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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:01 PM Original message |
Dear gun people: |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm a gun owner, and I must say... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting. I fully support 2nd ammendment rights, even rolling back gun laws |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Actually, shooting isn't all that expensive... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Ahh but do rounds shoot out colorful fire? |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Tracers do! -nt |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think it is time to stop attacking the ordinary gun owner and look for what it is that |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What increase in violence? |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. causing the increase in violence in the country if that is the case |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Actually there is an increase in violent crimes - slight rise since 2004. Edit:Added stats. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #60 |
98. The statistics you posted show a constant murder rate. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Check the FBI stats - violence crime rates have increased (1.3%, 1.9%)... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. I blame Bush. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Having been a mod in the Gun Dungeon |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Guns and Self-Protection... |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
64. So with your logic only the smallest slice of society that has the most violent crime |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Speaking of reality... |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #80 |
109. Logic is not your strong point is it? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
122. Trouble is, many are in D.C., Chicago, etc. -- where they are banned. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. thats funny, because 'pathologically scared" is generally how I describe the anti-gun fear mongers |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Seriously? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. I carry a weapon and I am not scared or on the attack... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. For the same reason I use my car or a hammer or keep a fire extinguisher |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
69. Seriously. I actually find when I carry I am less "afraid" - go figure. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
114. Yes he is dead on |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Not scared, just disgusted |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Why did you leave? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. I left because I was there on a student exchange program and my time was up |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Perhaps it is a "wise fear" not an irrational one because the person has seen |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Incident?? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. Real incident. He killed my neice and himself after he wounded her mother and grandmother. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #74 |
94. Your nephew did this? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. No, my neice's stepgrandfather did it. n/t |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #74 |
115. Sorry to be so frank |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. A couple of points |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'll have you know that I never banned or suspended anyone |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. That's big of you!! |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
78. Of All The Bullshit Notions That The Gun Loons Put Out.... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #78 |
103. Thanks for generalizing |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #78 |
131. "Gun Loon?" Sorry you can't handle our "rigorously logical" approach. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Welcome to DU! |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Uh-Oh |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. But some gun owners who have been law abiding can "lose" it and cause |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. So punish them!!!! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
72. No, my point was with domestic violence events that have no prior |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #72 |
95. I'm sorry for your loss. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Deleted message |
Itchinjim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Nice rational response... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. No "maybe" about it... n/t |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. So did you learn to perform long-distance diagnoses from Bill Frist? |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. You have absolutely no reason to worry unless you're planning to rob or harm |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
124. I think people who want to ban guns are Pathologically Scared, |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
130. I appreciate your parlor psychology, but it's the same ol' song... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. You have made the case very well. Domestic violence involving a handgun |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. recommend |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have made the decision I would never use a gun to protect my own life |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. There are laws against murder, robbery, drugs, etc. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Red Dawn |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, but you've gotta admit. Parts of that movie were cool. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. which parts were those...? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. "Red Dawn" should be dubbed in Arabic and distributed in Iraq... |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Plus, you have got to have the will to fight. Most here, |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
81. I Promise To Be Hurt And Upset By That "Sheep" Insult...... |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #81 |
90. Who said you were a sheep? I posted to someone other than you. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #90 |
107. Your Coherency Has Improved..... |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Your keyboard kung fu is strong. Mine is weak. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #111 |
134. I Don't Think So |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. LOL!!! |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #107 |
121. If the wool fits...n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. "And unlike many of you, I sure as hell would never hope for the opportunity to use it." |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. I dont own a gun but I really hope they dont ever ban them. The... |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Did that last sentence sound cruel?" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Dear gun people. How does it feel to be a bunch of patsies carrying out |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That's constructive |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Feels great, sweetie. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. when the 2nd amendment was written, there wasn't a gop or a military-industrial complex. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. How does it feel to spew out hyperbole? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Wasn't hyperbole. Was from the heart. I'm very anti-gun as you can tell. I'm from Canada and I don't |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I knew a couple of Canadians |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. So two Canadians don't agree with me. Perhaps you can think of a third. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
82. Nope, only knew those two Canadians...however.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #82 |
105. I have no doubt there are very decent responsible gun owners. It is that |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. Don't worry. Your founders didn't fight for their liberty. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. So who is carrying out the needs of the GOP? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. Feels OK. So how does it feel to be on Bush's team and trying to use fear to infringe on rights? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. You insult me greatly. Of course I am not a Bush supporter. The Gun |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Don't know - not a good thing to talk about up here IF it in any way makes Dems look bad. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. Excellent, dearest. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. well okay, little guy! n/t |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
92. You can answer that question far better than gun owners. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
93. My gun is going to sign me up for the military? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's not "love of guns"...it's blind terror and a believe that a gun will make them safer... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. Not so much "blind terror" as facing reality. 1.4 MILLION violent crimes annually makes |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
123. "Blind terror"? I sleep very well at night. What's bothering you? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. I don't carry a gun, and I agree with almost everything you wrote |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. I carry on occasions, but they are very specific occasions |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. I would never hope for the opportunity to use mine, either. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Even if you were shooting at something non-living that went BOOM? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Inanimate objects? That's different. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. I hope I will never have to use mine too - still doesn't stop me from being prepared to. |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
70. Dear Anti-Gun People, |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
71. Messing with gun control is the fastest way |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. gun nuts |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Well, what do you say about a man who legally owns a gun for "protection" and |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I am terribly sorry |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #76 |
96. I have given condolences. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #96 |
99. No political point. I am just telling what happened. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Apologies then. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #101 |
112. I just learned today that CT has a state law that empowers the police to take away |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #112 |
118. Sounds good |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Here's the story from today's New Haven Register |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
116. What do you say about the same man |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
79. Sadly, I know a guy who would give decades off his own life to kill a |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. I Know People LIke That. We Have Them Here At DU, Too |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Ugh. Sickening. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Yup, that's exactly the kind of stuff that creeped me out when |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. On the other hand |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #88 |
108. See you as "another kind of nut"? I don't think so. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #108 |
120. Well, you're a fine example of what's wrong with DU these days. |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #120 |
126. That pretty much sums it up. The mantra here, by some, seems to be.. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #120 |
135. Well, That's A Good Lesson For Me |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
125. And we know people like you, dumping on gun-owners at every opportunity. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
84. Don't carry one myself. No real need. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
87. Saying people who carry want to kill people is as unfair as |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
89. I think of it this way, apparently you don't. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
91. I agree, but I disagree |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
100. When I carry a gun it's to shoot critters with.... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
106. And some buy fast cars to make up for other deficiencies. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #106 |
133. Just like most gun owners, most sports car owners are very respectable people |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
110. I don't own a gun and I have no desire to obtain one. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
113. Some really good points |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
117. "decent human being" |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
127. WTF? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
128. "You might not like the answer"? Sounds like speculation... |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
129. Just checked your profile. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
132. Wrongo |
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