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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:13 AM Original message |
Supreme Court scrutinizes state, local gun control |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Let's see, I predict the dancing supremes are going to declare.... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Naw, they'll declare that guns are persons. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Naw, they'll declare that guns are persons. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
114. +1 |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. And here's another shot of James in his natural habitat |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #117 |
345. Hey, I'm hardly a Reagan supporter, which my avatar should have made obvious. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 05:57 AM Response to Reply #345 |
346. I have no problem |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #346 |
348. The problem that I have with them is that I don't think they've accomplished all that much. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #348 |
473. .. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
453. If they guns become people I fear how they will vote. Really only one way and the right can't wait. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
216. A winner--and it's only Reply #2. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
396. +1 AND the NRA has the right to give unlimited funds & perks to lawmakers |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If it's #1, then the DU gun contingent |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. They will also be here explaining that it's really not such a bad Supreme Court, after all... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. Yes-Absolutely amazing that this right wing court is despised for everyhing |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
101. not only amazing... but quite telling... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Actually, we spend most of our time in a vain attempt.... |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. To get people past the laziness and cowardice of blaming inanimate objects for the actions of human |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. They can't kill without a human behind them. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. More canards. |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
142. Do you think a dead man is "more" of a man? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
245. Your taxes pay him to carry a gun actually. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
65. Like the atomic bomb . . . only dangerous when used . . guess we're missing |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #65 |
107. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #107 |
130. Deleted message |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #130 |
189. So disdained? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #189 |
307. How disdained is the US Supreme Court . . . ??? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #307 |
355. I believe I explained the opening clause in reply #62 very succinctly, yet you have ignored it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #355 |
382. Let me recommend that when you want to cite a prior |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #382 |
439. No, states do not have rights |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:33 AM Response to Reply #439 |
467. Do you realize that the SC refers to "states rights" . . . ???!!! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #467 |
471. Surely you can come up with a cite to support that one |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #471 |
484. Not only are "States Rights" a frequent and common |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #484 |
491. Seems like you're for "States Rights" if used to ban something you dislike |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #491 |
495. If only the state had the right to wipe out the MIC -- !!! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #495 |
496. In the wake of the Katrina confiscations.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #484 |
508. So, let's see one example of the Supreme Court of the United States citing "states' rights". |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #508 |
512. "Scalia affirms state rights under Constitution" -- Boston Globe |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #512 |
514. Does one have to point out that it was the reporter who said 'states rights'?? n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #512 |
537. Utter FAIL! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #537 |
547. "States Rights: All rights not delegated to the federal government by Constitution" -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #537 |
548. "States Rights: All rights not delegated to the federal government by Constitution" -- |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #548 |
579. So your cite of SCOTUS citing states rights is a reporter and wiki? LOL. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #579 |
581. Look above you to the Dictionary/Encyclopedia definitions . . . |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #581 |
583. Is that what you do everytime you lose an argument? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #583 |
585. Is that what you do everytime you lose an argument . . . ???? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #585 |
587. So, let's see one example of the Supreme Court of the United States citing "states' rights". |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. yet there are checks |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
66. Right . . . no emotions or politics in the 2000 decision . . . !!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
225. If all the 5-4 SCOTUS decisions prove anything, it is that facts and logic do not determine the |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #225 |
324. And yet they all agreed that the 2nd Amendment protected an individual right. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #324 |
552. ... and they put Bush in the Oval Office . . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #552 |
555. ... and they refused to hear a challenge to DC's gay marriage bill.. n/t |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
112. people would be less dangerous |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #112 |
226. When fired off, words don't kill. Neither does privacy. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #226 |
232. the pen is mightier than the sword |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #232 |
235. Highly debatable, but my post said words do not kill when fired off. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #235 |
267. "cut down the tall trees" seemed to do lots of damage.(nt) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #267 |
271. Really? Please see Reply # 269. Those words alone did not fell a leaf, much less a tree, much less |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #271 |
287. No but they did get the machetes swinging...(nt) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #287 |
288. It was the machetes that did the swinging, not merely speaking the words. Eating letters |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #288 |
290. Words in the form of mass media had been pivotal |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #290 |
308. We're talking at cross puposes. I'll say it one more time. |
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lepus (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #235 |
275. I am not sure,,, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #275 |
286. You're conflating what speaking does with what speaking may ultimately cause. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #226 |
253. Wait, wait, wait.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #253 |
270. Do you understand what "Constitutionally make something illegal" means? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #270 |
274. If you keep using made up terms.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #274 |
310. Please see Reply 291. And I never used the term "Constitutionally illegal." |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #226 |
262. stalin never fired a shot.. words can kill |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #262 |
269. Bull hockey. First, I never said that guns were the only way to kill anyone. Second, words alone do |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. People kill people . . . and guns make it easier ... and faster . . . and more frequent -- |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
105. Ban beer (dumbshits did once) and E med doctors |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #105 |
