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djg21

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24. Who's the "cupcake"?

Reply to Marengo (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 07:08 PM

Mar 2017

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Or perhaps this is just an example of juvenile name calling when someone expresses a differing viewpoint or doesn't adhere to accepted DU ideology? This seems like something a "cupcake" would do.

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand vows to fight legislation that would ease restrictions on gun silencers [View all] TomCADem Mar 2017 OP

More of the Republican pro-death position.... n/t DFW Mar 2017 #1

"Silencers" are not deadly. former9thward Mar 2017 #2

Imaginative straw man, cupcake. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #5

Where is the "straw man" in that post? Marengo Mar 2017 #8

Who's the "cupcake"? djg21 Mar 2017 #24

It does seem odd and rather out of place. I wonder what prompted the selection of that word? Marengo Mar 2017 #28

And they make your gun look way cooler than ear muffs, right? Paladin Mar 2017 #6

Well certainly less compact, you know, more difficult to conceal... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #12

Well, if by "cooler" you mean ManiacJoe Mar 2017 #17

Engineering controls for sound are far preferred over personal protective equipment. former9thward Mar 2017 #18

Some people watch movies and believe what they see. NWCorona Mar 2017 #3

If somebody shoots around me I like to know where it is coming from hollowdweller Mar 2017 #4

Suppressors don't appear to be used much in mass shootings where they are more easily obtained Marengo Mar 2017 #9

Yet hollowdweller Mar 2017 #13

Were they used in the Charlie Hebdo and 11/13 Paris attacks? I had not seen it reported if... Marengo Mar 2017 #25

re: "I've had people hunting near me and I couldn't tell it was them when they shot..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #11

No hollowdweller Mar 2017 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #15

It's relatively easy to make a suppressor. Kaleva Mar 2017 #23

Looking forward to getting one for my 22 pistol & rifle once this passes. Skeeter Barnes Mar 2017 #7

There is no purpose to restricting them n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #10

Best wishes to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Hope good sense and morality will prevail. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2017 #16

Are suppressors immoral? Marengo Mar 2017 #27

And once again, "gun control as religious belief" is demonstrated for all to see... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #30

There are already hundreds of thousands of suppressors in civilian hands now NickB79 Mar 2017 #19

So we have laws against them discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #21

Just give me a reason to get a SP-01 tactical. ileus Mar 2017 #20

I'm torn. It would make the neighborhood quieter when the asshole out back decides to play Rambo. Vinca Mar 2017 #22

Another legislator who thinks hollywood's 'pfut' is real. X_Digger Mar 2017 #26

Gunner bait. maxsolomon Mar 2017 #29

If she didn't, Schumer would find someone to primary her derby378 Mar 2017 #31