So you accept opinions as facts. (Reply #78)

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Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:09 PM

Clames (2,038 posts)

78. So you accept opinions as facts.

That is what you call evidence?

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I have noticed something odd this weekend [View all]	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	OP
I think in the aftermath of any gun related crisis it is perfectly natural to try to ensure there's	mother earth	Jul 2012	#1
Beta-C mags are prone to jamming.	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#44
I inserted doing the usual background checks as missing in this recent incident. nt	mother earth	Jul 2012	#59
His weapons were purchased from a store called Gander Mountain. Similar to Cabelas or Sportsmen's Wa	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#62
Surprisingly you are correct, it was first reported they were NOT done.	mother earth	Jul 2012	#172
Hello and welcome...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#80
"no background checks were done in his massive ammunition purchases online."	rl6214	Jul 2012	#92
it was in regard to "limits on ammunition purchased" and I do believe it was reported there were no	mother earth	Jul 2012	#171
there have never been background checks on ammo.	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#174
No - Not Waiting For A Crisis - We're A Reactive Society - Not A Proactive Society......	global1	Jul 2012	#2
They know after all these fail, their ultimate goal can be passed.	ileus	Jul 2012	#3
Exactly	sarisataka	Jul 2012	#6
"Follow me guys, there is no slippery slope!" yelled the lead lemming as he headed over the cliff.	Starboard Tack	Jul 2012	#72
Now you are seeing VPC	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#74
I must confess that I know very little about either.	Starboard Tack	Jul 2012	#102
agreed, I dumped the NRA	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#107
That is one bad habit I never picked up	sarisataka	Jul 2012	#89
So true!	Starboard Tack	Jul 2012	#105
Almost.	Callisto32	Jul 2012	#148
That's the truth.	Clames	Jul 2012	#4
As Rahm Emanuel said	permatex	Jul 2012	#5
People who want sensible gun limits are bullied into keeping quite but when a tragedy such as	upaloopa	Jul 2012	#7
What restrictions that used to be in place would have prevented this had they remained in place?	Kaleva	Jul 2012	#8
perhaps there should be sane restrictions on all of these	samsingh	Jul 2012	#10
Eventual banning of firearms in the future	permatex	Jul 2012	#14
this topic needs a lot of give and take for the good of all	samsingh	Jul 2012	#23
I've already expressed my deepest condolences for the victim and families	permatex	Jul 2012	#27
Seriously, Permatex, I hope you don't carry your new guns until you calm down.	Hoyt	Jul 2012	#76
Seriously Hoyt	permatex	Jul 2012	#77
Typical snark	rl6214	Jul 2012	#96
He's a Tough Guy	bongbong	Jul 2012	#117
Give it a rest dude.	permatex	Jul 2012	#118
Sorry	bongbong	Jul 2012	#122
impressive	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#125
Tiddly	bongbong	Jul 2012	#128
I hear your mother calling you	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#129
Your mistake	bongbong	Jul 2012	#131
bless your heart.	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#132
Another mistake by you	bongbong	Jul 2012	#147
I think he said exactly what he wanted to say. Non-Southerners generally won't get it, however...	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#155
shit, I'm turning into a southerner	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#157
I gather our interlocutor is not a Southerner, bless his heart...	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#159
Make sure	bongbong	Jul 2012	#162
it's divine spirit doesn't need blessing.	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#163
Fun!	bongbong	Jul 2012	#164
such a genius	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#165
Wouldn't know	bongbong	Jul 2012	#166
how would she know?	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#168
Yawn	bongbong	Jul 2012	#161
and by people like you. you seem really good at the personal attacks.	alabama_for_obama	Jul 2012	#169
You mean like this?	bongbong	Jul 2012	#173
by the way,	alabama_for_obama	Jul 2012	#170
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#46
the definition of infringe is clear	samsingh	Jul 2012	#49
? could you expand on that ?	Tuesday Afternoon	Jul 2012	#127
Where is this evidence?	Clames	Jul 2012	#58
really. read the evidence at the link to cnn	samsingh	Jul 2012	#60
So you accept opinions as facts.	Clames	Jul 2012	#78
that is complete evidence. what part of it is opinion to you?	samsingh	Jul 2012	#83
It says opinion right in the link	permatex	Jul 2012	#90
the facts are imbedded in an article where the author talks about his feelings	samsingh	Jul 2012	#111
It's not facts its opinion	permatex	Jul 2012	#114
Those aren't facts.	Clames	Jul 2012	#119
He he he	krispos42	Jul 2012	#121
this is no laughing matter	samsingh	Jul 2012	#123
The idea that any of those measures, even IF you could pass them here,	HALO141	Jul 2012	#91
that is very selective reading and the reason many people are getting frustrated with pro-gun	samsingh	Jul 2012	#110
how often did Australia have mass	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#115
