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In reply to the discussion: This Gun-Nut has had enough. [View all]Wolf Frankula
(3,605 posts)102. My Wife and I have pistols, I have a vintage .303 rifle
and we have black powder replica weapons. Neither of us has ever been a member of the National Gun Nut Association. That's what I have been calling it for thirty years. Handguns should be licensed. Every gun owner should have to pass a gun safety course. Carrying while under the influence should be punished as driving under the influence.
And don't give me that crap about you need guns to defend your country against the government. If the government comes to take your guns, they won't send two polite men in blue. They'll send regular soldiers, with state of the art automatic weapons, state of the art body armor, an infantry fighting vehicle and a helicopter gunship and artillery on call.
Cold dead hand? That's what it will be.
Wolf
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whatever firearms I may or may not posses are for emergencies only. not to lash out at someone
pasto76
Dec 2012
#31
Unfortunately, too many in the US view church as the solution to these types of problems...
AntiFascist
Dec 2012
#148
Evidently the NRA is already laying low. I heard on MSNBC they refused an invitation to appear
calimary
Dec 2012
#60
Thank-you so much for this OP. it is not all over the place. It is sanity, whihc we desperately need
robinlynne
Dec 2012
#13
What teenage girls shoooting each other? Got a link? Girls rarely kill people, let alone with guns
juajen
Dec 2012
#76
Disagree - Guns Should Be Strictly Controlled And Licensed - The NRA Be Damned
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#51
The problem here is not the NRA, it's the Supreme Court and Federal Appellate Courts
ItsTheMediaStupid
Dec 2012
#65
"Studies show that more people are killed by accident than are protected by guns..."
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#69
Excellent post. I feel the same. It can't be stopped. But if we can precent ONE incident of
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#79
I cried at work today thinking anout my two boys of 6yrs old. I too have registerd gun in my home.
fearnobush
Dec 2012
#88
True story: I once had a loaded gun pointed at me by a demented old dude
marions ghost
Dec 2012
#116
The Young Turks Ask The Right Question - Gun Nuts Be Warned You Won't Like The Message
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#108