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nc4bo

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36. We are afraid to even broach the topic. Why is that?

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:04 PM

Jun 2015

It's not even about personal protection or hunting for food anymore. It's like collecting stamps or keeping up with the nutter Jone's who had to build a special room to hold it all, can't be upstaged by the neighbor don't you know.

Some nutters have stockpiled arsenals of firearms and ammo..... for?!

The horse has left the barn, the stockpiles are out there now, the run on ammo was so mindblowing at one time that bullets were becoming scarce.

All that's left is education, legislation and the balls to enforce it. Good luck with that because I fear there are thousands of Clive Bundy types and quite a few states like South Carolina out there.

What to do? I have no freaking idea. I just know we have a big problem.

Let's keep talking about it in between slaughters.

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Watch out, no mourning for the dead allowed [View all] BainsBane Jun 2015 OP

I'm a bit taken aback at how many people are so quick to say "heal". HEAL? nc4bo Jun 2015 #1

Right on! Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #13

So what, then? What do we do? nolabear Jun 2015 #21

We are afraid to even broach the topic. Why is that? nc4bo Jun 2015 #36

I think you're right. We have to keep talking and stop yelling. nolabear Jun 2015 #78

"We are afraid to even broach the topic. Why is that?" Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #173

We vote for politicians who will fight against the NRA. MoonRiver Jun 2015 #190

and this is a fucked up thing to say to anyone who's mourning Quayblue Jun 2015 #51

It takes time. hamsterjill Jun 2015 #75

Yes, like a televangelist barking at you to put your hands on the TV set . . . hatrack Jun 2015 #103

I had the same thot as I watched Nikki oldandhappy Jun 2015 #115

I don't like guns. sheshe2 Jun 2015 #2

precisely BainsBane Jun 2015 #3

I do, too, she. calimary Jun 2015 #32

"I do, too, she. For my own reasons." sheshe2 Jun 2015 #41

So true. No person needs an arsenal. lovemydog Jun 2015 #133

Need has nothing to do with it, GGJohn Jun 2015 #135

. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #4

I posted about my grieving for the lost and of course got the usual from the gun CTyankee Jun 2015 #5

I'm ashamed all of those pintobean Jun 2015 #8

I don't really have it in me to fight with you or anyone right now... CTyankee Jun 2015 #10

I hear you, TheCowsCameHome Jun 2015 #14

So emotionally attacking gun owners is an appropriate response on such an occasion? hack89 Jun 2015 #24

Sadness, and anger with gunners are both totally reasonable and can and should exist simultaneously HERVEPA Jun 2015 #26

Because every gun owner is responsible? hack89 Jun 2015 #30

Because you don't need the fucking guns. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #33

That is the beauty of civil rights - need has nothing to do with it. hack89 Jun 2015 #39

I agree that you're clearly in love with your guns HERVEPA Jun 2015 #45

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #48

Quick to anger, eh? Awesome. bettyellen Jun 2015 #57

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #60

Yeah. It's too bad that so many people (guys) seem to Lilith Rising Jun 2015 #109

Just what one wants in a gun owner. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #147

I had a go around with this one in another post and he suddenly went silent corkhead Jun 2015 #169

Hack will be fine Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #179

See, if you are going to say something like kcr Jun 2015 #159

Thats not for you to determine for everyone else. N/T beevul Jun 2015 #83

And again, need has nothing to do with firearm ownership, GGJohn Jun 2015 #140

Amd a truly sad one HERVEPA Jun 2015 #146

That's your opinion, GGJohn Jun 2015 #148

sadly, as you know I never used those terms. It is why I am sad. CTyankee Jun 2015 #28

Fuck the nra is always appreciate! hrmjustin Jun 2015 #29

Standard opening salvo in the culture war battles hack89 Jun 2015 #31

Well i may or may not have anything intelligent to say. I leve you all to judge that. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #34

There are good reasons gun control is a smoking wreck in America hack89 Jun 2015 #35

Why does it upset you to see people attacking geek tragedy Jun 2015 #38

It is hard to be upset from where I stand hack89 Jun 2015 #46

I don't think gun control has ever been given a real chance. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #40

What in your mind is "gun control" ? nt hack89 Jun 2015 #47

Assault weapons ban for one. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #49

Why? hack89 Jun 2015 #53

Why should people be allowed such weapons? hrmjustin Jun 2015 #55

That is not an answer hack89 Jun 2015 #58

Why wouod you want it or need it? hrmjustin Jun 2015 #59

Because it is the most common rifle used for competitive target shooting hack89 Jun 2015 #62

