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Good question tularetom Jul 2013 #1
Debunking the ‘gun control is racist’ smear CreekDog Jul 2013 #120
Yes. nt rrneck Jul 2013 #2
You think that's the answer? More guns? REALLY?!!!!!!! rdharma Jul 2013 #3
Actually, I asked some questions. Care to answer, rdharma? Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #4
Yes, that is the answer ExCop-LawStudent Jul 2013 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author DWC Jul 2013 #6
"An armed society is a polite society" rdharma Jul 2013 #9
In Somalia, only the warlords and their armies have guns. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #134
ExCoy Law Student was banned as a RW gun troll CreekDog Jul 2013 #110
I has a sad! rdharma Jul 2013 #135
Yes. Look at nature. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #133
Talking point taken directly from that one gun nut's video! rdharma Jul 2013 #136
What video? GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #138
The gun nut playing "President" video. rdharma Jul 2013 #140
Link? I've never heard of it. N/T GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #143
I avoid reposting links to RW propaganda. rdharma Jul 2013 #144
Never heard of itl. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #145
Your avatar is an anti-government bomb-making terrorist who uses extrajudicial killing & torture. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2013 #147
Race has nothing to do with it. DWC Jul 2013 #7
I am a 2nd Amendment supporter too.... rdharma Jul 2013 #10
Yeah, and I'm a gun control supporter ExCop-LawStudent Jul 2013 #11
Evidently we are NOT in agreement..... rdharma Jul 2013 #15
but only retainers for the local warlord have those gejohnston Jul 2013 #17
No. Not true. rdharma Jul 2013 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Jul 2013 #20
Sounds like we are in agreement DWC Jul 2013 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Jul 2013 #77
Questions and answers. Straw Man Jul 2013 #82
None. But I'd be more than willing to register every one of them that I have. rdharma Jul 2013 #91
So ... Straw Man Jul 2013 #97
No. Because more guns is not the answer. rdharma Jul 2013 #98
So we're back to the original topic. Straw Man Jul 2013 #101
You have contempt for the truth? rdharma Jul 2013 #103
No. Straw Man Jul 2013 #127
everyone should take personal safety seriously... ileus Jul 2013 #8
Paranoia will destroy ya! nt rdharma Jul 2013 #92
jeez, even your name is after a gun CreekDog Jul 2013 #12
But it's Eleanor's, a great liberal you should familiarize yourself with... Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #85
but you're celebrating her gun, not her CreekDog Jul 2013 #87
Weak effort. I support Eleanor's stance against the KKK. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #88
Right, but your name is about her gun, not her. CreekDog Jul 2013 #89
You know, Creek, whatever I answer you won't believe me. Right? nt Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #100
if you show me some posts where you've said something about Eleanor that didn't have to do with guns CreekDog Jul 2013 #102
...Like I said. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #107
You don't have any. So far, your accolades of her are actually for her gun, not her CreekDog Jul 2013 #109
What does it take for a "star member" to be PPRed? rdharma Jul 2013 #104
Why do you care? premium Jul 2013 #106
I'm not the one to ask about such machinations. Was it Creekdog you had in mind? nt Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #108
I'm a state handgun instructor Sequoyah441 Jul 2013 #14
What's a "state handgun instructor"? rdharma Jul 2013 #16
States with training requirements certify instructors hack89 Jul 2013 #38
What states are those? rdharma Jul 2013 #39
Texas is one. oneshooter Jul 2013 #40
Is your Google broken? nt hack89 Jul 2013 #41
Must be. rdharma Jul 2013 #43
Pretty easy to figure out that he made a typo rl6214 Jul 2013 #57
Pretty easy to see that he/she was trying to portray this "black guy" as a fool. rdharma Jul 2013 #59
You did see the part where he said the rl6214 Jul 2013 #67
Was that after the dog whistle? rdharma Jul 2013 #71
If there's a dog whistle rl6214 Jul 2013 #72
Or maybe you have poor hearing? nt rdharma Jul 2013 #74
Calif. is another. premium Jul 2013 #53
I believe that is a saftey training course. oneshooter Jul 2013 #129
Ok. premium Jul 2013 #130
To directly answer your question Sequoyah441 Jul 2013 #146
I see..... TX state "certified" and not employed by DPS or the state thanks nt rdharma Jul 2013 #148
Why, so they can be put on death row? BainsBane Jul 2013 #19
Moving past your personal insult, do you think black citizens should, Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #23
A black man would get life in prison for what Zimmerman did ... eom Kolesar Jul 2013 #30
Speculation. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #31
Probability ... eom Kolesar Jul 2013 #32
He'd be on death row BainsBane Jul 2013 #37
If you are against the death penalty, you agree with me. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #49
This Black vs White stuff is pure CRAP DWC Jul 2013 #51
You then believe the Justice System is devoid of any and all racism? LanternWaste Jul 2013 #58
No system is perfect DWC Jul 2013 #64
absurd BainsBane Jul 2013 #76
Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #94
Did you look at the death penalty stats? BainsBane Jul 2013 #121
I can not believe you said that. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #81
