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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:00 PM Original message |
Poll question: Poll about an assault weapons ban, For or Against? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Doesn't really matter to me |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Oh yeah a Saturday Night Special or a bakooka, what's the Diff? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Only the police and military should have assault rifles. They use them |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. They don't have to be nice guys to not impose anything that would prompt |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Please see my post below. There are many historical examples of the |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not necessarily an anti gun person |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Only the military and police, huh? See post #14. The Army and Police have |
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EDT (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. A ban on weapons that just look scary doesn't help at all. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. It's sad "soccer moms" are thought so much a threat to freedom |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. Some people feel that arming themselves is "protecting their family" |
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EDT (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
69. Soccer Mom's just need education- I'd love to take them to the range |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. "Assault pistol" is the next phase. |
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Mattforclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, but I would rather that it made sense in some way or other... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Against the ban. It's ludicrous. People need to defend themselves. |
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Mattforclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Only 300 UK Pounds... |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That's a bit Misleading |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. That's a hell of a lot of money for a gun that doesn't fire (nt) |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. 1. Not true only rich can afford them 2. Rioters could use them as well, |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. How often to people need to get frigging assault weapons to defend |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Yeah, just cops and soldiers. And we get to be defensless when they come |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. BTW, I can name many, many more. |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. First of all who are "they" and second of all how would any of those |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. "They" are the government and/or their corporate masters. Two of the |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
103. LA Riots? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Your poll choices are too nebulous, how bout something concrete, like |
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Mattforclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That would also be too nebulous |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. With the coming collapse of the Bush Misadministration I think we can get |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ban them all |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Could you Elaborate? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Going door to door is the wrong approach to curbing weapons escalation. |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Sounds pretty ood except that Aussies and the UK did it with no problem |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. These weapons are not "the choice of criminals." |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. That does not matter - we can sell this to most Americans as fact |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I own a Colt M4 carbine. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Sweet piece (I'm talking about the M4). |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. What do you need that much firepower for? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. I'm not discussing this w/ you. Like I said, I got your number. n/t |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. What makes my rifle more "powerful" than any other semi-auto? |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I don't know the gun details |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. That is a really sad way to approach important political issues. |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. These are elected Democrats |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. You obviously have internet access and free time... |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. If we can't trust these long time Democrats then who can we trust? |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Trust your own educated opinion. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Take a break, you're going nowhere OpSomBlood... |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Gun control is too important for individuals to decide |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. You're only about a quarter as clever as you think you are. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
156. That's why your ass got tombstoned. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I got your number. |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I hope so |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And others... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
100. Gun confiscators sound like Republican plants trying to stir trouble |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. What about carrying them to the range? Or hunting? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
81. SUV's used to be involved in very few accidents |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #81 |
120. The only problem with that logic... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. isn't that exactly how the American Revolution started? |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Times have changed |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
165. Hey Kilo! Now that you Freeper ass has been tombstoned, let me say this |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Any proof of that? |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. read up on why the Brits were marching on Concorde and Lexington... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. That was after the "Boston Tea party" wasn't it? |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. the war was about a lot of things that the people were pissed about... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. What started the war was a trade war & not the Brits wanting to take guns |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. Ah. So the Brits were marching on Lexington and Concorde to shop? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. The war started when the Brits defended their capitalists property |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. You mean mercantilist. (nt) |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #97 |
107. Mercantilism was an early form of capitalism-- also known as |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:26 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. so the shooting started... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #105 |
116. The war started when the tea hit the water, the guns were there before the |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. even after I quoted the op order... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. The soldiers didn't come till the property was destroyed |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #123 |
167. Nope... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. In fact going door to door is obviously unAmerican |
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KiloForAngelese (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. I think now is the time |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
82. Noble causes don't require nefarious scheming. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't see why any citizen needs a machine gun. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Yeah, leave them to the cops and military. No historical examples in this |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Where do stop breaking up monopolies? Tanks? RPG's? Grenades? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Vote for democratic change in one hand and piss in the other and see |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. The assault weapons ban doesn't apply to machine guns. |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. It applies to submachine guns and assault rifles among other things. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Nope, those have been illegal for several decades. The assault weapons |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. No, it does not. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. bombtrack, you are SO wrong. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Why? |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Problem Solved |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. I did think no we don't need them but being a democrat I've...... |
