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Gun Control & RKBA

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Atypical Liberal

(5,412 posts)
4. Iran should be allowed to do whatever its people want to do.
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 01:32 PM
Mar 2012

If Iran wants a nuclear weapon, that is their business.

The Gun Is Civilization [View all] DWC Mar 2012 OP
Or, to put it another way: Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #1
"With guns we are citizens. Without them we are subjects" shadowrider Mar 2012 #2
I see you've changed your sig line iverglas Mar 2012 #36
Your insinuation is insulting and I can change my sig line again. shadowrider Mar 2012 #37
gosh, you'd almost think I wasn't referring to your previous sig line iverglas Mar 2012 #40
you don't seem to have answered my question iverglas Mar 2012 #41
Back off shadowrider Mar 2012 #44
no iverglas Mar 2012 #47
D. Michael Wiechman, May 14, 1996 n/t DWC Mar 2012 #88
snork iverglas Mar 2012 #89
Hah. Notice how our gun nuttiness has kept us from becoming subjects over the last 20 years? Doctor_J Mar 2012 #98
Over the last 20 years hundreds of thousands of "gunsters" DWC Mar 2012 #99
It's the rarely seen cousin to the 'your handgun won't do shit against petronius Mar 2012 #100
Which is excellent Doctor_J Mar 2012 #102
So by this logic we should allow Iran a nuclear weapon? JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #3
Iran should be allowed to do whatever its people want to do. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #4
I absolutely agree with you there. n/t JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #5
Yes! ellisonz Mar 2012 #11
I wish there were no nuclear weapons. But it is immoral to say "some for me, none for thee." Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #12
So we should have given Gaddafi a nuke? ellisonz Mar 2012 #15
I did not advocate GIVING nuclear weapons to anyone. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #16
lol - you might as well give'em to them Cowboy... ellisonz Mar 2012 #19
The answer is not more American imperialism. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #21
And bombs for the Tamil Liberation Tigers... ellisonz Mar 2012 #22
Again, I am not pro-proliferation. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #24
I think we already tolerate it as party to the NPT. ellisonz Mar 2012 #25
Are you even reading my posts? Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #27
I'm quoting your post. Why would you think I'm not reading them? ellisonz Mar 2012 #30
You aren't quoting the relevant parts. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #35
"You aren't quoting the relevant parts." - Oh I'm sorry... ellisonz Mar 2012 #45
Selling is not the same thing as developing. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #58
Why read... Clames Mar 2012 #31
got something to back that up? iverglas Mar 2012 #50
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #52
there's one tiny distinction iverglas Mar 2012 #29
I have no idea why I am seeing this Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #33
poor you iverglas Mar 2012 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author ellisonz Mar 2012 #55
I care. Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #59
Would it be logical to allow violent criminals to own firearms? spin Mar 2012 #13
And thus we reveal the reductio ad absurdum of the OP JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #17
+1000 ellisonz Mar 2012 #23
There is little that I can do to stop our nation from sending weapons... spin Mar 2012 #28
Can't refute the OP so try to change the subject. DWC Mar 2012 #20
I didn't change the subject JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #26
Actually, you did DWC Mar 2012 #32
OK, I see where we are at JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #38
here's where you're really at iverglas Mar 2012 #43
Duly noted JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #48
oh, you can still play! iverglas Mar 2012 #49
Pot/Kettle rl6214 Mar 2012 #60
"By SOP, this group is restricted to guns and gun law in the USA." ellisonz Mar 2012 #81
You are correct. My apologies. n/t DWC Mar 2012 #86
Sounds like it was written COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #6
Ah, insinuation and slurs. PavePusher Mar 2012 #8
Insinuation and slurs are what they use shadowrider Mar 2012 #9
No insinuation, and no slur COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #18
Agreed. ellisonz Mar 2012 #10
Historically, that is the way it's been done, unless people resist... Atypical Liberal Mar 2012 #14
Thanks for the Heston quote. 2 thumbs up!!! DWC Mar 2012 #92
This article comes from a web site that has a enormous amount ... spin Mar 2012 #7
yes, you touted it here some years ago iverglas Mar 2012 #46
As I pointed out then ... spin Mar 2012 #51
the website is a commercial site iverglas Mar 2012 #53
Car and Driver is a publication and web site spin Mar 2012 #61
I believe you have made my point iverglas Mar 2012 #65
However I see little wrong with a web site or magazine ... spin Mar 2012 #66
and now you are avoiding the point iverglas Mar 2012 #68
Is there anything ethically wrong with running a website ... spin Mar 2012 #71
what are you on about? iverglas Mar 2012 #74
I refuse to go down the rabbit hole with you ... spin Mar 2012 #78
If you don't like it, then use your Admin powers to remove it. oneshooter Mar 2012 #79
thanks all the same iverglas Mar 2012 #80
it's that cornered kitty again! iverglas Mar 2012 #34
more about our source iverglas Mar 2012 #39
I found the supposed content source: ellisonz Mar 2012 #54
oh duh -- shadowrider's quote, right there iverglas Mar 2012 #56
Fuck Ron Paul ellisonz Mar 2012 #57
heh heh iverglas Mar 2012 #75
It'd be kinda interesting to keep a catalog of all the right-wing sources... DanTex Mar 2012 #63
as compared to their catalogue of progressive sources ;) iverglas Mar 2012 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Mar 2012 #101
Excellent find my brother...thanks for sharing. +1 ileus Mar 2012 #62
"find"? you had lost it??? iverglas Mar 2012 #69
I am tired of labels like pro gunner and antis era veteran Mar 2012 #64
It does often seem that those Democrats here who oppose firearm ownership... spin Mar 2012 #67
what Democrats oppose firearm ownership? iverglas Mar 2012 #70
The Right has its extreme anti-abortionists. The Left has DWC Mar 2012 #72
Good point. (n/t) spin Mar 2012 #73
if you don't get nauseous when you find bilge like that in your mouth iverglas Mar 2012 #76
"Both groups are anti-killing." ellisonz Mar 2012 #82
I absolutely denounce that view and, DWC Mar 2012 #84
fucking disgusting iverglas Mar 2012 #85
How ever you cut it, DEAD is DEAD. n/t DWC Mar 2012 #87
There are, of course, lunatics--some of whom probably consider themselves Democrats-- TPaine7 Mar 2012 #91
e - qui - vo - ca - a - shun ... iverglas Mar 2012 #93
Wait a minute! That fourth picture down: petronius Mar 2012 #94
oh nose iverglas Mar 2012 #96
Indeed, though I think "BULL - SHIT" is an even better description for your sophistry. TPaine7 Mar 2012 #95
Very well stated. Thanks !! n/t DWC Mar 2012 #97
Excellent observation...well stated. ileus Mar 2012 #90
interesting philosophy. thanks for the link. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #83
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