227. Beer and other alcoholic beverages are highly regulated and taxed. Your point is? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #227 |
246. Firearms are much more regulated than alcohol. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #246 |
250. Assuming that is so, without agreeing, I am still wondering what Pavulon's point was. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #250 |
265. My point is unless we want a fast track back to being a minority. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #265 |
272. Talking about beer and emergency room doctors was sure an odd way to try to make that point. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #272 |
294. That is how you peddle influence. You cant just hand people cash |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #294 |
312. If you are saying you cannot get a permit without bribing someone, that |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #312 |
349. No more than any person who lobbies using a lobbyist, breaks the law. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #246 |
383. Nonsense . . .Taverns are subject to lawssuits, those who trade in firearms are not -- |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #383 |
390. No you can sue for product defect. Just not bullshit. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #383 |
400. Are you trying to set a record for strawmen in one post? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #400 |
550. In debate, you knock down the strawmen . . . try it .... no drunk driving stops? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #550 |
551. Gun stores that sell weapons illegally are subject to criminal and civil action. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #551 |
553. So are liquor stores, Trader Joe's -- + parents who permit booze for underaged in their home...!! |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #553 |
556. Exactly so what is your point? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #556 |
557. " Firearms are much more regulated than alcohol" ... your post if you recall??? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #557 |
559. Yes firearms are far more regulated than guns. Again what is your point? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #559 |
565. How? What's the age requirement for a gun? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #565 |
567. The legal age to buy a rifle or shotgun is 18, for a handgun it is 21. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #567 |
569. How then do we have 12 year olds firing weapons? Use and purchase different? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #569 |
571. Are you talking about 12 year olds target shooting with adults present or criminal use? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #571 |
573. Aren't there gun clubs for youths? Or is that a state by state thing re age? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #573 |
574. A child can be permitted to fire a gun by their legal guardian when they are present. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #556 |
558. No liquor permitted in national parks -- BUT GUNS ARE . . .!!! |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #558 |
560. I have had a lot of liquor in National Parks, do you have a link to that law? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #560 |
564. That should be even more interesting: Liquor/Guns/Suicides . . . |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
106. Link. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #106 |
233. The stats should look familiar. They are from the OP. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #106 |
384. That information, btw, was posted by someone else on this thread . . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #384 |
392. Do Toyota (okay bad example), GM, or Ford.. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
154. japan has FAR more suicides per capita than us |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #154 |
228. Unfortunately for you, the number of suicides in Japan proves absolutely nothing, unless |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #228 |
231. it supports |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #231 |
234. No one disputes that folks CAN commit suicide without a gun. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #154 |
385. No one said that guns "cause" suicides . . . what was said that that |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
523. And this is a BAD thing? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
219. That's what gun control advocates do--but only in the minds of lazy and/or dishonest anti-control |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #219 |
247. I see you haven't spent much time in the gungeon. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #247 |
249. Zero time, but the insult was on this thread, which is in the LBN forum, and that is where I |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #249 |
302. You can alert on it and ask it to be moved. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #302 |
319. Why? Simply responding worked fine for me. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #319 |
321. Well then I guess you'll have to deal with it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #321 |
342. I did deal with it...hours ago. Since then, I've only been dealing with your posts about it. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #342 |
350. That is the nature of the business. |
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Ildem09 (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
103. leave Chicago alone! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's a right-wing pro-corporation Republican court. |
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jefflrrp (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Im sorry ... |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's right; there's no reason why anyone shouldn't own one of these - |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Proves your ingance of existing laws. Under 1934 NFA you CAN |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Hey, I just SAID there was no reason not to own one! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. We should all be able to own NUKES, too - afterall - that's just another weapon, too!!! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Oh boy, now it's Nuclear Straw Man! |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Oh boy, now it's Nuclear Straw Man! |
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duhneece (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. That's what really galls me |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
98. Can a community decide they don't want abortions? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #98 |
133. Any civil right which begins .... "A well regulated milita. . . " |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #133 |
150. Perhaps you need to take a class in US Government.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #150 |
238. What does that have to do with the wording of the Second Amendment? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #238 |
252. The opening clause does mean something.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #252 |
291. Let me say it again: If govenment can make something illegal, without violating the Constitution, |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #291 |
297. Sophistry, pure and simple. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #297 |
313. Who said anything about Congress making something that is a right illegal? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #133 |
162. So you support an al carte Constitution? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #162 |
239. The Second Amendment does delineate a right to have arms. But, it |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #239 |
254. That would apply if we had incorporation and rational basis scrutiny.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #254 |
298. I never said the Second Amendment was incorporated. I said NONE of our rights was absolute. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #298 |
305. Who said the second amendment is absolute? n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #305 |
343. Who said anyone said the Second Amendment is absolute?. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #98 |
236. Communities can regulate all the things you mentioned, including where a newpapers puts its plant, |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #236 |
284. But they can't outright ban them |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #284 |
306. Did DC and Chicago outright ban all arms? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #306 |
311. Banning only some religions? Only some political parties? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #311 |
