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Sarah Ibarruri

(21,043 posts)
117. There are gays in Europe, and I never knew one packing heat
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:23 PM
Dec 2012

In fact, I have never met a gay person that was packing heat.

K&R nt lillypaddle Dec 2012 #1
This image answers the OP stats questions Coyotl Dec 2012 #11
Thanks for this, both the stats and the commentary Bibliovore Dec 2012 #49
I want to thank you for the graphic too. iemitsu Dec 2012 #58
I think I'll put this in its own thread. Coyotl Dec 2012 #68
You should, it needs to be seen by many. iemitsu Dec 2012 #70
DONE: Protect Your Home from a Killer, the Handgun. Coyotl Dec 2012 #71
Roger, wilco. iemitsu Dec 2012 #73
Good one. Won't change many minds here, but anyway. freshwest Dec 2012 #103
Hear Hear! Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #104
I now know of 2 homes robbed for the firearms on the premises.... Sheepshank Dec 2012 #140
Guns in trucks reminds me... sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #152
I have to say it again. lapislzi Dec 2012 #161
Same here.. ReRe Dec 2012 #2
Trumad - Same Here - No Need To Own A Weapon cantbeserious Dec 2012 #3
You sound just like my Dad. blueamy66 Dec 2012 #4
The sane voice of a real man..... llmart Dec 2012 #5
My Brother owns a handgun... trumad Dec 2012 #8
My ex is more than a bit paranoid........ llmart Dec 2012 #22
Also never owned one. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #6
ditto WooWooWoo Dec 2012 #7
Same ... 55 and would never own a gun relayerbob Dec 2012 #9
My grandfather lived to be 78 and never wore his seatbelt. justanidea Dec 2012 #10
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What's yours? laundry_queen Dec 2012 #125
Ah! The "Winston Churchill" argument! Aristus Dec 2012 #129
Ever own a microwave? Tutonic Dec 2012 #12
I do... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #18
Whaaaaaaaat? n/t JimDandy Dec 2012 #75
Obviously you have overlooked the stories klook Dec 2012 #127
LOL n/t JimDandy Dec 2012 #130
I'm your age, same here Freddie Dec 2012 #13
I say if you have a gun because you like target practice... svpadgham Dec 2012 #14
Completely agree genxlib Dec 2012 #15
re:I'm 55 years old and have never owned a gun in my life. allan01 Dec 2012 #16
One of my FB friends is a "2nd amendment rights" enthusiast Freddie Dec 2012 #17
Statistics mainstreetonce Dec 2012 #19
What about people you know? PrMaine Dec 2012 #38
Welcome to DU! JimDandy Dec 2012 #79
Know what I can't figure out? NJCher Dec 2012 #20
I will be 65 years old this coming July. Hepburn Dec 2012 #21
That metric is not available ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #23
Why would intrusion into a home not be tracked? AllyCat Dec 2012 #35
Not everything is a home invasion ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #43
Yeah? I've never had a thing happen to me, and I'm a woman, and I carry no gun. Further... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #53
Then you must not have any GLBT friends who have been bashed, harassed, or threatened ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #83
Oh, no doubt about gun nuts shooting GLBT folks, just as they shoot kids Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #92
GLBTs are at the same risk for being assaulted as the rest of us? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #93
So they get shot more? And you're in favor of guns????? You're nuts nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #94
I am in favor of effective self defense for those who need it ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #95
Oh I see. So you're in favor of those shooting gays being able to keep their guns? Demented. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #96
No, I am in favor of people having the tools to defend themselves against predators ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #98
To defend themselves from the guns you are arguing to keep out there and available, right? nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #113
No, against any and all threats to themselves and loved one ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #114
What kind of threat do you feel someone deserves to be shot for? Someone coming at you with a GUN? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #115
Anything qualifying as the an appropriate use of deadly force under law ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #116
There are gays in Europe, and I never knew one packing heat Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #117
This is the US, not Europe. Bashing and intimidation is more common for gays here. ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #118
And knowing that, that in the U.S. gays are intimidated, you STILL want rampant ownership of guns? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #119
You do realize WinniSkipper Dec 2012 #122
Of course I am. He's sidetracking the discussion of guns, which is a debate that Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #133
