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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:35 PM Original message |
Heres your chance, Antigunners. |
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falcon97 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nothing. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Thank God |
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falcon97 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Unfortunately I think you are correct |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Dosen't this say something |
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falcon97 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Possibly. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. More gun control not popular.. |
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falcon97 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. As the story indicated, |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. That and.. |
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annm4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. LIFE ! I come to offer you LIFE ! |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. My life is just fine thank you |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. First of all I oppose any and all restrictions on ownership of firearms |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Ok. |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. Bush |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. As a political equation, the "what do you bring to the table" argument . . . |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. a couple of things |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. "Safer than third-world nations" . . . |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Boy you guys just make it up as you go don't you. |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Are firearms related deaths somehow worse than other violent deaths? |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. What about Colombia and South Africa? |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Why not focus on legalizing drugs rather than banning guns? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 05:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I do stay out of those areas (on another continent in fact) . . . |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Which do you think should be the higher priority? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. The reasonable societal responses to guns and drugs are not identical |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Do you think that responsible ownership of guns is possible? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
61. Actually, I don't consider reducing the number of guns in America . . . |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. So you do think that responsible gun ownership is possible |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Based on ambiguous language in the Constitution . . . |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. There is nothing ambiguous about it at all |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. Thousands of Constitutional scholars disagree with you re: ambiguity. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. And thousands agree with me. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. *One* of the reasons, I said . . . |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. But history is also replete with examples of countries |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I'm with you 100%! |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Those Thousands of "disagreeable"Constitutional scholars... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Interesting, but not entirely parallel . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. "millions of guns plaguing society" |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. It's uncomplicated: I consider 300 million guns a plague. n/t |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. What? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. I couldn't have said it better myself: |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Why? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. OK: |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. As for #1, Why? |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. This is a question I always ask, and it usually gets people angry |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
94. I wouldn't want to live in the controlled environment you describe. n/t |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
98. That's interesting |
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NewMoonTherian (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. You're both level-headed and sincere in your beliefs. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
64. From my point of view, these are pretty radical proposals . . . |
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NewMoonTherian (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. I understand your seeing them as radical. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Thanks for your thoughtful response. I'll attempt to get back with a reply later today. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. The only time we have passed restrictive laws |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. I have never understood the paranoia of the NRA crowd... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I guess you do not know about New York's "Recall" of some rifles... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. How many people were arrested? How many complied and were fully reimbursed? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. And the hits just keep on coming |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. WTF?! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. ! |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You are dead wrong about automatic weapons. You are uneducated. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. then why did yo ubother to reply? |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's not about hunting. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. What happened to the well regulated militia? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Well regulated like your colon, not your bank. n/t |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Considering... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. You really don't know anything |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Actually, paranoia could very well be justified regarding "regular hunting weapons". |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I assume that due vigilance and sanity over came that |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Please look up the existing laws |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. All 'hunting rifles' are based on or are even used by |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. "what qualifies as a sniping rifle?" |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. Ahh, Your going to ban Military Grade weaponry??? |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
97. Actually, |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. Because the ban is about semi-auto rifles like the one I hunt deer with. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
59. Only a very small minority of gun owners are hunters (1 in 5) |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. A couple points. |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Your post is really all over the place. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. the OP was far from civil to begin with... |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Again with the insults. |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. You really do need to educate yourself about firearms |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "educating myself on guns" won't change my position, only make my speech prettier |
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Pullo (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Just like a Creationist: Take a position on an issue first, and avoid facts as much as possible |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Yes, Indeed |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. It is exactly like that. |
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inkool (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I don't think anyone is asking you to change your position. |
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tisfortomi (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Generic laws? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. You think $100 bullets makes you a moderate? lol n/t |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
74. So you want to propose laws on a subject you admit you are ignorant about. Great idea. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
75. Run away, run away. |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-10-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Practical problems |
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patriotvoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #67 |
89. Maybe he wants ammunition to be available only at ranges, and operate like dye packs: |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Typical post from the gun hater |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Fully automatic mode? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
90. Of course you don't understand...1) you aren't a gun owner. 2) you're ignorant. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hard to 'meet in the middle' when you're already standing on my toes. n/t |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. When opposing sides demand either "prohibition" or "pro-choice" on a divisive, polarizing political |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. As expected, no counteroffers were made. We must keep pushing back the know-nothings |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. Agreed... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
91. I'll give up the fear and horror that guns bring. That should be an even trade. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Will you give up having people carry guns on your behalf? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Should we disarm the police? NT |
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