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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:37 PM Original message |
guns don't kill people, malls kill people.... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. are we gonna have 'the gun debate' everytime someone gets shot? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Of course we are |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. more than 30,000 people are killed by gunshot annually in America.... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Of course - gotta make political hay out of something! (n/t) |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
89. I hope so. /nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
133. So we are going to just accept people getting shot? |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #133 |
166. Yes, as a matter of fact we are |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #166 |
175. I have no problem with those devices on cars of drivers |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #175 |
176. Nope sure not n/t |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #175 |
179. I didn't say "Guilty of DUI" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. No only those guilty of DUIs |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #180 |
183. Hollow Laugh |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. Big difference of opinion |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #166 |
177. Hell, let's just ban alcohol |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. Yes |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. I don't believe guns should be banned |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
153. We simply MUST have it everytime some tool flips out. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
162. We ought to. We especially ought to when it's a mass shooting like this. (NT) |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. No accountability or responsibility |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Really? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. does it really matter whether the shooter was "a legal gun owner..." |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. He might have built a car bomb |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. It's about 200,000 Americans who die as a result of medical errors every year... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I was going to say |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
72. Deleted message |
razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Duck, and cover.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
137. LOL Welcome to DU! |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Yeah, it matters a hell of a lot. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. what do I want? |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Germany 1938 |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. good lord, that is crazy.... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. Not as crazy as thinking |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. while that might be true, it still follows that removing the guns... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #92 |
110. I believe people act without thinking |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #110 |
120. then why is the gun violence rate so much lower in most other... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Drugs. Race. Culture. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Pretty far-fetched to suggest American culture is to blame. |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. Pretty short sighted to |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #126 |
168. American Culture IS to blame |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. ok, but all that points to the greater NEED for gun control in the U.S.... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #128 |
145. Don't you find it ironic |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #145 |
149. no no-- don't misunderstand me.... |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Good luck with that fantasy |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
112. That "fantasy" is a reality in pretty much every major city on the planet |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #112 |
119. They aren't mostly inhabited by |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #63 |
167. Really? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
52. There are cars you can't buy by law and in many states they have taxes on cars |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
95. Some answers to your questions |
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Flora (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #95 |
142. Taser for speeding?? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #142 |
154. Did you see the video? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure, nobody really needs guns. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. IBMTG |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Everybody from the age of six up should be heavily armed at all times |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Of course. We must all be armed to the teeth at all times |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. And gorillas |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
107. And the government. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Plus you need to defend yourself and get them before they get you. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yep, "preemptive self-defense". Look how well it worked with Saddam. nt |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I know I trust the federal government "decide" if I'm "allowed" to own a gun... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. would you feel differently if strict gun control were instituted... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. No I would not. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. so your objection to gun control is strictly selfish and has nothing to do... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Actually that is a big part of it |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Motives of government? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. The idea is to be prepared, NOT afraid. You really aren't very bright, are you? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. perhaps folks who cannot discuss matters of importance... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Nobody is saying you cannot enjoy being a martyr or even a masochist... |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. BWAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH BWAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHA |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. how many people do you think it's OK to kill... |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Every fucking one of them.... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. get angry much...? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #85 |
100. Angry? No.... but I do get a little touchy on this subject.... |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #79 |
99. Better An Occasional Burglar In My Neighborhood Than You. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. Yeah, good luck with *that*... maybe one of those "occasional burglars" |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
118. The occasional burglar might occasionally kill your occasional ass. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Pretty scary shit. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
148. Ooooooooo, that's hot. Stop it. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
98. There are some truly amazing people hereabouts, aren't there? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. And people wonder why Democrats are thought of as the "party of wimps" |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Like Will Rogers, I belong to no organized political party... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. Personally insulting those individuals for the gun regulations the EU and Commonwealth enjoy |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #60 |
170. Two things I don't give a shit |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
169. I'm afraid of people like you |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Or maybe... |
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Flora (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
80. Gun control would work |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
171. How about if your friends and neighbors |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I would like to see |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. I Never Bought the Need to Carry a Gun in order to Feel Safe |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Have any fire extinguishers at home? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. nope.... actually I don't, and I should |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. guns = fire extinguishers and spare tires-- a new pinnacle in twisted logic.... |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. Great idea! |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
