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In reply to the discussion: Ban guns? I have ONE word to answer that notion... HALABJA [View all]michreject
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Ban guns? I have ONE word to answer that notion... HALABJA [View all]
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
OP
That's a defense for the notion of giving up your guns to the government?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#10
Really? Because how the fuck can your personal gun protect against a military gas attack?
GaYellowDawg
Jul 2012
#4
"You have no idea how to construct a rational or logical argument to support your position."
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#77
Fact check: We have had Kent State, the Hooverville massacre and the Whiskey rebellion
TeamPooka
Jul 2012
#101
So now you're advocating MILITARY GAS ATTACKS in order to confiscate guns?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#8
I am honestly starting to think there is something seriously wrong with you.
GaYellowDawg
Jul 2012
#11
MY personal gun and those of my neighbors keep the government from running roughshod over not only
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#20
There you are, making a case for the government taking over IN YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#46
Jayzus, are you drunk or something? Stop the drunk posting, its bad for you
riderinthestorm
Jul 2012
#54
We don't live in the UK, the Netherlands, or "most industrialized nations".
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#84
If we beat the military some way, you might not like who takes over with their guns.
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#90
In the simplistic world-view of gun-worshipers and other RWers, it's everything or nothing.
baldguy
Jul 2012
#25
The government already tells you what you can do with your own body in the privacy of your home..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#7
The government DOES NOT tell me what I can do with my body in the privacy
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#13
The drug war won't and hasn't caused the gubmint to come to my door looking for contraband.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#23
How many houses on a street are you going to subject to NO KNOCK RAIDS?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#40
For no good reason. Send them to confiscate the guns of American citizens? They'll die by the
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#51
If the law is changed to make your guns illegal then you will be breaking the law..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#57
Silly me, I just realized I'm engaging in a contest of wit with an unarmed person..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#81
Am I legally permitted to chop up some lines and snort rails at home?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#26
Actually it sounds like you'd advocate OUR government deciding what my rights are OUTSIDE
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#53
You don't even belong in this discussion. This isn't about taking your rights away.
upaloopa
Jul 2012
#37
I depend on the Armed Forces of the United States to protect me from foreign dictators.
hedgehog
Jul 2012
#96