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FemaleDemfromMass (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. Right now, |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. that's proof positive that gun control doesn't work... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. And Massachusetts has one of the lowest murder rates |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. I s'pose it's possible that people from MA just can't shoot straight... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. are you cute and blonde and over 18? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Don't lie... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
90. Having sex with children isn't always wrong. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. You're not in the Spartacist League are you? We should probably |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. well... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. Yeah, I guess I'm still not used to discussion board etiquitte. I talk on |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. yeah, I know....where I'm from, the term "pus-nutted son of a whore" is... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #110 |
122. Attention moderators... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #122 |
166. It's a matter of context and tone... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
119. Think it might be a people problem and not a gun problem? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
58. Springfield or Holyoke? Or... |
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FemaleDemfromMass (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. You guessed right, |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Your town is a big center of heroin distribution in New England, so |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Funny how violent crime and unemployment follow the same path. |
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FemaleDemfromMass (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Yes, it's the drugs........ |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
85. Ah, it's not so bad. Besides, where else would you move to? |
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FemaleDemfromMass (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. That's the problem too, |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Hey, it's not where you live, it's what you do with your life. Your |
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FemaleDemfromMass (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #98 |
114. She loves Boston |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Who doesn't. Rudest city in America, but still great... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
92. I'm reminded of Councilman Chuck Richardson... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Oh, and by the way-- welcome to DU! n/t |
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FemaleDemfromMass (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 08:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Thanks for the welcome! n/t |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Semi-automatic is not "high output". |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
96. Talk about a loaded question! |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. I admit, "high output" was a new one by me, too. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #101 |
129. "Bullet hose" is my favorite. |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
99. I think we should be able to get anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. Semi-auto "assault weapons" have been around for about 100 years. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Actually guns aren't getting the job done in Iraq it's RPG's & roadside |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. Ah. That's why... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #113 |
150. Once you're captured you could use spears and clubs |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:56 PM Response to Reply #150 |
158. The design of the weapon doesn't affect how it is used. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #150 |
168. Ah. So... |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. Second Amendment is not about hunting...n/t |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
108. If you want an assault weapon |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:35 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. The army doesn't issue assault weapons. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #112 |
124. You've got me, your a genius |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:56 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. He wasn't trying to "get you"...he was stating a simple fact. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. ok well, I'm not here to play word games |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. So if you want to kill people, join the police? |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. ok here goes... |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. Your math is simplistic and impossible. |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:25 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Your threats scare me, and I hope they take away your gun |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:02 PM Response to Reply #145 |
160. "Assult weapons": 3%, "small guns": 90% |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:07 AM Response to Reply #138 |
172. Hmmmm.... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #131 |
171. ROTFLMAO!!!!! |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #124 |
133. Thank you. (nt) |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. the people having guns doesn't serve the State. |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
117. Define an assault weapon, or can you? |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:57 PM Response to Reply #117 |
127. assault weapon = |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #127 |
132. Who issued a threat? |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. strange, I thought I would make a good legislator |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #137 |
173. Yup....just like the Patriot Act was good legislation... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #127 |
135. So, under your defintion a blackpowder musket would be an "assault |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. Feel threatened? |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. yes I do.....he scares me |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
139. Sorry, my desire to own a rifle has little to do with my penis. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #130 |
174. I've seen a fair number of penis enhancement ads... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #108 |
125. The military are about the last people I want to have those weapons... |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. last time I checked |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #128 |
140. Okay, you want examples, I'll give you examples... |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:27 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. Come on, now reply to my post. What's the matter? No "Times have |
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Nimble_Idea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #140 |
148. 1877?? Are you serious??? |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Ha! Ha! I'm Carnac the Magnificent check out post 147. How recent |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. How about 1985 when the Philadelphia police |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Right! And also the Cinncinatti rebellion, which I mentioned, happened a |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. Free Trade Protests in Miami last year. |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #128 |
141. Yeah |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Thank you, nestor. |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:27 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. We need a little sanity |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:43 PM Response to Reply #146 |
153. Neither can I, but I think it's the opposite of what you're thinking of... |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. 39% of Democrats own a gun. |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. I think that .. |
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bigbillhaywood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. Here's what I think... |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Most of them are hopeless. |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:12 PM Response to Reply #161 |
163. It worked on me. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Of course, the funniest part |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:25 AM Response to Reply #153 |
175. Your getting beat 2to1 on saturday night on forum full of NRA astroturfers |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 08:29 AM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Yeah, and how many of those who voted yes think it's about machine guns? |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
144. Screw anti-gun laws |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. Decriminalize drugs, lock up violent criminals. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
169. Don't worry about it for now. |
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corporatewhore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
170. I am now progun because of Iraq and against the ban |
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MadProphetMargin (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-04 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
176. An unarmed population is a population of slaves, or potential slaves. |
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