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12. seems there'd be a lot of butt hurt,

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Fri Oct 9, 2015, 05:33 PM

Oct 2015

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What If We Made Gun Culture Uncool Like We Did Cigarettes? [View all] onehandle Oct 2015 OP

NRA: America's Isis stone space Oct 2015 #1

Words mean things; and your post indicates you have very little experience jonno99 Oct 2015 #6

Let's see 'words mean things'. Now where have i heard that before? Kingofalldems Oct 2015 #14

He must have trained you well. He's not my go to guy... nt jonno99 Oct 2015 #16

Are you suggesting that they don't? TipTok Oct 2015 #19

Umm, scores of successful writers? Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #35

Oops. Kingofalldems Oct 2015 #37

Ooops. Hundreds of writers linked to Rush! Wow, who'd thunk? Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #39

Do you think ISIS can be beaten by wearing buttons? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #20

The NRA is killing our children. Somebody has to stand up to them. stone space Oct 2015 #25

So, again, it's just hyperbole. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #26

So, go to their HQ and stand up to them. GGJohn Oct 2015 #59

Your thread's a little late. branford Oct 2015 #2

Yeah, been goin' on for years. Great results. yeah. like a champ. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #38

Let me know when the White House grounds become a "gun free zone". Then we can jonno99 Oct 2015 #3

or another way to say it, when gun owners stop murdering people by the thousands nt msongs Oct 2015 #4

If we could somehow, right now, make every single gun disappear from the face of the earth, there jonno99 Oct 2015 #8

Shame on you for parroting NRA Talking Points! stone space Oct 2015 #9

I really don't give two shakes of a lambs tail about the NRA, but to equate them jonno99 Oct 2015 #11

Yet you parrot the NRA's talking points. stone space Oct 2015 #13

I'm sorry you feel that way, but it doesn't change anything I've stated. Your button is a jonno99 Oct 2015 #17

In your view, anything not anti-gun, even slightly, is an nra talking point. beevul Oct 2015 #28

The specific NRA Talking Point in question here. stone space Oct 2015 #29

I said nothing about the nra. I said something about you. beevul Oct 2015 #30

Do try to keep up. Personal attacks just make you look foolish. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #33

It wasn't a personal attack, it was an accurate observation. beevul Oct 2015 #34

We are talking about a very specific NRA Talking Pont here. stone space Oct 2015 #36

YOU are talking about some nra talking point. I am not. beevul Oct 2015 #40

Do you always attack folks personally at first sight? (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #42

See post 34. N/T beevul Oct 2015 #43

You can't defend this NRA Talking Point with a personal attack. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #45

See post 34. N/T beevul Oct 2015 #47

Personal attack. Nothing more. stone space Oct 2015 #48

See post 34. N/T beevul Oct 2015 #51

In defence of an indefensible NRA Talking Point. stone space Oct 2015 #53

See post 34. N/T beevul Oct 2015 #54

Personal attacks just make you look foolish. GGJohn Oct 2015 #61

No, I'm not alone in this. The White House denounced it, as well. stone space Oct 2015 #55

We would have to also target gang culture Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #5

Yes, and don't give up so easily on this idea dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #18

I think it could happen Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #21

It's up to us... dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #24

I'm not so sure. qwlauren35 Oct 2015 #63

The Graphic Is Deceptive. I know some will not think so, But... NonMetro Oct 2015 #7

Only cigarettes can't protect lives. ileus Oct 2015 #10

In the aggregate, guns don't protect lives, but possibly some fragile egos. Hoyt Oct 2015 #23

The CDC disagrees. N/T beevul Oct 2015 #27

You need to look up meaning of "aggregate." Fact is, your precious gunz take more innocent lives Hoyt Oct 2015 #31

You're still wrong hoyt. beevul Oct 2015 #32

Give me a break, Zimmerman is considered a "defensive use." Hoyt Oct 2015 #44

Thats the best you can do? beevul Oct 2015 #46

seems there'd be a lot of butt hurt, KG Oct 2015 #12

True, but the pro controllers/banners should be used to it by now. n/t oneshooter Oct 2015 #60

Bring out the fainting couch! nt onehandle Oct 2015 #65

Why? GGJohn Oct 2015 #66

Guns are as uncool as cigarettes. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #15

A necessary part of the cultural change n/t Matrosov Oct 2015 #22

I will vote to recall any politician who uses public money to fund this anti-gun campaign LittleBlue Oct 2015 #41

Wow! That's pretty extreme! stone space Oct 2015 #49

Because it is a political position and against the constitution LittleBlue Oct 2015 #50

Your interlocutor wishes to ban all guns. beevul Oct 2015 #52

Cool story, bro. nt onehandle Oct 2015 #57

Lmfao who here is living in a fairy tale? LittleBlue Oct 2015 #58

Gun culture is about Turbineguy Oct 2015 #56

The reality is that there is not just one culture in the country. Yo_Mama Oct 2015 #62

How about if we make Authoritarians uncool, just like the people who want to stick their noses in Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #64

Right idea - but you can't "make it" happen quaker bill Oct 2015 #67

Then all the cool kids who smoke will have guns making the non smoking, non gun toting kids uncool YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #68