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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:10 AM
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Sarah Palin 'can't even shoot a gun'
Source: Daily Telegraph

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who built her reputation on her rugged application of motherhood, does not actually fish and has no idea how to use her own gun, according to her daughter's former boyfriend.

Levi Johnston, the teenager who Mrs Palin embraced as part of her family last year when it emerged during the presidential campaign that he had impregnated her 17-year-old daughter, turned against the family in an interview with Vanity Fair, painting the former governor as a selfish woman who took little interest in her children.

He claimed that Mrs Palin, whose fans boasted she could "field dress a moose", was incapable of handling a gun kept in the family home in Wasilla.

"She says she goes hunting and lives off animal meat - I've never seen it," said Mr Johnston, 19. "I've never seen her touch a fishing pole. "She had a gun in her bedroom and one day she asked me to show her how to shoot it. I asked her what kind of gun it was, and she said she didn't know, because it was in a box under her bed."


Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/6128098/Sarah-Palins-presidential-hopes-crushed-as-Levi-Johnston-claims-she-cant-even-shoot-a-gun.html
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:12 AM
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1. She's a loser with a capital L.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:37 PM
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59. dress a field mouse. in gingham
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:13 AM
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2. That's not true. She can hit a moose at two paces
:D
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byebyegop Donating Member (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:16 AM
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3. If the rotor blades didn't hit it first. n/t
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 02:16 AM by byebyegop
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:21 AM
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4. LOL! nt
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:25 AM
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6. quip o the night.. :o)
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:53 AM
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8. but that's cheating
oh yeah. :eyes:
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:23 AM
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5. sounds like she was flirting with him, asking him to show her how to use the gun instead of her hub
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:23 AM
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9. Meeeeeeeeeeee and Mrs..... Mrs. Palin.....
We got a thing....... Goin' on.....

:rofl:

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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:27 AM
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32. I've got a "Mrs. Robinson" ear worm!
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:59 AM
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35. Perky tune, compared to the soulful "Me and Mrs. Jones", which
is stuck in my phonological loop now.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:31 AM
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37. I think I "hear" Mrs. Robinson" because in my vivid
imagination of the event, if there were any thoughts of a seduction (and of course not saying there was), it was all in her narcissistic head. "Me and Mrs Jones" seems more mutual and I don't get the sense of a cougar springing on Levi's Johnston's "gun" skills.

This is just too much fun!

:rofl:
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 12:02 PM
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45. NO WAY was my imagination going to go any further than a tune! nt
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 12:12 PM
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47. It's a good thing, because being self-protective has never been my long suit, but I did stop
short after she asked him to take the "gun" out. ;)
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:01 PM
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52. Or put the "gun" into the "box". nt
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:42 PM
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60. laughing here!
:hi:
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:35 AM
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41. rawr.
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:35 PM
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64. LOL! Sort of like "The Graduate", except no one graduates.
"Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Palin?"
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 02:36 AM
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7. The gamiest thing she could handle was a Crunchwrap Supreme from Taco Bell
I love it.
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ScottLand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:44 AM
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10. Why shoot a moose when she
could just send it up in front of a death panel?
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:37 AM
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16. Or simply make it want to kill itself after talking to it for more than five minutes
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ScottLand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:39 AM
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18. Good one!
That might be TOO cruel though!
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:35 AM
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42. hahahahahaha!!!!
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:19 AM
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24. LOLOL! Welcome.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:34 AM
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40. ScottLand
:applause:
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:59 AM
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11. Sarah is the Compleat Republicon
'nuf said...
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:02 AM
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12. I've known she was full of shit from day one.
:puke:
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bulloney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:31 AM
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13. Palin's image as an outdoorsy woman is like Bush and his Crawford 'ranch.'
Bush didn't know squat about operating a ranch. When he decided he would run for president, they purchased the ranch and had him posing in front of cameras regularly to "clear brush." As soon as his presidency ended, he ditched the ranch.

That's the Republicans in a nutshell...all flash and no substance.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:47 AM
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20. and he was scared of horses...what kind of rancher is scared of horses.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:42 AM
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14. All hat and no Moose.
The GOP likes to make shit up.
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Sancho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:33 AM
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15. They have children running around and have guns under the bed?
There's a bit of judgment that has nothing to do with Palin's hunting and fishing experience.

:wow:
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Blandocyte Donating Member (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:38 AM
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17. And Cheney can shoot but apparently can't aim
Maybe Five Deferment Dick could take Sarah hunting.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:44 AM
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19. I'd love to see her shoot a shotgun w/3 inch shells.
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AlexDeLarge Donating Member (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:49 AM
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21. In a box under her bed ?????
That sounds an awful lot like a come on to me.

Let's see:
Yeah, it's under my bed, in my bedroom. Why, Levi, could you help me with it? No, no Bristol's with her father.

Mrs. Robinson's rival?
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:33 AM
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39. Just think of it. A Gun in a Box under the Bed.
:rofl:
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Rebubula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:53 AM
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22. THIS JUST IN...
...Some people exaggerate when they are being paid to bad mouth other people.

Stay Tuned for more details....





