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Homer12
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:43 PM Original message |
Do liberals and progressives need to arm themselves? |
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Johonny
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. when liberal groups armed themselves in the late 60s and 70s |
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AverageJoe90
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I wouldn't have been surprised........nt |
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TheWraith
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. In fact, that's the entire reason that Reagan signed the Mulford Act in California. |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
83. And the 1968 Gun Control Act was largely designed to disarm blacks... |
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haikugal
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. As anathema as it is to most liberals |
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Edweird
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Please support your 'anathema' assertion with verifiable, unbiased facts. |
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haikugal
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Fri Oct-28-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. I'm old school hippy and we weren't into guns. |
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Edweird
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Sat Oct-29-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
68. You don't like guns, I got that part. Now substantiate the "most" part. |
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haikugal
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Sat Oct-29-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
106. In my day it was most...I'm from the Bay Area..California |
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aikoaiko
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Sat Oct-29-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Ron McKernan would probably beg to differ |
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Edweird
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #106 |
121. I'm 40 so I can't speak about 'back in the day', but I'm talking about 'right now' anyway. |
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Iktomiwicasa
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Sun Oct-30-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #106 |
135. Here's some of my folks... |
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rrneck
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Sun Oct-30-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #135 |
146. Defending the homeland since 1492. |
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Iktomiwicasa
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #146 |
153. Damn straight. |
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Starboard Tack
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Sat Oct-29-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
110. He's right with the "most" part |
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beevul
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Sun Oct-30-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #110 |
117. The polls you see screenshots of were done in GD. N/T |
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Edweird
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #110 |
123. First off, I'm pretty sure it's a 'she' not a 'he'. |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #68 |
140. Wrong. I do like guns. Surprise. |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
84. I'm an old hippy and I have plenty of guns... |
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haikugal
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Sat Oct-29-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #84 |
105. I don't play their game...I can hit back...or laugh at them |
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Starboard Tack
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Sat Oct-29-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
111. You are an anomaly. |
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Edweird
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #111 |
124. The conversation is about now, not half a century ago. 'Used to be' doesn't count for much. |
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SteveM
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Sun Oct-30-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #111 |
143. You are wrong there. |
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Starboard Tack
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
91. The polls on DU here in the gungeon are hardly representative of liberal progressives. |
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gejohnston
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
115. right or left libertarians? |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #115 |
134. Right libertarian |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #134 |
147. Isn't that Left Libertarian? |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. See how close we are? Interesting. |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. And yet on the gun issue, there seems to be quite a divide between us. Interesting. |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. Probably because of our individual histories of growing up in different cultures. |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. How so? |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Sorry, I assumed you grew up in this country. |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Born and raised in the U.S., but every region is very culturally different |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. OK, then I was right and I'm very familiar with our regional differences. |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. I guess I don't see where the culture affected me |
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Starboard Tack
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Mon Oct-31-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #160 |
162. There exists a "gun culture" in the US like nowhere else |
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dmallind
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Mon Oct-31-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #159 |
170. I grew up in England too, and have lived in 8 states |
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Starboard Tack
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #147 |
151. My reference to right libertarians was about them infiltrating DU |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. In any apple cart ... |
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beevul
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Sun Oct-30-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #91 |
118. As I said, the polls you see screnshots of, were done in GD. n/t |
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oneshooter
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Sun Oct-30-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #91 |
130. And you are? n/t |
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SteveM
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Sun Oct-30-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #130 |
144. Starboard is arbiter of styles and standards. See #111. |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I'm sorry, that's just BS |
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TheWraith
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Actually, you can easily train yourself well in excess of "police level." |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I shoot nearly as well... |
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TheWraith
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. SWAT is a *whole* different thing from line cops. |
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gejohnston
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
114. I hope |
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Lizzie Poppet
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Fri Oct-28-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. Most cops aren't all that good, really. |
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hack89
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Sat Oct-29-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
69. Fortunately more guns have not led to more problems |
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Euromutt
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Sat Oct-29-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
70. Such training is readily available from a variety of sources |
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Simo 1939_1940
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Sun Oct-30-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
141. Glad you mentioned Gunsite rather than Front Sight, Euro. |
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Kennah
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #141 |
149. Never been to Gunsite or Front Sight, but I have been to FAS and LFI |
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Euromutt
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Sun Oct-30-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #141 |
155. I wouldn't know whether Gunsite keeps politics out of the curriculum |
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Callisto32
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Um, no. Just, no. |
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SomethingFishy
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's always good to be prepared for |
