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newmac
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:12 PM Original message |
GPS chips in Firearms; the time is now |
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onehandle
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Complicated and unlikely, but I'd love to see it happen. nt |
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Raskolnik
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. How about a GPS chip in every copy of the Koran as part of the War on Terror? |
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SteppingRazor
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Eh. It's a pretty ugly slippery slope. |
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Xithras
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Which would accomplish what exactly? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. GPS doesn't work inside a closet. |
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Taverner
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Perhaps - but wouldn't a chip be just as easy to remove as a serial number? |
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Xithras
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Truthfully, there's no such thing as a GPS tracking "chip" anyway. |
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Taverner
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. True, but they are getting smaller all the time |
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benEzra
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Fri Dec-19-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
81. The really tricky part is power. |
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Renew Deal
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. This suggestion is most offensive to law abiding gun owners. |
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Taverner
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It would be, but it's completely unfeasible too |
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yodoobo
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. All gun owners are law abiding |
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benEzra
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
82. Hardly. |
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uncle ray
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
86. what an absurd statement. |
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jody
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Absolutely brilliant and of course criminals will beat a path to the nearest police station to |
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Renew Deal
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is going to go well. |
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madokie
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. We don't need any of that |
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EstimatedProphet
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. NOOOO!!!! How dare you say that education could solve the gun problem?!? |
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madokie
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Same as to solve the terrorism problem |
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guardian
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. Like the education and harmony on DU? |
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Greyhound
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Great idea, |
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aikoaiko
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. GPS chip? Is this even possible? Doesn't it need a power source? |
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Taverner
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well its a hare brained scheme that's for sure |
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greguganus
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Put a solar battery on the gun and require people to put it in the sunlight for 2 hours a day. |
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petronius
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. I'm thinking they need a really tiny turbine generator to go with it - |
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uncle ray
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
87. tiny nukular reactors. |
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Taverner
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Thu Dec-18-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
80. ..."require people to put it in the sunlight for 2 hours a day..." |
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greguganus
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. lol n/t |
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yodoobo
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
85. I suspect that would be counterproductive. |
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Renew Deal
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It is possible but not feasible. |
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TheWraith
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
79. No, it's absolutely not possible. |
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Nikki Stone1
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, |
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infidel dog
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. not likely |
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wartrace
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. How about a combo? One in every gun/one in every felon (restricted individual)? |
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greguganus
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. How about chip in gun and chip in felon and when they make contact, the felon's head explodes! nt |
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wartrace
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It should beep at least three times as a warning...... |
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Ghost in the Machine
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, *that* is a stupid idea... n/t |
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Thu Dec-18-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
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deaniac21
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. incredibly stupid |
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krispos42
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because thieves can't pull out batteries? |
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yodoobo
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. GPS's don't work indoors |
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chrisa
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. And also... |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. How clever! And what if the guy on his way to stick up the local bank doesn't have internet acceess |
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yodoobo
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. clearly criminals won't follow the law |
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Raskolnik
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. I take back my evaluation of the OP. THIS is the dumbest thing I've seen posted in a while. |
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Rebubula
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. LOLWUT |
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damntexdem
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. But don't put them in the stocks of rifles. |
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anonymous171
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Thu Dec-18-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Police state FTW! |
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DonEBrook
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Can we have one in your shoe too? |
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Sanctified
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. I say put GPS units in all people, that way you can track who was exactly at the murder scene. |
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EstimatedProphet
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. And this would help...how? |
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PVnRT
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ummmm....no |
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Vickers
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. Wow, one of the dumber suggestions I've ever seen on DU. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. To be fair, this stupidity originated on the Boston city council, not DU. |
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Vickers
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Wow, and I *love* Boston...one of the cooler (har!) cities out there. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Their municipal government is really a joke. |
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Vickers
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Well, I have no room to point fingers...I live in Palm Beach County. |
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killbotfactory
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. The most effective way to end gun violence would be to end the drug war |
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Raskolnik
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. One of the dumbest things I've seen posted in a while. |
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MadHound
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Thu Dec-18-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. Umm, no, I don't think so |
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slackmaster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. Wow, that's messed up |
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Odin2005
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. Hell no! That stinks of a creeping police state. |
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Taverner
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. YEs |
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riqster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. Good idea, wrong solution |
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joeunderdog
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:38 PM Original message |
They're in cell phones, and they've solved murder mysteries that way. |
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riqster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
63. The cell phones already had the tech in place |
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benEzra
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Fri Dec-19-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
88. Cell phones are also charged every few days, and the batteries wear out after a few years. |
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Raskolnik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. If you could wave a magic wand and make the OP's plan feasible, would you do it? n/t |
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riqster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. If I had such a wand, I'd have a long list of other jobs for it first |
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Raskolnik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. But why did you state that it is a "good idea?" |
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riqster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. In general I support gun registration |
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gravity
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Goodluck selling that one to the gun nuts |
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Raskolnik
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Are you a big fan of the government tracking your every movement? |
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slackmaster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. I'll allow a GPS chip in my rifle as soon as the OP allows one in his skull |
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tammywammy
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. Too much big brother |
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derby378
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm all for GPS beacons in guns, but feel they should be voluntary |
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fed_up_mother
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. And who do you suggest we put in charge of your police state? |
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apocalypsehow
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
57. Actually should put a GPS chip inside every "law-abiding" gun owner with little electro-shock prongs |
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derby378
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'm glad you were only kidding... |
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apocalypsehow
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Off topic, but I have a relative in law enforcement coming to town for Christmas and he's offered to |
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slackmaster
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Most Bushmaster rifles are AR-15 variants |
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derby378
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. That Bushmaster is probably a semi-auto .223 AR-type rifle |
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zagging
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. Useless |
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guardian
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Thu Dec-18-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
69. Even better ... |
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biermeister
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. let's just chip the people instead |
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jmg257
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
75. Wow-gun registration and gun owner tracking...all rolled into one! SO when I ever I carry, anyone |
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slutticus
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
77. Guns of the Patriots? |
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TheWraith
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Thu Dec-18-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. Don't be ridiculous. Even if you got arount the massive privacy concerns, how do you power it? |
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The Inquisitive
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Fri Dec-19-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
83. why don't you just cut out the middle man and put them in people? |
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