you saying kudzu22 May 2013 #24
Logic isn't your strong suit badtoworse May 2013 #26
use a gun or get raped. I love America! ZRT2209 May 2013 #29
I didn't see anyone on this thread say anything Jenoch May 2013 #40
No where is a civilian forced to own a firearm. aikoaiko May 2013 #28
if you don't want to own and use a gun, you get raped or killed. Good choices! ZRT2209 May 2013 #30
Show me where someone said that. aikoaiko May 2013 #34
Just as there are many risks and dangers associated with owning a gun. tritsofme May 2013 #38
Police have no legal obligation to come when you call. X_Digger May 2013 #31
Should the victim be prosected then HockeyMom May 2013 #35
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