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bluestateguy
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:40 PM Original message |
Why are so many DUers pro-gun? |
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Fescue4u
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Its about Freedom |
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EstimatedProphet
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes it is |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
208. No, it's about pragmatism |
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Lone Pawn
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I take issue with 2 and 3. |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. What if the thugs are the law enforcement. |
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Billy Ruffian
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. If you're the target of such thuggery |
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DoNotRefill
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. self-defense isn't vigilante justice... |
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AuntPatsy
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your government letting you keep your small satchel of guns is |
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bahrbearian
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. So ,,, in that reasoning, the keyboard is the only weapon,, |
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AuntPatsy
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. If the jungle is surrounded by a barbed wire fence, I see little differenc |
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bahrbearian
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Oh I agree ! I leave most things unlocked in my life .. But if I know of. |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Too much time on their hands? Weird priorities? |
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countryjake
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
146. What if your life isn't worth protecting? |
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JHB
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
156. Speaking of "weird priorities" and "too much time on their hands"... |
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bahrbearian
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't trust the government,,..opps did I say that? |
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Threedifferentones
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. If someone has a gun and you don't, they can pretty much make you do |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah, I remember Ghandi was packing heat at all times, right? |
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JVS
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yeah, but India wised up and joined the Nuke club |
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JohnKleeb
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. yeah after Gandhi died |
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JVS
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. I think the whole look at Gandhi and how he succeeded argument is a bit... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. But those 600,000,000 were a threat with or without guns |
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JohnKleeb
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. It still worked despite violence |
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JVS
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I would argue that it worked BECAUSE of violence |
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PeteGammons
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
169. The biggest reason that non-violence worked... |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Do you think Ghandi was facing an enemy.... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. So you're thinking "if the Jews just had some Schmeissers..."? |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. probably not... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I guess I see it as time that would be better spent elsewhere |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. The right to self defense isnt important to you? |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Defend themselves from what? |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Aliens.... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. It would be akin to me writing a Nobel Prize acceptance speech |
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DoNotRefill
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
83. I've used a gun defensively several times. |
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DoNotRefill
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
82. So how many MORE seats are you willing to lose to do that? |
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Walt Starr
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #82 |
186. Better point even, Gun Control DOES NOT WORK! |
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DoNotRefill
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
81. That's the thing... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:30 AM Response to Reply #81 |
92. If we stopped pushing for gender equality, that issue would go away |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. And stripping our fellow citizens of their civil liberties... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. How is regulation stripping anyone of their civil liberties? (nt) |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. How was literacy tests for voting stripping people of their right to vote? |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Voting is heavily regulated |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. And at what point does "reasonable regulation"... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Everybody will probably have a different answer |
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beevul
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #95 |
160. Regulation regulation regulation |
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Boosterman
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
207. Do you mind if we regulate your civil liberties? n/t |
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Kellanved
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
150. it bodes well to remember |
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DoNotRefill
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
80. Look at the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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JohnKleeb
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. The British thought of the Indians as being subhuman practically |
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JohnKleeb
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Yes Gandhi used weapons and so did MLK |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Can't do a proper bus boycott without a desert eagle strapped to you (nt) |
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JohnKleeb
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. haha |
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JVS
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. Another Good Cop, Bad Cop scenario. |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #73 |
103. Note that in terms of results, MLK blows X away |
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JVS
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:06 AM Response to Reply #103 |
117. Are you certain or is that just the way that a predominantly white culture |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #117 |
118. King was no subservient negro, X was hardly threatening in terms of action |
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JVS
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:38 AM Response to Reply #118 |
133. King without more threatening segments of the civil rights movement... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #133 |
139. I can't dispute that. And I don't mean to minimize Malcolm either |
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JVS
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #139 |
141. You could look for examples where there was one side without the other. |
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Lone Pawn
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The government has all the "guns" anyway |
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Billy Ruffian
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
71. You don't go against an Abrams with a rifle |
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datasuspect
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #71 |
153. WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #153 |
173. Like they did in Fallujah? |
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datasuspect
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #173 |
176. they did BAD things in fallujah |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #176 |
184. So I guess.... |
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datasuspect
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #184 |
192. depends on how much $ was involved |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #192 |
219. Nope, I have the right person... |
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Boosterman
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
210. 80 million gun owners |
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Cobalt Violet
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. I wouldn't want just conservatives to have guns. |
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Carni
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am not into guns but I agree with your reasons 100% |
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hollowdweller
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. #1 When I was a kid my dad always took us hunting and target shooting. |
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davsand
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
74. If I call 911 I'm gonna wait half an hour for the deputy to show up. |
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seabeyond
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. i dont have the right to dictate to another who is responsible |
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medeak
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. have 2000 lb big horn sheep hanging in house |
