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ZX86

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88. Snark at the people who claim we should do nothing

Sun Dec 6, 2015, 03:36 PM

Dec 2015

in the face of horrific gun violence. Snark at people who believe their hobby/fetish outweighs the safety of our family members at work or school. Snark at people who think the status quo is acceptable.

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Waco Shoot Out Gun Confiscation Fantasies [View all] ZX86 Dec 2015 OP

Because gunners are paranoids to start with. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #1

Because any time anybody starts talking about reasonable gun laws... MohRokTah Dec 2015 #2

Bans and confiscation are apart of all regulations. ZX86 Dec 2015 #3

Once you start on about bans, you lose people. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #5

Yes. Banning them. ZX86 Dec 2015 #8

No, that's not what gun control is about for anybody but the extreme. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #10

What do you think gun control is about? ZX86 Dec 2015 #12

Universal background checks to begin with MohRokTah Dec 2015 #17

We have bans right now and they are working. ZX86 Dec 2015 #21

Now you are comparing apples to horse shoes MohRokTah Dec 2015 #30

I beg to differ. ZX86 Dec 2015 #31

Again you compare apples to horse shoes MohRokTah Dec 2015 #41

Same tired arguments. ZX86 Dec 2015 #49

RPGs have never been in widespread legal use. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #50

Moving the goal posts. ZX86 Dec 2015 #64

I'm not moving anything. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #69

"Widespread legal use" is not in the Constitution. ZX86 Dec 2015 #73

Neither is "Separation of Church and State". MohRokTah Dec 2015 #74

SCOTUS standards change on whims. ZX86 Dec 2015 #77

N o, they really don't. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #79

Bush v. Gore overturned no precedent. ZX86 Dec 2015 #89

wrong. uncle ray Dec 2015 #51

Commercially, no. Privately, yes. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #36

You are wrong, one can still purchase a fully automatic machine gun Lurks Often Dec 2015 #60

Stop being silly. ZX86 Dec 2015 #62

I enjoyed pointing out that you were wrong Lurks Often Dec 2015 #95

Some information about machine guns that I was not aware of hillbillytom Dec 2015 #96

The ten year AWB is what created demand for the AR-15. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #11

Kind of hard to avoid gun control talk ZX86 Dec 2015 #13

It's the rhetoric that is the problem. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #15

Trust me. ZX86 Dec 2015 #18

When have bans worked? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #20

Bans work every day. ZX86 Dec 2015 #24

How did the ban on alcohol go? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #39

Your argument doesn't make sense. ZX86 Dec 2015 #46

Banning 300+ million guns, yeah, that'll work. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #65

Snark in the face of whole sale slaughter of innocents ZX86 Dec 2015 #75

This thread is based on your OP that is full of snark. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #82

Snark at the people who claim we should do nothing ZX86 Dec 2015 #88

There are lots of things that can be done about Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #91

Oh, but if it doesn't include bans or confiscation or gun centric measures.... beevul Dec 2015 #98

Ban them all. PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #52

Ok and 90% of people comply sarisataka Dec 2015 #71

Deal with them the same way all law breakers are dealt with. ZX86 Dec 2015 #81

So we increase our sarisataka Dec 2015 #85

Most people violate speed laws. ZX86 Dec 2015 #90

You said anyone with a gun sarisataka Dec 2015 #93

"You don't make laws depending on whether law breakers will follow them or not." beevul Dec 2015 #87

When a community becomes a safe haven ZX86 Dec 2015 #92

Tell me more. beevul Dec 2015 #94

I agree with you, for what it's worth Orrex Dec 2015 #43

+1 n/t X_Digger Dec 2015 #4

Reasonable gun laws wouldn't have prevented San Bernadino Matrosov Dec 2015 #54

Talk of bans and confiscations = GOP political victories. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #55

Rape laws don't prevent 100% of rape either. ZX86 Dec 2015 #68

Your post/thread in which your main goal Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #6

The reason for no reasonable gun control ZX86 Dec 2015 #7

I don't disagree that the gun lobby is powerful. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #9

In 2013? It would not have passed the House. Kang Colby Dec 2015 #23

You might be right. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #27

Nice, Minnesota is fantastic. Kang Colby Dec 2015 #35

We have a cabin and a couple hundred acres Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #37

Until a 2A supporter calls him a "gun grabber" that is... Wounded Bear Dec 2015 #45

There is no reasoning with folks that think the POTUS is coming fer their guuuuunnsss! Rex Dec 2015 #14

Those are nutty fantasies. Do you know what's just as big of a fantasy....? Kang Colby Dec 2015 #16

I would refer you to... ZX86 Dec 2015 #19

I put gun rights in the same category as gay marriage, marijuana legalization, and the first Kang Colby Dec 2015 #22

Gay marriage and marijuana ZX86 Dec 2015 #26

What dis President Obama, or congress, have to do with marijuana legislation? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #28

If sick people didn't do those things with firearms... Kang Colby Dec 2015 #33

Strange question like ZX86 Dec 2015 #38

Our black president has expressed support Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #40

Just like they did for ZX86 Dec 2015 #47

So what? Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #66

Every fear real and imagined sells more guns in right wing world. ZX86 Dec 2015 #70

Impressive ryan_cats Dec 2015 #25

I'll take your pic and raise you two. ZX86 Dec 2015 #29

Makes you wonder what women gun owners are compensating for Major Nikon Dec 2015 #44

Penis envy. ZX86 Dec 2015 #48

By and large, women don't hang "Bumper Nuts" from their trucks either Orrex Dec 2015 #58

It was never anything more than psychobabble to begin with Major Nikon Dec 2015 #59

I don't believe that it was put forth as a serious clinical diagnosis Orrex Dec 2015 #61

So the only difference seems to be with the low hanging fruit Major Nikon Dec 2015 #63

No Orrex Dec 2015 #67

You just described how it is low hanging fruit Major Nikon Dec 2015 #72

You are attempting to declare all rhetorical weakness as off-limits Orrex Dec 2015 #76

I'm not declaring anything off limits Major Nikon Dec 2015 #80

I am using the vernacular of gun apologists Orrex Dec 2015 #83

Sure, everyone is in on the joke, so that makes it OK Major Nikon Dec 2015 #84

I would like you to explain, in detail, how a male can be sexist against males Orrex Dec 2015 #104

I get that you've created your own definition for the term Major Nikon Dec 2015 #105

I find you boring and sanctimonious Orrex Dec 2015 #107

Man, all this PenisTalk� & "low-hanging fruit" is kinda steaming up the joint! Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #99

Easy enough to institute in CT & NY. And so far has survived court challenges. Compliance jmg257 Dec 2015 #32

LOL! K&R'd Photographer Dec 2015 #34

They pretend liberals are Nazis and will go door to door ransacking house for guns. librechik Dec 2015 #42

You mentioned the "N word." You mean "NRA?" Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #100

+1 n/t librechik Dec 2015 #103

That sounds like something that would work in Australia, but we are not as smart or LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #53

And yet Munificence Dec 2015 #56

The level on debate on gun control ZX86 Dec 2015 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2015 #97

Ah, but takes $, time, energy and know-how. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #101

Gun rights organizations have to stoke the fears to keep people paying dues. hollowdweller Dec 2015 #57

I agree. While nationwide, gun control may be a more popular issue Calista241 Dec 2015 #106

...free admission to a Toby Kieth concert in Gulf Shores, AL. cheapdate Dec 2015 #78

I dont want to risk WH or SC with overly aggressive ban talk at this time, given nothing can happen randys1 Dec 2015 #102