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Rainforestgoddess

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9. They were thinking

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 05:20 PM

Jan 2013

You could trade a chicken to the doctor for some care, not that there would be multi million dollar equipment and bankrupting levels of health care.

It's really the other side of the muskets vs machine guns argument. They couldn't predict the future, and the rules haven't changed to reflect that.

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Well?? [View all] madamesilverspurs Jan 2013 OP

I don't think there's a whole lot of thinking going on lunatica Jan 2013 #1

It's a bit difficult not to have an "emotional reaction" when upwards of a thousand people, Chorophyll Jan 2013 #4

I said we must not confuse the two lunatica Jan 2013 #13

I simply disagree with your implication that reacting to something with emotion is the equivalent of Chorophyll Jan 2013 #20

Difficult and useful are not antonyms cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #15

It's hard to think clearly when the person you are arguing with is holding a loaded weapon Lordquinton Jan 2013 #12

Well obviously lunatica Jan 2013 #14

Just pointing out how hard it is to keep things on an intellectual level Lordquinton Jan 2013 #17

That pretty much sums up the callous, "get over it" attitude of the gun lobby, and their apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #2

It takes a pretty pathetic person to defend these types of weapons after Newtown. nt EastKYLiberal Jan 2013 #18

What our forefathers were thinking is a world apart from the challenges we're faced with today gateley Jan 2013 #3

True; they had a much much higher murder rate back then (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #5

We arent held to whatever we think our founders thought anyways. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #6

The founders thought it would last 15 years Lordquinton Jan 2013 #11

When Gun Manufacturers AND Gun Owners have been paying their lobbiest... Walk away Jan 2013 #7

What I want to know is how come Jamaal510 Jan 2013 #8

They were thinking Rainforestgoddess Jan 2013 #9

Why have we let it get so out of hand? WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2013 #10

NRA Board of Directors--Here's the List triplepoint Jan 2013 #16

Frame it as an issue of second-hand gunsmoke Ino Jan 2013 #19