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167. "Dear" bothers you? People minding their own business getting slaughtered by guns bothers me.

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Mon Nov 30, 2015, 05:53 PM

Nov 2015

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Why Should 2/3 Of Americans Live In Fear Of The 1/3 That Owns Firearms [View all] Yallow Nov 2015 OP

What's with the flamebait theads today? eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #1

Four gun threads in one day by a poster with <500 posts? That question answers itself. nt cherokeeprogressive Nov 2015 #3

Makes one wonder. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #6

What's To Wonder - Another Day - Another Terrorist Act By Crazy Well Armed American Whackjob Yallow Nov 2015 #14

Yet I don't see nearly the concern from you for those that die by alcohol related deaths. GGJohn Nov 2015 #16

As I Do - What Is Reasonable? Yallow Nov 2015 #20

"As I Do - What Is Reasonable?" GGJohn Nov 2015 #23

I never get tired of posting the Democratic Platform about firearms. branford Nov 2015 #21

And once again silence from the OP Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #28

Yep TeddyR Nov 2015 #58

It's disturbing when the positions of the NRA are closer to the Democratic Platform than the OP. nt branford Nov 2015 #63

Perhaps the OP's position TeddyR Nov 2015 #74

I long ago learned to recognize the difference between true liberal Democrats branford Nov 2015 #77

I think the OP has an appointment with a few billy goats later, on a bridge. n/t X_Digger Nov 2015 #5

LOL. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #7

Not flamebait. Gunners should be embarrassed about their bad gun habits Hoyt Nov 2015 #11

The only one who should be embarrassed is an ex armed robber who..... GGJohn Nov 2015 #13

Sounds like someone Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #27

Oh yeah, that's exactly what's happening here. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #31

As part of the 2/3rds DBoon Nov 2015 #108

Maybe you should read the whole thread, GGJohn Nov 2015 #109

Don't live in fear? Facility Inspector Nov 2015 #2

But it is the gun owners who are living in fear. Why the FUCK would they need an arsenal if madinmaryland Nov 2015 #80

Lets see, I own several firearms. I don't own them out of fear, I really enjoy shooting them at the Waldorf Nov 2015 #81

Why do people like you always assume that those of us who have firearms GGJohn Nov 2015 #82

Lol! Squinch Nov 2015 #89

Glad you can laugh at yourself. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #92

That doesn't even make sense. But whatever. Squinch Nov 2015 #96

Neither did your previous post. GGJohn Nov 2015 #99

Well. It did to me and to the non-gungeoners who will read it. Squinch Nov 2015 #100

Oh, I get it, GGJohn Nov 2015 #102

No, just logical. Clearly there is not a lot of self-eflection going on with the gungeoners. Squinch Nov 2015 #103

Just logical? GGJohn Nov 2015 #104

That's nice, dear. But you also think any hint of a suggestion about reducing the availability Squinch Nov 2015 #106

Reductions by bans and confiscation? GGJohn Nov 2015 #107

Imagine my heartbreak. Nighty night, gungeon guy. See you next time there is Squinch Nov 2015 #111

Oh, don't worry, I'm not just in the RKBA group, GGJohn Nov 2015 #112

How condescending of you Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #128

"Dear" bothers you? People minding their own business getting slaughtered by guns bothers me. Squinch Nov 2015 #167

Hint of a suggestion? Straw Man Nov 2015 #153

You poor gungeon things. Is someone saying mean things to you? Just because there was another Squinch Nov 2015 #168

I'm curious, GGJohn Nov 2015 #170

Just what I thought. Straw Man Nov 2015 #172

Elitist attitudes on display sarisataka Nov 2015 #124

LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #125

All you guys crawl out of the woodwork Squinch Nov 2015 #169

And all you guys and girls crawl out of the woodwork and attack us every time there's another GGJohn Nov 2015 #171

See you and your civil friends next time there's a massacre, when you crawl out of the woodwork and Squinch Nov 2015 #173

I rest my case. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #175

Post a single link sarisataka Nov 2015 #174

+1000. GGJohn Nov 2015 #176

I have several firearms Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #127

Some fears are well founded DBoon Nov 2015 #113

The vast majority are unlikely to do any such thing. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #4

Please Doctor atreides1 Nov 2015 #8

If you are living in fear Egnever Nov 2015 #9

How does this thread fail? Let me count the ways... cherokeeprogressive Nov 2015 #10

