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thomas82 (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:55 PM Original message |
Why should I not be allowed to own a Assault rifle? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because it's a public menace |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. How are they a public menace? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. With every post, the schtick gets staler.... |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Kind of dishonest, don't you think? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Because the Republicans in Congress intervened |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What are you talking about? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. As you know, crime statistics are generated by the government. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Here. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. There's not a single figure in there about assault weapons per se. /nt |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. If you bothered to look you would see |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. That doesn't change the fact that there are no figures on assault weapons. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Again, you failed to look. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. That's not the same as figures comparing assault weapons to other weapons. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. They have a list of makes and models of the top ten. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Because the top ten aren't all the figures. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I know, but as I said in the other post |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. This is bull and you know it. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Fine. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
95. In 1996, Congress forbade the CDC to compile statistics and reports |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Uh huh |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. The top ten's got nothing to do with it. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Hey I'm not running around claiming that |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. No. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Right. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Well, according to figures slackmaster found, |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Alright, let's just assume for a minute that those numbers |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Regarding post-ban weapons, I don't know. Ask slack. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. I don't need to ask slackmaster, he knows. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #123 |
133. I'm not sure what difference your question makes. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #133 |
143. I'm simply asking if you understand why |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Here are the statements with the numbers and their links. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:20 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. I read the links. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. You have no basis for making that assumption. /nt |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:29 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. What assumption? (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #118 |
140. When was the last time you found a silver dime in circulation? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Oh, that's the difference. The silver dime difference. I was wondering. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. Is there a significant difference between pre-ban and post-ban? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #144 |
150. A significant difference between pre-ban and post-ban what? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #150 |
166. 1955 Chevrolet |
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thomas82 (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. let me ask you this Mrbenchy |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
73. Gee, tom.....the answer is too goddamn many |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. Some people never deal in facts. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 06:50 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Childishly pouting "I wa-a-a-ant one" seems like a fact, fescue? |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. It is a fact. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. God said it. I believe it. That settles it. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Let the eagle soar-r-r-r-r-r-r |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. If you are waiting for me to defend Ashcroft |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Gee, fescue.... |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Keep holding your breath |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #101 |
111. Don't have to.... |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. Whatever. |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Actually, a bunch of dead guys said it |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. The federal Constitution is fine. |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 06:18 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. Not the dead guys in my state |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 11:27 AM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Federal gun laws are the only kind that have any chance of working anyway. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Nothing's wrong, fescue...come back when you get a fact |
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skippythwndrdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 11:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. My response. (Props to DU'er John Locke) |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 10:51 PM Response to Reply #76 |
181. John Locke, you say? |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #181 |
182. Actually, he said DUer John Locke. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 12:44 AM Response to Reply #182 |
183. nooo |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #183 |
184. btw |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 01:55 AM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Hmm. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 02:07 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. oh yeah |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 02:15 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Right. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 03:50 AM Response to Reply #187 |
188. once more, very slowly |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 04:00 AM Response to Reply #188 |
189. Are you really sure you read JohnLocke's post? (nt) |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 04:40 AM Response to Reply #189 |
190. what a very odd question |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. Just checking. (nt) |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you want one, its fine with me. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Most accurate rifle I own |
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amber dog democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. what kind do you have > |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I have the springfield M1a. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. You should probably ask |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. To clarify that statement: |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm quite content with it as it stands. (nt) |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. OK then |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What, no nuclear weapons? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. OK, so that would be the limitation on your statement |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I thought it was clear |
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thomas82 (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. I was not trying to confuse anyone |
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DODI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why should you be allowed to own one? |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 05:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's another thread. |
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No2W2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because the only reason to own such a weapon |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Exactly so... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. UR right in the first place U needn't bother with alternatives |
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goju (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I agree |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. thanks for providing the definition in your post!! |
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thomas82 (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. You are welcome sir |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because without them WE THE PEOPLE cannot resist THEM. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Except for the bayonet lug, |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How does a pistol grip make |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. That's the kicker. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Careful, Feeb |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I'm used to it. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. You owe my employer a new keyboard |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Send the tab to the NRA |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. crap, I knew it |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Uh oh. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Fear not. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Hardly. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Really? |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. How? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. You're still here, aren't you? /nt |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. How does that make me ban-proof? |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