I assure you as a gay man who has fought all my life for my rights that I understand how hrmjustin Jun 2015 #63

Then your hypocrisy is appalling. Nt hack89 Jun 2015 #64

Your advocacy for assalt weapons is appalling. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #66

+1 ThoughtCriminal Jun 2015 #77

What's an assault weapon? GGJohn Jun 2015 #86

Nice try. A for effort. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #88

Well, it is the truth, GGJohn Jun 2015 #92

Why should we have to justify why we want or need it? GGJohn Jun 2015 #82

Because they are obscene! hrmjustin Jun 2015 #84

What precisely makes them "obscene"? N/T beevul Jun 2015 #85

If you don't know i can not help you. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #87

Hey bud, its your viewpoint. beevul Jun 2015 #91

Well bud I think most on thix site get it. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #95

Thats not an explanation. beevul Jun 2015 #99

It is reality. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #102

Obscene is in the eyes of the beholder. GGJohn Jun 2015 #89

Can you defend not giving people the right to nukes? hrmjustin Jun 2015 #90

I don't need to defend an obvious ridiculous meme. eom. GGJohn Jun 2015 #94

Maybe because you agree with not allowing citizens the right to have these arms. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #98

Of course there are restrictions on the 2A, I've never said otherwise, GGJohn Jun 2015 #101

And *that* is why such legislation fails. X_Digger Jun 2015 #96

Fighting for assault weapons has nothing to do with civil rights. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #100

But someone involved in a civil rights struggle should surely know the criteria for restrictions. nt X_Digger Jun 2015 #104

I favor the Clinton ban on assault weapons. Should never had been allowed to expire. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #106

Right.. it resulted in turning over congress to the Repugnicans and increased AR-15 sales. X_Digger Jun 2015 #107

I would have kept the ban in place. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #108

Why? GGJohn Jun 2015 #110

Assult weapons are obscene. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #112

What's the difference in firing rates Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #181

I have no clue. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #183

None is the correct answer Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #185

Ok. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #186

So you're for selling more of them? (You do realize that the 'ban' was cosmetic, right?) X_Digger Jun 2015 #111

Make the ban stronger then. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #113

Lets hear your suggestion. X_Digger Jun 2015 #114

Anything that spews out a lot of bullets in a second or two should likely be banned. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #116

That's mighty vague. I can't address a vague proposal other than to say.. X_Digger Jun 2015 #118

Well it is my opinion. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #119

You're absolutely entitled to it. X_Digger Jun 2015 #121

Ok. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #123

So you would ban something you know nothing about? eom. GGJohn Jun 2015 #120

Yes. I would ban assult weapons. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #122

So you would ban GGJohn Jun 2015 #124

I don't know the names of guns. hrmjustin Jun 2015 #125

Ok, we'll agree to disagree. GGJohn Jun 2015 #126

He is totally iriotic comparing those to guns.... Logical Jun 2015 #131

Did you mean to address the other person? GGJohn Jun 2015 #138

Spot on. N/t beevul Jun 2015 #105

Because they are dangerous? treestar Jun 2015 #157

A gun is no more dangerous than a brick, GGJohn Jun 2015 #160

Bricks can be used to build buildings treestar Jun 2015 #161

Bricks just lay there until there's a human interaction to use it, GGJohn Jun 2015 #162

Problem: The RKBA is a constitutionally-protected individual right.... Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #177

Let's look at this from another direction. Liberal Veteran Jun 2015 #134

Every. Single. Time controllers poison the well with unending bans and controls. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #178

Or all perfectly fine ways to express frustration over those who feel innocent deaths... LanternWaste Jun 2015 #153

Respectfully, the controller/banners were in this firstist and mostist.. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #176

I stand with you on this awful issue. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #6

Thank you, California Peggy. BainsBane Jun 2015 #7

I mourn the dead Jack Rabbit Jun 2015 #9

Coverage of the terrorist attack in Charleston is smoke and mirrors, because MerryBlooms Jun 2015 #11

What do you even say to something like that? BainsBane Jun 2015 #12

Honestly, I have no idea... I just still feel sort of stunned. MerryBlooms Jun 2015 #23

Me too BainsBane Jun 2015 #42

Well, I alerted on it, but it had already survived 2-5. At least my effort means it gets.... Hekate Jun 2015 #70

at least he's off the "cloud seeding RIGHT FUCKING NOW" bandwagon MisterP Jun 2015 #27

is there a thread(s) you can link to for a little background? frylock Jun 2015 #15