Another fact for you	krispos42	Jul 2012	#130
And he doubles down on the snark..."paranoia from gun owners"	rl6214	Jul 2012	#95
It's a shame.	HALO141	Jul 2012	#101
if 'they're out to take all my guns away from me' isn't paranoia - i don't know what is.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#124
Every group is going to have the fringe so there are some gun owners	rl6214	Jul 2012	#136
i have problems with either extreme.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#138
I fully agree with you there.	rl6214	Jul 2012	#145
3/4 of states, not 2/3 are need for ratification. N/T	GreenStormCloud	Jul 2012	#144
Thanks for the clarification.	permatex	Jul 2012	#146
How do you define "High Capacity"?	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#25
You can still get 20 rd mags for the AR/M16, I bought a number of them last year.	rl6214	Jul 2012	#97
"who needs high capacity magazines for self defense?"	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#42
i did say 'some' not 'all'	samsingh	Jul 2012	#50
The use of the hi capacity magazine may be what stopped more from being killed	rl6214	Jul 2012	#94
why should a tiny minority of rich people bully us?	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#12
I was responding to the OP. I am not cranking up the volume or describing posts as theater you are	upaloopa	Jul 2012	#21
a few corrections	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#29
Unlike you I don't have a list of things memorized that I can put in a post.	upaloopa	Jul 2012	#45
don't have anything memorized	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#53
"Like I said I do not have a ready source of talking points such as those put out by the NRA"	rl6214	Jul 2012	#99
Middle ground?	permatex	Jul 2012	#31
Just once, I'd like to see the author do some research, and come up with something	AtheistCrusader	Jul 2012	#47
"You refuse to even come to some middle ground. "	HALO141	Jul 2012	#98
What "sensible gun limits"?	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#30
They've kept quiet?	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#55
+1. Always good to see another voice of reason participating in the gungeon.	Starboard Tack	Jul 2012	#160
homes was not accepted by a gun club	samsingh	Jul 2012	#9
A background check would have turned up nothing on him	Kaleva	Jul 2012	#11
the suspicion from the gun club should have alerted a visit	samsingh	Jul 2012	#13
by who, the local cops?	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#16
given the amount of damage a sick individual can do with the weapons at his disposal, someone should	samsingh	Jul 2012	#22
That is a police procedure and a prior restraint issue	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#32
if someone was buying tons of fertilizer, i think that may prompt a visit from the police	samsingh	Jul 2012	#37
You can buy tons of fertilizer without	permatex	Jul 2012	#40
Hard to say if the police would have done anything.	Kaleva	Jul 2012	#20
Because of an odd answering machine message?	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#34
wrong	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#15
Jeeeeeeez	permatex	Jul 2012	#18
I bought three bolt action Mosin-Nagant rifles on line on 3 seperate occasions	Kaleva	Jul 2012	#19
i guess the news is wrong then. i guess these 'acts' are not very effective and should be changed.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#38
"changed" how?	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#43
Another lie	permatex	Jul 2012	#17
Would you consider that more of a personal defense weapon or a hunting rifle? NT	rbixby	Jul 2012	#24
Substitute the 30 round mag for a 5 rounder and you have a deer gun right there NT.	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#33
Neither	permatex	Jul 2012	#35
Could be either one.	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#36
Ah the joy of both.	Callisto32	Jul 2012	#149
i gotta get one of these man	samsingh	Jul 2012	#39
Knock yourself out	permatex	Jul 2012	#41
I wouldn't even waste a .22 on a rabbits. A Crossman will keep you in all the rabbit you can eat NT	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#79
Your right	permatex	Jul 2012	#82
No such thing as a waste of .22.	Callisto32	Jul 2012	#150
Oh, I see.	PavePusher	Jul 2012	#48
Funny that	permatex	Jul 2012	#52
he purchased all his guns online with NO background checks	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#28
So you'd let self-policing gun-clubs determine who may and who may not carry?	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#56
"he purchased all his guns online with NO background checks"	rl6214	Jul 2012	#103
While he indeed rejected, the rest of your post is factually untrue	ProgressiveProfessor	Jul 2012	#120
The people who lost family and friends in Aurora "noticed something odd this weekend" as well	villager	Jul 2012	#26
Others waving around their dead friend and family in order to push an agenda?	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#57
Others callously ignoring the human costs to push theirs?	villager	Jul 2012	#139
Who is doing that?	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#140
You were replying to my post -- where mentions of machine guns were entirely absent.	villager	Jul 2012	#141
You replied to my post with	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#142
