They were at it again today... (Reply #36)

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Tue Apr 28, 2015, 08:19 PM

Human101948 (3,457 posts)

36. They were at it again today...

Like all toxic brands, the National Rifle Association isn’t above exploiting a tragedy to spread its agenda via social media. But unlike, say, Oreos, the NRA is eager to promote gun ownership, even if it means telling a big lie about civil unrest in Baltimore.

http://gawker.com/the-nra-is-already-lying-about-whats-happening-in-balti-1700745070

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112 replies	Author	Time	Post
But guns are special [View all]	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	OP
Probably because you are talking out your posterior...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#1
And comparing the US with the UK...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#2
So you are drawing what conclusion?	Human101948	Apr 2015	#3
The US has more murders than the UK	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#6
Remove guns from the equation and you get...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#15
By all means feel free to digress	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#18
Huh?	pablo_marmol	Apr 2015	#44
In more complete, correct and concise wording...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#48
There may be more guns but fewer owners...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#4
Maybe or maybe not; IMHO not really relevant	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#7
Like "I smell bullshit?"	Human101948	Apr 2015	#13
No like...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#14
A hammer is not a wrench...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#21
Please continue, this is looking productive n/t	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#22
I believe future surveys will detect a significant increase in	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#8
Whoopee!	Human101948	Apr 2015	#12
it's possible that for now, folks have as many guns as they want...	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#23
rifles sales are dropping	gejohnston	Apr 2015	#26
Seems industry wide...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#35
market saturation	gejohnston	Apr 2015	#37
There may be more guns but fewer owners...	GGJohn	Apr 2015	#32
Likewise.	Lizzie Poppet	May 2015	#92
No sir.	beevul	Apr 2015	#50
Those polls are far from trustworthy.	Lizzie Poppet	May 2015	#91
Several years ago I asked a number of gun owners at the range this question. ...	spin	May 2015	#94
guns kill way less than 30k...somewhere in the 0-none range.	ileus	Apr 2015	#5
Your post ignores how owning a gun corrupts the mind of the owner and makes him homicidal n/t	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#9
It's the Pat Robertson principle	Shamash	Apr 2015	#10
~~~	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#11
Not having a gun certainly lessens the chance that you will shoot someone...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#16
Thank you	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#17
Or have one if you need one. N/T	beevul	Apr 2015	#51
Pat's waiting out that asteroid heading for Orlando.	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#24
But what about Disney?	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#69
I think that's why Pat wanted it to hit there. Some "homosexual" event at Rat World.	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#77
Ziiiing!	Puha Ekapi	Apr 2015	#40
P.S.--I am a gun owner...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#19
Cool by me	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#20
Don't think I've seen/heard anything from the NRA in months. Droll.	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#25
They were at it again today...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#36
Some extreme anti-gunners openly advocate exploiting mass shootings for their ends.	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#46
Yes but they don't have the money and political clout that the NRA does...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#49
The foremost advocate of gun control is worth in excess of $35 billion dollars	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2015	#52
Absolutely...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#53
I applaud your principled stand, but you will find yourself a very lonely person...	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2015	#54
I can support that because there is something bigger at stake...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#58
So what. All the money he spends to try to get me to vote for unreasonable gun control ...	spin	May 2015	#95
Oh-oh! NRA gets caught with pants down!	Human101948	Apr 2015	#64
Another dead horse	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#66
not dead at all, my NRA friend...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#67
Okay we'll wait to hear your findings	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#68
so why do you feel compelled to criticize a post bout the NRA?	Human101948	Apr 2015	#70
Cupidity, like stupidity, deserves it's own reward	DonP	Apr 2015	#71
I don't/didn't	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#72
If you are intent on being helpful and informative...	Human101948	Apr 2015	#73
Excuse my pejorativity, I found little correlation between...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#74
"And of course as we all know most firearms sold today are designed to save lives."	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#29
You say potatoe...I say potato.	ileus	Apr 2015	#31
What you use them for is irrelevant	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#33
my airgun is only for paper targets	gejohnston	Apr 2015	#34
It would be good if he meant that, but I very much doubt it.	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#38
my impression is totally different	gejohnston	Apr 2015	#39
I just traded a ninja range toy for a CZ75 a few weeks ago.	ileus	Apr 2015	#43
power over ethernet?	ileus	Apr 2015	#42
Not to be smart-assed, but is Ileus a Poe or a "poet?" Poe was a poet, of course.	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#47
Possibly both, possibly neither	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#55
His stuff is too sideways to be that offensive. I, on the other hand, can stir up a sloth!	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#57
LOL	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#60
I match his Hillary one-liner with mine for Bernie.	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#61
I hope Bernie runs and think he will.	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#62
My use for them is the only one that matters.	ileus	Apr 2015	#41
Or not...	Starboard Tack	Apr 2015	#56
Gee only 30,000 a year isn't that special nothing to do about it	upaloopa	Apr 2015	#27
Oh thanks	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#28
My firearms are special.... because they're mine.	ileus	Apr 2015	#30
And the guns which gun control advocates claim are most "designed only for killing"	benEzra	Apr 2015	#45
what good are they?	jimmy the one	Apr 2015	#59
What good are they? Well, let's see...	benEzra	Apr 2015	#75
I hear heroin is fun & helpful, too	jimmy the one	May 2015	#85
Here's the thing, James.	blueridge3210	May 2015	#86
Good point.	benEzra	May 2015	#87
Remember, we are dealing with an authoritarian mindset	friendly_iconoclast	May 2015	#89
Well, I might have to agree on the comics and video games;	blueridge3210	May 2015	#90
It'd be cabernet, not heroin.	benEzra	May 2015	#88
the wall challenge, 22rf vs .223 fmj	jimmy the one	May 2015	#96
"Upper class white man's toy"	blueridge3210	May 2015	#97
I for one...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2015	#98
Um, yeah.	blueridge3210	May 2015	#99
Looked like a nice town	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2015	#100
I like my smart car	Duckhunter935	May 2015	#106
I thought we were discussing centerfires, but since you mention it...	benEzra	May 2015	#109
balked on the wall challenge	jimmy the one	May 2015	#110
Ummm, no.	benEzra	May 2015	#111
Here's the thing, James.	blueridge3210	Apr 2015	#76
If you honestly believe the misinformation about "assault weapons" being special	ManiacJoe	Apr 2015	#78
Yup. This gun is identical to an AR-15 in every functional way...	benEzra	May 2015	#79
Except the most important one.	Straw Man	May 2015	#80
Yup. And the factory stock is brown walnut, not black nylon.	benEzra	May 2015	#81
So to be exempt from said 2003 version of the ban...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	May 2015	#82
Presumably a name change would do it...	benEzra	May 2015	#83
I love people that know nothing about firearms making laws and writing bans	DonP	May 2015	#84
Let's stop focusing on assault rifles	Matrosov	May 2015	#102
It's a pretty transparent bit of sophistry, really	petronius	Apr 2015	#63
Well everyone who studies martial arts...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2015	#65
The Controllers are so filled with hate they don't realize how they expose their hand.	pablo_marmol	May 2015	#93
They still kill	Matrosov	May 2015	#101
A complete ban would, however.	gejohnston	May 2015	#103
Run that by me again	Shamash	May 2015	#104
You lot are so cute when you attribute your own positions to others.	beevul	May 2015	#105
"We let tens of thousand die each year so a few good guys with guns can shoot a criminal....."	pablo_marmol	May 2015	#107
"So much failure in this post!" Would that other controllers had such economy of style...	friendly_iconoclast	May 2015	#108
Oh my dog!	pablo_marmol	May 2015	#112

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