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83. I do love that quote!

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The Nomenclature of Firearms Gets Used, Even Here, as a Hammer to Attack. [View all] MineralMan May 2022 OP

Hear Hear, Sir The Magistrate May 2022 #1

I had some J.O. at Rutgers try that when I mentioned wanting bans on teflon bullets in the 80s. TheBlackAdder May 2022 #2

Here Is a Poem about Firearms Nomenclature MineralMan May 2022 #3

What a brilliant, beautiful poem. I think I read that while still in high school & never forgot... Hekate May 2022 #132

Yes. It's long been a favorite of mine. MineralMan May 2022 #142

There was a thread here suggesting we close the Gungeon. yardwork May 2022 #4

That DU Group get almost no traffic at all these days. MineralMan May 2022 #6

Yep greenjar_01 May 2022 #5

Don't see that so much on DU anymore a few years ago whenever the doc03 May 2022 #7

I've seen several instances of it since the Uvalde shooting. MineralMan May 2022 #8

Replying To Kick ProfessorGAC May 2022 #101

It's important to know at least some of the nomenclature if we want change NickB79 May 2022 #9

You appear to know that stuff. So, make your arguments in favor of MineralMan May 2022 #10

Here's a heritical thought... Hieronymus Phact May 2022 #130

IMHO, a definition should include the bullet fired KS Toronado May 2022 #34

The "meat loss" is due to shock waves and cavitation in tissue. LastDemocratInSC May 2022 #109

The same can be said for any rifle bullet hack89 May 2022 #141

+1 ancianita May 2022 #43

I think everyone knows why they do it Hav May 2022 #11

Gungeon? YorkRd May 2022 #12

What's your question about that? MineralMan May 2022 #15

I'd never heard of it either COL Mustard May 2022 #108

Gun Control & RKBA (Group) Locrian May 2022 #110

I'm pretty sure it is referring to a group on DU that LuckyCharms May 2022 #48

It's the Gun Control & RKBA group progree May 2022 #55

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." twodogsbarking May 2022 #13

I do love that quote! calimary May 2022 #83

The pattern is clear dalton99a May 2022 #14

Yes it is. MineralMan May 2022 #16

Yes, it is also hidden in their so called solutions of fortifying schools Bev54 May 2022 #80

It's a favorite form of deflection used by GRAs... Wounded Bear May 2022 #17

More than our share, actually. MineralMan May 2022 #18

They come out of the woodwork when we get a shooting... Wounded Bear May 2022 #21

So it seems. MineralMan May 2022 #23

Language is import Zeitghost May 2022 #19

Yes. Language is import(ant). MineralMan May 2022 #20

Actually a rational argument is composed harumph May 2022 #41

It is not up to us as individuals to write laws. MineralMan May 2022 #42

Or DENVERPOPS May 2022 #50

public input into proposed laws harumph May 2022 #51

Sometimes Zeitghost May 2022 #91

Depends on which people you want to convince. MineralMan May 2022 #93

I feel that we should talk about it to some extent, in furtherance of strengthening the argument anarch May 2022 #118

I saw a lot of this nomenclature arument on social media Yonnie3 May 2022 #22

I hear you. Really, that's the only argument they have, MineralMan May 2022 #25

They didn't have much to say when I posted a victim bio daily Yonnie3 May 2022 #31

Not surprising. And that's the key to dealing with MineralMan May 2022 #33

"Firearm fetish" is an excellent way to describe it, btw. calimary May 2022 #84

Thanks. I thought so, too. MineralMan May 2022 #85

It's an unpleasant reality that many aspects of U.S.A. gun culture... hunter May 2022 #24

Agreed. MineralMan May 2022 #27

Is it wrong of me to seriously not care even one little bit about the nomenclature? 2Gingersnaps May 2022 #111

My attitude is that reasonable policy proposals haven't worked AnrothElf May 2022 #26

The only solution is to elect more Democrats. MineralMan May 2022 #28

Very reasonable and I agree AnrothElf May 2022 #32

It's a clip jpak May 2022 #29

Sure it is. MineralMan May 2022 #30

I have put 2 on ignore. 1 told me I was rude because I said fuck the gun humpers. onecaliberal May 2022 #35

Yup. It's a complete deflection from the discussion AllyCat May 2022 #36

Yes, exactly. MineralMan May 2022 #38

The gun nomenclature wars have been going on for years here at DU. Paladin May 2022 #37

Yup. It's just a way to ignore reason and logic. MineralMan May 2022 #39

No, the purpose MIpen03 May 2022 #79

What do mice and keyboards have to do with computers? hunter May 2022 #81

Congrats on completing 2 weeks here at DU. Paladin May 2022 #90

I don't fucking care what you call them. I call them killing machines. Novara May 2022 #40

Well, every firearm has the purpose of killing something. MineralMan May 2022 #44

I've put two of them on ignore so far. Life is too short. shrike3 May 2022 #52

It's not unlike when people are discussing a certain Southern flag blogslug May 2022 #45

Great post. LuckyCharms May 2022 #46

It should also ForgedCrank May 2022 #47

Will you be writing those new laws? Will I? No. MineralMan May 2022 #49

No, but ForgedCrank May 2022 #53

Again, it is not my job, nor yours, to educate everyone MineralMan May 2022 #56

you have ForgedCrank May 2022 #63

My husband told me about this military rhyme Marthe48 May 2022 #54

Actually, Patton French May 2022 #64

ty for the correction Marthe48 May 2022 #95

Thank you for this. ancianita May 2022 #57

Thank you, even Beau of the Fifth Column tried that one yesterday Warpy May 2022 #58