116. You have an "inalienable" right to shove doorknobs up your ass. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. Fine. You don't want a gun, don't fucking GET one. Don't get an ABORTION either if you don't |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #122 |
138. Go play with all the guns you want, Karl, but don't insult my intelligence |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. Deleted message |
Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Go stroke your gun, Karl. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #116 |
123. No kidding? Which amendment was that? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #123 |
131. Not sure that applies in Alabama....LOL |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. One Weakness of This Whole 'Armed People Would Stop It' Line, Sir |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. A rare happenstance given the abysmal lack of alacrity of most police response. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. There Is Some Truth, Sir |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. There appears to be a similar situation in Detroit according to some reports. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Great post n/t |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. I make no apologies for being in favor of gun control |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Way to carry the rightwinger Brady Bunch's water there. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
69. Those Reichwingers like the Congressional Black Caucus and George Clooney |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. No thanks... I'll pass |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Others have already decided many things you don't need. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
62. Oh, okay, that changes things. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
103. You've already accepted it |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #103 |
127. You've already conceded defeat to the assholes and you have the colossal nerve to |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Conceded defeat to....whom? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. The people who want to decimate your Constitution. Were you sleeping? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. IMO there's enough breathing room in A2 |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. I think existing controls are enough but need to be better administered...however I wonder: |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #141 |
161. Hmm. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #103 |
135. No, it's a matter of drawing the line somewhere. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. People kill people. simple enough. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Yeah, but people with guns tend to kill a lot more. nt |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Yeah. Like Timothy McVeigh. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
101. Curious -- how many people have died from handguns vs |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Vs cars.. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. We depend on guns to survive as much as we do cars, do we? nt |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. Take the bus.. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. You're the one who brought up death rates |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. Oh, I get it! It's a NUMBERS game! And here I am with my fucking abacus in the shop. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. You bet it's a numbers game |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #117 |
129. That is bullshit and you know it. Only when those numbers translate into DOLLARS |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. Ralph Nader got seat belts put in cars |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. I don't recall any "regular people" being against them being -installed- but a lot were averse to |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Give me a break |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Is it the guns? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. What's the rate of gun ownership in Canada? |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. THEY HAVE REGULATIONS AND CONTROLS |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Damn that idiotic constitution. Let's just burn the fucking thing. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I'll continue this with you in the near future when this happens again (nm) |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. So you don't trust people here with guns? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. and yet they have MUCH lower gun violence rates-- so perhaps... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. Or maybe it has something to do with culture |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
96. I don't think we need "more regulation...." |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #96 |
159. How will tightening restrictions on ownership prevent criminals |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #96 |
172. Good, you get to ban guns |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #83 |
164. As someone who has friends in other countries |
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Stump (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Don't forget... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. Well boffo for them! |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. and gun owners will continue to be the core of the lethal violence problem... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. All 60 - 80 million of us? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. me too, because without access to guns, their victims might not be killed.... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. You're one of those Perfect World types... huh? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #88 |
155. How does outlawing my legal firearms curtail criminal access |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
97. I imagine alcoholic drivers will always be ahead of gun owners. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #97 |
108. true, but by and large drunk drivers aren't so adament... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #108 |
151. Conversely... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. interestingly, you've touched on the ONE justification I fully accept... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #152 |
156. I actually agree, regarding suicides in general... |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. Pete Husmann had his gun |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. People with under-treated mental health problems kill people. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. I like that thinking. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
140. Absolutely |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. KICKED AND RECOMMENDED (nm) |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. Personally, I think we should ban peanuts. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
73. What happened? Did I miss something here? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
74. Mike, are you tenured? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. LOL, touche.... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
78. Wasn't there a shooting in a mall this time last year? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
81. Thank you. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
82. And if was legal to own heat-seeking missiles, planes would be falling from the sky. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. Chris Rock, "If bullets were $5000..." |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #87 |
165. Please give me that plan. where is it? nt |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #165 |
173. Funny you should ask |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
90. If you recall the mall shooting in tacoma, someone DID pull a gun.. and.. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Even cops get shot with their own guns. |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #90 |
150. And he put it back into the holster and continued unarmed |
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liberal renegade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
114. just start charging $100 for every bullet. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
125. well fortunately for us it's not a Bill of Needs |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
147. I never bought one toy gun for either of my sons |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
157. dont worry, theyll put metal detecters in malls now |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #157 |
163. Since he walked in dressed in camoflage toting a 4-foot-long rifle... |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-07-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #163 |
185. i would hardly |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
158. I would rather be free than safe. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
160. Doesn't the bumper sticker read... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
174. Wayne La Pierre just called, you've got the job! |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
181. There are over 1.4 Million reasons why you are wrong.* |
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