Gun Control & RKBA

Hoyt

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6. The "we're gonna take our country back . . . .from the Black guy" bunch flooded gun stores in 11/08.

Reply to burf (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 03:52 PM

Feb 2012

Now, I suspect more and more people are arming up because their stupid neighbor is too.

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Barack Obama, "Greatest Gun Salesman in America" [View all] burf Feb 2012 OP

Republicans and right wingers have been successful in scaring the crap out of Americans... rfranklin Feb 2012 #1

My copy of the latest edition of "American Rifleman".... Ezlivin Feb 2012 #2

it's just copy n paste BS from the clinton era.. frylock Feb 2012 #12

It's even older than that gejohnston Feb 2012 #20

And they passed the 94 AWB during his presidency rl6214 Feb 2012 #22

do you have guns at home now? frylock Feb 2012 #24

They just keep banging the drum... BiggJawn Feb 2012 #13

"The SCROTUS is going to overturn the 2nd Amendment? The same SCROTUS that gave us "Citizen's United rl6214 Feb 2012 #23

They would be violating stare decisis to do so. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #120

I read a friends from time to time and laugh at how then NRA scares GOP voters into donating money. Logical Feb 2012 #19

Obama was right about safeinOhio Feb 2012 #3

+1 ellisonz Feb 2012 #7

guns OR bibles, I believe is the quote . . . Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #10

I cut my bible out and put my LCP inside of it. ileus Feb 2012 #26

"their"? Aren't you a gun owner? aikoaiko Feb 2012 #28

Yep, and your point is? safeinOhio Feb 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author aikoaiko Feb 2012 #30

You assume wrong. I don't own a bible. aikoaiko Feb 2012 #32

Just like you owning a gun safeinOhio Feb 2012 #33

But you said Obama was right. Are you saying he is nuts and right? aikoaiko Feb 2012 #34

Nope, that is not what I said. safeinOhio Feb 2012 #87

Are now saying that working class voters in your neck of the woods are extremists? aikoaiko Feb 2012 #118

Oh we never denied it. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #113

Could the economy not the president have more to do with the increase in hunting licenses? Glassunion Feb 2012 #4

don't go getting logical with this group....pay no attention to the economy behind the curtain Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #9

ruger success = LCP, LC9, SR series and now the 1911 ileus Feb 2012 #5

The death of Bill Ruger did wonders for that company. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #114

The "we're gonna take our country back . . . .from the Black guy" bunch flooded gun stores in 11/08. Hoyt Feb 2012 #6

Bank robbery, 3 gas station hold-ups, and a murder-suicide... BiggJawn Feb 2012 #14

I'll bet someone's dang gun was used in all that. Hoyt Feb 2012 #15

The bank robber isn't feeling so hot tonight. BiggJawn Feb 2012 #17

Maybe they will get someone to send them flowers. n/t burf Feb 2012 #18

guns kill and rob people don't you know... ileus Feb 2012 #16

Where does that put Brownie? gejohnston Feb 2012 #8

He was contributing by the "heck of a job he was doing"! burf Feb 2012 #11

Once people get into the hobby, it grows, like any hobby. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #21

Gun ownership is hobby? ellisonz Feb 2012 #25

SD, plinking, competition, hunting, collecting....so many types, all protected by the 2A ileus Feb 2012 #27

Those two are not mutually exclusive. I collect firearms as a hobby. slackmaster Feb 2012 #31

Writing can be a hobby, can it not? Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #35

A pen as an object... ellisonz Feb 2012 #36

Quite true, and utterly irrelevant. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #37

Writing can also be very serious. ellisonz Feb 2012 #38

I don't understand the hand-wringinging. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #40

I recently brought up the subject of the Kel-Tec KSG Shotgun in another thread. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #43

Rather than argue with you about the deleterious effects of your misinterpretation... ellisonz Feb 2012 #45

"State" is also singular. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #50

The Milita was intended to secure the United States of America... ellisonz Feb 2012 #51

Then why didn't they have one single national militia? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #54

Or, there is some research on the matter burf Feb 2012 #56

Ahh... ellisonz Feb 2012 #69

If that's all you got. burf Feb 2012 #86

You are leaving out the third purpose of the Militia. PavePusher Feb 2012 #81

Which is? ellisonz Feb 2012 #85

Then why not have a single national milita? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #91

