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(19,768 posts)60. You're so meta. n/t
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LaPierre: 'How Many Bostonians Wish They Had A Gun Two Weeks Ago?' [View all]
michigandem58
May 2013
OP
Yeah Wayne, wouldn't it have been awesome to have a free for all gunfight after those bombs went off
Electric Monk
May 2013
#3
I really have to check my thinking about this man and gun-lovers...my thoughts are evil. nt
kelliekat44
May 2013
#157
It turned out that Dzhokhar wasn't even armed, just running away and hiding, though
Electric Monk
May 2013
#8
I also have the right to tell you that it's a dumb thing to do, and increases the chances of your
Electric Monk
May 2013
#13
Actually, since you bring it up, 4 of the 5 I listed have since been shitcanned. Here's the latest.
Electric Monk
May 2013
#19
Re-read this subthread. You're the one who started making it personal (post #14).
Electric Monk
May 2013
#31
You alerted your own thread about me, you shouldn't be criticizing anybody here.
CreekDog
May 2013
#148
Thank God I printed that epic before Meta shut down. Still good for a belly laugh.
freshwest
May 2013
#104
I wish I'd saved a copy :( It didn't occur to me that meta might be disappeared. nt
Electric Monk
May 2013
#105
The problem is that too many people (would) make bad decisions that could harm others.
LiberalFighter
May 2013
#100
I'd re-frame the answer I'd been given into something complete different too
LanternWaste
May 2013
#120
Half the jury disagreed, and thought it should have been hidden, as did the alerter. nt
Electric Monk
May 2013
#112
you're saying that gun laws are proven to work or not work based on one city which borders Indiana?
CreekDog
May 2013
#149
As is striking to me how many people defend the Right-wing PAC NRA yet lack the courage of their own
LanternWaste
May 2013
#121
"with little room for bs and drama" like alerting on yourself while pretending to be someone else?
Electric Monk
May 2013
#144
For correcting your assertion? What definition of "stalking" does that fall under?
Electric Monk
May 2013
#146
I came to the conclusion your worldview makes it impossible for you to see how so.
2ndAmForComputers
May 2013
#141
The "childish mumblings" are paraphrasing your EPIC FAIL in meta that will never be forgotton. nt
Electric Monk
May 2013
#67
No. I was talking about Wayne LaPierre's sick and twisted implication about Bostonians.
2ndAmForComputers
May 2013
#137
We aren't asking you to "agree on everything all the time", you disagree with us ALL THE TIME
CreekDog
May 2013
#161
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a pressure cooker is a good guy with a pressure cooker.”
spanone
May 2013
#10
It is a valid point, but it's astonishingly rude and insensitive given what just happened.
reformist2
May 2013
#25
Hey Wayne, ask the guy who was carjacked by the bombers if he wished he had a gun
onenote
May 2013
#29
And, Collins(?) who was killed when they couldn't get his gun out of the holster?
Frustratedlady
May 2013
#40
Coming up next: Arming WTC janitors with handguns could have prevented 9/11!
struggle4progress
May 2013
#47
Arming firemen turns them into freedom fighters! Runners can shoot their way to the finish line!
freshwest
May 2013
#117
Imagine how many brown people would have been shot at the race if the lunatics were armed. Reddit
Pisces
May 2013
#52
Him and the media but it was an intense situation , real or blown out of proportion, take your pick
newmember
May 2013
#78
Imagine how much longer the marathon would have been if all the runners were carrying a piece as
freshwest
May 2013
#118
from what i hear most of Boston was not frightened, but they were trying to help law enforcement
JI7
May 2013
#80
How many people wish they had a gun every time this yahoo opens his pie-hole? n/t
winter is coming
May 2013
#84
If people were not in danger then why did the POLICE shut down the WHOLE FUCKING CITY?? Of....
Logical
May 2013
#97
ok, name some Boston area DUers who said they wanted a gun b/c they didn't have one
CreekDog
May 2013
#162
LaPierre's an out of touch idiot. It's more like "How many Bostonians wished there were one less..."
Sheepshank
May 2013
#119