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Starboard Tack

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92. People like you are part of a specific problem

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 03:51 PM

Dec 2011

You unwittingly supply guns to those who would use them with criminal intent and you are not held accountable when they are stolen. Instead, you get to call your insurance company, get a nice fat check and start all over again. Don't lose a wink of sleep. You perpetuate your own world. Buy, collect, lose, claim, buy, collect etc..
I don't like imposing restrictions on people, even gun owners, but you push tolerance to it's limits with your attitude. Eventually, those with such cavalier attitudes towards guns will become their own worst enemy. The pendulum will swing and eventually laws will be enacted that will make you accountable for your actions and inactions alike. Currently, gun owners are held accountable mostly by fate for their lack of responsibility. Maybe fate hasn't visited your world yet. Probably that magic ring you wear.

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What in the hell is wrong with people.A kid back from Afganistan is shot at his own party [View all] bigdarryl Dec 2011 OP

One of the reasons is the wide availablity of guns nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #1

Gun control is now the third rail of politics. That's a good thing, as far as I'm concerned. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #2

Things change, all I can tell you nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #3

Sure, things might change *eventually*...but not anytime soon. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #7

I would not count on that nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #8

Oh, I'm not. I think we can count on the absurd Assault Weapon Ban to be in the 2012 platform. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #10

Because we all need fully automatic FAL's to go hunting with an extended mag nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #22

You know better than that. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #24

Not where a few of our friends would like to go though nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #25

What do fully automatic weapons such as the FN FAL have to do with the AWB? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #27

Even the civilan version has that problem nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #28

You've lost me. What's "comedic" about the FN FAL? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #31

Check you safety nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #33

A Colt SAA can do the same thing when dropped with the hammer down. Why is that funny? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #35

As a medic who got to answer a few calls nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #37

To each their own, I guess... Abin Sur Dec 2011 #40

Well the cop who was playing with a 25 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #42

Of course he shouldn't have done that, it was a violation of every basic gun safety rule. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #44

If you do not get the humor nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #46

Sorry, I don't find people maiming theselves in a gun accident funny. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #49

In general I do not find guns funny or atractive nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #52

I don't find them particularly funny, myself. Attractive? That's another matter. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #54

Yup, when you know what they do for real nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #56

I certainly know that they can do for real. That doesn't mean they're not pretty. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #69

And your point? Yes they have artistic lines nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #70

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #71

That is true, but I cannot consider this pretty (graphic) nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #73

Neither do I. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #77

No it is not nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #79

I'm speaking of people's reactions to a method of death, *not* an animal's instincts. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #81

Tricky part about those fighters and tanks nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #85

Not so. Machine guns are legal in most states, and you can register a cannon Abin Sur Dec 2011 #87

What part of demiled are you missing? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #94

Cites for your claims? n/t PavePusher Dec 2011 #72

I love blue states. Looks good for the Dems in 2012. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2011 #17

Shhh demosincebirth Dec 2011 #13

Aren't guns great? Everyone should have at least 10. appleannie1 Dec 2011 #4

I have around 100, myself...here's my latest aquisition. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #6

That Post Is In Poor Taste, For A Thread Like This One. Paladin Dec 2011 #12

I was replying to someone who brought up the subject of people owning multiple guns, not the OP. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #14

Show Off Your Gun Photo In The Gun Control/RKBA Group, Not Here. Paladin Dec 2011 #23

Why? What's the bid deal about posting a picture of a vintage handgun? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #26

Show some respect for the victim. ellisonz Dec 2011 #61

+100 pinboy3niner Dec 2011 #64

I would point out that I was responding to someone who used the story to make their own point about Abin Sur Dec 2011 #67

Dancing in the victim's blood to advance an anti-gun agenda is, however, in good taste? nt hack89 Dec 2011 #86

I fail to see how showing a picture of my purchase disrespects the victim in any way, Abin Sur Dec 2011 #66

"has nothing whatsoever to do with the victim." ellisonz Dec 2011 #95

Side note: 'Paladin' was the star character in a TV show some decades ago pinboy3niner Dec 2011 #65

Have you served in the military? tabasco Dec 2011 #34

Yes to both. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #36

Too bad. tabasco Dec 2011 #53

My BIL, a vet of the bush in Nam nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #55

Of course, 100 guns, for when Obama takes them away you'll have a few left.... DainBramaged Dec 2011 #41

How is buying a collectable gun that will go in my safe spending money on "death"? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #47

Thank God for the 2nd Amendment. styersc Dec 2011 #5

Exactly!! If we allowed the same gun control that has long been required in every single democracy Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #11

Is Switzerland part of "every single democracy on the face of this Earth without exception"? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #15

and those guns in Switzerland are very much accounted for, It is ludicrous to imagine that there is Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #20

Speaking of the NRA, here a useful link Abin Sur Dec 2011 #29

Well Israelies have at home either an M-14 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #30

In the Czech Republic, you don't need a permit to carry a concealed handgun. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #32

The chechs also have a MUCH LOWER ownership ratio nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #39

I was speaking of gun laws, not ownership rates. As for the militia... Abin Sur Dec 2011 #43

Sad, if we have such an organized thing, which is NOT what the Founders nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #45

What part of "all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age" wasn't clear? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #48

Alas I am going over ORIGINAL INTENT nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #50

I'm certainly not going to melt them down! I plan to start selling them when I retire, Abin Sur Dec 2011 #57

If you're not targeted for theft because of your extensive collection... ellisonz Dec 2011 #62

Which is why they're insured against loss or theft. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #68

And you always have that magic ring. Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #88

You've identified what you consider to be a problem. What solution, if any, do you propose? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #89

People like you are part of a specific problem Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #92

Surely you can explain.... PavePusher Dec 2011 #74

You of course know, or perhaps not, that drill was required, once nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #75

You have failed to answer the question. PavePusher Dec 2011 #76

Actually it was in some municipalities, such as york town nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #78

Cite, please. n/t PavePusher Dec 2011 #80

My god, you really are getting difficult nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #84

Citing Michael Bellesiles?!?! "My god", indeed. PavePusher Dec 2011 #96

As I said, actual archives would be too much for you nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #97

Do you really think it's all about permits? Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #82

You don't know what the word "pornographic" means, do you? Abin Sur Dec 2011 #83

Yes your pix are what are known as gun porn Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #90

The term "gun porn" is normally used affectionately, not pejoratively. Abin Sur Dec 2011 #91

Yes we know that. By those who love their guns to the point of arousal. Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #93

I know a guy who sleeps with his DeathToTheOil Dec 2011 #98

Well, you do live in varmint country Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #100

Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #38

First, he wasn't defending this country DavidDvorkin Dec 2011 #9

What's a party without guns? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2011 #16

Sexier, IMO. Robb Dec 2011 #18

More polite of course.. Fumesucker Dec 2011 #19

this is one area that sets us apart from other "developed" "civilized" "first world" etc nations JI7 Dec 2011 #21

Suggested movie> Survivoreesta Dec 2011 #51

The shooter was a chickenshit. Shooting someone over a football game? LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #58

gun nuts prevail Skittles Dec 2011 #59

Too many pissed off people with too much access to guns. ellisonz Dec 2011 #60

Alcohol + armed people = stupidity all around. Selatius Dec 2011 #63

And yet state legislatures are legalizing guns in bars Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #101

You aren't going to find a lot of outrage here. YellowRubberDuckie Dec 2011 #99