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rl6214
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Sat Oct-29-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
107. Watching the Zombie Apocalypes right now on SyFy channel |
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aikoaiko
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Sat Oct-29-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Me too. |
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Wait Wut
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Already done. |
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socialist_n_TN
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Fri Oct-28-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Yep. Me too in red state Tennessee..... |
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badtoworse
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am a strong supporter of RKBA |
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ohheckyeah
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Fri Oct-28-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Should all hell break |
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Edweird
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Plenty of Liberals and Progressives are armed. |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. ...and by political affiliation, the fastest growing group of gun-owners. |
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Rex
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. That is a myth. Most Americans own a gun or two. |
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surrealAmerican
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Do they? |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. They don't: the vast majority of privately owned firearms are in relatively few hands, statistically |
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TheWraith
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Given how incredibly little you clearly know about US gun laws and gun owners... |
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apocalypsehow
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. LOL. Classic flail-o'-rama. Good stuff. n/t. |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
87. Ain't nothing "progressive" about Jim Crow-based gun-control laws... |
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RSillsbee
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Sun Oct-30-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
137. A majority of Americans don't own guns, |
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PavePusher
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Sat Oct-29-11 03:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. "...only utility is the killing of another human being..." |
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Callisto32
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
75. Jesus... |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
86. I'm one of those Progressives with guns... |
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benEzra
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Sun Oct-30-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
131. I see by your profile that you're in Illinois? Gun ownership is common outside the Chicago area |
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jpak
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
95. Bullshit - gun ownership is a at historic lows - only 32% of Americans own them |
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benEzra
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Sun Oct-30-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #95 |
132. Nope. |
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Sun Oct-30-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
136. Bullshit on your Bullshit ... |
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cleanhippie
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Many already are. |
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RagAss
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Those of us who are armed....normally don't broadcast it. |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Look how the force of will of Americans and #Occupy are already changing things. |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. No, this is a battle of wits... |
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Edweird
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The police and military do not have some kind of mystical jedi powers. |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Someone please tell ignored I'm not going to reply... |
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Callisto32
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
76. Don't act like an asshole.... |
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Edweird
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Sat Oct-29-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
79. LOL @ U |
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hack89
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Sun Oct-30-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
133. How far are you willing to run to avoid inconvenient facts? nt |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
88. The more important issue is now playing the GOP's "bully game"... |
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one-eyed fat man
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Sun Oct-30-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
145. Can you explain something |
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dmallind
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Mon Oct-31-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #145 |
171. His license plate frame was a Teaparty one. nt |
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surrealAmerican
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fire arms don't really help. |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well said... |
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EC
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Many of us do |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. 1. There is no 2nd amendment right for individuals to own firearms; it's a collective right, |
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Deleted message |
ohheckyeah
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. LOL When some guy breaks into your |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yeah, because |
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ohheckyeah
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, actually people do. |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. That's gun totin' logic for you though: they really think it's just like they saw Charles Bronson do |
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Union Scribe
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Sat Oct-29-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
82. I've yet to meet a genuine progressive who is a Raiders fan. |
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rrneck
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
89. You should get out more. nt |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
94. Vast quantities of unsubstantiated attacks. You sound like Rick Perry. nt |
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RSillsbee
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Sun Oct-30-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
138. I don't know about all that Matt Dillon crap |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
93. Here, you are making some unsubstantiated assertions... |
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TheWraith
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. No, it's an individual right, which the Supreme Court was unanimous about. |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. False: the liberals on the court were "unanimous" about no such thing. Here, go educate yourself: |
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TheWraith
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. You might want to check the case we were actually talking about, re: Chicago. nt |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. You might want to check the post you were actually responding too, re: Heller. |
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TheWraith
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Then we evidently have a miscommunication. nt |
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apocalypsehow
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Nope: I think we're communicating just fine. I am certain, for instance, that I understand perfectly |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. *Kick* |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. *Kick* |
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apocalypsehow
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
60. And by the bye, just so no one hereabouts is confused about the attempt to change the subject above: |
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Lizzie Poppet
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Fri Oct-28-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. Wow...people still believe that? |
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apocalypsehow
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The right wing did not "get" it right: please try again. |
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Callisto32
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
77. Luckily |
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Union Scribe
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Sat Oct-29-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