With all due respect you are wrong. Race is very much a part of the Criminal Justice system. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #79
never stopped you CreekDog Jul 2013 #111
I think very few people should carry a gun BainsBane Jul 2013 #36
If you believe "very few" should have Concealed-carry, who Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #50
There is a difference between what I think BainsBane Jul 2013 #69
I call BS on your racist comments. DWC Jul 2013 #68
Racism to you is not disparity in the judicial system, but someone pointing out BainsBane Jul 2013 #73
Equality is just that DWC Jul 2013 #95
That is not racist at all but reality. Just look at what happened to poor Trayvon! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #78
IMO Racism had nothing to do DWC Jul 2013 #105
So you think that the justice system is fair? hrmjustin Jul 2013 #113
That is a crock DWC Jul 2013 #116
So there is no racism in the judical system? hrmjustin Jul 2013 #117
Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #118
Liberals and progressives do not believe the system as is, is fair. We believe in admitting the hrmjustin Jul 2013 #119
Even the family lawyer Ben Crump admits it now gejohnston Jul 2013 #123
Don't you love it when others presume to speak for groups they don't belong to? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #131
Yeah, I remember that. Some controllers sound like shrill 60s-era libs... Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #132
Florida is a "shall issue" state. ... spin Jul 2013 #21
The 2A forum now knows that you don't have to state your race on your CCW application! .. eom Kolesar Jul 2013 #28
Well, the incident showed that.. jmg257 Jul 2013 #22
If African-Americans wanted a CCW, would you support that? Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #24
Why would it matter what kind of -Americans they were??? jmg257 Jul 2013 #25
It doesn't. It appears we are in agreement on CCW rights. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #27
Rights &/or privileges should be able to be enjoyed equally by all. jmg257 Jul 2013 #33
"extra credit:" Therein is the problem. Extra credit... Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #34
i didn't realize they all acted and thought as a unit CreekDog Jul 2013 #112
Some may arm themselves, meanit Jul 2013 #26
Most people of color that ceonupe Jul 2013 #29
the ubiquitous car seat slit for hiding jimmy the one Jul 2013 #35
Good way to get yourself shot rl6214 Jul 2013 #60
hardly a good way to get shot jimmy the one Jul 2013 #62
NEVER bluff with a gun. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #139
What kind of racist shit is this? Apophis Jul 2013 #42
What's racist about it? premium Jul 2013 #44
It's a stupid question. Apophis Jul 2013 #45
I guess we'll just have to disagree, premium Jul 2013 #46
I fail to see what is racist about my post. Could you explain? Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #52
You're asking if blacks will be out buying guns because of the GZ verdict. Apophis Jul 2013 #56
It's people like you that see racism in everything that are the problem rl6214 Jul 2013 #61
Jury Results... Pelican Jul 2013 #63
Did the alerter think I am racist against blacks? Apophis Jul 2013 #66
nick to eddie jimmy the one Jul 2013 #70
It wasn't your post that was alerted on, it was a reply to you (post 61) petronius Jul 2013 #75
I reject your insult. I pose the question to you: Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #90
Instead of flippant insults, deal with the questions. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #83
What, black people be angry and scared now so we all out buying guns? Apophis Jul 2013 #93
Again, you are off base with your charge of racism. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #96
Sure, why not? jeepnstein Jul 2013 #47
second motion needed, apply within jimmy the one Jul 2013 #48
On "persuading blacks" not to arm themselves: Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #54
wanna hear a funny joke? jimmy the one Jul 2013 #55
Well, I'm always open to humor. Let me know when it comes my way. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #86
The NRA (and Republicans) are pushing the "gun control is racist" canard! rdharma Jul 2013 #65
An African American population legally armed on a parity with whites does not disturb me. anomiep Jul 2013 #80
I concur, yet some accuse me of racism. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #84
because you called gun laws "Jim Crow" CreekDog Jul 2013 #114
I support all responsible adults DWC Jul 2013 #99
you only post on guns CreekDog Jul 2013 #115
fwiw, I'm definitely considering it... Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #122
This message was self-deleted by its author gejohnston Jul 2013 #124
do you consider the gun control laws in Illinois "Jim Crow" as the OP does? CreekDog Jul 2013 #125
I've only been to IL once in my lifetime, so I wouldn't really know Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #128
Note #128. Again. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #142
These are foreboding times. I think the opportunity Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #126
In Texas, in 2012, 7.10% of new CHLs were issued to blacks. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #137
I posted an article about women obtaining arms... Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #141
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