315. Your analogies don't work, but I'll look for the Heller opinion. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #306 |
322. DC effectively banned guns. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #322 |
328. In your view. That is not the view I have on reading the Heller wiki, but I have |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #328 |
329. Heller deemed that the District had done just that. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #329 |
341. As I said, I have not read the opinion yet., so I don't know. I don't see "at all times" in the |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #328 |
331. So you are an anti-vaxxer then! That explains a lot. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #331 |
344. If "anti-vaxxer "means someone with the ability to identify correctly that |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #344 |
412. No I meant you must be anti-vaccine since you disagree with me about everything. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I suggest you actually read... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
240. There is no preamble to the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. IOW, the preamble never became law. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #240 |
257. Are you shitting me? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #257 |
260. Please read my post again. It does not say the Congressional resolution |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #260 |
264. If congress passed it, it's part of it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #264 |
266. Nope. Esp, not if Congress said otherwise at the time. Try reading this (from the link you supplied) |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #266 |
268. I never said it was part of the constitution, merely that it's law. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #268 |
273. Sorry, no. It is a recitation of the historical reason for the Bill of Rights contained in a |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #273 |
277. Perhaps you missed the Cruikshank reference.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #277 |
285. Perhaps you missed the part of my post that suggested googling "dicta." |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #285 |
289. Not at all.. do you know how much judicial interpretation |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #289 |
293. Dicta is not precedent or law. Someday, the Court in a case may adopt something |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #293 |
304. How many cases cited Miller's dicta (US v Miller, not Miller v Texas) ? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #304 |
317. I give up. But what the heck does that have to do with Cruickshank? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #317 |
325. So you still hold to the idea that rights are 'granted' by the government? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #325 |
330. I hold to the position that I set forth in Reply 238 about 8 hours ago. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #330 |
332. So you disagree with the entire Supreme Court, since they ruled the 2nd was a individual right? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #332 |
334. Kindly quote something I actually posted that led to you to ask that. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #330 |
333. A right denied, but a right nonetheless. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #333 |
338. I posted about which rights a court will enforce. I never argued a right does not |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #330 |
337. So since the Courts refused to protect people in regards to Bush, they lost those rights? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #337 |
340. Please read Reply 338, which I was probably editing as you posted. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #325 |
339. BW, the government's brief isn't law either. (I assume that's what |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #266 |
279. Setting the one argument aside for the moment... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #279 |
323. Pisses on the graves of the Framers and our nation and the principles on which it was founded. LOL |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #279 |
381. Sounds like e-mail from the NRA . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #381 |
478. I'd expect that sort of assertion from one that supports gun bans... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #257 |
503. Yeah, right? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
380. Actually, the "because" makes even clearer that this is something intended |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. And just WHO is the militia? I'll bet you don't know. Let me help you out. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
241. That statute does not NECESSARILY affect interpretation of the Second Amendment. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #241 |
282. The word, "militia", as used, has limited and specific meaning. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #282 |
301. Um, did you happen to read the post to which I was responding? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #282 |
477. Not according to Thomas Jefferson.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
386. WHO was the Militia in 1776 is the question . . . males in the countryside . . . |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
169. So how dooes a person legally get the paperwork? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #169 |
173. Find a seller, fill out the Form 4 Title II / Class III paperwork from the atf.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
237. Where did the poster say anything about what the law does or does not allow? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ah, the old German Railroad Gun Straw Man routine |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Curses, slackmaster! You've defeated me and my evil plan THIS |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Deleted message |
slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I can speak only for myself. I believe the line was drawn correctly in 1934. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
243. Not pointless. Lets say weapon A is prohibited in Massachusetts, but not in NH. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #243 |
359. My point is that because we have open borders, and people are generally not subject to random search |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Oh, it's bullshit all right- just not *our* bullshit... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
244. Try reading the thread top to bottom and counting the negative ad hominem comments |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #244 |
278. We already have one poster conflating gun ownership with corporate crime and poverty |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. What firearms are banned... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. there are NO weapons banned. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I know... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
102. Not facetious, perhaps. But wrong |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #102 |
251. Gee, I guess the NFA is not the only law applicable to weapons in the U.S, . |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I'm going to need |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. thank you |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I have a God-given right to defend myself.......... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
255. LOL. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #255 |
502. Perhaps because your copy of the constitution doesn't contain the bill of rights, or its preamble. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
415. or maybe you could take some anti-psychotic meds. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Deleted message |
Alias Dictus Tyrant (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Um, that is a perfectly legal weapon in the US. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
256. It's not outlawed in any state? Are you sure? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. The opening clause precludes that interpretation . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
170. And the preamble to the bill of rights precludes yours. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. It's quaint that anyone believes that they will consider individuals over corporations. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Militia? |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yes I do.... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Heller to begin with. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. All the words count? |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. suicide argument again? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. A well-supplied cook, being necessary to the preparation of a good pizza, |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Who does the right belong to? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
