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tucsonlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:31 AM Original message |
In The U.S. Guns Are Used To Kill Or Injure 276 People DAILY |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. I went out to the desert with three other men yesterday to shoot old military rifles |
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cognoscere (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Might one of those rifles have been a Mosin? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Must be an M44 and there is a reason it only holds 5 rounds |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Yes, one participant brought his M38 and shot well with it |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. On last Saturday, I also went shooting... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I like Swedish Mausers so much that I own seven of them |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Question about 8 mm Mauser... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. If it wasn't developed by the Germans, it's probably a jam-o-matic |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
73. Thanks, that was my initial thought. (n/t) |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I love how the responses in the dungeon work to totally ignore the topic at hand. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. The topic at hand is a "Gee Whiz" statistic with no suggestion for reducing violent crime or suicide |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
128. Respectfully, the OP's stuff has been posted many times... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, but everybody else successfully defends themselves with guns daily. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
126. Guess which is more newsworthy |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wasn't there something like 16 Billion rounds of ammunition sold in the |
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cognoscere (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Yeah, and about 15.5 billion rounds |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Ever heard of, oh, target shooting? Skeet? Sporting clays? IPSC? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
97. If so, we're doing a remarkedly poor job of it with firearms. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. what a pathetic country we are |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Leave |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. But don't go to Switzerland. It's like Somalia with skiing and fine watches |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
98. Hey! What's wrong with Somalia?! |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I'd rather stay and fight to make it better |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Then fight to make it better, |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. You're a grabber.... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. What do you propose to fight with? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
114. Ok then, come up with some CONSTRUCTIVE answers |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Somehow we don't see the shame. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. yup, especially when a pipe leaking in the toilet of a nuclear power plant is called a "nuke event" |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Of course, a rational person would also attemp to look at... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Studies do and they show that having a gun around increases the risk of injury or death |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. lol, way to twist the numbers. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Epidemiological studies don't "twist" numbers- they analyze them |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Wow, way to miss the point completely. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
90. How many times have we been over this now? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #90 |
124. Wonderful post. I am bookmarking. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
99. Wait, wait.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. No they don't - Let me suggest some reading material for you |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
115. Then tell us why you are so irrationally fearful |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, who cares? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Wow, are you 15 different shades if irrational. |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Nobody is justifying gun violence. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Legal gun owners and RKBA supporters are very concerned about gun violence |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Why would Democratic "gun nuts" oppose health care for all? ... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
129. Well, let it all hang out!... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. What a whopper! |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. I would use the word "journalist" loosely, there... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Now do cars. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Careful you don't |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. NINE CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY FROM GUNS? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. Australians just shake their heads at things like this... |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And I shake my head at Australia... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Look at the facts- no mass shootings since the gun buyback |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Only if you define "mass shooting" as an event in which more than 4 are shot within a 24-hour period |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Science begs to differ... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The point went right over your head |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Apparently, you didn't read the article.... |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Apparently, you read too much into it. (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. The data show that NON-FIREARM homicides and suicides dropped at about the same rate |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. BS |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. You don't have the first clue what you're talking about |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. lol, whatever buddy |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. It is simple to understand! Less guns = a safer society and a safer household |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. The more than 50 firearms in my household aren't a threat to anyone including me |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. but it's not a "fact" at all... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. What a bizarre post |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. But it DOES NOT = safer society and a safer household. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Of course it does- that's what all the evidence shows! |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. lol, it's not what "all the evidence shows" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. "in spite of 3 progressives" LOL I think I'll read the science (which I've posted many times) |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. "Science" by epidemiologists, not criminologists.. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. The epidemiological approach deals with relative risks |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Like the 14.2% in the Kellerman study? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. You're still stuck there with your talking points on Kellerman? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. you keep bringing up fear, obsession and issues of manhood. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. LOL- this is how Aussies look at you (especially Aussie women) |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Wow, I had no idea Australians were so arrogant! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Guess you never met an Aussie woman |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I have, in fact, met an Aussie woman. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. You will learn or you will not |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. ohhh, Depakid, I'm pretty sure I've learned just about all I need to about you. Thanks. :) (nt) |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
95. How very progressive of you. Using an ethnic slur. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #77 |
104. Bigotry from a wowser |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #77 |
118. LOL- this is how Aussies look at you (especially Aussie women) |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #77 |
132. You should write Reefer Madness adcopy (nt) |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. You and I have had this conversation multiple times.. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Ahhh, so simplistic. Too bad it's not reality. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. You haven't posted "science" at all. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Yep- America's a safer place because of gun proliferation |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Lol, did you even read what I said? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Are you daft? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. lol, "sciency type thingys?" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. You keep on thinking that- and watch as the play unfolds again and again |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Wow, nice comeback kiddo! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Comebacks and stuff- we're not interested in that |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Umm, if you're not interested in comebacks, then why do you keep making them? :P (nt) |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. The facts are as they are |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Spend less time hoping, and more time looking at the facts yourself. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Well said- and this is what we did |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. nooooo.... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. You don't even know how disgusting you are, Do you? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. lol, go read my reply to your "report." It's number 105. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #106 |
116. You are digustung- and we will deal with you |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #116 |
134. ...the gleam is in his eye; the riding crop is at hand... (nt) |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #116 |
136. Ohhh, I'm shivering now! |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #81 |
107. You mean, as the anecdotes stack up? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #107 |
119. You know why we win? |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Now that you've resorted to ad hominems, I think we can call this a victory... |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Not JUST ignore the fact.... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Just keep telling us how great Australia is, Dr. Pangloss |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. "Neener, Neener, Neener!" Really? n/t |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #75 |
92. And the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'. And the data to be had agrees with us |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
88. I LOVE how you change the subject when confronted with ACTUAL facts. And you call others "cowardly" |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #63 |
133. While some 2A defenders think this is the case, I am unconvinced... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
131. Ah, yes, the usual bathtub surface burst of insults. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
130. He has made a valuable contribution to dismantling your argument... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
69. Interesting link. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
105. LOL! Did you ever bother to read some of the critical responses to this report??? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
137. Four people shot AND killed, or you can't ignore Monash University |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. No satellites shot out've the sky before the ban either. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
101. Has your overall crime rate gone up or down? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
138. Monash University, 2002; seven people shot |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
112. In that regard, the United States provides a vital service |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
117. And why do I care what australians think? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
67. So.....off-duty cops shouldn't carry? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
68. Where are those numbers from..oh wait, I see..the VPC (what a surprise) |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. from your prized article: "military-style assault rifles" |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
110. Let's not forget this howler: |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 06:37 AM Response to Reply #110 |
120. they make it seem like that gun doesn't even need bullets! |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #110 |
135. If it weren't for MSM, the gun-control "movement" would have collapsed by now (nt) |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. In the US in 2006, transportation killed or injured 11,854 people DAILY |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. And the same years, domestic dogs killed or injured AT LEAST 851 people daily |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
103. The CDC calls bullshit on the articles statistics. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Indeed; the figures do not correspond to CDC WISQARS data |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
109. So which is better? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. There's only one way to find out... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
113. My guns haven't hurt or killed anyone...EVER |
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shooter55 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-10-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. nice broad statement to stir the anti's emotions |
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