I am not saying that Palin is not a charlatan, but I do not trust anything that people say when they are being paid to say it.
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:13 AM
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30. Thanks for your concern.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:09 AM
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36. Got any proof of your allegations? I bet you don't. VF doesn't pay for interviews.
If you're going to toss around allegations like that you should have at least a shred of proof.

Of course, in this instance you've got nothing, as a magazine like Vanity Fair wouldn't pay for an interview.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:37 AM
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43. So taking this to another level, every person who has written an autobiography shouldn't
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 11:41 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm
have their words taking seriously?

Ooops! There goes a whole genre of literature.

BTW...Levi's back is being covered by Rex Butler, the best criminal defense attorney in Alaska and a man of impeccable integrity.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:00 AM
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23. Just to add - there was a widely seen pic of Palin aiming what looked like
an AR 15. It was an Air Soft toy gun - it had an orange plastic plug on the end of the barrel.

No truth at all in Sarah.

mark
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DissedByBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:07 PM
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51. Not an Air Soft toy gun
That photo is of an Army marksmanship trainer rifle simulator, what we train soldiers on these days. Notice the cables coming into it. Notice the soldiers behind her. It was probably taken at a visit to a national guard training facility.
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:29 AM
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25. Maybe she can't shoot them, but she sure knows how to pose with one.
"Does this gun make my butt look big?"

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Mariana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:04 AM
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27. That picture makes me think he's telling the truth
about her not knowing how to handle a gun. She's got her finger on the trigger when she's not yet ready to shoot and worse, while the person with the camera is in front of her. Dumbass.
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Lance_Boyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:25 AM
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28. and looking cross-eyed at the top-center of the scope is no way to aim. n/t

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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:12 PM
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57. You 2 might be on ot something. That just doesn't look right. I mean I understand that a photo taken
given time can make all of us look incompetent at something, but still.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:33 AM
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26. Inability to shoot a gun is the first appealing thing I've heard about her.
"I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn't want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid," he said."

No, Levi, dear. Sarah didn't want Bristol's pregnancy to make Sarah look bad. Big difference.



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denem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:33 AM
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29. 1.Gun 2.In My Bedroom 3.Show me how to shoot it
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 08:33 AM by denem
Levi is clueless.
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:52 AM
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34. LOL!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:25 AM
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31. LOL. Mooselini needed a lil help with the "pump action" .
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 09:34 AM
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33. It's hard to shoot a moose when you're wearing Manolo Blahnik
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:32 AM
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38. *insert Beavis and Butthead laugh*
Goddamn, do I ever love Levi Johnston. He's like Sarah Palin's own personal evil Jiminy Cricket.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:03 PM
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53. Palin asked Levi if he was a member of the NRA:
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 04:03 PM by Ilsa
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:43 AM
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44. It was obvious during the campaign, the way they were passing that baby
around on the stage, that her kids were taking care of him not his parents. That baby should have stayed behind in the hotel with a competent care giver while they were at the convention. I don't know about the rest of Levi's allegations, but any parent who keeps a gun in a box under the bed with small children in the house deserves to get a visit from child social services.
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Lance_Boyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 12:12 PM
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46. "any parent who keeps a gun in a box under the bed
with small children in the house deserves to get a visit from child social services."

Surely this is not a problem unless there is ammunition in the mix, right? You'd bring CPS down on someone who keeps an unloaded weapon in the home? Would you also rat them out if they had kitchen knives in a block on the counter instead of in a safe? :eyes:

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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 12:22 PM
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48. Gun safety in any home means the guns are locked up in a safe of some sort
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 12:23 PM by Cleita
like you lock the liquor up when you have kids. Also, we always bought ammo before we went shooting and used it up. There never was any ammo in our house or unlocked guns and we didn't even have children. Do a google some times and you will find that the majority of tragic gun accidents in the home involving children were because parents kept guns in a box under the bed or in a closet that the children were able to get access to. Yes and quite honestly if I had children I wouldn't leave sharp pointed instruments on a counter or any place else they could hurt themselves with.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 12:32 PM
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49. He also said Palin lied when she claimed to be a hockey mom
He said she almost never went to her son's hockey games.
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rd_kent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 12:35 PM
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50. "She had a gun in her bedroom and one day she asked me to show her how to shoot it." Sounds like
the lead-in to a porn scene.........


"Oh, Levi. Come in here and show me your gun."
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:10 PM
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55. "I've got your gun right here lady." chicky-bow chicky-chicky-bow-bow
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:10 PM
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56. . dupe
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 04:10 PM by Guy Whitey Corngood
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:06 PM
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54. Caribou Barbie - completely plastic n/t
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:13 PM
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58. Yeah, but she sure can shoot her mouth off, and it's loaded for bear.
I'm not surprised to find out she can't fire a gun. I am a bit shocked to hear she had one in her home she didn't know anything about. If a person is to be around a firearm, the least they can do is be intelligent enough to know how to handle it safely.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:45 PM
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61. She asked him to go into her bedroom to show her how to shoot a gun?
Umm... Levi, are you sure that's all she wanted?!
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:26 PM
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62. Everything about her is PHONEY! nt
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D23MIURG23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 11:26 PM
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63. LOL. Never would have seen that comming...
:sarcasm:
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