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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)111. Glad the cat is back. They really do have at least 9 lives.
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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