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I read that post, and I agree. But, to many, it just seems so much simpler to outlaw guns. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #1
Meanwhile the NRA and their buddy gun manufacturing industry is busy selling guns to children Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #2
seriously? discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #3
First thing I thought of: "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL NO!" friendly_iconoclast Aug 2014 #4
and it ain't over now... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #5
Straight from the church of the sub genius...so it must be true. ileus Aug 2014 #26
I had to Google it, not being a member myself. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #9
Never heard of Crickett rifles? Put that in your Goggle and fire it. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #12
You should check out their "Banquet Program Package", two pink and two black Cricketts! NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #15
The NRA and gun manufacturers are joined at the hip, so yes, the NRA does sell them...happy to Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #17
Hell my son can't even buy ammo for his pellet or airsoft guns ileus Aug 2014 #27
Is this an Onion piece? IronGate Aug 2014 #6
Military style assault rifles are WMD's by definition. The police are up against a nation of WMD Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #7
This has got to be an Onion piece, IronGate Aug 2014 #8
WMD: weapons of minimal destruction. ileus Aug 2014 #28
Now you're just making stuff up. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #10
Just keep makin' stuff up - it's very persuasive DonP Aug 2014 #11
weap·on of mass de·struc·tion sarisataka Aug 2014 #13
Non-automatic centerfire .22's DEFINITELY fall under that definition!!! benEzra Aug 2014 #29
So.... sarisataka Aug 2014 #14
Either/or works for me: Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #16
Hey,this is an overture. Be nice and contribute to a conversation. nt flamin lib Aug 2014 #18
By far the largest problem is handguns acalix Aug 2014 #19
Assault weapons are a symptom of a larger problem and flamin lib Aug 2014 #21
Go only after handguns. acalix Aug 2014 #22
I'm with ya on all that. Don't see the need for a total ban on short guns but I'm not in favor of flamin lib Aug 2014 #23
And a good case for armies to exchange their guns for knives, which kill more people than long guns. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #32
Straw man acalix Aug 2014 #38
being a word usage nazi, gejohnston Aug 2014 #39
Well we got off to a fine start! Ignore the flame bait and stay on topic, there is promise here. flamin lib Aug 2014 #20
I give flamers sarisataka Aug 2014 #24
It looks like just you and me. As I said in that other thread, nobody in this group wants flamin lib Aug 2014 #31
When a child holds a gun, the child is the gun owner. By definition a 9 year old is not a Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #33
I believe we have lurkers sarisataka Aug 2014 #35
As you have previously stated, however... derby378 Aug 2014 #44
question about this armory gejohnston Aug 2014 #45
The only an armory could pass Constitutional muster is if its voluntary derby378 Aug 2014 #46
Controversial opinion acalix Aug 2014 #25
I don't recall suicide being in the op. nt flamin lib Aug 2014 #30
A lot of people here use it as an argument acalix Aug 2014 #40
Read Final Exit from the Hemlock Society. flamin lib Aug 2014 #41
Keep in mind... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #34
I know there are a lot of sarisataka Aug 2014 #36
"Some of it is beneficial without even being restrictive." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #42
Be honest, for every "total ban" type there's a SAM owner. flamin lib Aug 2014 #37
SAM discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #43
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