I don't live in fear of gunowners NobodyHere Nov 2015 #12

Time will take care of this. onehandle Nov 2015 #15

Tick tock? GGJohn Nov 2015 #17

Laughing about gun violence is a thumb on that scale. onehandle Nov 2015 #19

Au Contraire, GGJohn Nov 2015 #21

The greatest predictor of future behavior, is past behavior... virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #67

Real life grave dancing at a liberal forum. onehandle Nov 2015 #120

Grave dancing? GGJohn Nov 2015 #123

Huh? virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #146

In another thread, you claim to be a gun owner. branford Nov 2015 #18

Nothing In Constitution Guarantees Angry Crazy People Can Have AK-47's Yallow Nov 2015 #25

And I am sure you know Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #29

Your willful ignorance of the Constitution is truly astounding. branford Nov 2015 #30

33,000 Dead Is No Statistical Anomality Yallow Nov 2015 #32

It will never be possible to keep all guns out of the hands of all mentally challenged people. GGJohn Nov 2015 #34

Around 35,000 - 49,000 people die from the 'flu every year in US. REP Nov 2015 #36

Out of 332 million? 1 percent if that. Not good but other problems in the country account for much yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #37

What percentage of legal gun owners are responsible for gun crime or deaths? branford Nov 2015 #38

Here are the numbers, as best as I can compute them (sources inline).. X_Digger Nov 2015 #71

Good analysis. branford Nov 2015 #73

The dead are just martyrs sacrificing their lives for the second amendment DBoon Nov 2015 #114

Gun control does not "limit constitutional protections" brentspeak Nov 2015 #83

Sigh... branford Nov 2015 #122

Hardly anyone is ever adjudicated as being a danger to themselves or others brentspeak Nov 2015 #129

Huh? branford Nov 2015 #134

So then the mother should not have been allowed have those weapons in the house brentspeak Nov 2015 #139

No. GGJohn Nov 2015 #141

I would have no issue with that. n/t brentspeak Nov 2015 #143

No. branford Nov 2015 #147

You have not demonstrated that brentspeak Nov 2015 #148

Ah, the old people who disagree with me are not liberal or real Democrats, branford Nov 2015 #150

The "old people"? brentspeak Nov 2015 #165

Lanza used his mother's firearms. And a direct person-to-person background check is not Waldorf Nov 2015 #135

NICS checks are not adequate brentspeak Nov 2015 #140

We have NICS. It works. It would work better if mental health issues were used in it, but thats Waldorf Nov 2015 #142

You keep saying you would "wait years" for approval brentspeak Nov 2015 #144

Yes I seem to remember a lady Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #157

She died because some psycho stabbed her to death brentspeak Nov 2015 #164

I haven't seen tanks or RPGs used in any crimes in the US TeddyR Nov 2015 #60

I seem to remember a stolen national guard M60 Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #130

Yep, I saw that movie also. GGJohn Nov 2015 #133

only person killed was the perp Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #158

Ooops, my bad. GGJohn Nov 2015 #161

Thank you, I missed that connection. uppityperson Nov 2015 #44

Anyone who shoots animals for "fun" is, IMO GGJohn Nov 2015 #45

Yep Yallow Nov 2015 #46

Well, GGJohn Nov 2015 #51

Yup.eom uppityperson Nov 2015 #52

I agree. branford Nov 2015 #61

I agree. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #64

Inflammatory language solves nothing. Eom uppityperson Nov 2015 #24

I fear you LittleBlue Nov 2015 #26

Absolutely Yallow Nov 2015 #33

Yes, the needle is moving, GGJohn Nov 2015 #35

Don't forget the firearm right-to-carry GIF branford Nov 2015 #40

Unless you explain to us how you have Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #49

Because 1/3 does not seem to give a shit. JanMichael Nov 2015 #39

More utter bullshit. GGJohn Nov 2015 #41

BS right back at you. We have too damned many in crazy hands in this country. JanMichael Nov 2015 #42

Ooooh, the inevitable penis reference. GGJohn Nov 2015 #43

Some have male genitalia on the brain it would seem. Can't get it out of their minds or imagination. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2015 #70

It is both mental and physical. I mean dick or vagina size mental and physical retardation. JanMichael Nov 2015 #85