113. free speech is NOT essentially the same |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
124. Excellent comment Paulsby |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. thank you |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #113 |
135. The purpose of the advocation of free speech has not changed . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. it was true at the time of the founders and it is true now |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #137 |
151. What you are saying WAS true then because elites controlled power ... |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
171. It means private militias |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. the militia usage is in the prefatory clause |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. What kind of rights do you think the Bill of Rights contain? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. "...anyone who objects is an ignoramus and a fool." Correct - |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Free speech does not include the right to scream in my face |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. Who is screaming in your face? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. The post I was responding to used a false equivalence |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I understand now. N/T |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:39 AM Response to Reply #55 |
199. Actually I said that I wonder if you oppose other rights guaranteed by the |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. YAwn |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Gun Control is finished.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
58. Gun regulation is a minor issue GOP/NRA used to create violence and sell guns ... |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
97. Your analysis is so far from the mark.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
136. All you're saying is that the rise of the gun has risen with the rise of the right ... |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
145. You are off the mark, in mine and many states |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. xsquid, what state would that be? |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #146 |
209. Xdigger, it's AR and I have the information (pulled it myself) |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #209 |
212. Agreed! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #145 |
149. The "Democrats" are also backing no MEDICARE FOR ALL . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #149 |
176. In the face of all that, further gun control is urgent how? N/T |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #176 |
213. It is "urgent" for the corporations who profit -- and the right wing . . . |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #149 |
208. That really has nothing to do with the statement that the nra |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #208 |
214. What it shows is that our "Democratic Party" has been corrupted ... |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #214 |
217. No, it shows that democrats in many states support |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #217 |
224. No - it is righ twing corporate/GOP/NRA/DLC money which supports these |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #224 |
230. You are wrong. The Democtas have always had a lot of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #230 |
292. Most Democrats understand the dangers of guns in large cities . .. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #292 |
299. Gun control was a bamboozle. Hey look we are stopping crime, helping |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #299 |
351. Exactly, I don't understand why they don't get it nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #351 |
362. Perhaps our Police Departments are wondering . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #362 |
366. What other public policies do you think police departments should make? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #366 |
387. Police don't make public policy on guns or any other issue . . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #387 |
393. What the public say about guns? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #387 |
395. Apparently the "GOP/NRA propaganda machine" has a *very* efficient mind-control device |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #395 |
399. Reference the legislation you're talking about -- |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #399 |
408. If you could see this, I'd reference post #393.. ah well. n/t |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #399 |
422. "Most every Police Department across the states wants.." How about what THE PEOPLE want? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #136 |
156. and yet, this evil "rise of the gun" has seen a DECREASE in homicides |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #156 |
215. The rise of the right, the rise of violence, the rise of the gun -- the rise of GOP/NRA . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #215 |
229. except you have it backwards |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #229 |
295. I disagree, obviously . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #295 |
309. beautiful backpedal |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #309 |
314. You mean street crime and corporate crimes are not both "crime" . . .??? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #314 |
554. You said violence not crime. Try again. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #215 |
242. People of size already have the same rights as everyone else does!!!!!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #242 |
296. Too late to correct it . .. but should have been "large cities." |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #296 |
354. Why should people who live in large cities be denied rights that are enjoyed by people who don't? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #354 |
364. Living in Montana or Wyoming is quite different from DU or Chicago . . |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #364 |
365. I take it you are OK with the voters of California banning same-sex marriage |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #365 |
389. Awkward and ridiculous segue, however . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #389 |
427. So some "local interpretations" of rights are more equal than others? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #427 |
441. That's what YOU are saying . . . |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #441 |
458. I see abortion, guns, and same-sex marriage as all libertarian/authoritarian issues |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #458 |
465. Libertarian is right wing . . . so is authoritarian . . . |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #465 |
470. No, authoritarians exist mainly on the far right and the far left |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #470 |
485. When the 2nd amendment is purposefully misinterpreted for the benefit of |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #485 |
504. Well, you oppose people in chicago having freedom of action where guns are concerned. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #504 |
519. That would INCLUDE the freedom to bank handguns . . . btw .. . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #519 |
527. You mean the AUTHORITY to ban handguns. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #527 |
533. I'm for people having the freedom of action to authorize the banning of handguns . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #533 |
535. If someone is authorized, by definition, authority is vested in them. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #535 |
549. And the Pope is "infallible" -- |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #549 |
561. Indeed. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #533 |
539. You already have that authority |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #389 |
440. You think the voters of the state of California didn't understand what they were voting for? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #440 |
443. Evidently some fellow Californians think that the Prop's wording was confusing . . . |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #443 |
445. Do you or do you not believe it is OK for a state or locality to ban same-sex marriage? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #445 |
