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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:51 AM Original message |
Canada's PM contemplating banning all hand guns. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow... |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. yep registration is all they want |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Well - not if the "people who kill people" demonstrate they are |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Well you see - the issue came back because the rate of gun murders |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. so you are saying you strict |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
71. Well - 50 gun crime murders would sound great to any 3 Million plus |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. The point is gun control advocates say registration does not.... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Step 1. Initiate a mandatory registration of firearms. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Step 4. Watch gun deaths drop 90 per cent. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. So, criminals will be handing in their firearms, then? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I repeat: Watch gun deaths drop by 90%. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Nothing will, what? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Gun deaths in the USA are 10 times higher than the developed world. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. how does that figure into the argument about |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Fun with BS statistics! C'mon everybody, join the action! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
99. Correlation is insufficient to prove causation |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #99 |
123. Yeah, that's what tobacco and oil companies said |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #123 |
134. There's a big difference |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #134 |
143. A .7 correlation is damning and many studies are even higher |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #143 |
152. Pure smoke |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. Criminals inside and outside of congress like how it is now |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
145. Nine posts in, and the childish assertions are just getting warmed up. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I thought canada was already a paradise |
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BurningDog (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Who cares if GUN deaths drop 90% |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That's the whole point. Guns are much more efficient at murders. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. then why is scotland rated the most violent |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Swords |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
75. So apparently we are unsophisticated - because we insist on rule of |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I'm sorry |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Sorry. I missed your point. My bad! |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. way to go... pick baltimore as your example |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Because like the judge said - a ban in a city doesn't work when |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. the key word here is ILLEGAL |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. It is also illegal to march into the homes of the 80% of Americans |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. what does this post have to do with anything n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. You say the problem with guns is illegal use. So it cannot be regulated |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. point is you cite a city in a state |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Go to the gun guys site. They point out very clearly what the judge |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. do you refute the fact that maryland has strigent gun laws??? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:26 PM Response to Reply #110 |
163. Guns have to have reasonable regulations across the country. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #103 |
159. So what we should just give up all form of governance and policing |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. But still less murder than the USA |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
74. Crime in scotland. But are the murders the highest? Again - an |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. are you saying perhaps other factors |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. You fight crime by making better communities. And non gun attacks |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I don't disagree that gun violence is an issue |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Because your gun orgy makes it so that the supply is such that |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. illegally. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. Your cities of 3 Million have 600 gun murders. Ours have 50. That is |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. No - but they can now all easily be thrown in jail. Border security will |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Good one! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Didn't you read - it is the illegal gun trade that is the issue. The flood |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think I speak for everybody when I say... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. "Let law enforcement worry about the criminals." No thanks |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
78. Yes - accidents happen. Let's get rid of policing alltogether because |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Here is the illegal gun situation in the USA. What the NRA doesn't |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What does any of this have to do with Canada? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Half our guns our imported illegally. Half the guns used in crime. The |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. do you have ANY facts not from the vpc or its |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Here is where it goes into the numbers of illegal guns: |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. SO the answer is to ban |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. The point is to make the supply such that it is harder for illegal guns |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. bur will it really.. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. By making it harder to get an illegal gun (either way) and by putting |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It does'nt..... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. No - I mention the Judges words because you have the same problem |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. USA has multiples more murders than rest of advanced nations |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You show your true aganda bill.... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. If Canadians want stronger gun regs, so be it |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. comedy gold bill |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
73. A terrified community in any city is not acceptable to us. To you - it is |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
