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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:44 AM Original message |
Should gun owners worry? The case for a new AWB is murky, but possible, IMHO |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't get these one-issue Dems: "The economy? The environment? The future? *Nothing* |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. So, let them argue with Scalia |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. The one-issue Dems are those who insist on new bans |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. BenEzra, the very fact you think such a thing would "derail" everything else |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Depends, I suppose, on how much credence.. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Or that the paranoia since the age of Rush/Fox/Bush/Cheney has been amped up |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. ..or gun owners.. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Less gullible? After being traduced to "Stock up on ammo!" by the NRA |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Source? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. You're actually claiming there hasn't been a huge uptick in ammo sales since Obama's election |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. There absolutely has |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. And the NRA, and other gun proliferation groups, haven't been stoking those fears? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. In my case what is stocking the fear |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. "At Gun Show, Conservatives Panic About Obama:" |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. You are not being honest |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
99. Split hairs much? Fine, the NRA is not in the slightest involved with the ratcheting |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:07 PM Original message |
Where's it at? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
110. So the best you can do is anti-obama nuts NEAR the NRA's booth? |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
101. I know Peak Oilers, 911truthers and economic doomers...... |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Yes BUT, a Federal agency does recommend all households keep on hand |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #102 |
124. i have several months worth of canned/dried goods |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #124 |
137. I agree 100% |
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NewMoonTherian (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #124 |
143. One would argue... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #143 |
152. i agree. i have plenty |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #143 |
153. Damn unions! (JOKING) |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #143 |
154. Agreed! |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. ZOMG U PARANOID LUNNY! |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #156 |
163. True story: About two Christmases ago my wife and I |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #101 |
145. This camp thought Bush was behind some Masonic/Jewish/NWO |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
112. For Pete's sake! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #60 |
123. the NRA is not a "gun proliferation group" |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #123 |
146. This is really one of the most sensible things I have heard here |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #146 |
158. thanks |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #123 |
165. Wow, I like the way you put that. May I borrow that as needed? |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Nope |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. See OP as to another reason why folks are stocking up.. |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
144. Yes the NRA and Reps have been spreading fear of a ban |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. You are saying that |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Obama has dropped the ban issue because HE thinks it would derail things. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. It will definately derail everything |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
142. I agree |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I'm not a one issue voter, but I know a few.. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Are "the economy, the environment, the future" |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. If the other issues are so important... |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
109. It's simple. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, I had no idea there was a concern of a new AWB |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
56. So why waste your time |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Just pointing out the obvious |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. The gun age and gun culture will eventually draw to a close |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. When is this evolution going to happen? Those frittering gun owners are certainly making themselves |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It doesn't matter if they lose interest |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Are you talking about the NRA? Another thread says they "have a strangle hold on Congress". |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. The NRA is large factor |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
53. So I guess that would explain.. |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
116. Is it really new gun owners? |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #116 |
147. A mixture of both, from what I've seen on gun forums. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
71. I see what you are saying...he wasn't hiding his pro-gun control stance. |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I doubt it. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
119. Yes, he was. In part because a lot of gun owners decided he was smart enough NOT to pursue an AWB. |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
149. You hit the nail on the head! |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
115. The rest of the civilized world? |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
150. Gun Nuts??? WTF??? |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
159. Guns will go away when everyone has been inoculated against violence |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
160. "Obama is spending his political capital on other things right now" |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:58 AM Original message |
People with guns don't have to worry,,, It is the ones without who have to worry |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. When you take into consideration |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Why? How many is that? How many people are shot with their own gun? nt |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The very ability of you and I to even make this statement out in the open |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
61. Got something to back this statement up? |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
148. Unless you're speaking of suicides, the annual number is very, very low. |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
164. What do you care if gun nuts shoot themselves or are shot with their own guns? |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
151. A little of Topic |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. '''' |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. They might take your machine guns and rocket launchers too |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That issue was settled 75 years ago |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. "non-automatic civilian rifles" AKA semi-automatic assault rifles |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. "semi-automatic" and "assault rifle" are mutually exclusive |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. NRA propaganda notwithstanding.. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Ermm.. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. With that one post, you proved just how little you know.... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I'm not embarrassed. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Handguns are semi-automatic. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. These are not military weaons.. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Why do you want your semi-autos to look like full-autos? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Good question! |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Because people like you tried to ban them.... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:07 PM Original message |