448. Of course not . . . why wouldn't that be CLEAR to you from all that I've said . . .repeatedly??!! |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #448 |
452. Will you hold to the same standard if McDonald wins at the SC? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:38 AM Response to Reply #452 |
459. I object to the right wing interpretation of 2nd amendment -- |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #459 |
474. Perfect example of one of the laziest debate tactics |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #474 |
475. Here's the gallup poll backing you up slack.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #475 |
476. Thanks. The pro-ban people don't get it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #474 |
486. Former Supreme Court Justices deny there is an individual right ... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #486 |
492. Former Supreme Court Justices denied some people rights on account of race, as well |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #492 |
518. GOP is still fighting Affirmative Action for minorities . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #518 |
526. Got any evidence of being "bought" besides "They didn't rule like I want" ? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #526 |
534. Corporate money is "free speech" ... haven't you heard? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #534 |
540. Did you forget what party Sara Brady and Michael Bloomberg belong to? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #540 |
546. What does that have to do with buying government and Judges . . . ? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #546 |
596. Do you claim the SCOTUS is generally for sale? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #448 |
455. I'm glad you and I are in agreement that the SC should be in the business of expanding rights |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #455 |
460. Yes, to expanding rights . . .but disagree with SC right wing interpretation of 2nd amendment-- |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #460 |
469. You are giving the FFs far less credit than they deserve |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #469 |
487. Founders of course were building missiles and atomic weapons and drones!! |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #487 |
493. Strange argument coming from someone 'speaking' via an assault computer |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #460 |
479. Actually, what you call the "opening clause" is a "declaratory" clause... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #479 |
488. READ what you are posting . . . 'declarative or restrictive CLAUSES" . . .. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #488 |
500. The problem, with your argument... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #500 |
516. This is about the welfare of the nation . . . not about any individual "winning" or "losing" ... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #516 |
524. You can not possibly be as thick as you are acting. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #524 |
543. It's been one genetic fallacy, repeated 75 (or so) times. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #543 |
562. Yep. Additionally... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #562 |
577. "Gun control" always has been a liberal issue . . . are you denying that? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #577 |
582. Gun control in the South.. was racism.. in New York? anti-immigrant.. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #577 |
584. The issue of "gun control" has, in the last 20 years benefited republicans, almost exclusively. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #543 |
576. Right . . . "Fat Tony" went liberal . . . !!!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #524 |
575. Everyone but the right wingers on the Supreme Court "get it" . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #575 |
588. What makes a decision a "right wing decision"? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #575 |
591. By *your* standards, high speed passenger railroads are evil |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #516 |
541. To be blunt, the welfare of the nation might *not* lie where you think it does. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #541 |
578. So we're safer with having invented nuclear weapons? |
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zbiker (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #364 |
499. but as a wyomingite |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #499 |
517. Guns have never been "safer" -- nor will they ever be . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #136 |
175. Questions... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #175 |
222. Answers . .. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #97 |
210. From 1993 to 2003 my spouse and I were political coodinators for |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #210 |
220. Good post, I am a retired chief union steward and many |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #220 |
316. Because the issue was propagandized by the right wing . . . |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #316 |
352. How old are you? The Democratic party has moved to the left. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #352 |
357. Obama is backing charter schools and you think the "Dem Party" has moved to the left? |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #357 |
376. You are looking at this short term, obama being right of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #376 |
391. I see no sign that you know or understand the actual history . . . |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #391 |
417. You are a clueless whack job that represents the stereotype |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:05 AM Response to Reply #417 |
446. Wow . . . is that stereotypically right wing . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #446 |
480. And yet they endorse Democrats... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #480 |
580. Yes . . . NRA attacks Democrats with your membership money . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #580 |
589. Uh, no they don't. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #589 |
592. Of course the NRA uses membership money to attack liberal Democrats . . . |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #592 |
597. Yep. And if they're anti-gun, so what? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #210 |
223. What I'm saying is that it is a minor issue, heavily propagandized by right wing . . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #223 |
259. Umm.. how about the UMWA.. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #223 |
320. Google the name "Matewan". Where the unionists used *guns* to protect themselves. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #320 |
326. I would add War Eagle, WV, Harlan County KY, but I assume I'm on ignore (to defendandproject). n/t |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #326 |
353. This guy has to be a kid if he thinks |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #353 |
356. Guns and unions go waaaaay back. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #353 |
361. Gun-ownership remains a right wing issue . . . it's the GOP/NRA's baby . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #361 |
367. I didn't know Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt were right wingers: |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #367 |
370. You will only confuse them with facts. nt |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #367 |
371. JFK Lifetime NRA member, so was Bobby Kennedy |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #371 |
377. Thank you for finding that JFK quote from April 1960 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #371 |
401. Hilarious . . . |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #401 |
419. Pure whack job |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #419 |
449. Great debating skills . . .!! |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #401 |
481. "and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms'" N/T |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #481 |
586. And you think "Fat Tony" is going to give you "arms" . . . ???? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #586 |
590. What are you on about now? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #401 |
593. So you think that Kennedy's reference to "every citizen" actually means every soldier? LOL. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #367 |
394. Eleanor and Franklin would be supporting this right wing Supreme Court's decisions . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #394 |