Of course they don't DBoon Nov 2015 #115

WTF does the NRA have to do with this? GGJohn Nov 2015 #117

How many gun crimes do you think were committed this weekend TeddyR Nov 2015 #62

Focus On These Criminals Fine - Focus On All Other Criminals Too - Wall Street Yallow Nov 2015 #75

I take it you are a Donald Trump supporter, Yallow? NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #47

Right. An authoritarian state. Like Australia. Squinch Nov 2015 #84

I always laugh when I see this type of reply. NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #118

I live in bear country where people outside the city need their guns Warpy Nov 2015 #48

In Bear Country You Need Protection Yallow Nov 2015 #53

Agree!!! Well said!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2015 #57

How many people are forced to shoot a bear? rickford66 Nov 2015 #78

Mostly, they chase the bear away from their property Warpy Nov 2015 #119

Ban them all I say....gunz kill people! ileus Nov 2015 #50

Speaking of irrational fear... TipTok Nov 2015 #54

Because of the firearms industry, elleng Nov 2015 #55

Yallow, of course you are right that something needs to change. Squinch Nov 2015 #56

So what do you propose? TeddyR Nov 2015 #66

Hyperbole. Squinch Nov 2015 #76

the cowards come out of the woodwork at the mere SUGGESTION we may have a problem Skittles Nov 2015 #93

Yeah, we're all cowards because we oppose bans and confiscation. GGJohn Nov 2015 #94

Very fearful. Who knows what does this to people, but there you are. Squinch Nov 2015 #98

ibtl yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #59

I live in loathing of them, not in fear of them. Iggo Nov 2015 #65

As long as you don't attempt to use your "loathing" TeddyR Nov 2015 #68

I'll hate away either way, thanks. Iggo Nov 2015 #69

Works for me TeddyR Nov 2015 #72

Sorry but I and the other 80-100 million gun owners have decided to keep our firearms. Waldorf Nov 2015 #79

GUN HUMPERS HAVE WON Skittles Nov 2015 #86

Sorry, but none of my firearms have been bought out of fear or paranoia. I enjoy collecting them, Waldorf Nov 2015 #88

GUN HUMPERS HAVE WON Skittles Nov 2015 #91

Wow, gun humpers now in capital letters. Funny, I don't see any of the gun owners in this Waldorf Nov 2015 #95

IT WAS IN CAPITAL LETTERS BEFORE Skittles Nov 2015 #97

I wasn't the one arguing. Waldorf Nov 2015 #101

Naw man, you can keep cattle and pigs on other folks land and go in half. ileus Nov 2015 #105

Last season (Most recent) our cattleman got more than Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #160

Insults are all the have Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #131

And they celebrate murder onehandle Nov 2015 #121

Who does? Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #132

Link, or it's bullshit friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #137

It's bullshit, GGJohn Nov 2015 #145

Who is celebrating murder? I have not seen such a post. Waldorf Nov 2015 #138

Nor will you, as that claim is as bullshit as Trump's "Muslims cheered in Jersey City"... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #149

Lets call it what it is Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #159

and the rest of us will just have to live with periodic gun massacres DBoon Nov 2015 #110

I wasn't aware ... Straw Man Nov 2015 #155

Then you own the murders, suicides, accidents, and terrorist attacks. MillennialDem Nov 2015 #156

Nope, no I don't. The people who own those terrible things you mentioned are the ones who committed Waldorf Nov 2015 #166

Yeah you do as an accessory. If you didn't you'd be willing to disarm. MillennialDem Dec 2015 #177

Again, nope. The people who do this type of thing are the responsible ones. No, I will continue Waldorf Dec 2015 #178

So it's not our fault at all when we've armed terrorists in the middle east or MillennialDem Dec 2015 #179

Why would you want the 2/3 to live in fear? ManiacJoe Nov 2015 #87

Melt teh GUNZ!!11!1 aikoaiko Nov 2015 #90

*sighs* darkangel218 Nov 2015 #116

I don't live in fear. I'm not afraid to die. I'm Australian. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #126

I see no use for handguns Aerows Nov 2015 #136

I see a lower Constitutional protection for handguns, too. Recursion Nov 2015 #152

Homicide rates are lower now than at any point in the 20th century Recursion Nov 2015 #151

The problem is we don't all know it. People snap all the time. Live and Learn Nov 2015 #154

Same with cars Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #162

We shouldn't, and we don't. Captain Stern Nov 2015 #163