again, the initial reply in this sub-thread was yours	villager	Jul 2012	#143
Unless you know the posters well in person, it is difficult to ascertain the intended effect of	patrice	Jul 2012	#51
If a given poster states " Fuck you! I want to ban all your fucking guns"	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#81
You'll also get "but think of the victims!"	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#54
i don't think that thinking about victims is insane at all.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#61
Case in point	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#63
ok - to your point	samsingh	Jul 2012	#64
Respond to the scenario I made up	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#65
i thought i did.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#67
You did not, you altered it	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#69
okay	samsingh	Jul 2012	#73
Please respond to my scenario	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#75
that would be irrational	samsingh	Jul 2012	#84
Whoa whoa whao slow down there rambo	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#87
drinking while operating a firearm is illegal also BTW.	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#85
you missed the point	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#66
okay then, let's substitute tractor tailer in my explanation.	samsingh	Jul 2012	#68
he wasn't walking around	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#71
"I have noticed something odd this weekend"	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#70
re: "...feelings..."	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#86
I'm appointing you my Undersecretary.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#93
Thanks, buddy!	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#104
I already got Innuendo covered.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#106
Perhaps...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#109
Let's claim it as a National Security priority and add it to the Pentagon budget.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#112
Perchance...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#116
No, but I've enjoyed following the real blood sport of Wall Street.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#126
It is a bit of a blood sport	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#134
Want to see a good one?	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#135
Stories...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#137
Then we had all the people who bought the same thing to feel powerful deny that's why they bought it	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#88
I did the same.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#100
Pardon?	tortoise1956	Jul 2012	#176
Besides, the only thing I would buy to feel powerful would be Viagra...	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#177
Can't - could cost me my job	tortoise1956	Jul 2012	#178
Some people have a need to be talked down....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#179
It's my need to feel powerful...	tortoise1956	Jul 2012	#181
Do everyone a favor.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#182
BTW:	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#180
banning the sale of ammunition would have prevented this and it would be realtivily easy to do.	bowens43	Jul 2012	#108
Rrriiiiight.	HALO141	Jul 2012	#113
That would have worked but it's a political impossibility	Kaleva	Jul 2012	#133
Nobody has EVER homebrewed ammo.	Callisto32	Jul 2012	#151
I know that I was at home saying "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ... let a manic kill a bunch of people!!!"	JoePhilly	Jul 2012	#152
I have to laugh when someone who needs to have access to unregulated guns,	Walk away	Jul 2012	#153
You can't own automatic weapons w/ out STRICT government scrutiny	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#154
It would seem sane to me if local law enforcement had access to a data base...	Walk away	Jul 2012	#185
Yes it would	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#190
there are no unregulated guns	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#156
Gee! Was the Aurora shooters gun regulated? If it was then....	Walk away	Jul 2012	#183
Don't have an NRA dictionary, but check with the gun grabbers	DonP	Jul 2012	#186
Everything you just posted seems to prove that with the current restrictions...	Walk away	Jul 2012	#188
Neither do UK or Jamaicia	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#189
obviously you don't know anything about current federal gun control laws	gejohnston	Jul 2012	#187
...posted by someone implying the NRA has paid agents all over the Net. "Paranoia", indeed...	friendly_iconoclast	Jul 2012	#158
The usual American approach to any undesirable event is to push for some new laws.	Brisket	Jul 2012	#167
Well said and welcome to DU NT	Trunk Monkey	Jul 2012	#175
Turn right and head directly to the Gungeon!	Walk away	Jul 2012	#184
“No one want wants to ban your gun” (in the midst of several calls to ban my gun)	xxenderwigginxx	Jul 2012	#191
I came to a completely different conclusion,	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jul 2012	#192

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