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You want people to give up their guns? [View all] B2G Dec 2015 OP

Oh horseshit. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #1

So you are more concerned with removing self defense options B2G Dec 2015 #2

Your fucking Gunz are not making society safer. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #4

Maybe you need to re-read the OP B2G Dec 2015 #5

Agreed Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #13

perhaps your buddies at the NRA can look them up for you Skittles Dec 2015 #14

Your guess is very wrong pediatricmedic Dec 2015 #28

Just a guess, but my guess is his guess was sarcasm ;-) JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #33

I don't know. How many rapes were prevented when a gun was pulled? yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #26

Don't know about rape, but a lot of guns get flashed when some white wing gunner Hoyt Dec 2015 #70

Uh huh. GGJohn Dec 2015 #72

My firearms are doing no such thing. eom. GGJohn Dec 2015 #71

Just trying to even the playing field. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #12

Get a dog. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #46

.... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2015 #76

How did I ever make it out of grade school Kelvin Mace Dec 2015 #3

Yeah, sometimes I wonder how I have gotten this far in smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #34

Yeah all my friends who moved out to the burbs all have guns now. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #52

That's what I want to ask treestar Dec 2015 #95

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I really want a phaser B2G Dec 2015 #8

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God who are you.? busterbrown Dec 2015 #21

"Phaser" not "taser" kentauros Dec 2015 #39

OOPs.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #43

A phaser, not a taser. Something to stun them long enough to subdue them until police get there. We ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #44

I mentioned an oops to my post. busterbrown Dec 2015 #69

Hell of a reload time on that baby. Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #16

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And the jury results are in.... aikoaiko Dec 2015 #7

Ok juror 5 made me lol. Nt B2G Dec 2015 #9

A censorship bully... AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #49

Candidate for Most Moronic Alert EVAR. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #68

Oh Please... busterbrown Dec 2015 #11

and comments like yours lancer78 Dec 2015 #15

Please again.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #18

and your tirade lancer78 Dec 2015 #22

Conflating the ant-abortion movement with NRA argument busterbrown Dec 2015 #31

That was a great way to put this NT canosoviejo Dec 2015 #78

Many states have strict gun laws yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #29

And thats a good thing..But they have.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #77

Unless busterbrown is a gun owner, he isn't a part of the problem. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #91

Moot, not mute. Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #25

And you wonder why gun control is such a smoking wreck in this country? GGJohn Dec 2015 #73

Giving people crack cocaine for guns might work... hunter Dec 2015 #17

I wonder how many guns are in the White House right now NobodyHere Dec 2015 #96

Call the cops. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #20

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You trust them? Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #24

Do you trust neighbors with guns? Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #27

I trust myself, who owns one. Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #30

Statistically everyone in the US either has a gun or has a neighbor with one... pipoman Dec 2015 #32

Not in Massachusetts. We have a very low rate of gun ownership. smirkymonkey Dec 2015 #35

A lot more than cops. GGJohn Dec 2015 #74

Like they will respond instantly... AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #55

Seriously? Call the cops? forthemiddle Dec 2015 #67

Some people dont understand what its like living in a rural area Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #79

There truly is a disconnect in rural vs urban forthemiddle Dec 2015 #85

Bullshit madokie Dec 2015 #36

I have one but you won't like it.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #37

That's my solution as well. kentauros Dec 2015 #41

Step #1: Make pot legal. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #45

Although I won't partake kentauros Dec 2015 #47

A taser? A nice long cattle prod? Rex Dec 2015 #38

There are no six round taser guns on the market AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #54

And tasers don't always work AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #58

No, I will stick with proven technology.. virginia mountainman Dec 2015 #40

^^ What he said. NT pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #42

Is there any evidence that possession of firearms is a viable and effective means of self-defense? Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #48

Guns are overkill for self defense, but the best non-lethal weapon is not good enough AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #50

You are immediately conceding to his point that guns are effective for self defense, he has yet... Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #53

Ive done quite a bit of research on self defense weapons. I don't see anything else that is... AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #56

That's not what I was talking about, I was talking about whether its effective as self defense in... Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #57

Which is why I wouldn't want to have a gun. Having access to lethal force creeps me out AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #59

Not sure of your point, guns won't protect against home invasion, statistically. N/t Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #62

they are living in a Hollywood movie treestar Dec 2015 #97

How about advancing net gun technology? AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #51

This is still childish paranoid thinking. You aren't John Wayne, this isn't a movie and grown-ups leeroysphitz Dec 2015 #60

That sounds privileged to me. There are people out there who are not tall or big AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #61

And guns are supposed to help protect you? n/t Humanist_Activist Dec 2015 #63

It is priveleged. It's the priveledge of living in a civil society... leeroysphitz Dec 2015 #65

I imagine short, skinny, drug dealers would meet your description. Vinca Dec 2015 #66

I got through my youth as a skinny girl treestar Dec 2015 #98

maybe DustyJoe Dec 2015 #64

Why would you need an alternative to something that's counterproductive to begin with? Major Nikon Dec 2015 #75

I agree with all of that. polly7 Dec 2015 #80

Whatever need there is for them, security is not one of them Major Nikon Dec 2015 #81

True, but I'm mostly thinking of protection from predators ..... polly7 Dec 2015 #84

A secure door and a panic bunker MillennialDem Dec 2015 #82

Unrec. Hepburn Dec 2015 #83

Semi-automatics? Yes. I want them to give up their guns. Absolutely. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #86

And here's why any kind of discussion on guns is pointless. AngryOldDem Dec 2015 #87

Who wants people to give up their guns? yardwork Dec 2015 #88

Yes, but they heard someone say it, so now they are going all Alamo on it. Squinch Dec 2015 #89

A very significant chunk of DU for a start. whatthehey Dec 2015 #90

Deep down inside, gun nuts really want to kill people. alarimer Dec 2015 #92

Is someone who ones one firearm B2G Dec 2015 #93

I was thinking of some compromises treestar Dec 2015 #94