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hack89

(39,171 posts)
86. Republicans support an authoritarian society
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 08:34 AM
Sep 2019

Last edited Tue Sep 10, 2019, 09:41 AM - Edit history (1)

Dems stand for individual freedoms. I don't want to live in a surveillance state. I don't trust police like you do.

I don't give a flying fuck. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #1
#1 a million times! riversedge Sep 2019 #2
Yup. And once we did and... B Stieg Sep 2019 #3
But the NRA insists the Founding Fathers were talking about Semi-Automatic weapons... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2019 #4
NRA types think they can defend themselves against government tyranny IronLionZion Sep 2019 #19
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In more ways than one... B Stieg Sep 2019 #9
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Gun manufacturers continued to make 100's of thousands of semi-auto rifles like the AR-15. B Stieg Sep 2019 #25
A ban on all semiauto weapons means most handguns as well NickB79 Sep 2019 #36
Yup. And they need to be banned, too! B Stieg Sep 2019 #37
Good luck with that NickB79 Sep 2019 #40
Really? That's a GOP talking point... B Stieg Sep 2019 #42
Your link supports my statement, not yours NickB79 Sep 2019 #44
70% oppose banning handguns according to your link hack89 Sep 2019 #45
I wasn't talking about hand guns. B Stieg Sep 2019 #47
Take a real look at those Gallup polls hack89 Sep 2019 #48
Who cares? PEOPLE are INCREASINGLY dying from all kinds of guns, some more than others... B Stieg Sep 2019 #50
The vast majority of handguns are semiautomatic hack89 Sep 2019 #49
Didn't use to be paleotn Sep 2019 #52
Certainly since the early 80s. hack89 Sep 2019 #58
and this post melm00se Sep 2019 #67
Yes paleotn Sep 2019 #51
No. Ban removable magazines. On all types of guns. sir pball Sep 2019 #41
That's what the Canadians do, and they can own many semiauto rifles NickB79 Sep 2019 #46
I won't poison my YouTube looking for gun videos, but here's a video to illustrate. sir pball Sep 2019 #55
Canada does *not* ban removeable magazines, per the RCMP: friendly_iconoclast Sep 2019 #80
I said they ban magazines over 5 rounds NickB79 Sep 2019 #87
NY magazine capacity is limited to 10 rounds, not 7. sl8 Sep 2019 #85
0.0 % chance of that one Baconator Sep 2019 #62
Your "optimism" is part of the problem! B Stieg Sep 2019 #66
The 1994 Federal AWB did not actually ban military style rifles hack89 Sep 2019 #26
The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban didn't take any guns off the streets LittleBunny Sep 2019 #75
very true mauserk98 Sep 2019 #89
So, by your "logic," should we take rape and bank robbery laws off the books? Paladin Sep 2019 #90
Their selfish intention to indulge themselves always supersedes everything else. Judi Lynn Sep 2019 #8
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Gun owners are primitive, shabby, stupid, and dishonest? Marengo Sep 2019 #15
Some yeah, some need a reality check BADLY, the evidence is kinda clear? Brainfodder Sep 2019 #34
Many, yes paleotn Sep 2019 #53
Can you provide percentages and the data used to form those conclusions? Marengo Sep 2019 #70
My own observations paleotn Sep 2019 #76
Oh, so a tiny sample population subject to your own bias. Got it. As for your semantic parlor... Marengo Sep 2019 #82
I shoot with doctors, lawyers and other professionals hack89 Sep 2019 #59
Its sounds nice, but its unrealistic. There are 300 million of them. Theyre NOT going anywhere. oldsoftie Sep 2019 #16
I'd be OK with guns, if people were ALL OK too. Brainfodder Sep 2019 #32
If you take away the legal guns customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #77
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The last five words of your post are operative here jmowreader Sep 2019 #7
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Finally. A meaning to "illegally manufactured". ManiacJoe Sep 2019 #65
When I was younger, they called them 'zip guns' . Doug.Goodall Sep 2019 #14
Not what is discussed here. House of Roberts Sep 2019 #22
It's called a "ghost gun" gay texan Sep 2019 #23
Ghost guns are the perfect way around background checks. patphil Sep 2019 #24
Well I learned something here today underpants Sep 2019 #27
There's a youtube video MosheFeingold Sep 2019 #74
It's like how they prevent kids from watching some adult content. Brainfodder Sep 2019 #33
yes, you getting the picture gay texan Sep 2019 #38
It's not strictly specific to ARs, any gun can be "80%" sir pball Sep 2019 #56
there is a guy in our neighborhood who makes bullets for his friends. demigoddess Sep 2019 #28
Insurance is based on risk sarisataka Sep 2019 #29
how many people were killed this year? that is a risk demigoddess Sep 2019 #61
High cost, eh? So, only the well-heeled can afford to own firearms? Marengo Sep 2019 #31
Not only that. Calista241 Sep 2019 #78
Agreed, and what of the vast number of racist cops DU believes to exist? How can they be trusted... Marengo Sep 2019 #83
Royalism is alive and well in gun control circles: "Only the good people should have guns" friendly_iconoclast Sep 2019 #79
It strikes me as the epitome of white privilege. Marengo Sep 2019 #84
What's the issue with hand loading for friends? Marengo Sep 2019 #88
Ghost gun from an 80% lower? mitch96 Sep 2019 #30
yes gay texan Sep 2019 #39
Making guns is not that difficult ripcord Sep 2019 #17
Well, I guess we ought to give up and wait for the next available psycho to gun us down. Paladin Sep 2019 #18
Just an FYI ripcord Sep 2019 #20
Glad you do paleotn Sep 2019 #54
Making a reliable repeater isn't that easy sir pball Sep 2019 #57
So a shooting was prevented for 5 years because of the background check IronLionZion Sep 2019 #21
He committed a felony by lying on the background check he failed NickB79 Sep 2019 #35
Let's straighten out the misleading information here discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2019 #43
The best way to slow down this gun mania is a strong license...unless you can confiscate all the gun Sancho Sep 2019 #60
There is not a huge black market for illegally manufactured/imported firearms madville Sep 2019 #63
As long as you're happy. (nt) Paladin Sep 2019 #64
Of course their are.... Maxheader Sep 2019 #68
Who exactly will be rounding them up? hack89 Sep 2019 #69
You've never read wishing .. Maxheader Sep 2019 #71
On this particular subject, that is a fine line hack89 Sep 2019 #72
I'm deadly serious about seizing all assult rifes.. Maxheader Sep 2019 #81
Republicans support an authoritarian society hack89 Sep 2019 #86
Prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law maxsolomon Sep 2019 #73
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