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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:41 PM Original message |
Americans stick to their guns as firearms sales surge |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Actually, right wing paranoia fueled the recent spate of murders... |
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someone else (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. PA shooter member of Stormfront |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hear, hear! |
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ShareTheWoods (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. How do you figure that nonsense? |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. huh? |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. deleted n/t |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. looks like Obama was right about them |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. It's also seen as an investment |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm worried about |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. They might attack your kayak. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
70. I use a lanyard |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Friend of mine works in the gun licensing office in our county.. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Successful NRA propaganda: Industry lobbyists pushing product |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Pure Propaganda |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Bingo, the NRA is behind the propaganda. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Surely you have a recent example? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Went to the range with my brother in law to shoot his 9mm. Couldn't find bullets at any retail |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Surely he has some recent evidence of such? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Propaganda? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. And as the economy goes under. |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. A self-fulfilling prophesy - the gun buying spree, not the economic crisis, will fuel a crime wave. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. That makes no sense at all, care to explain? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. So guns turn people into criminals? nt |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. LOL - I always love it when I read silly stuff like this, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. Deleted message |
hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. But why would all those people need guns to embark on a crime spree? |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Bad Thing About This |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I don't mind the speculators.. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. 7 million militia |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. We need to track them, via an un-Constitutional law? For real? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Did anyone challenged FISA during the W's years beside the leftist? |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Your ideas of guns and gun owners is sadly lacking. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. why someone in a big city would need shotguns and rifles? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. People who live in big cities have the right to go to rural areas and hunt, shoot targets, etc. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Many "big" cities are incredibly DANGEROUS places |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. I can give you 3 reasons why this city person has a gun.... |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Yeah, on the other end of the spectrum |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
71. All American males ages 17 - 45 are members of the milita. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
78. like the Montana Militia |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
74. You're a little short on your count.... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. WOW! so if a little Hitler becomes the leader of the 80 million Militia |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. fear of a black president nt |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Even the ones who voted for him? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Some Are Buying Guns Because They Are Afraid of All the Wingnuts with Guns |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yup, what's the term in physics? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. that would include myself...nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. President Obama could bring the extra sales to a screeching halt with one simple sentence |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. When everyone has a gun, we'll all be safer . .. !!! |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Don't forget pets,nt |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. If this is true, this is very, very scary. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's making it damned hard to find certain guns, and not just "assault weapons" |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. The invisible hand of the market |
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antimatter98 (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. The Second Amendment protects the right to own firearms. Period. n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
35. That reminds me, I better get my gun permit... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Full auto are already heavily restricted and prices start at $7,000 |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Why do you think people can buy fully automatic weapons at their local gun shops? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. So then where are they getting them? How? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. They aren't.. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. So this is basicly NRA bullshit... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Not quite.. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I did NOT mean for that to be my 'magnum opus'. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Psst! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Wholeheartedly agree!! |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Nope... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Where is WHO getting them? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's fear of the coming economic crisis. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
42. and this will improve the quality of life in the US....how? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. It's keeping people in the firearms industry employed |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. Our local Autin FOX news station had a nice little propaganda piece on this Friday |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hang on to your deadly phallic symbols. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Do you equate everything to phalic symbols? Very telling. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
75. There is nothing wrong with that... |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. If Obamas people would stop saying they want a new ban, the panic buying would stop. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. The "panic buying" is from Propaganda Most of which comes from the NRA |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. should say PARANOID Americans |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I would call them Piss-Poor-Planning Americans |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
67. If I were a Wall Street type.... |
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