They imaginged... ellisonz Feb 2012 #95

But why didn't they just start with a unified force to begin with? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #98

The demand was that they would come to the aid of all. ellisonz Feb 2012 #104

So why not have a single national militia that could come to the aid of all? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #123

Bearing arms can also be very serious, can it not? Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #41

Your questions are pointless simplifications... ellisonz Feb 2012 #44

Translation: Your questions are inconvenient to answer because they would undermine my argument. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #46

Equating a pen with a pistol is ridiculous. ellisonz Feb 2012 #47

Well, at least you answered one question. Progress! Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #48

Guns are not tools. ellisonz Feb 2012 #49

Nice screed. Straw Man Feb 2012 #52

Not really. ellisonz Feb 2012 #59

Hunting IS a recreational activity. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #65

Talk about thin ice ... Straw Man Feb 2012 #71

"Virtually every athletic contest has its origins in those two occupations." Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #73

"Virtually every athletic contest has its origins in those two occupations." ellisonz Feb 2012 #78

Thank you for proving my point. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #88

Not really. ellisonz Feb 2012 #94

No, again you are completely incorrect. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #97

Damn right I'm prejudiced... ellisonz Feb 2012 #102

darts = the means of war? Straw Man Feb 2012 #106

Don't hate me because... ellisonz Feb 2012 #107

I don't hate you ... Straw Man Feb 2012 #109

Shake off that mid-life crisis! ellisonz Feb 2012 #111

Donnez-moi un break. Straw Man Feb 2012 #112

Oh, well as long as it's for the cause of peace. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #121

Are you also against archery? N/T GreenStormCloud Feb 2012 #125

Once again, you miss the point. By a mile. Straw Man Feb 2012 #92

"There is no way that a firearm can transubstantiate from being a weapon into being a tool" Callisto32 Feb 2012 #117

Good point. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #61

That may well have been the silliest post I've seen in months. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #53

Guns are safety devices meant to save lives. ileus Feb 2012 #55

Guns are weapons, and weapons ARE tools. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #60

Are you also equally against archery, or fencing? Or javelin throwing? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #62

Yes, in that I don't believe they constitute hobby. ellisonz Feb 2012 #64

Well, you are just wrong. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #70

Really? ellisonz Feb 2012 #74

I just don't know any other way to try and explain it to you. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #79

I can assure you... ellisonz Feb 2012 #82

Then perhaps you are projecting your own violent tendencies on others. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #90

lol ellisonz Feb 2012 #96

Message deleted by the DU Administrators Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #100

No one is equating a pistol with a pen. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #58

Actually, when you say that all rights are the same... ellisonz Feb 2012 #67

You are jumping the shark. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #76

"that guns are not just "tools of violence" ellisonz Feb 2012 #105

Take it up with the Olympics then. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #124

One cartoon deseves another Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #57

That is not a cartoon... ellisonz Feb 2012 #63

Neither was the artwork you posted. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #66

That's still not by definition a cartoon. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #68

By what metric? Lack of humor? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #72

Thank you for acknowledging the nature of what you posted. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #75

Now if you'll just acknowledge that people have used weapons for recreation for all time. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #80

In the context of training for hunting or violence... ellisonz Feb 2012 #88

So Olympic competitors are training for hunting or violence? Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #93

So javelin throwers are training for ... Straw Man Feb 2012 #99

Actually, J.R. was completely incorrect.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #77

How many people died from pen wounds in the US last year? ellisonz Feb 2012 #83

That is beside the point. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #101

Answer the question. ellisonz Feb 2012 #103

Please stop: you're embarassing yourself. Straw Man Feb 2012 #108

Whatever you say man of Sparta! ellisonz Feb 2012 #110

Again, NO ONE IS SAYING PENS ARE WEAPONS. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #122

Nor does a firearm. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #116

Gun ownership IS a sacred civil right to be taken with seriousness. It can also be a hobby. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #39

Exactly. You can use a computer to publish (as someone brought up) dirty limericks. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #42

Says the reknowned cartoon poster. Sheesh. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #84

Marksmanship is a hobby. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #115

A Black Democrat In The White House, And Gun Sales Go Up? Paladin Feb 2012 #119