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In reply to the discussion: Listing names of gun owners vs journalists & why it matters [View all]samsingh
(17,602 posts)77. gunlovers do the following:
1. exhibit nothing but crocodile tears with little or no empathy
2. show more concern for their guns than the slaughtered victims
3. here is the key
- focus on one non-essential fact and try to refute it using circulator non-sense arguments. Feel like they've made a point when they really haven't
- condescending name calling and crying when the name calling is returned
- when their arguments fail, argue that the 2nd amendment gives them complete freedom over everything gun related
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The same can be said for those that drink alcohol - we are all potential drunk drivers.
hack89
Dec 2012
#27
In 2009, there were 10,839 fatalities in crashes involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher
hack89
Dec 2012
#43
It was because it was public information, then again so is the data being posted on the people
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#112
I thought all responsible gun-owners kept their weapons locked up in a safe,
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#26
Gun culture tells us that armed homes are safer. Now they want us to believe they aren't.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#8
I would not want to buy in a neighborhood like that and I would LIKE to see a map
SoCalDem
Dec 2012
#18
Some women buy and register guns because they are being stalked or threatened.
WilliamPitt
Dec 2012
#24
Probably a few battered women who are living in rented apartments and aren't listed in a phone book
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#33
The gun lobby doesn't object to the law saying that people who are subject to restraining orders...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#37
so you have no sympathy for the guy that drops off newspapers for distibution..
frylock
Dec 2012
#98
KNR...what bothers me about publishing the journalists' names is that it was vengeance
joeybee12
Dec 2012
#88
Do you really believe that the paper posted these addresses just to inform the public?
NaturalHigh
Dec 2012
#135