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ellisonz

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37. Why should the tax payers at large pay for this?
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 11:29 PM
Dec 2011

I'd love to see gun purchasers fund such a program

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What was Howard Dean's NRA rating during most of his career, again? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #1
Hmm. Your thread seems to have lost direction... SteveW Dec 2011 #2
Dude, that's the title of the article... ellisonz Dec 2011 #3
It was your content that wandered. Dude. SteveW Dec 2011 #10
You're the one bringing up Howard Dean...Dude. ellisonz Dec 2011 #59
Me? Howard Dean? Please reference where I brought him in... SteveW Dec 2011 #192
Define "dangerous amounts of arms". nt rrneck Dec 2011 #4
Sure. ellisonz Dec 2011 #5
An articulate non answer. rrneck Dec 2011 #6
That was a pretty damn clear answer. ellisonz Dec 2011 #7
I call it bullshit. rrneck Dec 2011 #11
I call such lines of attack repetative. ellisonz Dec 2011 #12
That's what I thought. rrneck Dec 2011 #13
I'm not comparing gun ownership to golfing. n/t ellisonz Dec 2011 #16
Actually, you are. rrneck Dec 2011 #17
"people's personal recreational activities" ellisonz Dec 2011 #18
So what is the difference rrneck Dec 2011 #21
None. ellisonz Dec 2011 #27
Are members of any militia you care to name rrneck Dec 2011 #83
Oh man, not Michael Moore's huge pile of shit again. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #96
And they were able to use a straw buyers to obtain... ellisonz Dec 2011 #97
You cannot pre-emptively 'stop' straw buyers. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #118
You may be right, but we're not even trying hard to deter it... ellisonz Dec 2011 #180
Oh please. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #181
Oh yeah... ellisonz Dec 2011 #182
New poll for ya.. X_Digger Dec 2011 #186
What if we need to pass new laws to enforce the current laws? ellisonz Dec 2011 #189
Then you're screwed. :) n/t X_Digger Dec 2011 #208
Bowling for Columbine was embarrassing DissedByBush Dec 2011 #125
Agreed. Have you read Kopel's outstanding scene-by scene takedown of Moore's garbage? Simo 1939_1940 Dec 2011 #148
Interesting read, thanks n/t DissedByBush Dec 2011 #184
"Damn right we'll confiscate." PavePusher Dec 2011 #32
Government has such rights. ellisonz Dec 2011 #68
Not without compensation, it doesn't. How will you pay for them? And hypothetically.. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #72
Considering the public cost of the current regime of laws... ellisonz Dec 2011 #84
And from whence do you derive this figure of $100 billion? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #88
Here you go... ellisonz Dec 2011 #139
"They said it, I believe it, and that settles it." friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #166
"I object to the tyranny of a few over the rights of the many." PavePusher Dec 2011 #105
That's your opinion. ellisonz Dec 2011 #140
Fixxed it for you. beevul Dec 2011 #111
Wait a minute. rrneck Dec 2011 #207
Tax's on new sales. ellisonz Dec 2011 #188
Gun and ammo sales already Federally taxed at 11%. PavePusher Dec 2011 #197
The government has no rights DissedByBush Dec 2011 #185
You gonna be the one to come pick them up? rl6214 Dec 2011 #203
Nice cartoons. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #41
You're welcome. ellisonz Dec 2011 #69
No ex post facto laws. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #95
Oh there's plenty of wiggle room on this one... ellisonz Dec 2011 #98
You propose to tell 80 million people that you're going to take their property? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #101
You propose to do little or nothing it seems... ellisonz Dec 2011 #102
No, people like YOU will make sure of that. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #121
What "festering problems" would those be? Can't be the violent crime and murder rates... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #129
Simplification and obsfucation. ellisonz Dec 2011 #149
Nice of you to highlight the 'status offense' part I already pointed out. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #119
Minneapolis Star v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue, for another. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #128
There is literally zero percent chance of that happening. Union Scribe Dec 2011 #113
Welcome to the United States of Fear! ellisonz Dec 2011 #152
...was that a reply to my post? Union Scribe Dec 2011 #183
Yes. ellisonz Dec 2011 #187
Right, I know that part. I wrote it. Union Scribe Dec 2011 #190
"Damn right we'll confiscate." Common Sense Party Dec 2011 #114
"we" will confiscate? Do you have a turd in your pocket? You are more than welcome to Fair Witness Dec 2011 #133
He won't volunteer for the job. PavePusher Dec 2011 #167
Cheeto-munching fatass keyboard kommandos never do. Fair Witness Dec 2011 #198
"Damn right we'll confiscate" beevul Dec 2011 #156
"Damn right we'll confiscate." MicaelS Dec 2011 #194
Not such inane ideas at all. Maybe some of you need to get your "head" out of your gun barrels. Hoyt Dec 2011 #19
Their ideas wont be clear at all rrneck Dec 2011 #20
Most folks don't know anything about bombs, poisons, etc., but we regulate them. Plenty of examples. Hoyt Dec 2011 #22