403. "The police want gun regulation in major cities." Police perpetrated the Matewan Massacre, no? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #403 |
456. It was private police forces who first attacked the miners with guns . . . |
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xsquid (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #361 |
369. It has nothing to do with what teenagers here |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #369 |
398. Evidently you have no understanding of the corporate-wing of the Dem Party ???? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #320 |
358. READ what you google . . . they called it the "Matewan Massacre" . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #358 |
368. I see your Matewan Massacre and raise you with: The Battle of Hayes Pond... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #368 |
373. In other words there are no lessons you could possibly learn |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #368 |
379. Only someone completely obsessed with guns ... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #379 |
388. These were a victory for gun ownership, whether you like it or not. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #388 |
397. And as a reminder that these same types are still with us (from TODAY): |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #397 |
461. Love SPLC ... and they have reliably reported on right wing racist militias . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #388 |
402. What victory? Are you aware of the genocide vs Native Americans... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #402 |
410. Non-violence worked because the power structure realized violent revolt was an option |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #410 |
462. The Black Panthers armed themselves . . . they were very quickly dead ... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #462 |
490. A couple of whom were murdered by your friends in the Chicago PD: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #490 |
520. Evidently, you can't hold two thoughts in your mind ... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #520 |
529. You do know that Anthony Scalia supports gun control, no? Just not prohibition |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #529 |
532. Well that evens things out . . . Scalia wants to put the mentally ill to death . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #532 |
542. I don't want *anybody* put to death- the death penalty is arbitrary |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #542 |
572. Neither do I . . . but the right wing Scalia does . .. even juveniles . . . |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Pick a different right |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Because there is an opening clause to the 2nd amendment...want to repeat it? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The opening clause explains why it is important to protect the right to keep and bear arms |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. .... in the 1700's with the weapons of the time -- not 2010 and today's weapons ... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Please turn off your computer and go back to communicating with parchment and quill pens |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. It is the 2nd amendment which was written with a quill pen -- |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. A tank is not a regulated weapon, and I have no desire to buy an atomic weapon or fight the .gov |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. But "fear of government" is a major fear among those arming themselves .... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. "Propaganda"? Hrm.. could it be.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. I'm happy to discuss my own opinions with you |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #90 |
96. There are no regulations governing the manufacture of guns . . safety ... |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #96 |
115. Well then, I guess you really don't even have a |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #115 |
118. I'd like to know . . . do we mandate locks on all guns? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. California mandates that a lock be sold with every gun |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. Educate me . . .Do we regulate safety of guns . . . ??? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #127 |
143. "seem to be quite common"-- "seem" being the operative word.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #127 |
193. Guns are weapons, and as such are inherently dangerous. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #193 |
404. And that's why they don't have locks and it's left to the owner to "hide" it from children--!!! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #404 |
451. Mechanical failures of modern firearms that are properly maintained, are extremely rare |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #451 |
463. That's like saying that unintended pregnancy is due to "negligence" ... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #463 |
468. Gun safety education is not a "right wing gun concept", it's a basic survival skill |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:32 AM Response to Reply #118 |
200. Uh, no |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #200 |
405. Cars are not technically "weapons" - and neither are most knives . . . |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
122. You Dodged Slackmaster's Point... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #122 |
128. Oh -- we threw away the opening clause . . . ??? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #128 |
144. Fourth paste of the same statement to you.. will you address it this time? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #128 |
194. I explained the opening clause in reply #62 |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #128 |
347. Wow! You really don't understand the difference between prefatory and operative. N/T |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #347 |
406. Most of us well understand an opening clause when we see it . . . |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #406 |
506. Yep, It's Confirmed... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #406 |
511. The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
158. by your "logic', free speech thus does not apply to the internet, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #158 |
407. I agree you've presented one of the "siller" arguments . . . |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Descriptive, not restrictive |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Violence isn't a right that benefits the nation --- |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I agree with you that the militia system of the 18th Century is not applicable today |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Your post reminds us that like all other issues politics apply . .. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
99. Again, look at what you are doing |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #99 |
138. There is no right ... except according to the corrupt right wing Supreme Court . . . |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. No right? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #138 |
177. Is the bill of rights itself corrupt and right wing? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #177 |
409. And why is the Supreme Court there then if there is to be no interpretation? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #138 |
195. Now you're just being obtuse |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #195 |
411. And here I thought the meaning of "obtuse" was the 2000 decision by the Supremes . . . |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #411 |
454. Red Herring |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #454 |
466. Now you're just being obtuse . . . |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #72 |
116. I have always been curious |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #116 |
125. Nor do I believe it was an error. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #125 |
140. The draft superceded any need for a "militia" and certainly not ALL citizens |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #140 |
178. Perhaps... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #178 |
464. We are arguing the right wing interpretation of the 2nd amendment ... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #464 |
482. No, we are arguing proper and correct interpretation of the 2nd amendment |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #482 |
494. Like "2000" and "corporate free speech" these are right wing political decisions ... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #494 |