That you cannot address these subjects says much about your arguments ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #137
Why are we even discussing anything? Your point and desire is to keep guns freely sold as they are Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #144
Why do you keep posting the same thing? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #145
You might belong to 15, however.... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #147
Meaning that 84% of my posts are elsewhere ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #148
What would you have them do, just accept being attacked, terrorized, beaten, and killed? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #124
Such Fun, Sir, Watching 'Team NRA' Wriggle About To Try And Find A 'Left' Reason For Their Nonesense The Magistrate Dec 2012 #126
Handguns are effective defense when someone has shot you? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #131
Actually they are very effective in not getting shot or bashed. ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #135
Oh yes, let's add more guns to the already-existing gun problem. Do you even read what you're Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #139
Do you ever consider that Defensive Gun Use is legitimate ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #141
Do you think WinniSkipper Dec 2012 #121
I think gays is not a discussion of gun regulation, and neither are violent video games, nor mental Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #134
Its an example that many can relate to of why some people buy and sometimes carry sidearms. ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #136
But your solution to pervasive guns in the U.S. leading to pervasive gun deaths is more guns. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #138
You ignore the individual... ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #142
No, actually. It's an example that you're in a gun group Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #151
Your utter failure to provide a solution of any kind, even acknowledge issues show your ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #153
I've mentioned the solution constantly, stricter gun control and stricter regulations. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #158
Which in know way address the concerns I brought up ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #163
I think of the situation DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #162
How about his then? WinniSkipper Dec 2012 #149
Are you interested in discussing gun regulation and gun deaths? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #150
The issues are interwoven. Address them together if you can ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #154
BS. In your mind, anything that will distract the conversation from guns from being controlled Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #157
Its a clear case your so called solution does not address ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #164
I want to know why the NRA won't allow guns in their press conference... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #170
Don't know what their reasoning was ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #171
Oh of course not. You're a babe in diapers and don't know a thing. Innocence from a gun fetishist Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #174
The environment is not conductive to safe carrying ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #176
Please cease responding to me. You're a gun nut and that's Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #177
I am moderate...who thinks substantive changes are needed ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #179
As the other poster has shown you WinniSkipper Dec 2012 #168
Interesting that the NRA wants teachers packing heat in schools but not at the NRA press conference Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #169
I don't support arming teaches in the classroom or during press conferences ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #172
Ah, but you support the owning and carrying of weapons among people? Such bs. Stop sending me Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #173
At times, some places, and with proper training I am good with it ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #175
You're in luck, I've decided to not respond further to your Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #178
As you like it ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #180
Do you think nobody, male or female. WinniSkipper Dec 2012 #120
Okay, that makes some sense. AllyCat Dec 2012 #99
The reporting system doesn't track it either, even if it gets reported ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #100
Actually, it was available. jeff47 Dec 2012 #102
I don't think it's measurable even in theory eridani Dec 2012 #108
Its one of the many issues involved with gather such data, the other is agenda ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #109
