tallguy
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Post by tallguy on Aug 22, 2019 15:42:55 GMT -5
Face it, the only thing that will truly make the world safer in the long run is for every gun to blow up in the hands of its owner. And hey, we can get rid of both the guns and the people willing to shoot them at the same time. Win-Win!
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Post by moon/Laura on Aug 22, 2019 17:20:53 GMT -5
I liked your post, TG, but then took it away because while I have no guns myself, I'm not opposed to them when used for something reasonable like home protection. People that have "normal" guns for that reason would be caught up in your scenario. And that's not really fair.
But most certainly, you don't need assault rifles or other similar weapons for home or personal protection. You just don't.
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Post by billisonboard on Aug 22, 2019 17:36:25 GMT -5
I have a daughter and granddaughters who hunt (mainly deer) and use the meat to feed themselves. They certainly don't deserve to have their hands blown off.
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Post by weltschmerz on Aug 22, 2019 17:38:32 GMT -5
Let's take a minute look at these proposals,
Notice any similarities between these and the Nazi campaign of the 1030's? Gun and gun owner registration, even gun confiscation. What is next round up gun owners, detain them for their own safety,
Isn't that what Hitler did?
Trump is far, far more similar to Hitler, than any Parkland student.
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tallguy
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Post by tallguy on Aug 22, 2019 19:01:07 GMT -5
I have a daughter and granddaughters who hunt (mainly deer) and use the meat to feed themselves. They certainly don't deserve to have their hands blown off. The deer may beg to differ.
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Post by billisonboard on Aug 22, 2019 21:52:44 GMT -5
I have a daughter and granddaughters who hunt (mainly deer) and use the meat to feed themselves. They certainly don't deserve to have their hands blown off. The deer may beg to differ. Something has to die for us to live.
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 23, 2019 9:13:06 GMT -5
I liked your post, TG, but then took it away because while I have no guns myself, I'm not opposed to them when used for something reasonable like home protection. People that have "normal" guns for that reason would be caught up in your scenario. And that's not really fair.
But most certainly, you don't need assault rifles or other similar weapons for home or personal protection. You just don't. www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defenseA guy I know pulled a gun on a couple that was stealing his lawn furniture. The people stealing were definitely wrong, but i don't think what he did amounts to "self defense". They weren't going to cause bodily harm. They were just going to throw a couple of chairs in a pick up truck. He probably could have scared them away by knocking on the window and calling 911.
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Post by OldCoyote on Aug 23, 2019 12:23:07 GMT -5
The Parkland kids got shot at and watched their friends die. I don't see why you would be so harsh on them. David Hogg was in a different building hiding in a closet, hearing imaginary shoots. Young Hogg is trying to figure out how to turn this into a money making proposition. Just watch,Young Hogg will some be the CEO of Anti gun INC.
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Post by swamp on Aug 23, 2019 12:27:15 GMT -5
The Parkland kids got shot at and watched their friends die. I don't see why you would be so harsh on them. David Hogg was in a different building hiding in a closet, hearing imaginary shoots. Young Hogg is trying to figure out how to turn this into a money making proposition. Just watch,Young Hogg will some be the CEO of Anti gun INC.
So that fact that he was on lockdown hiding in a closet while his friends were slaughtered makes it all better?
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Post by OldCoyote on Aug 23, 2019 12:43:16 GMT -5
because he thinks it's his right to own an assault weapon that no regular citizen fucking needs. As long as I am a law biding citizen I have the Right to own, if I can afford it, the fastest car in the World, Now why would I need a car that can do three times the legal speed limit,
If I could afford it, I would want it, I would own it. you will say it is not dangerous, it is meant to drive, What if at full speed you used this car, at at well over 200 MPH plow into a large crowd? I would not do that, the potential is there. Now I own multiple semi automatic guns. why? because I want to, I can afford to, just because I own them, most certainly does not mean that I am going to use them as a destructive means!! Any more than I am going to use my imaginary world's fastest car, to run into a crowd. We all own cars that can exceed the speed limit, some by a bunch. We are all far more likely to be seriously harmed by a car than we ever will be harmed by a gun,,
Especially an assault rifle used in a mass shooting! Any one been in a car accident lately? the potential is there.
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Post by OldCoyote on Aug 23, 2019 12:44:42 GMT -5
David Hogg was in a different building hiding in a closet, hearing imaginary shoots. Young Hogg is trying to figure out how to turn this into a money making proposition. Just watch,Young Hogg will some be the CEO of Anti gun INC.
So that fact that he was on lockdown hiding in a closet while his friends were slaughtered makes it all better? I am saying young Hogg is not the victim he wants to be!
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Post by swamp on Aug 23, 2019 12:50:22 GMT -5
So that fact that he was on lockdown hiding in a closet while his friends were slaughtered makes it all better? I am saying young Hogg is not the victim he wants to be! he wants to be dead?
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Post by OldCoyote on Aug 23, 2019 13:05:08 GMT -5
I am saying young Hogg is not the victim he wants to be! he wants to be dead? He wants to be a live victim so he can milk it for every thing it is worth,
I am betting right Young David Hogg will set up a Co.,, if he has not already done so to capitalize on Parkland.
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