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AndyS

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44. You know you've won the argument (debate?) when one side resorts to niggling
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 07:36 AM
Mar 2021

semantics having exhausted all other deflections.

Democrats can address more than one issue at a time. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #1
As I mentioned in the post, there were 2 bills introduced on BGC krispos42 Mar 2021 #2
Yep empedocles Mar 2021 #4
*sigh* sarisataka Mar 2021 #3
Yet another bill based on "military" appearances MichMan Mar 2021 #5
Yeah, "they" are a real pain in the ass for you gun enthusiasts, aren't "they"? (nt) Paladin Mar 2021 #6
I'm not a gun enthusiast, but banning weapons based on appearances doesn't accomplish anything. MichMan Mar 2021 #7
Not true: it makes the self-righteous feel better, and gives the GOP a handy wedge issue friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #11
At least those left can be sure to pass the purity test discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #12
These are neo-Puritans fighting what they regard as evil. Actual crime stats are almost irrelevant friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #13
To use a somewhat older meme: Got false consensus effect? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #9
re: "This bill might save as many as 10 lives a year!" discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #8
The gun-averse have "learned nothing, and forgotten nothing" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #10
I really don't like the Nestle company discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #16
Very well put. krispos42 Mar 2021 #42
I'm glad you and your family etc. are all okay discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #53
Gun supporters need to just get over themselves. AndyS Mar 2021 #14
Personally, I believe your 10% number may be off, yagotme Mar 2021 #17
Gun controllers are every bit as puritanical as some of the various subgroups in the GOP friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #19
The old: yagotme Mar 2021 #36
"No more compromise" I was waiting for the "no loaf is better than half a loaf" crowd to show up friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #18
You can't argue with gun controllers more than any other fanatic The Mouth Mar 2021 #20
I appreciate your position krispos42 Mar 2021 #21
Really? That's the best ya' got? AndyS Mar 2021 #22
So rather than have the government confiscate all handguns, you would have them confiscate "only" Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #23
No, buy backs. nt AndyS Mar 2021 #25
A mandatory "buy back" is, by definition, confiscation. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #27
As is eminent domain. So what? You have a point or just more AndyS Mar 2021 #28
You're advocating that the government consficate about 200 million firearms from private hands. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #29
First, not nearly that many. Only semi auto with AndyS Mar 2021 #30
I would estimate that roughly 75% of privately owned handguns are semiautomatics, and of those Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #31
It's not personal. It's about numbers and the exaggerated AndyS Mar 2021 #32
"Take part or sit back and let people like me do it for you." Forced teaming? Really? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #33
"Take part or sit back and let people like me do it for you." There is a third alternative. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #34
Another high profile shooting in Atlanta today. AndyS Mar 2021 #35
Yes, committed supposedly with a revolver. yagotme Mar 2021 #37
So I guess those murders just don't count. Paladin Mar 2021 #38
People have been arguing that massive gun control is just around the corner for *decades*. Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 #39
"Talking points": The gun-control version of "Widespread voting fraud" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #40
The government can't "buy back" what it never owned in the first place. krispos42 Mar 2021 #43
You know you've won the argument (debate?) when one side resorts to niggling AndyS Mar 2021 #44
Says the person claiming confiscation isn't confiscation krispos42 Mar 2021 #46
Imminent domain. AndyS Mar 2021 #47
"For public use" would seem to be the operative words there krispos42 Mar 2021 #48
Really? You're still stuck on that upsetting Republican voters thing?🤡 AndyS Mar 2021 #49
Yup. Because, you see there's this funny thing where the party in power gets to do shit krispos42 Mar 2021 #52
So, what "public use" are the firearms subject to? yagotme Mar 2021 #50
So he's thinking buy backs discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #26
You've declared "No more compromise" and "take 'em all, and round up the people that don't comply".. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2021 #24
If it's not a culture war, why are the guns most attacked the ones that cause the least harm? krispos42 Mar 2021 #41
More deflection I see. That's obviously all you have. AndyS Mar 2021 #45
Need to brush up on firearm history: yagotme Mar 2021 #51
Reality is not deflection, sorry krispos42 Mar 2021 #54
I give up trying to have a cogent conversation with you. AndyS Mar 2021 #55
So you're okay with the other parts of my post? krispos42 Mar 2021 #57
You're as good at deflection as Kellyanne Conway. AndyS Mar 2021 #58
You're as good at deflection as Kellyanne Conway. AndyS Mar 2021 #59
From the land of post hoc ergo propter hoc discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #56
"re-defining suicide as something other than gun violence" EX500rider Mar 2021 #61
Eh? Straw Man Mar 2021 #62
"about close to 40,000 deaths" with most those being suicides of course.. EX500rider Mar 2021 #60
One thing I'll never understand about these bills ... Straw Man Mar 2021 #63
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