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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:21 AM Original message |
Who Will Face Down the Gun Lobby? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. NRA = teabaggers with inexplicable political clout |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Only 39% of the population supports expanding gun laws |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. Let start with where we agree: How do we keep the NICS from being overwhelmed? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
64. Who did that survey? The NRA? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. He was quoting gallup.. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. On what planet does "supports expanding gun laws" = "banning handguns"? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Scroll down yourself. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. So you're a mindreader now? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. No source? Okay, got source. Impugn the source! (with '99 article) |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. You have absolutely no clue what a "push poll" is |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #98 |
381. The 39% number... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #381 |
388. Doh, statistical beat me to it.. n/t |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #388 |
389. Thanks X-Digger :) |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #94 |
382. That poll was from 1999. Gallup showed higher support for gun control in 1999 also. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
383. Generally good idea to back up stats. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
376. Completely explicable clout |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #376 |
380. and this throwaway handful of words |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #380 |
392. Apparently........ it was |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hopefully no one. Gun Control is a stupid issue. Ending the war on drugs will solve Mexico's problem |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:27 AM Original message |
The criminals would love gun control ...that way they won't have to be conserned... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. So would the corporations. nt |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. So do repugs...... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Uhm no ...not prosecuting the torturers and going on with the wars will do that all on its own. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. More men are killed by guns than "wife and kids." Regulate HANDguns. Not rifles. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. How would go about getting the guns out of the hands of criminals? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Most crimes are committed with handguns. Cheap handguns. Regulate their sale and ownership. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. Itisn't just the cheap hand guns. Most of them will cost you at least $300. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. 'Cheap' is a realative term. You don't buy an expensive firearm to rob a 7/11. nt |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Last time someone ran a poll in GD with 500+ responses.. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #91 |
106. Yea that's what I thought but wasn't sure. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
141. They buy a stolen, cheap handgun to commit crimes |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #72 |
384. Banning "cheap" handguns is viewed as a style of class warfare... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #72 |
385. Not exactly true. Most violent crime involves no weapon. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
217. I agree - regulate handguns |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #217 |
252. It's not that simple. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #252 |
278. still had 800 gun murders in 2007 |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #278 |
305. A bit higher. 1007 in 2005, not sure about before that. |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #305 |
371. Not really. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #371 |
387. That is gun crime. The murder rate has gone down. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
263. typically, it is the husband who is more likely to kill his wife and kids |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Regulation is nasty . . . look how de-regulation helped the economy -- !!! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yep. We should regulate what common citizens can and cannot buy. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Every other product is regulated . . . |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Guns are already regulated. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Not sufficiently. . . and GOP continues to work to make gun manufacturers immune |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Why should gun manufactures be liable for how their products are used? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. When a gun is defective, the manufacturer should be liable. . . |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Define "defective" nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Defective Gun Had Improper Design and No Childproofing Device |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
131. knives and bathtubs aint childproofed either |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #131 |
186. Hey, I've cut myself slicing onions . . . wow! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #186 |
225. no child |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
378. The problem here is the definition of "defective" |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I agree, there. Don't think they are immune for such damages. |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
218. Specious argument number 27 |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. There ya go - charge the perpetrators. 90% of homicide offenders in Chicago have criminal histories, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Why should our states/citizens pay for gun violence -- $35,000 per wounding--???? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Don't think they should...did you miss the title? "charge the perpetrators". |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Evidently you don't understand who currently pays for gun violence . . . ??? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I told you who SHOULD pay for gun violence, did you not understand 'perpetrators'? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. The discussion is about NRA and its "petrifying" influence on Congress . . . |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. IF the opening phrase was MORE relevant, then the people would have complete access |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #69 |
180. What is the opening clause "relevant" to . . . ???? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
132. we pay for obesity too |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #132 |
181. Again, corporate greed and lack of educating the public . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #181 |
221. guns don't kill other citzens's either |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #132 |
219. more fallacies |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #219 |
222. your fallacies |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