You're funny. rrneck Dec 2011 #23
We are talking about private explosives, etc., not military. Besides, you want to arm populace. Hoyt Dec 2011 #28
Awwwwww. rrneck Dec 2011 #65
Militarism according to Merriam-Webster. ellisonz Dec 2011 #30
Sounds about right. nt rrneck Dec 2011 #81
I would add that I've been around guns... ellisonz Dec 2011 #29
Sounds like part of your gun phobia is based on fiction. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #39
Well that and the front page of the newspaper... ellisonz Dec 2011 #70
Another variation on "some of my best friends are..." Fair Witness Dec 2011 #134
Are you saying I'm a liar? ellisonz Dec 2011 #158
Feel free. I said you were not the first person to preface a bigoted comment with a disclaimer. Fair Witness Dec 2011 #163
I'll take that as a gruding apology. n/t ellisonz Dec 2011 #169
Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #199
Of course you have rl6214 Dec 2011 #204
I just don't sleep with one ellisonz Dec 2011 #205
Sort of like your "long-range laser sniper sights", or whatever hoodooo you claimed? n/t PavePusher Dec 2011 #34
How many arms do you have, of the biological type? DissedByBush Dec 2011 #115
Reductio ad absurdum. ellisonz Dec 2011 #138
"Free state" DissedByBush Dec 2011 #155
It's only "treason" if you lose. PavePusher Dec 2011 #202
You won't win. ellisonz Dec 2011 #206
You can hold your rofl, as I am not endorsing such activity.... PavePusher Dec 2011 #209
I'm prepared to advocate reasonable security of firearms. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #36
Why should the tax payers at large pay for this? ellisonz Dec 2011 #37
Only the ATF provides that level of government support. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #40
So do I own a "dangerous number" of firearms? Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #62
Ron Paul is in the lead now...time to switch your focus. ileus Dec 2011 #8
Ron Paul is in league with the pro-gun lobby too. ellisonz Dec 2011 #14
Why should we give the GOP the opportunity to use gun control as a wedge issue.. spin Dec 2011 #9
"I suspect that you favor the incremental approach to eventually banning all firearms." ellisonz Dec 2011 #15
There is absolutely no reason to support any form of new draconian gun law... spin Dec 2011 #25
I don't think it's going to be Romney. ellisonz Dec 2011 #31
#3.... How about 5 years after you have licences... PavePusher Dec 2011 #35
I don't understand what the heck you're arguing for. ellisonz Dec 2011 #42
"The First Amendment says nothing about regulation." PavePusher Dec 2011 #47
... ellisonz Dec 2011 #52
"well-regulated.. X_Digger Dec 2011 #55
Sophistry. ellisonz Dec 2011 #71
He doesn't have to convince you- you need to persuade the Supreme Court of your stance. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #79
How many far-right Republican judges did you need to get that Supreme Court case? ellisonz Dec 2011 #82
Of course it's the government limiting itself- see the anti-federalists' writings. X_Digger Dec 2011 #116
#4... So, you agree with this guy: PavePusher Dec 2011 #38
Not perhaps that exact phrasing of 1,000 feet...but yes, in principle... ellisonz Dec 2011 #45
Mere exercise of a Constitutional Right within sight of a political figure.... PavePusher Dec 2011 #49
Bullshit. ellisonz Dec 2011 #53
Those "Federal agents" would be there to protect the president.... PavePusher Dec 2011 #66
Dingbat. ellisonz Dec 2011 #73
I haven't asserted anything other than that the SS is there to do a particular job... PavePusher Dec 2011 #104
That's quite the delusion... ellisonz Dec 2011 #106
Again you accuse me of nefarious intent. PavePusher Dec 2011 #108
I will not... ellisonz Dec 2011 #136
Bzzzzzzt!! Thank you for demonstrating your ignorance... again. PavePusher Dec 2011 #172
I've said you're belief enables them... ellisonz Dec 2011 #173
Well, your opinion of legal carriers is now well known. Nothing I can add to your vitriol and fear. PavePusher Dec 2011 #174
Now you're just obsfucating... ellisonz Dec 2011 #175
"How does this not violate the First Amendment right to peaceable assembly?" PavePusher Dec 2011 #67
Well then denounce your previous position... ellisonz Dec 2011 #74
What position? That the indeterminate proximity of a elected public servent... PavePusher Dec 2011 #107
"indeterminate proximity" ellisonz Dec 2011 #135
Addition in response to your edit: ellisonz Dec 2011 #86
Firstly, no-one claimed any legally armed person can guarantee anyones' safety... PavePusher Dec 2011 #109
"No-one appeared concerned by my sidearm." ellisonz Dec 2011 #137
You've moved all your goal-posts (yes, we saw that), and again accused me of making threats. PavePusher Dec 2011 #168
Please make an OP declaring your belief that you should be allowed... ellisonz Dec 2011 #171
"this was the Democratic position in 2008" -- selective amnesia? Or just ignorance? X_Digger Dec 2011 #43
You object to the Democratic Nominee's and Current President's position? ellisonz Dec 2011 #48
Disagreement on one issue =/= "don't like our candidates". PavePusher Dec 2011 #50
So tell me what positions of our candidates do you like? ellisonz Dec 2011 #54
The president has changed his tune. X_Digger Dec 2011 #51
What if it's in the platform again? ellisonz Dec 2011 #57
Shall I remind you? X_Digger Dec 2011 #61
The President is not that stupid hack89 Dec 2011 #191
