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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
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