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In reply to the discussion: Gun nut kills five in Seattle shooting spree...he collected guns AND had a concealed carry permit. [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)78. Kind of embarrassing to be gun advocate, carrier, etc., when something like this happens, isn't it?
Sooner or later, you'll have to admit that guns have gotten out of control. And probably because of the right wing legislators, rwing organized gun lobbyist organizations, rwing Tbaggers, militias, bigots, and a few folks/groups who should think more about society.
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Gun nut kills five in Seattle shooting spree...he collected guns AND had a concealed carry permit. [View all]
Cali_Democrat
May 2012
OP
He's just one of those gun lovers that you guys would have hugged in photos as a law-abiding
Hoyt
May 2012
#16
I can tell you this Slack, I see no reason to keep coddling those who want more guns in society.
Hoyt
May 2012
#19
I know Ileus, you are trying to accumulate best gun for all uses including shooting those fleeing
Hoyt
May 2012
#25
You can start with the thread you wrote about what gun everyone would choose while Hurricane Irene
Hoyt
May 2012
#30
My apologies. You did not start that thread. You did join in the callous discussion though.
Hoyt
May 2012
#47
That was a callous thread- not a one of your posts impelled anyone to do anything differently.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2012
#82
Tbaggers are probably the biggest group of gun owners, toters, NRA members, bloggers on Stormfront
Hoyt
May 2012
#27
Yep, and majority are domestic or among criminals too. Yet you guys want to carry in churches, etc.
Hoyt
May 2012
#50
Quit being obtuse -- I'm talking toting in public parks, restaurants, stores, city streets, ETC.
Hoyt
May 2012
#59
I bet my rear you aren't going to the church in "shitty neighborhood." Is that why you carry, to
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#124
Not surprisingly, those in burbs often fear those in"shitty" areas, as you describe it.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#127
That's an acceptable reason to carry IMO -- to keep someone from dragging you into a church.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#125
The guy was a nut, with a gun. Not a gun nut. I'll rant against gun nuts but this guy was just menta
uppityperson
May 2012
#54
Agree with that. But we don't have to make it easy on folks like this, Zimmerman, etc., to kill
Hoyt
May 2012
#71
Kind of embarrassing to be gun advocate, carrier, etc., when something like this happens, isn't it?
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#78
So, when someone gets killed by a licenced driver, all licenced drivers are at fault.
PavePusher
Jun 2012
#87
Yep. And everybody with a computer that has Net access is responsible for this guy:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2012
#89
We are not talking cars -- we are talking lethal weapons that you guys lobby on behalf of.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#94
Cars are very much lethal weapons, and with a far higher accidental death rate.
PavePusher
Jun 2012
#116
I feel absolutely no responsibility, shame, or embarrassment from any action that was not my fault
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#93
Many of my students have been children and teens. None had ever handled a firearm previously.
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#97
I'm safe with the gun I carry on my town's streets, safe when I go into the supermarket with it,
SGMRTDARMY
Jun 2012
#98
Zimmerman and Stawicki were "safe" too, right up until circumstances changed and they shot someone.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#106
No, but because NRA and gun "advocates" try to make them acceptable -- we end up with this.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#115
Your surprise only underscores how rare this combination of circumstances is.
krispos42
Jun 2012
#114
You should edit this again. I don't particularly care about "gun nut", but using "nut"
petronius
May 2012
#72
but, slurs against the mentally ill is NOT ok. Nut is a derogatory term and in this case it
Tuesday Afternoon
Jun 2012
#120
What are you going to "alert" on -- somebody posted story of CCWer who killed 5 innocent people.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#96
Hoyt rails impotently at a shadowy group he calls "you guys" and attempts to associate them...
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#99
Hey, Zimmerman captures in one word what a law-abiding gun owner is like right up until they shoot
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#104
the slur against the mentally ill AND the slur equating gun owner with being Mentally Ill.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jun 2012
#119