82. So it turns out you're more concerned with the monetary cost...and not so much for the |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
187. We're here arguing for gun control because of the violence and murders . . . |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
144. Because it's part of law enforcement |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #144 |
189. If we had Single Payer Health Care the reaction from the public would be immediate . . . |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #189 |
207. And that is exactly why the cons fear universal single-payer |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #207 |
224. On your list, corn syrup should be banned |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
282. Are we also going to hold the auto industry |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
143. Guns are regulated |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #143 |
190. See post #42 above . . . |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #190 |
273. Thanks for the link |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #273 |
296. go back a few years......... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. they will not end the war on drugs. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Who Will Face Down the Second Amendment?" |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The real problem is that durn 4th Amendment if you ask me. nt |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Who cares? Violate it for Mexico! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
191. Right because US serves Mexico, not the other way around . . . !!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. And that silly opening clause . .. ??? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Doesn't apply to Mexico, they are not members of our Militias. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. You know how hard it is to maintain a militia when you can't buy guns? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. They wouldn't be well regulated if they were not well armed. n/t |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
62. Please pay attention next time class is in session |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
137. our country is hijacked by the tiny NRA minority....wish someone had the balls to take on the NRA |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. 2,000 per day... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Illegal American guns in Mexico doing jobs Mexican guns won't. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
84. The mexican gun industry is very small and controlled by the army |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
78. Have a credible source for that? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. The mexican press to be exact |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Again, I asked for a CREDIBLE source *ducks* |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #92 |
105. So the mexican press is not credible? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. No, I distrust talking heads & most pols.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. The mexican army has been capturing oodles of weapons |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Here's a good read.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Given I have seen that traffic with my own eyes |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. "Why would BOTH governments also claim the 90% figure" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #114 |
124. The cartels have yet to be captured with a FAL... fabrique nationale rifle |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. There isn't any reason to be rude. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. I gave you a fact... they are issued FALS |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #130 |
177. Do you have any LINKS or DOCUMENTS to back up your claims? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #177 |
188. Go to wikipedia, funny thing happened on the way to the forum |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #188 |
202. MPs are a small part of the military. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #202 |
226. So they are not standard issue? |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #226 |
351. In your own words... |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #124 |
150. The Mexican Army... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #150 |
176. To be replaced by a domestically produced weapon |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. I think the 90% claim is not a lie per se.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #116 |
125. The weapons can and have been converted to full auto |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #125 |
147. If by conversion, you mean.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Damn it, conversion is NOT that difficult and ANY weapon can |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. *sigh* facts just don't matter, do they.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #154 |
173. Perhaps because it is a federal offense with a heavy penalty |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #173 |
208. So much fail.. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #173 |
295. Hooray! |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #125 |
284. Can't be done |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #111 |
138. You expect me to give up MY rights becasue gun control failed in Mexico, just like everywhere else? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #138 |
152. If the US market didn't exist I guarantee |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #152 |
170. FACTCHECK.ORG disagrees with you. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #152 |
192. Interesting -- and quite profitable for the murderous gun industry in America .. ! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:30 AM Response to Reply #152 |
203. If Mexico had its house in order, there wouldn't be a 'vitrual war'. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #138 |
164. Gun control works just fine in other nations |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #164 |
174. Hey nuclear superiority for neighborhood defense |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #164 |
193. GOP/NRA agenda . . . fearmongering, violence . . . |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #193 |
206. The only fearmongering going on here is by gun grabbers pushing their agenda. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #164 |
205. You call increased gun AND knife crime in the UK AFTER the ban 'just fine'? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #164 |
285. If it is such a small minority |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #111 |
283. AMERICANS |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. as someone who carries 24/7 i got no problem with anyone carrying a gun as long as its legal |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. Is the gun lobby keeping law enforcement from enforcing the laws on 'illegal' weapons? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
133. the gun lobby is no more at fault than the abortion lobby |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #133 |
194. The murderous "pro-life" lobby was fighting for civil rights ......??? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #194 |
