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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 11:48 PM Original message |
I have been a democrat all my life, |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Me, too........ |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. A *lot* of Republicans want Democrats to be anti-gun_it wins elections for the GOP |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. You're right...... |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. "the Brady Bill should be reinstated" < um, is the Brady Bill gone???? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. "who the hell needs an automatic weapon?" - who needs a Corvette? n/t |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. Simplistic......... |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Well... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. No |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. I did. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Welcome to DU, |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Thank you for proving the point - ban Corvettes too! |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Idiotic |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. What does the Brady Bill have to do with... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Ah, but look what can be done |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Same could have been done with a bucket full of rocks and a slingshot. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Your subject line |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. or a deer rifle, unless |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
71. The DC sniper killed 5 times as many, Cho 15 times (here's your sign) |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yeah, but |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Really? Does your trigger-finger undergo a magical transformation? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. "it took the DC sniper and Cho more time" - only because they 'took' the time |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I'm laughing at you, but |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Besides being slightly offended, I'm confused. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
84. "An AK-type weapon is so much more efficient at fast murders. That's a fact." |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
88. Ummm, why? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #72 |
94. But, where is your "fact?" Do you have real civilian examples? (nt) |
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bigbadwolf (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #71 |
104. It should also be pointed out... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
93. Would have been worse with a Remington 742 in .30-'06 (nt) |
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rangersmith82 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Because we as a party are stupid... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I agree |
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rangersmith82 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
77. Thanks |
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bigbadwolf (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
103. Brady Bill |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Urban vs rural |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I agree. Even some urban Repubs are sketchy about guns. nt |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. This is exactly why |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Bad arguement...Florida has several large urban areas... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
95. Drug crime is an urban issue. And Democrats support drug prohibition as well. (nt) |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well I really don't think dems are against guns...I think that we would |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. the thing that has to keep in mind is |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Incorrect |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. So why are Republicans pro guns |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. they see it as an opportunity |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. DING! |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
67. My gut feeling is that the Clinton ban |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Self Reliance |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That was my unasked second question. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And Here Is Another Reason |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It is difficult to see any answers. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. The origin of gun control is racism. |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. On a side issue |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
96. There is an excellent summary on the beginnings of gun control... |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. oy... kind of a broad brush post. |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. Dems are against the arms industry. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. is there an anti-government Libertarian streak to the GOP stance? nt |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm confused - what is the Democrats' anti-gun position? |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
86. 4473's |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's an inaccurate |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. We are rural Democrats. |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Paul Begala is an avid hunter |
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The Rubicon (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Can you please |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I agree! |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. D.C. V Heller |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Let me be Crystal Clear |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Fairly simple |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. There you go. |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
85. An assault weapon only differs in cosmetics from a non assault weapon. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
89. Why would anyone want to engage in "subversive speech"? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
97. "Banning [assault weapons] doesn't impede on anyone's to hunt." Problems: |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. Divide and Conquer. The Repubs know how to pit Americans against each other. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
98. Please join us pro-2A Dems in ridding the Party platform of calls for another AWB (nt) |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. That's just a generalization |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. I was against guns until the Republicans destroyed the |
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Lance31 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You will have to pry my Anti-tank launcher out of my cold, dead hands. |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Wow what luck |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Point |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
20. We eat mostly venison |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Many Democrats are pro-gun... |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. Me too... |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. I am not anti-gun, but I don't like the NRA's all-or-nothing |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
58. I also hate some of the NRA's tactics |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
99. Quickest way to thwart the NRA?... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. The same tired line |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. very well put - nt |
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tucsonlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. So I Take It.. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Exact same tired line |
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tucsonlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. "private transfers"? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Don't put words in my mouth |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Gun Confiscations have occured in the US. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. So if you failed to register your firearm that would make you a criminal... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. More of that intellectual honesty I see. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. serious question > are you a US citizen? |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. 1776 would have been a sit in. |
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tucsonlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. Re: "this country has a heritage and a history of tradition associated with firearms" |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
90. How about preserving the right of mentally competent adults with clean records |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
64. OP, I too am lifelong Dem, have NEVER voted for a republican, and have |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
68. I think I know one of the objection to guns. |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
70. This is an assault weapon description. |
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raimius (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Even better |
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Mad_Cow_Disease (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-26-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. The Remington R-25 is an AR-10 with camoflauge paint. (pic) |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
91. Gun control isn't a liberal or conservative... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Gun control has racist roots... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #92 |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. How gun control laws... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
102. I think a true Democrat is pro-choice on guns |
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