I didn't try to ban anything. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
81. You may not have... |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
89. Not just payback.... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Looks, not so muck.. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
82. Good point about maintainability.. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. By the way...that question.. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
95. There's several reasons why the look is popular. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
113. There are excellent reasons. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
155. Yes there is a damn good reason, in fact several... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
65. I fired 'military weapons' with a company from the 101st. Quite a difference |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. "assault rilfle" = full-auto machine gun, "assault weapon" = semi-auto with 'militarty style' |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
85. Calling a semiautomatic rifle an "assault rifle" is gun-grabber propaganda |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
111. There is no such thing as a semi-automatic assault rifle. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
120. By definition an assault rifle is capable of fully automatic fire |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. There are no semi-automatic assault rifles. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Semantics are fun. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. MOST civilian guns "fire rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger." |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Let me ask you this... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Not really. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. If I had my way, which I know I never will, I'd ban all guns that aren't used for hunting. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #48 |
62. And if more hunters start using these guns for hunting? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
80. Well at least you are honest. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. No, I don't want to repeal the 2nd ammendment |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #84 |
96. Well what then. I honestly want to know. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #84 |
106. Then how would you go about banning guns that in your opinion are not |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
94. Actually, LARGE caliber handguns are more appropriate for hunting. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
128. And coincidentally, also for self defense n/t |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
135. Are you aware that only 1 in 5 U.S. gun owners hunts? (n/t) |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
74. It's nice that you "don't give a fuck" about facts and truth |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Better go buy more guns to teach me a lesson. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Really there's not a whole lot out there |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
104. Why let truth or facts get in the way with what a person wants to be?! |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
105. Yeah, fact really screw with things sometimes. It helps to just ignore them. LOL |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
114. It's not the NRA, you tool. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
157. "built for the sole purpose of killing lots of people fast "... |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Wow, so much ignorance in so few words! |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Who's yelling "TERRAH!!" and exaggerating the threat like Bush/Gonzales? You are. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I just don't want any more innocent people to be killed with these weapons. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. No, that makes you a GOOD person, in ANY world! |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. So you want to effectivly ban... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
75. But you're OK if they're killed with shotguns, handguns, or identical rifles with straight stocks. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. No I'm not okay if they're killed with shotguns, handguns or rifles. |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #79 |
88. I'd say where we are right now |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Tell that to all the dead people in the past month. |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. You mean the ones |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. The majority of people killed last month (just like any month) were kiled with HANDGUNS |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
103. The line is drawn at criminal possession/use, sawed off shotguns, automatics, and over-.50 weapons. |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. Nobody want's REAL soulutions to the problems. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
108. Reading your post it looks like you equal all "gun-nuts" with criminals. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Naa - they would have to find them 1st. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Educate yourself |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
117. About what? n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. The National Firearms Act |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Precisely my point. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. We do have the right to own machine guns and rocket launchers |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. So tightly regulate semi-auto assault rifles |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. In your opinion |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Is the 1934 Firearms Act "gun grabbing"? n/t |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #127 |
166. Actually yes it is |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. Semiautomatic rifles WERE available in the 1930s |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. That's not the kind of gun we're talking about |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. The M4 is a selective-fire weapon, legally a machinegun |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. There were semi-automatics with detachable magazines in 1934 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Because that's the exact kind of gun we're talking about |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. Err.. semi-automatic rifles are _exactly_ what we were talking about.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #131 |
139. Please explain the difference between a 1930's semiautomatic rifle that takes detachable magazines |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #139 |
162. Yes, PLEASE explain, SandS. I don't need another dumb ass trying to take my M1s. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. Dosen't it get tiring, being so dishonest? |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
91. Nope, already sold them to Mexico to pay my mortgage. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think EVERYONE should be worried... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
39. Great Post K&R and a few comments.. |
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Furyataurus (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. IMO, gun owners should always be concerned |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. Yes |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Who in Congress wants to "ban all guns"? |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. I'll give you a hint |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. She was talking about "all" assault weapons, not all guns as you stated. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. k, yeah sure. |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. millions of guns banned, regardless. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
134. Which equates to "the most popular civilian guns" instead of "all guns." |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
133. The Moral Majority didn't want to ban *all* books, either. |
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Giuseppe Mazzini (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #133 |
140. Here Here I agree with you |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Speaking of the first.. |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #83 |
161. The simple answer is, anyone who is campaigning for "assault weapons" bans |
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