80. What other rights enumerated in the BOR do you think shouldn't |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
92. Sorry, you are wrong about several things here... |
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Euromutt
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Sat Oct-29-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
100. Balls; the very notion of a "collective right" is an ad hoc fabrication |
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friendly_iconoclast
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Sat Oct-29-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
104. "they are uniformly supported, across the board, by right-wing assholes" Explain Vermont, then. |
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Euromutt
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Sun Oct-30-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #104 |
120. Or indeed, Washington state |
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jmg257
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
125. So collectively every one of the people must supply themselves w/militia-grade arms..I'll take an M4 |
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RSillsbee
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Sun Oct-30-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
139. SCOTUS disagrees with you |
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jwirr
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Already armed. Will not go to war but will defend our home and family. |
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Sheepshank
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. Baggers would crap their pants if they heard there was a wave of libs getting firearms. n/t |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Let's say we did... |
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Sheepshank
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I love playing mind games.... |
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JuniperLea
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The smaller the mind... |
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Callisto32
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
78. That would be foolish. |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
96. Check this out: |
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LanternWaste
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Fri Oct-28-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. Not this liberal... |
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SteveM
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
97. I do agree with one part of your statement... |
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flamingdem
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Fri Oct-28-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Unrec. Avoidance is the key nt |
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Lizzie Poppet
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Fri Oct-28-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
44. Already armed here. |
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Capitalocracy
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Fri Oct-28-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. Don't know about guns, but carrying mace seems more and more reasonable to me. |
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oneshooter
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Sat Oct-29-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
99. Check with your countries laws first. Unless you ment "carry a mace" |
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Capitalocracy
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Sat Oct-29-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. haha... |
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haikugal
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Mon Oct-31-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
172. Bear Spray works as well...I've carried that...never used it but I'm sure it would work. |
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Mon Oct-31-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. Again, check your local laws. Pepper spray/bear spray may be considered the same as a firearm. |
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
49. I would never, ever have a firearm in my house. |
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
51. most Iraqis in the days of Saddam owned guns. But it didn't do a bit of good in opposing a |
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
98. It's also possible that there wasn't that much sentiment to oppose him. nt |
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Sun Oct-30-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #98 |
119. well actually he had millions of opponents who hated him passionately. but that doesn't mean that |
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Sun Oct-30-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #119 |
142. I agree with most of what you say about Iraq... |
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Sun Oct-30-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
161. Jews in Warsaw stood up to a totalitarian state in 1943 |
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. It might not be wise for conservatives and authoritarians to assume we haven't already. |
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Fri Oct-28-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. "It is every gentleman's duty to at all times go armed" |
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
61. It's one thing to keep guns at home (in case of revolution), it's another to carry on streets now. |
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Sat Oct-29-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
103. Need to read you MLK and Ghandi closer |
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #103 |
113. Fine, we agree -- no guns at OWS. So, then, we should leave guns at home unless yahoos assault. |
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. of course that was dealing with The Man |
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Sat Oct-29-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
63. I think you might be uh, |
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cayanne
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Sat Oct-29-11 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
65. We have 7 guns |
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AtheistCrusader
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Sat Oct-29-11 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
67. Always be prepared. |
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Sat Oct-29-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
71. Just because we're progressives doesn't make us immune... |
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
72. I think you are asking the wrong question. |
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. +100. nt |
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Sat Oct-29-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
81. Bullyism works because folks let themselves be bullied... |
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Sat Oct-29-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
90. Excellent post. K&R . Let sanity rule |
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Sat Oct-29-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
101. I know a lot of conservatives since I know a lot of shooters ... |
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
112. It would be extraordinarily stupid to let them have all the guns. |
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Mon Oct-31-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #112 |
165. That is happening now. |
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Mon Oct-31-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #165 |
166. That's about what I expected |
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Mon Oct-31-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. Somehow |
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Mon Oct-31-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. There is more |
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Mon Oct-31-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Opressed people don't want freedom |
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Sun Oct-30-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
122. Everyone should take advantage to their 2A rights regardless of circumstance. |
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Sun Oct-30-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
126. Yes, I think it is wise to do so. I am. |
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Sun Oct-30-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
127. Do not choose to carry out of fear. |
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Sun Oct-30-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
128. Like everyone else, what they really need is the choice to arm themselves |
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Sun Oct-30-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
129. Dem and indie gun ownership is roughly comparable to Repubs in terms of absolute numbers, IIRC. |
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Mon Oct-31-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
163. I never heard of a mugger asking your politics before he attacks. |
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Mon Oct-31-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
164. Political violence is exceedingly rare in the United States. |
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