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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:21 AM Original message |
I don't even own a gun, and I don't want any one to take it!! |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Mosberg 12ga. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. riot gun |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Mine's got a pistol grip.. |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. You too? |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
84. Yeah, and CRAZY LOUD TOO! |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Exactly. I'll never trust a gov't enough to not want the right to own a gun. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. Exactly |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. You got it |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. When guns are outlawed... |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. I never wanted a gun in the past - Until this administration |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Its not a liberal government I'm afraid of |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. How are you going to fight the government with a gun? |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Ask the Iraqis. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
68. They didn't do it alone, none of them...n/t |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
80. But nobody did it for them, either. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. The insurgents seem to be doing a pretty good job. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. They're not using guns, they're using bombs...n/t |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #62 |
86. They use both |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. You don't fight toe-to-toe with bombs, tanks, jets and helicopters. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. I think for the most part the Iraqis abandoned that tactic... |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Not quite... |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. Because martial law doesn't involve jets or nukes |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
75. I agree with this statement completely. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. I am of mixed mind - but don't think it matters as their is no will |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Point taken, but I don't think that change in the laws will be a 'fix' |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Salin, |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. History books are full |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well said and so true. |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. A very good question |
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Parisle (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. An old saying,.... |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. That's "well-armed militia". |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Same thing. |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "Was" being the active word. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No, of course not....the govt replaced the state Militias |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. To finish out that quote: |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. I have always felt that speech rights should apply... |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And who are we?? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
15. Watch the 1st hour of Schindler's List to see how a "trusted govt" |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
23. My personal opinion.. |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Virginia... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Right, nor does the 2nd excuse one for "murder" - you are penalized |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. One could see a practical use for a video camera... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. That's 'cause you are not a gun owner, or understand it isn't all about a "need" that "YOU" define. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I'm not for banning all guns.. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Actually I think it does. here's why... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Here's the problem.. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Understood. See edit to above about fighting the military. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Another layer to the problem is.. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Agreed 100%! And much more complicated. (nt I have to get back to work!) |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
76. Really? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. You know what, I'm not a gun enthusiast.. |
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rossmonster (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. ATTENTION.... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Of course IFthe military joins in our slaughter, we are in BIG |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. How melodramatic. |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
85. Well said... n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. kinda like big ole bad u.s. military against the unskilled novice iraqi |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. not the same thing |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Tell that to the Iraqis, Afghanis and Vietnamese. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. They all had a lot of help from other forces...n/t |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Maybe so, but who's to say a hypothetical American insurrection can't get help somewhere? |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
78. Americans already overthrew the government, defeating a superpower |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
27. I've never had an abortion, and this government is getting worse every day |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. I see one problem with this fantasy |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Not if he's trying to take THEIR guns. |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The gun nuts I know care more about their guns than George Bush. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. Oh calm down, guns aren't going to be outlawed. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. I don't own a gun, but it's good to know I can get one if necessary |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. the govt has nukes. do you want individuals to have those as well to keep up with the evil govt? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Not necessary - they wouldn't nuke their own people....would they??? nt |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. if they gun em down, what prevent them from using bombs? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. And that idea worked well for German Jews in the '30s, right? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. you think the german jews would have survived if they had guns? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. No -it was much better for 6 MILLION to just get murdered helplessly. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You're assuming everybody would be on the same side.. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Actually the NRA sued to get the confiscation overturned - successfully. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. How would that have made a difference in New Orleans? |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. The "govt" was alive and well - it was the people that were suffering. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Okay, point taken.. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Many of the new bans have grandfather clauses, but some also |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. some arguments present false choices and blame victims for things they could not have prevented |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
79. the ones that survived, were the ones who fought back |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
35. That's David Koresh Logic. That is NOT why the constitution gives the right to bear arms. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Fair point, except the constitution does NOT give the right to bear arms, |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. instead of collecting guns and being paranoid, WORK TO ELECT DEMOCRATS |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. Agreed 100% You said it. |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
83. Republicans would love to have a debate on gun control. |
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