501. Guilt by association? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #501 |
513. Shock & Awe: Right Wing GOP Court delivers right wing decision on guns . .. !! |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #513 |
525. Predictable. |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #525 |
545. Whenever I mention Bush v Boumediene... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #545 |
563. I predict... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #140 |
196. The militia system has fallen into disuse, but the Second Amendment is still the law of the land |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:19 AM Response to Reply #140 |
197. As usual defendandprotect, you nailed the right wing bs |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #197 |
218. And what do you think "well regulated" meant |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #116 |
139. ... because all citizens were being relied upon to be "soldiers." |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:45 AM Response to Reply #139 |
201. You really should |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #201 |
416. Why didn't you give a link to something you think is pertinent? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #116 |
414. . . . because the people were the militia . . . citizen soldiers . . . |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm surprised at how many people turn this into an arguement it isnt. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. The SC has this upside down - we should be legalizing drugs and making guns illegal . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
161. the democrats have been JUST as bad on the drug war as the repubs |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #161 |
418. It was NIXON who gave you the Drug War . . .. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
172. It won't? Too bad... |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. Good. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Ahh the prohi's are gnashing their teeth.. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
174. Eww! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #174 |
283. Are you sure that photo wasn't taken in 2010? |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #283 |
335. 100% sure |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #335 |
336. Yup, I photoshopped it.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
248. Every time you use a photoshopped pic to make your point, a puppy dies. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
57. "States Rights" another figment of the right wing imagination . . . !! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. States have powers. Only people have rights. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. OK . . . people have no power, only rights. States have only power, no rights! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. The power to regulate and control weapons is not explicitly granted to the federal government |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Britain can ban hand guns but America can't? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. British people don't have an enumerated right to keep and bear arms |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. British have common sense . . . and use it!! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Plenty of British people believe in angels and UFOs, just like USAmericans do |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. If they've banned handguns, that's a lot smarter than we are -- |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #95 |
120. Their laws allow them to ban handguns. Ours does not. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #120 |
129. We have to change the right wing gatekeepers . . . |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Because banning handguns worked so well in DC? n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #134 |
153. Because guns, in general, have made this so much less a violent America . . .???!!! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Violent crime has been going down in the US for years. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. Notice the words .... "well-regulated" in the 2nd amendment . ... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. So your stance is that banning guns will help prevent corporate crime? n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #160 |
205. My stance is that all violence is related -- and that a gun breeds violence . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #205 |
276. Now inanimate objects are responsible for corporate crime and poverty? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #276 |
300. No -- they're the distraction to keep you busy while they steal -- !!! |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #300 |
318. You were peddling the same line a few months ago, and got pwned *here*: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #318 |
420. You're confused again ... that was "divideandconquer" . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #420 |
429. I stand corrected... And I'd point out that 95% of gun owners are *not* NRA members. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #205 |
483. If "a gun breeds violence"... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #129 |
148. Woopsie.. good luck with that.. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #84 |
109. Wait, are you arguing that gun control in DC and Chicago is *working*? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #109 |
159. What position do the police in DC take on guns? And the police in Chicago? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. It's not for the *police* to decide the rights of citizens |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #165 |
202. I take it then that the police in DC and Chicago want a ban on handguns???? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #202 |
221. They would also like to see Miranda overturned. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #221 |
421. Guns kill police officers . . . "Miranda" keeps them from beating up prisoners |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #421 |
472. I was thinking more about their historic (dis)respect for civil rights. nt |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #202 |
281. Why such deference towards the notoriously corrupt Chicago police? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #281 |
423. Why are you so upset that Police Departments want gun control . . . ??? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #423 |
425. I'm not upset, not all of them do, and the police (theoretically) work for the people. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #425 |
521. As you put it . . ."theoretically" . ..!! |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #202 |
413. So you want to give the police power to decide a citizens rights! Very progressive of you. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #413 |
424. Since when is a Police Deparment's recommendation or opinion . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #424 |
431. "And since when has the <SC> been fit to decide citizens' rights when it comes down to that"? |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #159 |
447. To be honest |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
163. britain doesn't have the constitutional protections we have on a # of fronts |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #163 |
203. They don't have a Patriot Act -- |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #203 |
204. britain's search and seziure law and lack of exclusionary |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #204 |
206. And we don't ... ??? Wiretapping and who knows what all else -- ??? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #206 |
207. not close to theirs |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #207 |
211. A downward spiral isn't a "favorable comparison" . . . we also have cameras here . .. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. "citizens begin begging for states to ban guns" |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
100. People have powers and rights |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
280. Theoretically, the states have a right not to have federal government act |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
363. Isn't it those arguing against the 2nd Amendment that are arguing for States rights? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #363 |
426. It's a States right to act to protect the citizen . . . allegedly that's what police enforcement |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #426 |
444. I take it you aren't familiar with the SC's ruling in DeShaney v. Winnebago County |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #426 |
538. Who would be the arbiter of that need? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
