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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should America work towards becoming a gun-free Country? [View all]
Should we be passing legislation to remove items that serve no purpose but causation of death from our great Nation?
96 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited | |
YES | |
25 (26%) |
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NO | |
71 (74%) |
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"I personally would like to see a goal of "complete eradication." Then you should go immediately
Ghost in the Machine
Mar 2014
#159
"items that serve no purpose but causation of death from our great Nation"
former9thward
Mar 2014
#15
The RW merry-go-round you're trying to start usually has a longer refresh cycle
baldguy
Mar 2014
#328
Or a bow and arrow, or darts for fucks sakes. But we have sandy hook because Adam Lanza's mom just
Erose999
Mar 2014
#59
Good point but it appears that even a push poll on guns posted on a very liberal ...
spin
Mar 2014
#91
a 1/3 of respondents on a definitionally left leaning website using emotionally laden push polling
whatthehey
Mar 2014
#78
It shouldn't. One a very progressive message board, you can't even get a plurality
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#140
I'd say a few have. But by "real" people I'm referring to putting a ballot initiative
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#142
The NRA sponsors a LOT of training across the country. Badly needed safety training that is hard
geckosfeet
Mar 2014
#25
Yes. I know. Training is generally a state level mandate. Some states require
geckosfeet
Mar 2014
#48
What, no more Zimmermans, Lanzas, Militia boys, intimidators, public toters , bigots with gunz, etc.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#36
You are guaranteed that (s)he will not be shooting you. ((S)he does not have a gun)
PowerToThePeople
Mar 2014
#55
" All I'm asking is for real gun control" Please feelfree to describe that for us. n/t
oneshooter
Mar 2014
#225
You're 0 for 2 for accuracy -they weren't "endorsed" by MAIG, they were taken over by them
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#346
Yes, the 70 y/o man with a cane thread got my mind on it this a.m. eom
PowerToThePeople
Mar 2014
#49
Diverse crowd? LMAO. Post a couple of photos of those diverse crowds. Still LMAO.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#106
You can't prove it to me. Plenty of images on the "internets." Post a few of those.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#119
Murders are not the only adverse effect of gunz. The white wing gun hatred has a toll too.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#292
"A gun" is not so bad. A bunch of gunz or carrying one in your pants while at Chuck E Cheese is bad.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#77
Mostly agree. However, I don't think poverty is what prompts folks to carry and accumulate gunz.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#139
On January 1, 1863 there were 3.1 - 4 million privately owned people in the United States.
PowerToThePeople
Mar 2014
#66
Let's just leave things as they are for another decade, and there will be 400 million to deal with.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#79
Kind of like cigarettes, folks will get tired of yahoos polluting society with gunz.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#83
Can't just concentrate on the "murder" rate. Gunz facilitate a lot of intimidation and embolden
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#86
So you haven't been to any gun shows to offer an opinion of the level of diversity. OK thanks.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#313
Gun toters seem to believe they can spot a criminal in time to react. They can't.
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#320
Chances of running across "the wrong sheep" are so small, it is irrational to worry about it. Now
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#322
So you take your life in your hands. And continue to project your bigotry and hate.
SQUEE
Mar 2014
#324
Of course you are; they were an occupational hazard to you at one time:
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#330
Some recovering alcoholics think that *everyone* who drinks has a problem...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#337
I have been told, people have been known to lock others in, all the while threatening
SQUEE
Mar 2014
#349
I don't drink, but I also don't prattle on about the evils of alcohol
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#347
That would require every square inch to have exactly zero possible use
One_Life_To_Give
Mar 2014
#64
Momentum is going towards big changes to the status quo in very many areas, this one included.
CVN-68
Mar 2014
#104
How low would violence be if we didn't have a bunch of armed folks running around?
Hoyt
Mar 2014
#122
I voted yes, but I wouldn't actually go so far as to completely eliminate them.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2014
#117
How would you like to see us "work towards" achieving this lofty goal?
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#143
Ideally - I suppose - but given the culture you might as well hope for a prayer-free Country
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#161
The use of bows & arrows and atlatls & spears requires a not insubstantial amount of skill.
baldguy
Mar 2014
#187
Yes, even liberal judges know the ACCEPTED definition of "well regulated militia"
BlueCaliDem
Mar 2014
#296
I see the gun nuts here aren't trying to justify their fetish as protection againt the govt
baldguy
Mar 2014
#192
Thank you for the info. I could go for that idea. However, we have a long way to go to get this
jwirr
Mar 2014
#218
We have to take care of the e-cigs first; you eat an elephant one bite at a time.
TransitJohn
Mar 2014
#216
A mom breast fed her kid while smoking e-cigarettes and husband open carried at Olive Garden!
Initech
Mar 2014
#221
Abso-fucking-tively! We need to have way fewer gun-fetishers in the country.
madinmaryland
Mar 2014
#259
I answered "no", because it is not even remotely possible, nor is it advisable.
Yo_Mama
Mar 2014
#275
Who trusts whom, would the watchers disarm too? Hence, I said no. We are not advanced
RKP5637
Mar 2014
#276
"[Paladin] gave up on establishing any meaningful dialog on firearms restrictions some time ago."
aikoaiko
Mar 2014
#280
Aren't you worried we will be conquered by some other people after our military gives up its arms?
Threedifferentones
Mar 2014
#326