Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Sat Jul 7, 2012, 03:48 PM Jul 2012

Gun control no joke [View all]

Last edited Sat Jul 7, 2012, 04:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Mockery gets you nowhere.

Not if your aim is to change hearts and minds rather than draw battle lines.

Last weekend, members of a Downstate pro-gun group made that point pretty well when they drove up to Chicago and turned in about 60 rusted-out and broken guns in exchange for $6,200 in gift cards. This was their supposedly amusing way of ridiculing a gun trade-in program run by the Chicago Police to get dangerous firearms off the city’s streets.

The group, Guns Save Life, based in Champaign County, said they’d use the gift cards to buy ammunition and firearms for a youth program that teaches gun safety and marksmanship.

http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/13546548-474/editorial-gun-control-no-joke.html

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Gun control no joke [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2012 OP

It was open to anyone, no questions asked. What's the problem? n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #1

Yep, the solution is for everyone to carry everywhere... rfranklin Jul 2012 #2

Strawman. I never said that. shadowrider Jul 2012 #3

Repeat that enough, and you might come to believe someone actually said that... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #6

Yep ,in Texas ,Arizona & Florida ,Dumbest asshole states orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #8

Yet "ignorant , racist" Houston's murder rate is half that of "gun safe" Chicago. Care to explain? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #15

Murders in Houston up 27 percent so far this year rfranklin Jul 2012 #22

Sad- but not as sad as Chicago, which has had a 36-38 percent increase in murders so far this year: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #24

$$$$$$$$$$$$ orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #36

you realize most of those racists in Arizona and Florida gejohnston Jul 2012 #26

Thats why they're There and not HERE N.Y. orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #35

Mostly because they hate snow gejohnston Jul 2012 #37

Zimmerman would have been gang raped by orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #40

that is not a very liberal thing to do gejohnston Jul 2012 #42

Your right not liberal , but wheres the racism? orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #43

I changed it but gejohnston Jul 2012 #44

We're not orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #46

yahoo orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #9

Its not nice to mock the anti-gun, anti-rkba crows like that. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #30

The best reply came from the comments section: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #4

Actually from what the article said, they turned in scrap metal... rfranklin Jul 2012 #12

If GSL took advantage of fools who willingly paid good money for junk, GSL is *not* the problem. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #16

The offer was to turn in guns whether or not in working condition shadowrider Jul 2012 #17

Hope none of their friends or family members gets shot to death or maimed Kolesar Jul 2012 #5

You did see what they were going to use the money for, yes? n/t PavePusher Jul 2012 #48

Redneck assholes ridiculing honest efforts orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #7

There was no caveat expressly prohibiting them. They used the rules shadowrider Jul 2012 #11

Their Agenda ,Ridiculing Honest efforts orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #13

No. That was the agenda of the Sun Times writer. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #20

Feel-good security theater *should* be ridiculed, as often as necessary. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #21

Justifying " I need a gun " is * necessary * orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #34

Unless and until there becomes a Department of Needs, it isn't. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #38

Got me there. orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #41

Your honesty is appreciated n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #45

Gun buy back programs pad their numbers with these worthless guns. Can't have it both ways aikoaiko Jul 2012 #31

Going by past programs these wouldn't have accomplished anything 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #47

LOL! And these idiots probably complain Gman Jul 2012 #10

Ironic sarisataka Jul 2012 #14

Agreed. The irony is certainly lost on some. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #19

I wonder how many thugs turned in their guns to take advantage. shadowrider Jul 2012 #18

Maybe somene can explain this to me: Marinedem Jul 2012 #23

I have a shocking solution. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #25

Sounds like a pretty smart move. Wish I had some broken junk to scam the antis with. ileus Jul 2012 #27

where i live nodak401 Jul 2012 #28

Pro-gun "enthusiasts"? I wonder ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2012 #29

Local FFLs usually collect them DonP Jul 2012 #39

Gun control is not a joke, but gun buy backs often are. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #32

There was no mockery involved. It was an organized effort to get money for a good cause. slackmaster Jul 2012 #33