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In reply to the discussion: Second Amendment Foundation and Brady Campaign files Amicus Curiae in Embody v Ward 11-5963 6th Cir [View all]ObamaFTW2012
(253 posts)22. What's your point?
What exactly are you trying to argue? So far, you've declared or inferred (incorrectly) that guns are designed and marketed based on their ability to make potential buyers drool, that your anecdotal "x-Marine" friend's choice to keep no guns in his home is somehow a great act that should compel lesser people (as in "civilians"
to follow suit, and that gun buyers should demonstrate a need to buy guns that have a certain appearance that you find menacing.
Your posts are really nothing more than emotional, illogical rants and ignorant jabs at people who exercise a right that you don't like. Very predictable, boring, unimaginative, and without any understanding of the difference between a need and a right.
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Second Amendment Foundation and Brady Campaign files Amicus Curiae in Embody v Ward 11-5963 6th Cir [View all]
kwikrnu
Dec 2011
OP
You can get that without the military/intimidating looks -- which is what I think gunners like.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#10
Your parochialism is showing. Lots of WWII vets hunted with M1 Garand rifles after the war
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2011
#11
I've shot a Garand -- but it wasn't designed to produce drools from potential buyers.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#12
Neither were the AR or AK platforms- but why let fact interfere with faith promoting rumor?
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2011
#18
Thats why most people buy them -- the drool factor. For fun, go to a gun store and look at the
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#19
If people are attracted to guns for their sex appeal, intimidation factor, etc., should those folks
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#23
We're talking guns manufactured and marketed to the American domestic market (gun lovers).
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#28
The poster used the term "x-military," I responded. My friend hates guns for obvious reasons.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#20
I own a Swedish Mauser because it is a strong, reliable and accurate bolt action rifle...
spin
Dec 2011
#35
Certain guns are popular because they appeal to owners baser instincts and desires.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#21