71. Depa's prediction: first time someone takes a shot at one of the far right justices |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Creating a violent America has long been the aim of the right wing . . . |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. That seems to be the case. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. The only way the right wing can rise is by violence . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #87 |
110. You two would be quite persuasive- to people who ignore facts |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 02:41 AM Response to Reply #110 |
111. For example, the murder rate in DC went *down* after the gun ban was repealed |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #110 |
141. Geez, I could swear that corporations just pulled off the biggest heist ever. . .? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #141 |
164. the drug war is NOT created (or maintained ) by the right wing |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #164 |
303. Nixon gave you the Drug War .. . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #303 |
360. and every democratic president |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #360 |
430. Nixon gave us the Drug War . . . |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #430 |
434. that 's groovy but the democratic party and the republican party |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #141 |
166. And banning guns will solve poverty, drug addiction, and corruption how, exactly? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #166 |
432. I don't think anyone but YOU have suggested that . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #110 |
428. How many of our presidents have been shot -- or shot at? How many national leaders? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
123. Our country was born in violent, armed revolution |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #123 |
152. But it doesn't have to be violent . . . Howard Zinn is very impressive on that point ... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #152 |
167. "and even re the Civil War we might have won without violence" How? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #167 |
433. I think we should have the Howard Zinn tape on that up here again . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #433 |
438. Are you claiming Jane Goodall and this video are lying to us? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #438 |
442. Don't worry, I'll still stoutly defend your right to deny reality |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
258. That's what I Notice too |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #258 |
261. Who is this "they" and where are they posting? n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #261 |
263. the "Right Wing" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #258 |
435. It's also a great distraction from what's really going on . . . |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #71 |
108. Not the first or the last time you're wrong. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
79. Everyone chill: incorporation of the 2nd Amendment is not the end of reasonable laws. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. That's the same argument used by the far right in the Citizen's United v. FEC case |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Are you afraid that the Supreme Court might decide that gun owners are people? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. It's the jurisprudence, mate |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #94 |
121. There is nothing absolutist in Heller |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #121 |
489. Government and private forces confiscated guns at Katrina . . . anyone suing? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #489 |
507. The NRA (and the SAF) did- and won |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #507 |
515. Right . . . they "won" the right to get their guns back . . .!! |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #515 |
544. Such confiscations were outlawed- in part due to the NRA |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #94 |
437. In fact the right wing is an intact Gang of 5, delivering destruction wherever it rules .. . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #437 |
505. Next up: "IMPEACH ANTONIN SCALIA!" *lol* |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #505 |
531. Oh, it gets better, friendly_iconoclast... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #92 |
436. Collectively . . . they are "the people" referred to in the 2nd amendment ... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #436 |
450. In your opinion, is the meaning of "the people" collective in other amendments? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
104. That's a strange analogy: Liberty for actual people and coroporate personhood |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
86. Wikipedia: |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
131. saddam |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. or |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #131 |
497. Saddam's people being all Iraqis? Or just Sunnis? |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
168. 90 million gun owners... |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #168 |
182. i think you mean 90 million guns... |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #182 |
198. No, 90 million gun owners... |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
179. "Gun control" is simply a move by a section of the super-rich to disarm the working class. |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #179 |
180. handguns vs a tank |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #179 |
181. since saddam allowed his people to have ak47s |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #181 |
183. Iraqi gun ownership definitely helped them resist foreign occupation. |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #183 |
184. but gun ownership did not help the iraqis |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #184 |
185. and it was not guns which defeated the insurgents in iraq |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. perhaps the guns were not as important |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. on the other hand, |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #187 |
372. Your spam-fu is impressive. |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #184 |
188. He was very popular amongst Sunni Arabs. |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #188 |
190. so a murdering dictator |
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scottsoperson (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #190 |
191. he certainly was not popular enough |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
192. kick. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
327. I forecast by 5-4 they will declare guns are people, too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #327 |
374. Deleted message |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #327 |
457. +1000% -- |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #327 |
498. At least they won't leave any "hanging chads" on a ballot! |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
378. I would like to add a thanks to Judi Lynn for bringing this topic to the table. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
509. Welcome To Nugent Nation, Everybody. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #509 |
510. Oh you can get them now, you just have to pay for the privilege. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #509 |
528. Fat Tony disagrees with you. -1 for hyperbole over research. : |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #528 |
570. Well, Aren't You Special. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #570 |
595. Awww, an inconvenient truth derailed a perfectly good tirade... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #509 |
566. Exactly . . . !!! |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
522. This means they will have to let guns into the Capitol! Wheee! |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #522 |
530. No. See post #528 |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #530 |
536. Oh that's no fun. Guns in the visitors gallery and guns on the floor, that would be exciting. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #530 |
568. Think "Fat Tony" and Congress should get exactly what the public is getting . . . |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #568 |
594. That's why I like you- you never let facts get in the way of a good rant |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #594 |
598. As an example for those unfamiliar with your work: |
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