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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:01 AM Original message |
The Guns of Spring |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe 2nd Amendment Needs a Mental Health Clause |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:15 AM Original message |
amen to that. n/t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Or perhaps we should just get people help if they need it, regardless of armament. nt |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well said...n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fair and balanced? What about all the news about people who used guns to defend themselves? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Do you consider assault weapons guns of self-defense? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Ah ...you didn't read what I said but responded anyway? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You're right, I didn't, so I apologize. I just |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm just trying to counter all these anti gun posts with some balance. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I don't consider this an anti-gun post. It's an anti-assault weapon |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. In Florida you must pass a background check. You will be denied if you have a record of |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Assault weapons are only used in about 3% of homicides. Pistols are the problem. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. AWB as 'common sense'?? Hardly |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Gun enthusiasts always forget the "well-regulated" part of the 2nd Amendment. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Many of "US" would rather not have guns for defense. Not all gun owners are "enthusiasts". |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Ironically, you make yourself MANY times more likely to suffer a tragedy |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Really? You obviously don't read about those who use a gun for defense. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I've posted the science dozens of times |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. From what I read it seems that gun owners are for the most part successful.. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Just as long as you realize that you and your family are much LESS SAFE with a gun in the house |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Well I don't believe that. Maybe if I had kids. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Facts are facts- whether you believe them or not |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I think these people would dissagree with those "facts". |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Only if you're not interested in the actual science on the subject |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. And has been repeatedly pointed out to you.. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Generally, when people make that statement |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. *sigh* |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. A waiting period for someone who already owns one or more firearms makes no logical sense |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. "military style guns that no hunter with sense of fair play would ever use" is BS |
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No More Bushbots (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You can take my grenade launcher! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Grenade launchers are strictly regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934 |
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