223. well they see themselves |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. The gun lobby and AIPAC - two groups that don't give a shit about this country imo. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. Self-defense is a personal problem. When attacked & seconds count, police are minutes or hours away. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Don't forget that Police are good, unless they are tasering you or brutalizing you for no reason. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. And who might be attacking you, other than another armed citizens????? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. "who might be attacking you"? I'm delighted to educate you, see below. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
99. "The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!" . . .!!! |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #99 |
113. What is your point? n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #113 |
178. That you're reacting to right-wing fearmongering and |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #178 |
213. Who will protect you if you are attacked by a criminal? n/t |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #178 |
398. reacting? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #99 |
286. Can't handle the facts |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
145. A criminal illegally possessing a weapon. duh. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #145 |
179. So you're frightened of someone carrying a gun? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #179 |
233. Not unless that person is illegally carrying a gun. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
195. GOP/NRA has made "self-defense" a personal issue in America .. . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #195 |
209. 'self-defense' always was a personal issue. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #209 |
239. Only humans kill their own species . . . but until guns, it was slower . .. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #239 |
254. Say what? 'only humans kill their own species'? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #254 |
257. The animal kingdom does not fight to death within their own species . . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #257 |
260. No, seriously.. google is your friend. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #260 |
261. Unfortunately man is the most violent animal on the earth . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #261 |
265. On amended points, agree. n/t |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #257 |
338. WRONG! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #195 |
210. Then why is violent crime in Dallas still trending downward? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #210 |
242. Maybe Tom DeLay was keeping the statistics . . .? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #242 |
248. Here they are for the first quarter this year |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #248 |
370. More gun enthusiasts made up distortions. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #210 |
255. "Our mantra has been drugs, guns and gangs" . . . they're crediting "rank and file" . . |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #255 |
259. So he's was right |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #259 |
264. Crime is down ... due to the Dallas police department's war on "drugs, GUNS, and gangs" . . . !!! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #264 |
268. Actually that's an oversimplification of Chief Kunkle's goals for thie city |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #268 |
313. Do you see anywhere in the article that GOP/NRA or "more legal guns" are credited --??? |
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russ1943 (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-27-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #259 |
369. Not exactly. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #195 |
236. Obviously you haven't read the constitutions of PA (1776) and VT (1777) who recognized the natural, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #236 |
241. Evidently you haven't read what the Governor is saying about police being "out-gunned" . .. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #241 |
244. Please reread your #195 that is blatantly wrong as I pointed out by citing the PA & VT constitutions |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #244 |
246. You're ... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #246 |
247. That's an admission of defeat and desire to remain ignorant. Have a nice day. n/t |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #246 |
287. Nice move |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #287 |
312. Thanks -- |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah, forget American pro-rights groups! Let Mexican drug gangs dictate our laws!! n/t |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah I know! Fuck the ACLU as well. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. NRA is a right-wing propaganda machine for the GOP --- |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. End the war on drugs and the Mexican drug gangs lose their funding. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
196. Let's do both . . . End the Drug War and stop the GOP/NRA . . .!!! |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Better - let's worry more about the secured rights of Americans then the drug gangs of Mexico. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
134. get your frigging facts straight |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #134 |
197. International Police Chiefs Advocate More Gun Control ... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #197 |
220. exactly my point. thanks for confirming it. this is a poll of police CHIEFS not line officers |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #220 |
237. And Governors are also making your point when they say that the police are "outgunned" . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #237 |
243. riiiiiight |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #243 |
245. Governors know what is happening in their states because police report being "out-gunned" . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #245 |
253. i've studied police shootings. have you? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #253 |
256. Okay. . . I give up . .. I'll just take your NRA-gun-supporting unbiased word for it . . . !!! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #256 |
262. im biased |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #262 |
266. If you want to save lives -- including those of police officers -- |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #266 |
267. you have made the erroneous assumption |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #267 |
277. You mean we're unconcerned with illegal guns? Too much to do to chase them down? |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #266 |
308. Heh |
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remedy1 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Let's make it illegal... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yeah! It should be illegal to violate laws! That way no one will break them. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. No other democratic country has such "foolish, ineffectual gun regulations" as we do" -- |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
85. Mexico and Jamaica have much harsher gun laws |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #85 |
198. From what we hear the drug war violence is moving North . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