Ummm BainsBane Jun 2015 #17

thanks frylock Jun 2015 #19

Dragging the gungeon into GD is productive. pintobean Jun 2015 #20

Coulda sworn this was the "Gungeon!" Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #180

That's your example of an OP on mourning? aikoaiko Jun 2015 #44

The OP is not the issue BainsBane Jun 2015 #50

They went to the Gungeon to stir up shit, got the result they wanted hack89 Jun 2015 #25

What a piece of work you are as you hopscotch through this thread. Hekate Jun 2015 #71

Well, you got the Gungeon in GD, now. I'll hop right on by... Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #182

Tho we have had our differences, in this I stand with you... 99Forever Jun 2015 #16

It is indeed a reign of terror BainsBane Jun 2015 #18

There is nothing wrong and everything right with using horrific events as calls to action etherealtruth Jun 2015 #22

A massacre in Australia spurred them to sensible gun control that has worked....tragedies Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #37

Exactly etherealtruth Jun 2015 #74

If you want to end them, yes they should BainsBane Jun 2015 #76

But that's the problem. Some don't want to stop such massacres. GGJohn Jun 2015 #139

The NRA and its supporters BainsBane Jun 2015 #141

... GGJohn Jun 2015 #142

Bullshit BainsBane Jun 2015 #143

You can say bullshit all you want, that doesn't change the fact that what you claim GGJohn Jun 2015 #144

More accurately, "isn't supported by what you yourself may or may not have seen." LanternWaste Jun 2015 #163

She was asked to provide links to any pro 2A threads started since the massacre in SC, GGJohn Jun 2015 #164

If it's as bullshit as you claim it is, kindly provide some links to those posts friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #145

I already did BainsBane Jun 2015 #166

You linked to another thread, with no quotes from any posts therein. Try again friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #172

Exactly! nt laundry_queen Jun 2015 #128

... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #43

The creation as imagined by the NRA BainsBane Jun 2015 #52

Explains the tiny penis too. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #56

. . . BainsBane Jun 2015 #68

So perfect, what you said. tblue Jun 2015 #54

The Unidead Stats of Ammomerica. nt valerief Jun 2015 #61

rec bigtree Jun 2015 #65

oh no mercuryblues Jun 2015 #67

Exact same argument BainsBane Jun 2015 #69

KnR Hekate Jun 2015 #72

I fucking HATE guns. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #73

Well, you're free to not own them, GGJohn Jun 2015 #127

Unfortunate, we are not free to not be shot by them BainsBane Jun 2015 #129

What a load. GGJohn Jun 2015 #130

What a load. Exactly. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #149

Thank you for agreeing with me. GGJohn Jun 2015 #150

Your stupid fist-bump aside, of course you know I wan't agreeing with you. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #151

Really? Gee, and here I thought we GGJohn Jun 2015 #152

For gunners. 3 (excuse me, 9) steps back, 0 steps forward. HERVEPA Jun 2015 #156

Not the way I see it, GGJohn Jun 2015 #158

Actually, people are free to kill. Consequences of that action however, are another thing. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #154

Actually, you're right GGJohn Jun 2015 #155

I don't think you're helping the gun cause at all. Nt Logical Jun 2015 #132

I disagree, and I'm just posting my opinion on a website. eom. GGJohn Jun 2015 #136

Tell that to the little kid who shot his friend with the loaded gun he found in daddy's dresser. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #165

k and r niyad Jun 2015 #79

The same ones her who claim to support awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #80

Exactly BainsBane Jun 2015 #81

The blood is on their hands, too. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #97

hillary clinton voted for death. SaranchaIsWaiting Jun 2015 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #117

Try anything and everything. lovemydog Jun 2015 #137

Is that what you guys were doing in the gun forum thread? beevul Jun 2015 #167

We are so fucked up... Left coast liberal Jun 2015 #168

Fucked up ... Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #170

My thoughts exactly BainsBane Jun 2015 #171

so sick of having to cater to the whims of COWARDS Skittles Jun 2015 #174

So nice you are Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #184

Oh Bains. Who was all over this with gunz, gunz, gunz, first? Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #175

Did the killer use a swimming pool this time? BainsBane Jun 2015 #188

Actually, you & your buddies are using the new banner approach: Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #189

BS. We ALL mourn the loss of life. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #187