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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 08:03 AM Original message |
The myth that gun control is unpopular |
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baldguy
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Fri May-27-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Responsible gun owners support rational gun restrictions. |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. One more time... What restrictions do you think are "rational"? |
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baldguy
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Fri May-27-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I've said it many times: as a start, register every gun; license every gun owner. |
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spin
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Fri May-27-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I am a licensed gun owner, I have a concealed weapons permit ... |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Neither of those is "reasonable", and neither will accomplish the purpose you claim. |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. If registration is such a great idea why did New Zealand dump it? |
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guardian
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Fri May-27-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. I think I've broken the code |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. Ah, a translation... |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-27-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. With 4.5 million dues-paying members the NRA isn't astroturf. N/T |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. look up the word astro turf |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Fri May-27-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. ALL gun control orgs put together could not equal 10% of the NRA's membership. |
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Taitertots
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Fri May-27-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why are they using biased and intentionally misleading wording? |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. lol... "Nothing like a nice warm Uzi" |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-27-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Fully automatic UZI's are rare in the US. |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
45. Right... because people actually go duck hunting with Uzi's and AR15's. |
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Taitertots
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Sat May-28-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
98. Lol, Hollywood ignorance at it's greatest |
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RC
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Fri May-27-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Safe firearms? |
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MicaelS
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Fri May-27-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I don't hunt.... |
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AtheistCrusader
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Fri May-27-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. 'the rest of them' that are not handguns are used in less than 3% of homicides |
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rrneck
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Fri May-27-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. How would you distinguish one from the other? nt |
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spin
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Fri May-27-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. So you would ban handguns? |
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cleanhippie
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Fri May-27-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Another one with severe myopic vision. |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Does the Second Amendment reference hunting? |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. Canada has the correct idea in what |
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benEzra
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Fri May-27-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. Safe in terms of safety systems, relative lack of overpenetration, ergonomics, |
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Oneka
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Fri May-27-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
91. The 2nd amendment |
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Taitertots
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Sat May-28-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
97. So called Assault weapons are the most popular and effecting for hunting and sport shooting |
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slackmaster
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Fri May-27-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. The only polls that matter are elections |
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GreenStormCloud
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Fri May-27-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. If gun control is so loved by the public, |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. The same way FreedomWorks and the Koch brothers win elections. |
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RSillsbee
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Fri May-27-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Do you mean republicans like |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I love it. The far-right is pushing for gun control. LOL. |
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eqfan592
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Fri May-27-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Self Delete |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. not that simple |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Please, keep this stuff coming. |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. can you say package deal fallacy? |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. If you want to get technical, I believe it's called the "fallacy of delusional fabrications" |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Again I did not say he will do either |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. I'm glad you brought up Thom Hartmann and Rachel Maddow |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Perhaps you are new in the Guns forum... |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. unrelated to ideology |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Hey, you brought up Rachel and Thom, I just thought you should know where they stand. |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. "forcing"?! Seriously? |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. I knew exactly where they stand. |
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Bold Lib
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Fri May-27-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. Are you trying to imply that |
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Starboard Tack
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Fri May-27-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Not all Republicans are Teabaggers. Some are quite decent people |
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Bold Lib
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Fri May-27-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. That is a different issue to which I responded to. You seem to acknowledge that |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I'm implying that the gun control movement is not a driven by far-right special interest groups. |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. They are all from urban areas too |
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Tejas
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Sat May-28-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #86 |
96. Would you really describe the Brady campaign as a "far-right special interest group". |
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Starboard Tack
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Sat May-28-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #81 |
99. First let me point out that it is against DU rules to suggest that a member |
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Atypical Liberal
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Fri May-27-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Special Interests. |
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ileus
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Fri May-27-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. They're still using terms like Clips and assault weapons... |
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spin
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Fri May-27-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I like the Brady's new term "assault clips". That awed me.... |
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youneverknow
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Fri May-27-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
80. What is an assault clip |
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oneshooter
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Fri May-27-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. No one really knows exept the Brady Bunch. |
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rrneck
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Fri May-27-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. High capacity condiment dispenser. nt |
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RSillsbee
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Fri May-27-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. Who said gun control is unpopular? |
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sharesunited
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Fri May-27-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. The problem will eventually get fixed by the judiciary once Scalia and Thomas have moved on. |
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RSillsbee
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Fri May-27-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Not in your lifetime NT |
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sharesunited
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Fri May-27-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Some people who were alive for Plessey lived to see Brown v. Board of Ed. |
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RSillsbee
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Fri May-27-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Some people who were alive to see the Boston Massacre |
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Katya Mullethov
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Fri May-27-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Some of the kids that remember Eugene Hasenfus |
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one-eyed fat man
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Fri May-27-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
62. unlucky rabbit's foot |
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Katya Mullethov
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Fri May-27-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Did you know |
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ileus
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Fri May-27-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I think most are painfully aware we're one vote from losing the 2nd |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. maybe, maybe not |
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X_Digger
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Fri May-27-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. Here are some more polls for you.. |
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Upton
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Fri May-27-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. I bet a large amount of that pro gun control |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. or big city conservatives for that matter. |
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Flyboy_451
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Fri May-27-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. a few thoughts about polls and decision making... |
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spin
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Fri May-27-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. When you have to distort and mislead to win a poll, your subject is not popular. (n/t) |
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DanTex
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Fri May-27-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Agree and disagree |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. MAIG hires Frank Luntz too |
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Flyboy_451
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Fri May-27-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. you are reading far more into my words than what is there... |
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one-eyed fat man
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Fri May-27-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Lies, damn lies, and propaganda |
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Atypical Liberal
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Fri May-27-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. But it is so easy to see how ridiculous this is. |
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cleanhippie
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Fri May-27-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Stop it. Just stop it. You are using reason and rational thought, and that does not work. |
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Katya Mullethov
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Fri May-27-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. It worked for switchblades |
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one-eyed fat man
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Fri May-27-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. NSN: 1095-01-446-4348 |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. We give 'em to all our deploying airmen. |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. what was your AFSC? |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. 2A6X1 - Turboshaft engines |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I can relate. I started off in photo systems and |
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Katya Mullethov
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Fri May-27-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Did you run across this guy yet ? |
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PavePusher
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Fri May-27-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Know him?! I AM him...! |
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eqfan592
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Fri May-27-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Here here!! |
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Fri May-27-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. A ban on assault weapons is an incremental step to banning other firearms ... |
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Fri May-27-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Agreed. |
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gejohnston
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Fri May-27-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
48. couple of problems with the poll |
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Fri May-27-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
51. If gun control was popular we would not have "shall issue" concealed carry ... |
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DWC
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Fri May-27-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. It's Your Story |
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Fri May-27-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
78. Popular does not mean it passes Constitutional muster... |
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youneverknow
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Fri May-27-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
79. I am new here |
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LAGC
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Sat May-28-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #79 |
94. Welcome to DU. |
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lawodevolution
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Sat May-28-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #79 |
95. I agree and it's a distraction from other issues |
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benEzra
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Fri May-27-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
84. Ummm, banning the most popular civilian rifles in the United States is not a "moderate" position. |
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aikoaiko
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Fri May-27-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
88. One of the first rules of polling is to make sure that people understand what you're asking. |
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Katya Mullethov
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Fri May-27-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
93. You guys make the best buggy whips in the world |
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Sat May-28-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
100. A mountain of opinion polls is struck down by a single election result |
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