135. switzerland and israel |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #135 |
199. We are not Switzerland nor Israel . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #199 |
227. thank you for making my point |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #227 |
235. We are, in fact, more like Canada, France, England --- |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #235 |
240. first of all |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #240 |
251. So you are in favor of "concealed" carry for our kids and granny--??? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #251 |
271. how hard is it for you to understand? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #271 |
275. Is a cop a mindreader . . . ? |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #275 |
318. what a bozo |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
394. well, as long as we're dredging threads |
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remedy1 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. BTW...there is NO "gun show loophole"... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. So 98% of criminals get their guns from "family or friends" . . . !!! |
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remedy1 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Recently, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Do you pay INSURANCE COSTS for your car by any chance? |
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remedy1 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Sure I do. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #63 |
200. And NRA isn't fighting mandated gun-owner INSURANCE --???? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #200 |
232. What you're proposing is tantamount to a permit |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #232 |
234. INSURANCE on guns is "insurance" -- not a permit -- !!! |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Most likely. You can never be too carefull with kids. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. And if one of those "kids" was someone you loved and cared about . . . |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I would be QUITE upset. But still impressed by the statistics, especially compared |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Well, then, you wouldn't "get worked up" over the child's death . . . |
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remedy1 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. A child getting a weapon... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
166. How many police officers have shot their wives and/or themselves ???? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #166 |
288. Aluminum foil a little tight there? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
167. dupe |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. "Worked up"? Quite Upset, sad, distraught, etc. etc. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
168. No I don't think statistics would be helpful to parents of a child killed by gunshot . . . |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Gun haters aren't concerned with reducing the death rate or a safer society |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
171. What the public understands is that guns represent violence . . . and myth of safety .... |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #171 |
182. wow, logical leap frog |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #182 |
201. I guess the Drug War could carry on with bows and arrows . . . sling shots .. . ?? |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #182 |
310. Well... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
80. Yes, we should legislate based on emotion, not facts. n/t |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
86. The "Helen Lovejoy" and " typecasting" cards don't work on people who are aware you're using them |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
126. the law applies to "licensed dealers". Private individuals |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. How about, instead of any AW bans, a mandatory 90 day waiting |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
68. That's what we call "presumption of guilt" |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. I got my NFA silencer in under 60 days. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
93. Instant background checks are, and always have been, bullshit. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #93 |
129. These shortcomings can be changed with congressional actions |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
161. There were fewer than 600 "domestic" murders in 2007, there weren't 9000. |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #93 |
332. why don't you blame grandstanding politicians? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
175. What's the hurry . . . ??? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
127. How would it eleminate "straw man purchases" |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
136. how about a 90 day waiting period for letters to the editor |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. The same people that will face down the corporate lobby. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Congress is "petrified" of NRA . . . |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
75. How is the NRA fascist? |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. He obviously has no clue as to the meaning of 'fascism' |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #75 |
183. NRA/GOP has been buying government and legislators and targetting |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
120. Congress is "petrified" of VOTERS that will throw them out... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #120 |
184. Good year for GOP . . . are you celebrating? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. I dunno. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. Utter bullshit |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
70. Gun show loophole? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
97. Survey of criminals in prison |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Better than mindreading or guessing. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #101 |
112. Yes, the form 4473 works great |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Go talk to a gun dealer.. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. I know lots of gun dealers and I've NEVER heard of any one of them having that done |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Big difference between 'may' and 'are'.. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. You didn't answer the question |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #123 |
151. You can't prove a negative.. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #151 |
169. I didn't ask you to prove or disprove anything |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #112 |
185. Thanks for some meaningful info -- and I'll add INSURANCE to that . . .!!! |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #112 |
336. a little fact checking |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
76. Not only does gun control run contrary to the constitution, |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. not going there |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
95. If gun shows are truly “Tupperware Parties for Criminals," why doesn't |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
