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ProgressiveProfessor

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57. And I live where they are mandatory if you are going to survive
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 01:09 PM
Jul 2012

All the ninja moves in the world will do jack in my neighborhood.

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About guns, [View all] MadHound Jul 2012 OP
In my 59 years on this Earth... 99Forever Jul 2012 #1
Oh, I'm quite handy with my fists, MadHound Jul 2012 #2
Nothing makes a.. 99Forever Jul 2012 #12
"Automatic weapons" 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #24
Tell that to ... 99Forever Jul 2012 #27
The guy in CO did not have an automatic weapon 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #31
So fucking what? 99Forever Jul 2012 #37
You made a reference to automatic weapons 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #39
Again.. 99Forever Jul 2012 #43
To the dead? I don't suppose anything makes a difference 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #45
That's no fucking answer at all. 99Forever Jul 2012 #56
No, it was a fine answer 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #62
If you wish to be regarding seriously, yes, it does. Marengo Jul 2012 #40
It makes quite a significant difference Trunk Monkey Jul 2012 #65
The point is having a shot gun should not be illegal but movonne Jul 2012 #53
What does a machine gun have to do with the tragedy in Colorado? DonP Jul 2012 #61
Who in this scenario had a machine gun? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #63
Is everyone else's life experience identical to yours? Marengo Jul 2012 #4
Nice strawman beatdown. 99Forever Jul 2012 #10
So, the answer is no I take it? Marengo Jul 2012 #36
Here is a 66 year old woman 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #22
It boggles the mind that people who are able to take "self-defense" courses think shadowrider Jul 2012 #33
It would make more sense if victims and criminals were roughly on par 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #38
And I live where they are mandatory if you are going to survive ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #57
Move. 99Forever Jul 2012 #58
Where? ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #59
Somewhere where... 99Forever Jul 2012 #68
I view weapons as tools...and teach others to do the same ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #69
Why should he? Trunk Monkey Jul 2012 #66
I usually just mind my own business and avoid confrontation. Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #3
I think most people avoid confrontation MadHound Jul 2012 #5
Can your 12 guage shout 60 rounds a minute? grattsl Jul 2012 #6
So again, how do you convince those thousands and thousands MadHound Jul 2012 #7
I haven't asked them to yet. grattsl Jul 2012 #11
Actually I can get pretty close to a round a second with my pump shotgun MadHound Jul 2012 #18
So wouldn't be smarter to not give that access to those crimanals? grattsl Jul 2012 #21
Criminals break into houses when the owners are not home and steal them Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #25
Criminals would have no access if these guns were not on the market in the first place. grattsl Jul 2012 #30
Let's assume for one second you get your way. Gun manufacturers are put out shadowrider Jul 2012 #46
Gun manufacturers out of business is NOT my way, NRA yes that's a start. grattsl Jul 2012 #64
Can you show me where I said the following?: shadowrider Jul 2012 #67
"you cannot control supply" If I assumed that meant control is impossible tell my what you meant grattsl Jul 2012 #70
I believe the odds of defending yourself v a death in the family from the gun is 46-1 Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #23
Here is a video from Rachel Maddow's show Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #44
You don't see the irony in your statement? The NRA defends gun rights shadowrider Jul 2012 #35
If teabaggers can call Obama a Nazi, I have no problem calling the NRA a terrorist organization! grattsl Jul 2012 #48
You are aware the NRA supported legislation bringing about NICS, right? n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #54
I respect your opinion. Tell me, if you want NRA members on the terror watch list shadowrider Jul 2012 #55
The real argument here is long term solutions v short term fixes Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #8
I think that long term solutions are indeed the best bet. MadHound Jul 2012 #14
Judging from the last 30 years, 2050 should be very safe. hack89 Jul 2012 #15
but the frequency of these mass murders are increasing Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #26
Tens of millions of lawful gun owners hack89 Jul 2012 #42
Why don't we change the terms of the conversation so that .. ananda Jul 2012 #9
What do you consider unregulated? MadHound Jul 2012 #13
Exactly the problem. It should not have been legal for him to buy these. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #29
So those 20,000 gun laws in America are not regulations? Didn't know that. nt hack89 Jul 2012 #16
Because that would be factually untrue. There are many, many regulations and laws involving guns. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #17
So, do you think I should have said.. ananda Jul 2012 #19
I think that is a more defensible statement of the current state of affairs. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #32
Sheesh shadowrider Jul 2012 #41
If you mean unregulated as in permatex Jul 2012 #28
I never thought about owning a gun until an incident at my house last year. Brickbat Jul 2012 #20
While I support your decision permatex Jul 2012 #34
One of my good friends here was a small-arms weapons instructor in the Marines. Brickbat Jul 2012 #49
Just what the doctor ordered permatex Jul 2012 #50
No point in doing it half-assed or wrong. Brickbat Jul 2012 #51
I wouldn't have taken it the wrong way permatex Jul 2012 #52
Tell ya' what, you go and argue your point with the families of the victims.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #47
What are you going to say to the literally thousands of people who have been killed with a gun? AndyA Jul 2012 #60
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