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sendero

(28,552 posts)
72. As in another thread..
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:40 PM
Dec 2012

...
"regulate all semi-automatic weapons"? Really? Save the unicorns and make the minimum wage $100 while you are at it.

Nobody is even TALKING about doing that, it is not going to happen PERIOD and it leaves me wondering if you really even understand what your own proposal is.

A very simple poll on gun control. [View all] Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 OP
Of the choices offered etherealtruth Dec 2012 #1
Getting bogged down in the details confuses the issue. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #2
As always, with laws the devil is in the details IDoMath Dec 2012 #3
Yes getting rid of black and white thinking HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #4
The details of strict regulation can be worked out. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #5
Negotiations, do have to start somewhere, HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #8
+1. Good poll. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #25
Me, too, but I enjoyed going on record in the strongest possible way with this poll... CTyankee Dec 2012 #69
I would actually prefer all guns be strictly regulated, 99Forever Dec 2012 #6
Sort of limited choices, don't you think? Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #7
feel free to conduct your own poll. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #10
I'm not sure it makes much sense to look at it from a mechanism standpoint Major Nikon Dec 2012 #9
All of that can be worked out in the details. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #11
Here come the gungeoneers with their definition canards. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #12
Yeah, because that makes a difference etherealtruth Dec 2012 #13
"Definitions" are the reason the first AWB was a colossal failure. hack89 Dec 2012 #14
Bull shit. 99Forever Dec 2012 #15
Do you deny the first AWB was a failure? hack89 Dec 2012 #17
I'm uninterested in your filibuster bull shit. 99Forever Dec 2012 #19
Ignorance is not a progressive value. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #20
Filibustering is not a Progressive tactic. 99Forever Dec 2012 #21
How can you talk about gun control without talking about guns? hack89 Dec 2012 #24
"People like you" are... 99Forever Dec 2012 #28
So every gun owner is responsible for Sandy Hook? hack89 Dec 2012 #31
Now the flat out making shit up.... 99Forever Dec 2012 #32
So I am responsible for the deaths at Sandy Hook? hack89 Dec 2012 #33
Pot.. 99Forever Dec 2012 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author hack89 Dec 2012 #35
I would like to see a ban on all fire arms etherealtruth Dec 2012 #16
And you want those incremental laws to make you safer. hack89 Dec 2012 #18
Knowledge is always good .... etherealtruth Dec 2012 #22
When solutions are advanced that conflict with reality hack89 Dec 2012 #23
Yes, they should have banned all semi-autos. We'd be better off and you Hoyt Dec 2012 #37
Well considering that the majority of firearms in the United States are semi-auto ... spin Dec 2012 #61
That attitude and Wayne La-P's have changed the game. Hug your guns. Hoyt Dec 2012 #64
Most of my firearms are revolvers. ... spin Dec 2012 #71
It's hard to have a productive discussion with people who know little or nothing about ... spin Dec 2012 #36
Just ban all semi-autos. Keep it simple for you guys who throw up roadblocks. Hoyt Dec 2012 #38
Simple answers to complex problems usually don't work. spin Dec 2012 #62
It used to be impossible, not anymore. Hoyt Dec 2012 #63
I see nothing at all wrong with your dreaming ... spin Dec 2012 #66
I definitely dream about a day when you guys don't walk around in public with a gun. Hoyt Dec 2012 #70
I fail to understand why you FEAR those who legally carry. ... spin Dec 2012 #73
Wayne LaPierre had similar observations on Friday, mocking the technical Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #39
I'm not supporting LaPierre but the point is ... spin Dec 2012 #60
Ignore. onehandle Dec 2012 #49
Considering not a single piece of legislation has been passed hack89 Dec 2012 #52
There doesn't have to be. krispos42 Dec 2012 #56
Would this include hand guns? xoom Dec 2012 #26
Semi automatic weapons. Nt. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #27
Haha xoom Dec 2012 #29
Kick. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #30
Can you define "strict regulation"? Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #40
Nope. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #41
LOL, not a shock from you. The least rational person in this whole debate. n-t Logical Dec 2012 #77
The funny thing is that you all sincerely believe that your obsession with guns is rational. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #78
Post a link to one of my "obsession with gun" posts. Logical Dec 2012 #79
and mainstream too Skittles Dec 2012 #82
He is just trying to determine if you are sufficiently compassionate enough hack89 Dec 2012 #42
All that from as simple a poll, with no slant at all, as I could construct. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #44
No - it is your continued refusal to discuss any details hack89 Dec 2012 #45
Don't forget to vote. rrneck Dec 2012 #46
Calling all socks? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #47
How's that experiment going? rrneck Dec 2012 #50
Darned if I know. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #51
Suuuuuurrrrreee.. rrneck Dec 2012 #54
If you do not toe the line you will be brought to heel. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #57
Suuuuuurrrrreee.. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #59
Yes comrade, the block committee report on you is "very interesting". Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #48
Ooh! Ooh! A godwin opportunity! rrneck Dec 2012 #55
Make it so. rrneck Dec 2012 #43
As much as everyone would wish it sarisataka Dec 2012 #53
The poll is not about specifics, it is about intent. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #58
The devil is in the details sarisataka Dec 2012 #65
Not really. DanTex Dec 2012 #67
You and I both know why this argument keeps being made. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #75
Now you are defining strict sarisataka Dec 2012 #83
Hey great, so start a thread about your serious proposal for regulating semi auto weapons. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #74
I am just replying to the poll... sarisataka Dec 2012 #84
Warren, I just wanted to say thucythucy Dec 2012 #68
As in another thread.. sendero Dec 2012 #72
It happened in Canada and Australia. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #76
So did single payer.. sendero Dec 2012 #81
Possibly? Depends on what the "strict regulation" is Recursion Dec 2012 #80
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