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papau
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I agree :-) |
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beevul
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
162. "the need for assualt rifles" |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:34 PM Response to Reply #162 |
175. By the last Federal Jim Crow law on the books... |
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blindpig
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
209. that's one big fuckin sheep n/t |
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PaganPreacher
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #209 |
242. Must have come from Texas.... |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. ¿Why not? |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. That right ends where the lives of others begin |
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Jack_DeLeon
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. No.... |
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T Town Jake
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. "To allow dangerous criminals or the mentally unstable to own a gun" |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Meet yourself--was I claiming anyone said that? |
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T Town Jake
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Bait and switch... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Ok, point out where I say further laws are required in my post. (nt) |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. I thought not |
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T Town Jake
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. "I thought not"....cute trick |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #78 |
90. Again, feel free to point out where I say we need more laws |
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T Town Jake
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:39 AM Response to Reply #90 |
98. Your non-reply "reply" speaks for itself.. |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #98 |
110. I'm still waiting. (nt) |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #61 |
85. And there's your problem... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #85 |
99. This is where your argument gets silly |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:47 AM Response to Reply #99 |
102. I used to BE law enforcement before I got my J.D.... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:52 AM Response to Reply #102 |
108. Two more things that are not analogous--drugs and guns |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Sure they are. |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:01 AM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Often used in crime? In what percentage of incidents do you suppose? |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:13 AM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Have you ever heard of "the shoestring trick"? |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:16 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Now I worry you don't know much about guns at all |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. I wasn't talking about things like the Hellfire... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:29 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. So what are you talking about? |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:33 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. And you think I don't know anything about guns???? |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:39 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. I've researched cases of this method using parachute cord, &c |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #134 |
136. The National Firearms Act of 1934 is the LAST Federal Jim Crow law |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
84. you're right, the right ends where the lives of others begin. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
151. Key word: "Criminals" |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
187. Dangerous criminals/mentally unstable people are NOT allowed to own guns |
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Dr.Phool
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. I used to enjoy hunting |
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papau
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. shoting at a range or in competition is fun |
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hollowdweller
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Wait about 15 years when things get so bad the unions start to get strong |
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am pro 2nd amendment |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. But you described some pretty strong regulations you support-- |
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mandyky
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Strong regulations? I'm confused |
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Us vs Them
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's funny. I was always anti-gun before this administration. |
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EDT
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Zombies and CHUDS. |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
224. Speaking of Zombies... |
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Most Democrats have never had much of a problem with guns, imo |
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jesusq
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
215. Who would take away these guns? IMPOSSIBLE |
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Lefty48197
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Tue Dec-07-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think you can own guns, and still support gun control |
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
214. A good example of the kind of gun control liberals should promote |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't own a gun but amending the constitution |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. In the past I've thought that the NRA |
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MNBiker
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Street Gang members don't follow gun laws...... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Yes, Nebraska's active gangworld inspires its gun activism |
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beevul
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
165. EQually noteworthy... |
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Telly Savalas
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #165 |
178. Care to provide some stats to back up that claim? |
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beevul
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #178 |
194. I dunno... |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #178 |
225. Heh. Nice link. |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. In a free country... |
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jpgray
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Your fellow citizens who don't want to be shot? |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:10 AM Response to Reply #51 |
87. So if your fellow citizens don't want minorities in their neighborhoods... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:56 AM Response to Reply #87 |
111. Unfortunately, yes. That's the way democracy works |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:00 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Horseshit. |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Now you're being silly |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:15 AM Response to Reply #116 |
120. I said: |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:20 AM Response to Reply #120 |
124. If they make the law and courts uphold it, it happens |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:29 AM Response to Reply #124 |
128. Did you look up "infringement" in Black's? |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:32 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. The "slippery slope" is a fallacy |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Nope... |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:45 AM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Does a felon also lose the right to free speech? Fifth amendment rights? |
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DoNotRefill
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:52 AM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Within certain situations, yes, they do. |
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jpgray
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. But see, there comes the interpretation, the lack of objective fact |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:09 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. In order for rights to be stripped from a person.... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:17 AM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Have a good night |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #145 |
159. Let me get this straight.... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #159 |
181. Good point |
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #111 |
206. Oh- great - so you are using the Patriot Act as a reason to take away |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. In a free country... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
180. People who are concerned with the negative externalities... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #180 |
195. What would those... |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
55. Two reasons |
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Tue Dec-07-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Every one in the history of the world? |
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. the Iraq argument is a good one |
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. But the problem is, there you had a united populace as well as guns |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
88. Pick a genocide, ANY genocide, in the 20th century... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:58 AM Response to Reply #88 |
113. The Congo and Rwanda are good examples |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #113 |
123. If they have not been disarmed, it's a war.... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #123 |
