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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:37 PM Original message |
Obama won't take your guns, Nancy Pelosi will do it for him... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. No surprise here. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nobody should have an AK47. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How about a Ruger mini-30 ranch rifle? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ok. I don't know what the fuck that is. There. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Full Auto Assault Weapons? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. There's no such thing as a "full auto assault weapon". |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
62. You are correct |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
97. No, no no An assault weapon has to be capable of full auto |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think the point is |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. the mini-30 |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Why would you want one? |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. well personally |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I guess "fun" is relative. I don't get it. But people are dying from those guns. The AKs. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. No- the NFA of 1934 is the legal standard. No- CA used registration to confisticate |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Change on edit- 'confiscate' |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. ill answer one at a time |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Thank you. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. well |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
92. You know, that was a really good post. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. thanks |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I own more than 50 of them, and the purpose has nothing to do with killing |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Ok, then what are they for? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
91. It's a hobby and a financial investment |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. First off, very, very few people are killed with semi-auto rifles of any stripe |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. I own a Mini 30 as part of my collection |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
98. I don't now but I was happy to have one when I lived in a rural area. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Most gun owners don't hunt, and that is not the standard for suitability anyway |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Well, that's not a problem. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. You scare me. nt |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why is registration such a big deal to the gun lobby? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They're afraid. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. or the state, as in NY and California, as it has before. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Eliminating specific weapons that everyone agrees are dangerous |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The problems are 1)not "everyone agrees", & 2) registration lead to confiscation in the past, |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. So, you believe the RW propaganda. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. About those issues? Certainly! Hard to argue with facts & history. Propaganda is then not needed. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Uber Alles! Seig Heil! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. What else would the morons in the gungeon understand? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Why are you here? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Here is some German for you..."Waffenkontrolle" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. More RW propaganda. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. If you insist. Seems you'd goose step right in time with those SS troops. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. FYI the average German gun owner in 1938 was perfectly happy & supportive of the Nazi Party. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Knowingly not an opressed minority, and PLANNING ON STAYING THAT WAY. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. With the GOP in charge, your guns won't help you. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. But the GOP is not in charge |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. My guns won't help me at anytime if they are confiscated. Which |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. The U.S. government |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Propoganda? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Propaganda - trying to paint the rational majority who want rational gun control as Nazis |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. "rational majority who want rational gun control as Nazis" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. You can't recognize sarcasm through standard 3rd grade reading comprehension skills, can you? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. No |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Backtrack how? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Just because you have been saying it for months |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Just because a gerbil can type doesn't mean he can understand sarcasm. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Right |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. You can mislead yourself & believe anything you want. People who can read know differently. |
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SsevenN (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Baldguy- Not too bright eh? Get your facts straight... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Nice spin from a RW propaganda site. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Is the SKS ban referenced at the ca.gov website "propaganda"? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
82. Here's some more RW propaganda |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Sporter SKS rifles weren't particularly dangerous in California |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
94. "Eliminating specific weapons that ..are dangerous" |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Because people who had registered certain rifles in California had them confisticated |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. or I could just post the question here and someone could answer it for me. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. because |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. also i'd like to mention |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Something tells me that impracticality isn't what fires people up about it so much. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. well thats only my personal opinion |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The cost benefit analysis makes a lot of sense to me |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. i generally tend to agree |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. You will if your car is declared illegal because it produces too much CO2 |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. As long as registration stays just registration, then I don't have a problem |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. But nobody has rocket launchers. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I just use rocket launchers as an example of a decision making process gone wrong |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Registration is pretty key to finding where weapons |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. There are 3 common misperceptions about rifles and their owners out there... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. See post #27 below n/t |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Really. You got a gun. It's registered to you. What is the problem there? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I don't think the level of political energy spent here is worth it. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Because, if someone kills someone with a gun, you can run a search of the registry |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I meant in opposition to it. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. People are dying. I think it's a worthy cause, a worthy fight. Politically, yeah |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Couple of problems. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. Those damned Democrats .... |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. They're missing the real issue--it's not guns, it's mental health |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. I didn't know guns were ever confiscated |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Yes, they *were* confisticated and here's the link from the CA state site |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
44. NYC also. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. Glad to oblige...I would appreciate your comments. |
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CarinKaryn (629 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. What a load of crock |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. Sure... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. A gentle reminder of two axioms of debate for you... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sorry, meant to say 'confiscated' |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. I prefer confisticated. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. "Confisticated" is a great word to describe what happened in New Orleans... |
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umccoyw (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
95. i dont thkn they can ban guns |
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