100. Let the Republicans do it |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
102. No one will. You can't win this. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. I don't see anyone demanding for the 1934 firearms act to be overturned n/t |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #103 |
121. What does that have to do with what I said? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #121 |
211. I'm okay with keeping the original 1934 NFA in place |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
104. An idiot who wants to lose an election over a stupid issue |
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ShareTheWoods (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
110. Family members of victim survivors refuse to be disarmed |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
115. i'm too timid to face down |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #115 |
212. I'd like to think you'd consider me gentle if we met face-to-face |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #212 |
230. i don't doubt that. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
118. Alright.....FACE ME DOWN...... |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #118 |
140. No shit. Who needs enemies with friends like those? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #140 |
396. uh oh, another one bit the dust |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #118 |
272. So Nice To Know That Somebody Like You Can Have As Many Guns As He Wants. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #272 |
307. Only if you.. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
139. Republicans would love to have Democrats pass stricter gun-control laws |
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ShareTheWoods (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
142. McCarthy, D-N.Y |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
146. The Heller Decision is settled law.. Get over it. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Sorry to burst your bubble- but Heller decison has nothing to do with the issues in the OP |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. Come now you aren't that short sighted. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. I've just read the case- and know what it says and doesn't say |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Then why are you worried about facing down the gun lobby? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Just because a legislative body can enact legislation doesn't mean they have the politcal fortitude |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Which legislation would you like them to enact? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. My preference would be something resembling Australia's approach |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. The Heller decision wouldn't allow Australia's approach. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. Not all of it- but a large number of things could easily be applied |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. Examples please? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #163 |
172. Come on now. What exactly would you do in the US that was done in Australia? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #163 |
274. 18 hours and still no reply, why is that? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #274 |
374. Emm, Fart-n-run? (nt) |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
159. E.J. Dionne is a liar. Licensed dealers are required to do backgrounds checks at gun shows. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
204. Some day, guns will disappear.... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #204 |
231. I'm not at all certain of that. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #231 |
269. Seeing the future is not possible... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #269 |
270. Well, that's not at all what your post indicated, but fair enough. n/t |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #204 |
311. Not a chance. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #204 |
375. What do you think will replace them? |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
214. Who will face down yet another journalist who has no idea what he's writing about? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
215. YAwn ...another anti gun rant and a ploy to divide DU and the Dem party. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #215 |
291. Better to tear them down than to let them destroy America. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
216. Wow - the fucking indiot nut job gun nuts are an EMBARASSMENT to DU... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #216 |
228. How so? |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #216 |
238. You are in the minority of DUers and Democrats and the phrase "this place is freak republic" is a |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #216 |
280. its people like you |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #216 |
293. You sound like a typical 13-year-old |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
229. explosive thread... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
249. Not this crap again. |
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No More Bushbots (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
250. Fortunately for America and the Constitution |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #250 |
290. The Second Amendment isn't being trampled by gun-controllers. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #290 |
299. 200+ years of securing the rights of the people, as intended. Let's not stop now! GO 2nd! |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #290 |
314. What are you talking about? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
258. Its not the gun lobby -- its the voters that are compelling politicians to avoid useless gun laws |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #258 |
276. Because Obama is helpless to stop it . . . ???? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #276 |
279. Support for more gun control is trending lower than ever. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #276 |
281. "and from what I hear VOTERS want gun control --" That depends... |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #281 |
289. Nothing is obvious except your error. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #289 |
292. What's "looser" about an objective, strict set of criteria for issuing concealed weapons permits? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #292 |
302. It puts more guns on the streets. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #302 |
306. Perhaps you have some concrete information to back up your inference that it's a bad idea |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 06:33 AM Response to Reply #306 |
316. Seems clear to me. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #316 |
317. Truism / tatuology |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #317 |
321. Nonsense. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #321 |
323. Are you saying your post was not a tautology? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #323 |
325. Yes. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #316 |
319. Epic fail |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #319 |
322. Your obvious lack of ability... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #322 |
334. Data talks, personal attacks walk |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #334 |