126. You're wrong there: Uganda armed both the Hema and Lendu militias |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:37 AM Response to Reply #126 |
132. the militias were armed... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:49 AM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Now you're trying a different tack |
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm going to go ahead and make my irrelevant sound off |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:51 AM Response to Reply #65 |
106. Wrong |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #106 |
152. sure |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
179. None of my assault weapons were assault weapons when I bought them |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #179 |
190. i wasn't saying you purchased the guns to hunt other humans |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #190 |
196. An "actual hunting rifle" would be ideal for killing humans |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #196 |
229. i agree with you totally about the danger being in the person's hands |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #190 |
197. hunting rifles vs. 'assault' rifles |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #197 |
231. i'm not determining intent, it seems pretty friggin' |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #231 |
233. Questions... |
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #233 |
235. no, it's not fully automatic |
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Thu Dec-09-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #235 |
237. Your rifles are NOT registered |
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Thu Dec-09-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #237 |
244. ah, thank's for the explanation, i appreciate it. |
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Thu Dec-09-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #231 |
245. ragin_acadian |
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #179 |
217. They are SPORT RIFLES, not assault weapons |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #217 |
232. I took the grenade launcher off of my French MAS 49/56 in 1999 |
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Tue Dec-07-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
66. I can't speak for anyone else |
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. Gun rights may be the last rights you have left |
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
70. An ARMED Left is a STRONG Left |
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. BLUE PERSON IN A RED STATE: Armed and Ready. |
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
75. It's a civil liberties issue. |
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Tue Dec-07-04 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
76. Because we may be needing them soon. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
86. Honestly, pro-gun is not a valid statement, or question - SAFETY |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. heh... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:42 AM Response to Reply #89 |
100. You make a good point... except |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:51 AM Response to Reply #100 |
105. sacrificing civil liberrties in an attempt to be "practical" |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #105 |
122. Technically, I wasn't talking about Giving Up civil liberties |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #86 |
166. Wrong !! |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #86 |
185. I have yet to meet anyone who opposes gun safety |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
91. They will not take my gun from me. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
93. It's in the Bill of Rights. The only caveat I see is "well regulated". |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:41 AM Response to Reply #93 |
135. there are six operative words in the Second Amendment: |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #135 |
170. Damn straight. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:30 PM Response to Reply #170 |
172. Sorry, you have no Second Amendment rights. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #170 |
198. What do you mean you "can't possess nuclear arms"? |
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Wed Dec-08-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #170 |
201. Chico, CA, buyers beware!!! |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:17 PM Response to Reply #201 |
226. beevul speaks the TRUTH about nuclear weapons! |
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Wed Dec-08-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #170 |
220. I don't know about your neighborhood, but |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #220 |
227. I have no problem with a person owning an UNARMED Titan missile |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
96. Guns aren't the problem it's our culture in this country. Guns are just |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #96 |
171. Okay. |
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:47 AM Response to Reply #171 |
236. It's my right to own a gun! |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
107. A Few Words of Wisdom... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
144. Bush's re-selection has something to do with that I bet |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
147. Because I'm a strongly civil libertarian liberal |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #147 |
157. Why waiting periods? |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
148. second amendment |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #148 |
158. Since when have psycho killers.... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #158 |
174. Repeal homicide laws too. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #174 |
182. Homicide laws are for punishing criminals |
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Wed Dec-08-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #174 |
221. Homicide is a "mala in se" crime... |
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #158 |
234. Exactly, so when you catch them with a gun |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
149. I agree with your reasons. It is about freedom, as someone stated. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
155. To protect myself from an overreaching government |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
161. Because pandering to the right is considered to be "electable". |
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Wed Dec-08-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #161 |
163. Heh...My preferred candidate was Howard Dean. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. I supported Dean..but I didn't know he had sold out to the NRA. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:37 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Dean didn't sell out to the NRA... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #167 |
204. Just toss a pistol in your pocket? Now, why would someone do that? |
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Wed Dec-08-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #204 |
222. So you're saying VERMONT is "John Wayne's Amurka"??? |
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Thu Dec-09-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #222 |
239. So, who are you? Tony Soprano? |
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Thu Dec-09-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #239 |
246. Nope, just ex-LE... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:41 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. BTW..."Appeasing the rednecks only strengthens them." |
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Wed Dec-08-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #168 |
203. I calls 'em like I sees 'em. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #203 |
223. Just realize that what you're doing.... |
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Thu Dec-09-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #223 |
238. Oh, yes. Pandering works so well. Ask Presidents Kerry and Gore. |
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #168 |
241. If you insult.... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
177. I consider myself to be a traditional liberal |
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Wed Dec-08-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #177 |
188. Well said, I feel exactly the same way! |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #188 |
191. Me three! |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #177 |
199. Well said, Slack... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
183. There arent that many 'pro-gun' liberals in DU .... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #183 |
193. If true, so what? |
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Wed Dec-08-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #193 |
205. Who said thier view shouldnt be considered ? ... |
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Wed Dec-08-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #183 |
212. There are WAY more pro-gun liberals on DU that you want to admit. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. Amen! When Reagan said he wanted to "Get the government out of |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:19 PM Response to Reply #183 |
228. I think you're mistaken. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
200. An armed populace is the last, best hope against tyranny. n/t |
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Wed Dec-08-04 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
202. Pro-Gun equals Pro-Freedom. |
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Wed Dec-08-04 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
211. Because I live in a red state |
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Wed Dec-08-04 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
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Wed Dec-08-04 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
218. A few reasons |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
230. Because I believe in the Bill of Rights |
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Thu Dec-09-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
240. Real Liberals Are Pro Gun n/t |
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Thu Dec-09-04 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
243. I can tell you why I do |
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