102. "Release the hounds" |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. A pistol grip, at least potentially, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Flash suppressors do not hide the flash |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. "Concealability" with regard to "assault weapons" is utterly laughable. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Ducked around the collapsible stock issue? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 07:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
79. Pretty weak rationalization |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. In 1996, Congress forbade the CDC to gather statistics or issue reports |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Assault weapon statistics from 1993? That's a pretty good trick. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
105. Well, here's my link, from the same website. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. Yes, they do strongly suggest that... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #109 |
117. "Are criminals really using less lethal weapons as a result of the ban?" |
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WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I bow to your expertise |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
59. I can tell you didn't spend any time in Uniform |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. IMO if you meet the legal requirements to own a handgun, you should... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Well, opinions are unassailable, you own yours, but |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. In a word, YES! |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "Present controls on destructive devices are appropriate and adequate." |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I get the impression you don't understand what I'm referring to |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Okay, now we're getting somewhere. Thanks. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 06:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Let me give you an emphatic YES! |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Okay. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Destructive devices are just too darn dangerous IMO |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. But they are restricted, and that's okay by you. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. The OKC bombing was done with an unregistered destructive device |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. A manufactured and sold destructive device? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. What difference does manufactured vs. homemade make? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Okay, my error. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Pretty much in agreement here |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Okay, then what we have here is a line-drawing exercise. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #96 |
110. Maybe you didn't read what I wrote in JibJab's thread about assault rifles |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Nope. Please elaborate on this principle. /nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. It's where I draw the line |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #113 |
119. But you will concede that semi-automatic can be converted into automatic. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Really? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 01:56 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. Do you REALLY want to pretend nobody can use google, feeb? |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I'd like to pretend that a gun control proponent would |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Yeah, feeb.... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. Here's what I found in a brief Google search. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Remember... |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. That the guns can be converted wasn't the claim. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:18 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. And the claim's been backed up, feeb.... |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:19 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Oh? Could you give me a link |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Guess you missed a lot then, feeb.... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #130 |
154. Okay, no widely advertised kits. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. That's an entirely different claim. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:35 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. For requested evidence, see post #126. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. I read 119, |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #160 |
161. So you're trying to pretend |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. What does 1994 have to do with anything? |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:11 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Books and patents? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. RKBA logic - pick the nit, leave the main fact unanswered. |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Feeb's daily journey from Denial to Distraction |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #134 |
147. You made a claim which you have failed to back up |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #126 |
138. An instruction book is not the same thing as a kit |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #138 |
145. Now tell me which necessary part of full auto conversion |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #145 |
163. The receiver |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:50 PM Response to Reply #119 |
135. Please provide proof of your claim |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #135 |
151. See post #126, |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #135 |
153. Okay. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #153 |
164. Did you actually read the whole article? |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #94 |
139. Responding to a later post while avoiding the dogpile. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. Ultimately the voters decide who makes the laws and who interprets them |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. So why use the rhetoric of rights and freedoms? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Because otherwise the focus would be |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #148 |
158. Please, MrB, let slackmaster respond. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-18-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #146 |
165. IMO all rights exist until they are restricted or curtailed by due process |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #165 |
167. "The fear of . . . what someone MIGHT do . . ." |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:38 AM Response to Reply #167 |
168. You will also notice |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #167 |
169. All guns can be used for good or bad purposes |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. "Alfred Korzybski laughs from his grave." |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #169 |
171. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #171 |
172. That's not my objection |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. The point is that it's a matter of preference, not principle. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. My "preference" is based on experience and specialized knowledge |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #175 |
178. This argument by the trigger-happy has always cracked me up.... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #175 |
179. First of all, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. Other than one little exaggeration... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. I'm perfectly happy with the present AWB |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #169 |
174. By the way, side note on Twinkies. |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-19-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. If you'd read the current federal firearms laws |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-20-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #174 |
191. "Childish act of defiance?" |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. But, if you REALLY want to fire an assault weapon you can too. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. The line has to be drawn somewhere |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. That's not entirely correct. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Distinctions with no difference |
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FeebMaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I don't have it both ways. |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-16-04 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
74. VPC and AW ban are not the same ... |
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turnkey (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-17-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. And we're accused of Right Wing spin!! |
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