Gun Control & RKBA

TPaine7

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19. You are also a POTENTIAL criminal, as are all living, active people. n/t

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Mon Jul 23, 2012, 05:48 PM

Jul 2012

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Fear drives opposition to gun control [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2012 OP

Add another reason why I don't like living in Florida HockeyMom Jul 2012 #1

If you go back, gejohnston Jul 2012 #8

You go by experience HockeyMom Jul 2012 #10

Fear makes people violent gregoire Jul 2012 #2

You mean like this. permatex Jul 2012 #7

Nice 'fluff' opinion piece, but that's all it is, is opinion rl6214 Jul 2012 #3

Do opinions have no value? Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #6

Not when what is stated as fact is wrong. rl6214 Jul 2012 #11

Rights of majority cannot restrict rights of minority HockeyMom Jul 2012 #12

sure about those? gejohnston Jul 2012 #16

The item stated as fact: rl6214 Jul 2012 #21

How is that an opinon when it is true? gregoire Jul 2012 #24

I am claiming they aren't made "only" to kill human beings rl6214 Jul 2012 #45

One word wrong. Substitute "only" for "primary". Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #25

I would like to see the person that posted this discuss it. nt rrneck Jul 2012 #4

Thats democracy in action permatex Jul 2012 #5

it is not fear, but defiance gejohnston Jul 2012 #9

Yes, I AM afraid HockeyMom Jul 2012 #13

What are you talking about? HALO141 Jul 2012 #17

You are also a POTENTIAL criminal, as are all living, active people. n/t TPaine7 Jul 2012 #19

Look at the statistics gejohnston Jul 2012 #20

Zimmerman had same "credentials." Come to think of it so did Holmes, Loughner, etc. Hoyt Jul 2012 #54

I missed the one about Zimmerman gejohnston Jul 2012 #55

How many in the gun culture do you think tote while taking prescription meds that alter Hoyt Jul 2012 #56

seems he is an addict, not legal taker of such meds. gejohnston Jul 2012 #58

Maybe under NRA backed laws, but strapping on a gun is different from driving to market. Hoyt Jul 2012 #59

Bullshit HALO141 Jul 2012 #60

What is "bullshit?" You think gun carriers on Aricept; benzodiazepines; or an antidepressant that Hoyt Jul 2012 #62

Bullshit is your opinion HALO141 Jul 2012 #63

Well at least we agree one should not carry if one's judgement is impaired. That's encouraging. Hoyt Jul 2012 #66

Irrational much? rl6214 Jul 2012 #22

Dude, this is the lady who insisted you could walk into WalMart and for $100 buy shadowrider Jul 2012 #31

I never saw that one rl6214 Jul 2012 #46

At least there haven't been any convenient "family member" stories, yet. Callisto32 Jul 2012 #65

Two-thirds of armed robberies are without guns. krispos42 Jul 2012 #57

Support for either side of the issue is based on fear Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #27

and destroy the ecosystems that depend on the swamp? gejohnston Jul 2012 #29

I vote for staying indoors at night. Situational awareness. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #34

then you miss the stars at night gejohnston Jul 2012 #38

Actually I don't, because I don't choose to live in a state where mosquitoes live. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #52

making me home sick for Wyoming gejohnston Jul 2012 #53

I think you've been homesick for quite a while and I can't blame you. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #61

From what I see meanit Jul 2012 #41

Your first sentence is wrong gejohnston Jul 2012 #42

No, not wrong meanit Jul 2012 #43

I was putting it in this context gejohnston Jul 2012 #47

Even a casual perusal of the two positions HALO141 Jul 2012 #14

So what drives support for gun control? NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #15

If it bleeds it leads gejohnston Jul 2012 #18

The same thing that drives support for more guns on the streets - FEAR! Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #33

or like the increase in gun sales in gejohnston Jul 2012 #36

? Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #23

It drives both opposition and advocacy. Same coin - different sides. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #35

I just wish that Skinner would put the coin back in GC&RKBA slot where it belongs. thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #37

it's the lawmakers that are afraid Enrique Jul 2012 #26

not the NRA gejohnston Jul 2012 #28

the grass roots are thier weapon Enrique Jul 2012 #32

not only NRA members gejohnston Jul 2012 #51

WE are the lawmakers. that is what the whole revolutionary war was about Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #48

Over 50% of the members of Congress are NRA members. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #49

Is that really a fact? Over 50%? Do you have a link? Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #64

I think there's also a racist element. pnwmom Jul 2012 #30

I believe that is at least 80% of it. The gun stores did a booming business after Obama won and Hoyt Jul 2012 #44

The most sailiant point of the artical.. virginia mountainman Jul 2012 #39

only function is to kill human beings at close range...LOL ileus Jul 2012 #40

I see he blames local news.. MicaelS Jul 2012 #50