What possible threat is a man with 200 guns? Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #63
Don't give Republicans so much credit. ellisonz Dec 2011 #75
I would think he has a nice collection and disposable income. Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #123
"I don't know anyone who leaves firearms "strewn about"." ellisonz Dec 2011 #151
Really? Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #157
Please use the google. ellisonz Dec 2011 #159
No thanks. Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #193
And at what point does a firearm stray from a "antique" oneshooter Dec 2011 #132
At what point does the spoken word become obscenity? n/t ellisonz Dec 2011 #150
It will be an interesting election year... spin Dec 2011 #130
"Gun rights were not the prime issue driving the Tea Party in the midterm election." ellisonz Dec 2011 #147
Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #200
Yet less than an hour before, it was "Damn right we'll confiscate". friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #60
Whoops! His agenda is showing. Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #64
What's your agenda? n/t ellisonz Dec 2011 #76
With regards to what? Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #124
Twisting my words. ellisonz Dec 2011 #77
Why should I denounce him for something he did not say? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #85
So you support the right to carry near Federal officials and politicians? ellisonz Dec 2011 #87
I'm also not denying that I'm better looking than George Clooney and smarter than Stephen Hawking... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #89
Dodge. ellisonz Dec 2011 #92
It sure is a good thing those Secret Service guys don't carry guns Fair Witness Dec 2011 #201
Gee, then I guess the Dems had better stop being anti-gun... krispos42 Dec 2011 #24
+1000 (n/t) spin Dec 2011 #26
They are going to play the gun card no matter what we say... ellisonz Dec 2011 #33
LOL Remmah2 Dec 2011 #44
So you don't support the NRA and its positions? ellisonz Dec 2011 #58
One can be pro2A, be a labor democrat and think the NRA is crazy. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #122
So denounce the fuckers... ellisonz Dec 2011 #143
right, denounce the gejohnston Dec 2011 #146
Lol, check this list.. X_Digger Dec 2011 #46
They give far more to Republicans... ellisonz Dec 2011 #80
They give more to Democrats than the Brady Campaign ever has. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #90
There are more powerful means of support than money you know... ellisonz Dec 2011 #91
Money aside, why on Earth can't the Bradys get more members? They're outnumbered 80:1 by the NRA friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #100
You're seriously justifying mob logic... ellisonz Dec 2011 #103
So is democracy "mob logic"? nt Remmah2 Dec 2011 #126
So here's my question to you: ellisonz Dec 2011 #145
dumb question gejohnston Dec 2011 #162
I endorse electoral reality. Telling 80 million voters they need political and psychological tests.. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #127
He was 10 years old in 1996. Of course he doesn't remember. X_Digger Dec 2011 #131
IOW, he was watching Zoom when I was picketing Newt Gingrich's residence with ADAPT. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #164
It's okay. One day this country will be tired of this nonsense... ellisonz Dec 2011 #144
How many members does the youth wing of the Brady Campaign have? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #165
Seriously? ellisonz Dec 2011 #170
There's a job for you! Start the Department of Scientific Disarmament Instruction friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #176
You think you're funny... ellisonz Dec 2011 #177
No biggie- You're not the first "Billy Sunday of gun control" to show up here... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #178
You do realize of course... ellisonz Dec 2011 #179
When where you appointed to speak for "the majority of DU"- or any other DUer, for that matter? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #196
Hahaha look at you. 8 PAGES of data and naaaa nahananahahana I can't hear you AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #94
I must be getting to you... ellisonz Dec 2011 #99
Endorsements aren't spam. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #120
Shall I start posting the names of victims of the NRA's promotion of gun violence... ellisonz Dec 2011 #142
Candidates or voters? AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #154
Will do... ellisonz Dec 2011 #160
"now they pretty much just stand for Republicans" -- you agree that you misspoke? X_Digger Dec 2011 #117
Numbers don't lie. ellisonz Dec 2011 #141
Why would they endorse democrats over republicans then? X_Digger Dec 2011 #153
The NRA sucks like a neutron star krispos42 Dec 2011 #56
The seizure of power by GWB had quite a lot to do with such issues. ellisonz Dec 2011 #78
Yawn AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #161
I disagree. DanTex Dec 2011 #110
"Gun militancy is a way of saying FU to the supposedly liberal elite" MicaelS Dec 2011 #195
No, they aren't going to 'no matter what we say'. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #93
Thanks to this thread I decided to spring for a couple of AR stripped lowers. ileus Dec 2011 #112
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