130. The America gun lobby thrives on terror. Makes sales go up |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. Martin's plan isn't just banning handguns |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I could support all of that except #1 n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Those durn Canucks. They're just showing off how civilized they are. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. nah they just bash baby seals with clubs |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. LOL, whereas the U.S. tortures innocent people, sometimes to |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. don't really care what canada does |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Dishonest? How does the seal hunt equate to 'dishonest' gun |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I goes to people why make straw arguments by bringing up |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. With regard to death by guns, Canada sure is better |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. then why do you need more gun control? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Yes, banning hand guns in concert with the other policies listed |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. who is doing the smuggling??? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. If Detroit had strong gun laws, smugglers couldn't buy them |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. complete b.s. bill n/t |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. LOL, hey we didn't buy your phony war, I don't think we would fall |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. infering facts not in evidence. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Ummm, is there a number of smuggled guns that would be |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. no real facts so go for the person attack... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Wow, pointing out the fallacy of the request for hard numbers is |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. give me ONE ligitimate non biasied source |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. I never asserted I had a specific number with which I was basing |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #79 |
96. all i'm asking for is SOME documentation |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Now news stories are "annecdotal". How quaint. 50% of the guns |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. I will take you lack of a response |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. ROFLMAO! Will take your concession as offered |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
92. So the DEA should stop interfearing in the growth of drugs in Afghanistan |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. Seal hunt - whether you like it or not - involves killing animals. Ever |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Yeah, that dishonest Al Gore and John Kerry |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. does this sound honest to you bill???? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. Neither Sarah Brady or I are Canadians |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:52 PM Response to Reply #80 |
98. where you got that is beyone me bill.. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
115. Got something against democracy and low murder rates? |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. i'm not the one want to regulate a persons freedom |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:54 PM Response to Reply #119 |
147. It's hard to be free when you're dead from a bullet |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. nice hyperbole bill |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Canadians obviously want to do even better |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. deal with education,poverty,racism,and drugs |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. Isn't it interesting that nations that deal best with social problems |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I guess the baby seals would have a better chance facing handguns. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Yeah the clubs and beating them to death is MUCH more |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Maybe "sportsmen" should take up clubbing Grizzly bears. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. read again |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. The only important factor is whether police are armed or not |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
68. 1st registration. 2nd confiscation |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. yep but |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Yeah, think of all the cars being confiscated |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
101. but you yourself say that to compare cars and guns |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #101 |
112. Cars and guns are easily compared but guns are killing machines |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #112 |
122. interesting topic. why such interest |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #122 |
158. Canada is a next door neighbor test bed for progressive democracy |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. 3rd. Cities of 3 Million that are safe for all communities. And everyone |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
100. Canada, get over yourselves... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. What we are getting over - is not letting our cities fall to bits. That |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. LOL, keep your guns on your side of the border and no more comments |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
109. Hey - other gun violence haters... "I think we're alone now". The NRA |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. from the frasier institute |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Ummmm, you obviously don't know who or what the Frazier Institute is |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. just like the gun guys site |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. LOL, in a previous post when I gave a link to a respected news |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. personal attacks... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. LOL, how is pointing out the lack of an 'unbiased source' in your |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. Uhm,the Fraser Institute is a rightwingnut organization. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. are they not a canadian org??? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. Yep, but the point was about unbiased sources not whether the |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. yes i am enjoying it. |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. houw about this. or it is biased too |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. It is a credible source, no disagreement there |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. tough gun crime sentances |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Yes, it can be. Our media does give both sides of the issue |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. overall murder rates in the u.s. are down too |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. There is no question that simply banning hand guns isn't the answer |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. LOL, then we DO agree on something! |
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crankybubba (818 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. basically |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #111 |
160. Fraser institute has gone down hill much faster than any other entitiy. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #111 |
161. More like a parrot cage than an institute. But then you in the USA have |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
114. If I were in Canada Id seriously question voting liberal. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Thomas Sowell from the HOOVER institute? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. yeah, |
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hopeisaplace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
126. Perfect. I love it. I'm voting Liberal anyway of course, |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
129. how will we protect ourselves when the Bird Flu hits and gangs loot |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #129 |
136. Did you copy&paste that from a Y2K preparedness web site... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #136 |
150. Y2K didnt kill over 50% of its victoms in June... |
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jim3775 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
137. I hope martin wins and passes the ban |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. LOL, not to mention how Harper is going to walk the 'fine' line |
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hopeisaplace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:22 AM Response to Reply #137 |
157. love it |
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Err (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
144. I'm against this. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
154. Ordinarily, I would agree, but |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. don't worry. We're well-supplied with Inuit soapstone carvings... |
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joegodfather88 (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
162. LOTS of discussion, guess I'll talk too |
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