Amen & Thank you. Myrina Dec 2012 #24
If someone breaks into my house salinen Dec 2012 #25
"I don't want to murder anyone, even a thief." Iggo Dec 2012 #33
Sometimes you have to put the lives of others before what you like to do Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #26
K&R forestpath Dec 2012 #27
I'm 42 and I've owned guns all my life. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #28
Almost all gun owners are educated, reasonable, normal, until something makes them rage xtraxritical Dec 2012 #60
I own two guns sweetloukillbot Dec 2012 #80
Probabilities Maineman Dec 2012 #29
What was the perspective burgler looking for? PrMaine Dec 2012 #41
One of uncles liked to hunt pheasant in western Kansas. Maineman Dec 2012 #30
me too riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #31
I understand. mgc1961 Dec 2012 #32
I love the argument that we should ban cars because cars kill more people. bulloney Dec 2012 #34
And knives have many uses treestar Dec 2012 #52
A big, fat K&R Love Bug Dec 2012 #36
I've lived to be 62 and no guns for me. The thought of using one to hurt someone else? No. No. No. Harriety Dec 2012 #37
I live in one of the cities with the worst crime records and I don't own a gun LynneSin Dec 2012 #39
I have to laugh at them --- Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2012 #128
A gun freak once asked me: Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #40
My wife... trumad Dec 2012 #57
64 and owned a 22 automatic rifle for abut 2 weeks once madokie Dec 2012 #42
In this insane world... the devil Dec 2012 #44
I guess that explains why you got kicked out of the "little boys club"! K&R madinmaryland Dec 2012 #46
Totally agree.... joanbarnes Dec 2012 #47
Thats your experience UndahCovah Dec 2012 #48
My Mom and brothers gave me a 22 rifle when I was 13 years old for Christmas. Puglover Dec 2012 #50
Never owned one in my life either treestar Dec 2012 #51
Guns are for death and destruction. No thanks. I think it's way LibDemAlways Dec 2012 #54
I'm 64 years old, and used to own guns.... jdadd Dec 2012 #55
Any thoughts of gun ownership were banished in the late 60s Warpy Dec 2012 #56
Thank you for sharing your story. iemitsu Dec 2012 #64
Yeah, I'll bet! Warpy Dec 2012 #66
Perhaps that was the initial reason for befriending Fred iemitsu Dec 2012 #69
Wow, you can weave an engrossing story! JimDandy Dec 2012 #85
K&R. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #59
60 yr. old member of the same club Glitterati Dec 2012 #61
I Could Have Written The OP WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #63
I'm almost 67 and live alone... FLyellowdog Dec 2012 #65
Female here, age 64. SheilaT Dec 2012 #67
Almost 51 etherealtruth Dec 2012 #72
I understand your feelings Tsiyu Dec 2012 #74
It is different for rural people Tumbulu Dec 2012 #155
I completely understand not wanting one Tsiyu Dec 2012 #165
Yes and it still going on Tumbulu Dec 2012 #166
Wishing you all the best, of course, Tumbulu Tsiyu Dec 2012 #167
Gee you're not such a... El Supremo Dec 2012 #76
I'm 73 and never owned and never will young_at_heart Dec 2012 #77
I've not owned a gun either. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #78
Interestingly, a bear attack is the only threat that I've considered a gun for... sweetloukillbot Dec 2012 #82
That's the only reason we would consider one, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #84
Want to add - I am a gun owner sweetloukillbot Dec 2012 #91
I have a similar story... SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #87
Your dad was lucky. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #88
Man, sorry for your loss... SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #89
Off topic, but you sound like a wonderful father. Exultant Democracy Dec 2012 #81
I have my moments... trumad Dec 2012 #90
Excellent points. I was just thinking about this: ProSense Dec 2012 #86
I own an Air-Weight 38 Special - loaded with snake load Strelnikov_ Dec 2012 #97
I'm 70 & I've never owned a gun either. I'm a single woman & at one time someone suggested that Booster Dec 2012 #101
Same here - we hate guns malaise Dec 2012 #105
I've never owned a gun, either lbrtbell Dec 2012 #106
Your CHOICE, but many of us who hunt and target shoot beg to disagree. More regulation, YES, but RBInMaine Dec 2012 #107
now where in my post did I say ban all guns. trumad Dec 2012 #110
Many here are... ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #143
Me too. Martin Eden Dec 2012 #111
Me neither and I'm 57. tedzbear Dec 2012 #112
There are better ways to defend one's self. Octafish Dec 2012 #123
I own a Mossberg, but it's never had a round through it. Romulox Dec 2012 #132
I'm almost 52, and can think of three guns I might someday own: kentauros Dec 2012 #146
There is no reason for a civilian to own a firearm mwrguy Dec 2012 #156
I own a handgun Texasgal Dec 2012 #159
Guns and Crime: Handgun Victimization, Firearm Self-Defense, and RantinRavin Dec 2012 #160
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