Agree... I was annoyed by Beau's video... Ohio Joe May 2022 #71

Sometimes it matters. SYFROYH May 2022 #59

So what? We have to submit to being slaughtered in the grocery store because we don't know Scrivener7 May 2022 #123

So..this is a discussion board. SYFROYH May 2022 #124

Lol. So keep complaining that children were ripped to gristle in their 4th grade classroom Scrivener7 May 2022 #126

Good luck to you. SYFROYH May 2022 #127

My answer to these guys Nac Mac Feegle May 2022 #60

Exactly! MineralMan May 2022 #65

Gun lovers say that an AR15 is not an Assault Rifle b/c there is no three-way trigger options.. TeamProg May 2022 #61

ugh I am so sick of that BS excuse Dukkha May 2022 #113

The person you responded to was talking specifiaclly about assault rifles. Kaleva May 2022 #117

This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker May 2022 #134

The fact is, a semi-automatic assault rifle can be readily made to fire like a machine gun. SunSeeker May 2022 #136

Look up the cost of an assault rifle Kaleva May 2022 #137

OFFS. Your post is exactly what the OP is talking about. SunSeeker May 2022 #138

If they are the same, explain the vast difference in cost Kaleva May 2022 #146

"Purposely remaining ignorant" is claiming an "assault rifle is weapon already heavily regulated." SunSeeker May 2022 #149

+10 DashOneBravo May 2022 #62

There was a great example of that on NPR this morning. Coventina May 2022 #66

The right is not going to stop doing it because it often works. hadEnuf May 2022 #67

It's inane. It's like pretending that only automotive engineers or skilled auto mechanics... Mister Ed May 2022 #68

Yup. MineralMan May 2022 #69

I feel it's like arguing with a pedophile ThoughtCriminal May 2022 #70

Good comparison. MineralMan May 2022 #86

I find it similar to when a person attacks the person and not the message of an argument they lost Victor_c3 May 2022 #72

Thank you. This has aggravated me for a very long time..... groundloop May 2022 #73

A different perspective.... Happy Hoosier May 2022 #74

Yup - debating the technicalities of whether a gun qualifies as an assault rifle is disingenuous. Lucky Luciano May 2022 #75

Then only people who have had abortions can talk about the abortion issue IronLionZion May 2022 #76

I appreciate your post. pandr32 May 2022 #77

Very true. Who cares what they are called or the details treestar May 2022 #78

Agreed. Thank you for that post. CaptainTruth May 2022 #82

Thank you so much for expressing this so well. TNNurse May 2022 #87

You're more than welcome! MineralMan May 2022 #88

Yes, even here on DU FakeNoose May 2022 #89

prescription ammo would help. so would getting sony to make games that don't simulate these shooting sigpooie May 2022 #92

To me, a gun is a gun, and a bullet is a bullet. ananda May 2022 #94

Yes, to you and to most people. MineralMan May 2022 #96

Gunsplaining. mcar May 2022 #97

Yes, indeed. MineralMan May 2022 #98

These are obfuscation techniques taught by the NRA BannonsLiver May 2022 #99

These people can't go to the bathroom without packing heat. Hassin Bin Sober May 2022 #100

A now-deceased friend of my husband's told my husband that... 3catwoman3 May 2022 #128

I guess if we need to be nomenclature snobs, nobody gets to ride on my boat until...... groundloop May 2022 #102

Providing accurate info isn't an attack Kaleva May 2022 #103

As a mature women (71) cksmithy May 2022 #104

Yes, it seems the trick, ymetca May 2022 #105

I refuse to engage with the semantics arguments at this point. gldstwmn May 2022 #106

The gun culture that the manufacturers are selling is the false God BrightKnight May 2022 #107

The next time someone says they want to ban abortion DBoon May 2022 #112

now see, this sounds fair to me anarch May 2022 #114

I have been hesitant to reply to this; I would guess you would put me in that camp anarch May 2022 #115

Kickety. I got gunsplained all over the place yesterday in Xipe Totec's thread... Hekate May 2022 #116

Looks to me like you didn't make any effort to contribute to the discussion Kaleva May 2022 #120

You tell me. You spend a day shaking, and you tell me. Hekate May 2022 #121

If this is getting to you, take a break for a short time. Recharge your batteries so to speak. Kaleva May 2022 #125

No, I don't think so, thank you all the same Hekate May 2022 #133

That's the one for whom massacre after massacre is not enough. He insists gun control advocates Scrivener7 May 2022 #147

Good to know Hekate May 2022 #148

This has been happening on the internet for many years. twodogsbarking May 2022 #119

You are correct. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2022 #122

I don't care what the hell we call them. Everybody... 3catwoman3 May 2022 #129

U are talking about semiautos that can accept detachable hi capacity magazines Kaleva May 2022 #135

Here's your sign. twodogsbarking May 2022 #140

"They know what you meant... just don't like what you said" live love laugh May 2022 #131

it's aking to when barbtries May 2022 #139

The gunsplainers want to tell us all about guns. Snarkoleptic May 2022 #143

I'm a glutton for punishment so I will say there's precisely one "technicality" I do care about sir pball May 2022 #144

i like messing with them on twitter d_b May 2022 #145