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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:50 PM Original message |
Today I reversed my position on Guns |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. What was your position before? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No |
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Peak_Oil (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
70. Guns are good things to have. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 05:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Love that typo! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. you could always dig up that hatchet. n/t |
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Gyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. My advice is to not advertise your political views |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not true |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
83. I spend a lot of time at Shooting ranges. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. 10-4 |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Shotguns are the very best thing to have, IMO. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. the boys are 6 and 17 |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. As a southerner and a progressive and a gun-owner ... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. sound advice |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. I've always found gun owners to be the most responsible.. |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Lovin' my new Mossberg 500 |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Amen. Truthfully, this is one of our last liberties...a gift from Repubs |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I live is Jesusland |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
56. What's it Good For? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
84. Child gun casualties are overblown. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 02:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. I Don't Think We Really Disagree On This |
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Cozmosis (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 02:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
61. I live on the border |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
64. what the fuck? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes it does |
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freetobegay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. The framers of the Constitution were very smart. |
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Cyrix (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I believe this is BS |
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freetobegay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. My evidence would be |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. It doesn't matter WHY. What matters is that this is is today's reality. |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
46. James Madison in Federalist No. 46 wrote: |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Alexander Hamilton, from the Federalist Papers #28: |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. No one needs guns in a democratic society, however, |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Why does no one need a gun in a democratic society? |
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Cyrix (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Probably because |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. But guns also keep the fascist away. |
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Cyrix (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Sticks and stones |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You have a much better chance with weapons than sticks though. |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
92. The Iraqis are doing a pretty good job |
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Flammable Materials (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. If we could always solve our problems without shooting other people ... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. In a democratic society we shouldn't have to live in fear. |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. In a society without fear |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Why would he need one? |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Why should it be prohibited? |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. We don't live in a democratic society! Why can't you see this?! |
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PatsFan2004 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Good question! |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I used to live in that Georgia town, Kennesaw |
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PatsFan2004 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
77. That's interesting to know. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Strange days, liberals arming themselves. Got my shotgun. |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I favor #4,,, |
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69KV (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
90. "freepers...argue that the Second Amendment applies only to them" |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. At the risk of seeming rude... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. I favor a very LIBERAL interpretation of the 2nd Amendment |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Gun responsibility |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
82. Assault rifles - WTF are you talking about? |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
94. You're right about the NRA |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've never had a problem with people owning registered firearms |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I hear you can get shoulder-fired missiles on the black market |
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Moderate Dem (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. I like guns... |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Just don't reverse the way you hold your gun and you'll be OK. :) nt |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
85. Shouldn't the instructions for freepers be... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's tempting to think about gun ownership, |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
89. That's what shotguns are for, Hypno |
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Padraig18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've been armed since my 18th birthday. |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
39. Can I ask, what changed your mind? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I guess you could say we've all been through a burglary. n/t |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. My mind is changed because I live in Jesusland |
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drunkdriver-in-chief (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm gonna buy an SUV for the same reason |
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Fire Bush (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. I'm more into knives myself. |
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Fire Bush (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:22 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Oh, and I just bought one of these... |
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PatsFan2004 (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Benchmade makes great quality knives. |
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drunkdriver-in-chief (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
63. I've never heard of a karambit |
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Fire Bush (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 05:38 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Yowza!! |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Why does that girl have to be posing all "sexy-like" with the knife |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
78. Don't pull ANY weapon unless you are willing to use it. |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
50. I've been screaming this out to fellow DU'ers for MONTHS... |
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kutastha (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
52. This thread brought up by a freeper |
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Senator Lamb (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. it seems like gun control is over |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:35 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I believe that if you read some of the more thoughtful comments |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:59 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. We Tried to Concede On Gun Control, But Nobody Noticed |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Thanks for posting that thread Kutastha |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm glad that more Democrats.... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. I've been of two minds on the gun issue. |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
65. DEMOCRATS ARM YOURSELVES |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
66. My new sig line: |
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Steelangel (731 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yes, that is definitely good move |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
68. A question for the RKBA-heads in the crowd |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:29 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. first take a valium |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 04:00 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. too late |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
73. Hear that. |
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sherilocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
75. I own two hand-guns |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
76. A better defense against tyranny |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I couls not agree with you more |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. Vigilance is the first step |
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Democracy Died 2004 (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
81. I have always been in favour of gun ownership |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
86. Yeah, this issue is not going to be on the table in the future. |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
87. I have a fair-sized collection. |
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coreystone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
88. What was the rationale of the 2nd Amendment by our “Founding Fathers”? |
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