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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:32 AM Original message |
Gun control in this current climate. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. The issue has lost a lot of votes for DEM candidates over and over again |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. As you say, we "must be able to mount a defense" |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It only takes 1 bullet to change the course of political history. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. But could "one bullet" defend against a runaway evil President/King? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. How many Americans? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Do you think, enough of an impact? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Yep, I do. Done well. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Life becomes pretty shitty the second people start taking pop shots at you |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. And if they simply hold up in "undisclosed locations"? |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. How much power do you have if you have to live in hiding. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I'm not sure...Let's ask Cheney. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. One bullet at a time seems to be giving that evil man's military serious trouble |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. In the Soviet Union everyone had a firearm. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How about anti aircraft missiles? |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Why not |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Where I live there are LOTs of close encounters of the snake kind |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Not arguing about shooting snakes, I want to know how the American |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I wasn't responding to you, but to a poster who wants no handguns |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Gotchya. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Oh, I've got a lot of personal experience. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Where I live, it can easily happen nearly daily |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
74. This was someone's farm that, too, had bails of hay, etc. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I'm sorry, that's simply not true. Firearms were rare, and possession at home was even rarer. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. I lived in Moscow and a lot of people had firearms. nt |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Really? I'll admit I've never visited, myself. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Research for a graduate degree on unemployment policy. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Unemployment policy? That's one I never would have guessed! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. First time 1980, 1993, 1997. nt |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thank you for the NRA argument |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I am not framing this as a elect-ability issue. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I think you are wrong. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Really, where would you, personally draw the line with personal weapons? |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I would draw the lines with our current laws. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Do you think our current laws.. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. More than enough. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Das a fact |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Really now?!? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. I would like to Read your thoughts on my post. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
73. You are wrong, There are many in the middle who can be pushed away by some key issues. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. this is a pointlessly inflammatory topic |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. So, one should avoid "inflammatory "topics? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. No, only Good Germans should avoid them |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Nobody is avoiding them |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I would like to read your your response |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. One is foolish to assume that repeating discussions has no value |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Ok then, see you on the next flat tax discussion |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Do we wait until it IS so? Why are discussions.. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Gun Control: Use both hands |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The Swiss seem to do better than most of Europe |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. The swiss are allowed to keep rifles. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I don't see Western european governments on the verge of tyranny, as |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Which only goes to show that our guns don't seem to be helping. (nt) |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. Defend ourselves against what, an air assault? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. So, are you saying there is no way to |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. There is a way |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
44. I respect your right to exercise complete control over firearms... |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I don't follow, how is this a response to my post? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. I think gun control advocates have an overly large view of their personal space |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've always found it interesting |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. That is my dilemma. I am now leaning to your point. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Well, except that their point is WRONG |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Fair enough. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Guns are a good boogey-man. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Thank you for your response. I hope you are correct. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Wrong.... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. Agreed, I should have been more clear |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
50. And those guns would do little good against the military. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. If a militia is "well regulated" how effective can it be .. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. A note about "well-regulated..." |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. You should tell that to the insurgents in Iraq |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. Not Possible |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Lee,it sounds like we may have similar views, |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. You Probably Won't Like My Answer |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I am right there with you... |
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