340. In the streets. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #340 |
341. CDC: No Proof Gun Laws Reduce Violence |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #341 |
347. Controlled by Republicans. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #347 |
350. Tin foil hat a little tight there, Joe? n/t |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #350 |
354. Nope. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #354 |
356. *snort* haven't read the CDC study, have you? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:34 AM Response to Reply #356 |
364. The study's not the issue. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #364 |
367. Boogieman behind the door award! |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #341 |
399. you claim to have read it, and STILL MISREPRESENT it? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #399 |
400. *snort* |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #400 |
401. yet another one |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #401 |
402. You're reading more into my reply.. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #402 |
403. yeah, eh? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #403 |
404. O great arbiter of truth, justice, sophistry, and the canuckian way.. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #404 |
405. Canuckistanian |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #340 |
343. It's incumbent on the party making a claim to prove it, not the other way around |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #343 |
348. It's incumbent on the party making a claim to prove it... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #348 |
357. I haven't made a claim of any kind of effect |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #316 |
320. "No guns, no deaths." yes, if there are no guns, we'll become immortal. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #320 |
335. And Joe Steel says I'M the one lacking ability. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #316 |
326. Clear as mud. Reports show 'shall issue laws' have no significant negative effect on gun deaths. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #326 |
328. "(A) Univ of Pittsburgh group?" |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #328 |
329. Take it up with them. Certainly not the NRA, are they? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #329 |
330. Apparently not. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #330 |
331. "MAY" being the key word, of course. They didn't increase rates, but, hey! - they could!... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #331 |
337. A more fitting conclusion would be shall issue may reduce firearm homicide rates. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #337 |
339. Says who? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #339 |
342. The report in post 326. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #342 |
344. Nonsense. It says exactly the opposite: |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #344 |
352. There was a reduction. They just didn't find it statistically significant. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #352 |
355. What do you suppose the phrase "not statistically significant" means? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #355 |
359. To clear this up, actual rates went down, their 'adjusted' rates were up, but not |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #355 |
362. Doesn't change the fact that there was a reduction. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 06:37 AM Response to Reply #362 |
365. Yes it does. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #365 |
366. I didn't say the decrease was from anything particular just that there was a decrease. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #289 |
300. Yeah, & Handgun Control Inc. lobbying had nothing to do with the measure being BARELY voted down. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #300 |
301. That's not what I said. |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #300 |
304. The Desperation of the NRA's Stooges |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #304 |
324. "The people's overwhelming opposition.." 51.7% against is overwhelming?? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #324 |
327. Under the circumstances, yes. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #289 |
309. Explain all the other states that have voted for "shall issue" CCW... |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 06:25 AM Response to Reply #309 |
315. The voters had already voted against concealed guns... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #315 |
345. Any result you don't like is because the NRA ordered it? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #345 |
346. You should do some research on concealed gun legislation in Missouri. |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #346 |
349. Where is the outcry revoke the CCW law, if it has proven so terrible? |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 05:38 AM Response to Reply #349 |
353. The Missouri House and Senate are controlled by Republicans. |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #353 |
358. Sounds like Missouri could use some pro-RKBA Democratic candidates! |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #358 |
361. You're not paying attention. |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #361 |
363. Well, I am aware of efforts to further liberalize Missou's CCW law..... |
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Joe Steel (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #363 |
368. If you're talking about extending the free fire law to schools... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #368 |
373. Advertised gun-free zones invite the "freest of fire"... |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
294. Not me! |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
297. No one will. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
298. Blah blah blah. If you were really concerned about violence as something more than an excuse |
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captrobjmorgan (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
303. M4s |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #303 |
333. But soon |
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.45StayAlive (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
360. Those who are against freedom and the right of self-defense continually "face down the gun lobby". |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
372. Go ahead. Face 'em down, but be sure to charge $ for your efforts... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
377. This is why the anti-RKBA crowd will keep losing.. they forget the many millions who support RKBA |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
379. Radical left extremists "facing down" everybody else. nt |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #379 |
386. Left, right, and center... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
390. NRA is holding America at gun point |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #390 |
391. The NRA is nothing compared to the number of Americans who own guns. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #390 |
393. Really?? |
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Glory89fan (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
395. An anti-gun movement? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #395 |
397. interesting choice of language, hm? |
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