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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:00 PM
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Dean needs to set these GUN NUTS straight!
I mean, how can he support right-wing NRA extremists like these guys? HOW DARE HE stand against gay bashing?!?
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:09 PM
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1. Wesley Clark should explain why. . .
. . . if he's so for gay rights, why he supports the rights of gay bashers to attack helpless, unarmed gay people who have had their 2nd Amendment rights revoked by his proposed gun laws.

(Wow, two can play at this gun politics game, eh?) :eyes:
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:42 PM
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3. please link to a law he supports that takes guns away
Edited on Tue Jan-06-04 11:45 PM by Bombtrack
from homosexuals. Or infringes on their second amendment rights.

Or you can just say, "I can't, I made this up because I support such a horriblly flawed candidate for dumb reasons"
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:39 AM
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35. Wesley Clark supports gun control
And using the logic applied against Dean, since homophobes oppose armed gays, Clark must now apologize for every comment made by homophobes.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:38 PM
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:42 PM
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4. "gays should not own firearms"
Could you please tell us who should own firearms? Wealthy landholding white men?
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:45 PM
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5. We should all arm ourselves, including gays!
"Thirty-one states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "

http://www.pinkpistols.org/index2.html



Why should the rightwing be the only ones armed?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:59 PM
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:05 AM
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12. I want gays to exercise their rights under the Second Amendment
A well-armed citizenry is the last bastion of freedom. Some liberals have to get over their pathological fear of guns.

Had Matthew Shepard or Brandon Teena been packing, I assure you that they would still be alive today.
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:15 AM
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21. No they wouldn't because usually the gun ends up being grabbed out of
the victims hands and they get shot with it. That's what happens unless the person "packing" knows what they're doing and unless they have a "cool head" and don't panic.

You're better off carrying mace....
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:27 AM
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28. I am better off carrying a Glock
No they wouldn't because usually the gun ends up being grabbed out of the victims hands and they get shot with it.

You're better off carrying mace....


That's the reason for getting proper training in weapons, such as the one provided by the NRA, responsible gun shops, and Pink Pistols. Being a military veteran, I would not aim a weapon unless I intended to use it.

The "stop or I'll shoot" is the stuff one sees on TV.

It is stereotyping of gays to think of them as weaklings. I thought the 1969 Stonewall riots put an end to such misperceptions.
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lcordero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:06 AM
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14. Amen brother, preach on, preach on Brother Green
:)
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:12 AM
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18. Wouldn't mind seeing gays have them. It's the rest of the population I
worry about. I worry about the people who are violent or unstable. There's a lot of people who end up with other people's guns (stolen guns, etc.)

You must not live in a city. This might work out in the rural areas but it would be a nightmare in the city.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:13 AM
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20. personally I would be afraid for myself
I admit, I have a bad temper and I go a little crazy if pushed. Frankly I dont want a gun, in fact I would like to live through life without firing a single shot.
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KaraokeKarlton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:48 PM
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6. Oh really?
I better go confiscate the firearms of my skeet shooting lesbian cousin straight away. I'm sure she'd appreciate your concern for her.

I hate to break it to you, but if someone wants to kill themselves they don't need a gun to do it. All it takes is popping a bunch of pills, slitting their wrist, plugging up their tail pipe and sitting in a running car, or using their bathrobe belt to hang themselves from the shower.

I strongly suspect that gay people would much prefer not to be treated like they can't make their own choices and decisions about guns.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:56 PM
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7. Actually hundreds of suicides a year wouldn't happen if not for guns
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being available.

It only takes a couple seconds in a fit of rage or sorrow to lift a gun and take one's life, while the other methods require more pain, time and concentration, and are hugely more survivable.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:58 PM
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KaraokeKarlton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:06 AM
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13. Prove that
It takes more than a couple of seconds to kill yourself with a gun. You have to get the gun, get the bullets, load it and if it's a rifle, it'd be a hell of a chore to get it in a position where you can actually fire it and hit yourself somewhere that would kill you. It would much quicker, less painful, more peaceful and much cleaner and less traumatic for whoever found you to just take an overdose.

If someone wants to kill themselves enough to shoot themselves in the head, they would just find other means if they couldn't use a gun. People don't just suddenly decide one day they want to kill themselves. This is something they think about, contemplate and ponder for a long time before actually doing it. Suicide is not done on a whim.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:08 AM
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15. I hardly agree with you on the issues but I agree with you 100% here
Thats true, only seconds one sec you could still be living next second youre dead or dying. My uncle shot himself to death this time around 2 years ago.
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:17 AM
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22. And a huge number of other deaths are from idiots that shoot themsleves by
accident or by their children getting their hands on the gun.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:58 PM
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KaraokeKarlton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:09 AM
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16. Americans are "fucking nuts"?
And you are seriously dissing gays. You should be ashamed of yourself.
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hellhathnofury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-04 11:59 PM
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10. I think he needs to be disarmed.
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:12 AM
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19. Come and get it...
Edited on Wed Jan-07-04 12:13 AM by SahaleArm
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hellhathnofury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:18 AM
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23. Okay...
Pow Pow PowPow



He killed Big Bird!

The horror! The horror!
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:20 AM
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24. I think I've been blinded by that picture n/t
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hellhathnofury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:21 AM
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25. Jim Henson must be rolling in his grave.
Edited on Wed Jan-07-04 12:29 AM by cynicalSOB1
Long Live JFK!
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:26 AM
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27. Kerry says pheasant tastes good n/t
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hellhathnofury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:29 AM
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29. Did he eat it or just feed it to the interns?
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:30 AM
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30. Kerry believes in sharing the feast n/t
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hellhathnofury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:32 AM
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32. I think you mean slaughter. That's a pretty big target.
I'm betting interns, maybe sent some to the bank as collateral for the loans.
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windansea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:09 AM
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17. why bring a pistol
to a tank fight....





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Turkw Donating Member (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:24 AM
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26. I don't care what your sexual orientation is, neither of us need a 50 cal
sniper rifle or a fully automatic assault weapon. I am a gun owner and will always support the ability of US citizens to own guns, but am not against reasonable gun legislation or ban on certain types of guns.

Heck I'm a former gun-bunny, and I want a howitzer, I don't need one.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:31 AM
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31. I wish I had a 105 howie in my living room
Of course, if I were to fire it, the concussion would blow the walls off my house.

:evilgrin:
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Turkw Donating Member (521 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:36 AM
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33. I was on a 110 self propelled, but the 102 is small enough to fit on my
back porch. Firemission!!
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hellhathnofury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:39 AM
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36. Aim here!
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:39 AM
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34. So you'd rather see us keep dying so you can make a political point. n/t
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:44 AM
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37. You need a .50 caliber to protect yourself? n/t
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Brian_Expat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-04 12:49 AM
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38. Are you volunteering to protect me? n/t
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