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In reply to the discussion: M1 Carbine Imports Banned [View all]Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)61. Huh?
I'd get tombstoned for saying that stockbrokers who promote a culture of lawlessness are responsible for the crash in the housing market. Bullshit.
Not sure what analogy you are attempting to make here.
The people who are responsible for the crash of the housing market manipulated the laws so that everything they did was, for the most part, completely legal.
That's kind of the point of the Occupy movement - we are tired of people with money using that money to buy policy favorable to their financial interests.
But this has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
You are saying that someone has a "culture" that makes them more attractive to thievery and is therefore responsible for acts of theft committed against them.
If you said beautiful women were responsible for acts of sexual violence against them you'd be tombstoned. If you suggested that pretty much any other "culture" was responsible for crimes against them, you'd be tombstoned.
But you suggest that the "gun culture" makes the victim responsible for the theft of his guns and that's okey-dokey.
Not sure what analogy you are attempting to make here.
The people who are responsible for the crash of the housing market manipulated the laws so that everything they did was, for the most part, completely legal.
That's kind of the point of the Occupy movement - we are tired of people with money using that money to buy policy favorable to their financial interests.
But this has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
You are saying that someone has a "culture" that makes them more attractive to thievery and is therefore responsible for acts of theft committed against them.
If you said beautiful women were responsible for acts of sexual violence against them you'd be tombstoned. If you suggested that pretty much any other "culture" was responsible for crimes against them, you'd be tombstoned.
But you suggest that the "gun culture" makes the victim responsible for the theft of his guns and that's okey-dokey.
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Good news on the M1 Garands, but what a strange rationale for denying the M1 Carbines.
aikoaiko
Jan 2012
#2
Meanwhile, the ad for Big Five Sporting Goods in this morning's fishwrap is hawking...
slackmaster
Jan 2012
#3
Looks like the administration finally figured out that they had stepped in it.
Simo 1939_1940
Jan 2012
#4
You wouldn't understand this, but Simo 1939_1940 is supporting Democratics that way.
aikoaiko
Jan 2012
#6
How about people just leave the dang things at home. You guys could start tomorrow.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#23
I have never had a gun stolen in 30 years - and the threat has been steadily reduced for 20 years. n
hack89
Jan 2012
#40
Blame the victim for the crime. Where have we seen this vile shit before? n/t
PavePusher
Jan 2012
#41
So that was your single issue back then? -- Voting for candidate committed to bombing Vietnamese.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#12
I did not vote for the guy who promised to bomb people. Apparently, you liked that promise.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#18
All those beloved M1's would be a gold mine considering the prices of originals these days.
ileus
Jan 2012
#7
Detachable-magazine-fed rifles are not illegal in the US, nor have they ever been...
krispos42
Jan 2012
#8
I'm guessing he's never heard of the civilian marksmanship program, ever.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2012
#103
Yes, because thugs are really looking around for 3 foot long 10lb battle rifles.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2012
#102
And how exactly do you propose that paranoid people be prevented from owning a dozen guns?
Jean V. Dubois
Jan 2012
#70