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Hoyt

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63. It used to be impossible, not anymore.

Reply to spin (Reply #62)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 04:27 PM

Dec 2012

You guys try to make this more complex than it needs to be.

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A very simple poll on gun control. [View all] Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 OP

Of the choices offered etherealtruth Dec 2012 #1

Getting bogged down in the details confuses the issue. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #2

As always, with laws the devil is in the details IDoMath Dec 2012 #3

Yes getting rid of black and white thinking HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #4

The details of strict regulation can be worked out. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #5

Negotiations, do have to start somewhere, HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #8

+1. Good poll. nt Zorra Dec 2012 #25

Me, too, but I enjoyed going on record in the strongest possible way with this poll... CTyankee Dec 2012 #69

I would actually prefer all guns be strictly regulated, 99Forever Dec 2012 #6

Sort of limited choices, don't you think? Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #7

feel free to conduct your own poll. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #10

I'm not sure it makes much sense to look at it from a mechanism standpoint Major Nikon Dec 2012 #9

All of that can be worked out in the details. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #11

Here come the gungeoneers with their definition canards. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #12

Yeah, because that makes a difference etherealtruth Dec 2012 #13

"Definitions" are the reason the first AWB was a colossal failure. hack89 Dec 2012 #14

Bull shit. 99Forever Dec 2012 #15

Do you deny the first AWB was a failure? hack89 Dec 2012 #17

I'm uninterested in your filibuster bull shit. 99Forever Dec 2012 #19

Ignorance is not a progressive value. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #20

Filibustering is not a Progressive tactic. 99Forever Dec 2012 #21

How can you talk about gun control without talking about guns? hack89 Dec 2012 #24

"People like you" are... 99Forever Dec 2012 #28

So every gun owner is responsible for Sandy Hook? hack89 Dec 2012 #31

Now the flat out making shit up.... 99Forever Dec 2012 #32

So I am responsible for the deaths at Sandy Hook? hack89 Dec 2012 #33

Pot.. 99Forever Dec 2012 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author hack89 Dec 2012 #35

I would like to see a ban on all fire arms etherealtruth Dec 2012 #16

And you want those incremental laws to make you safer. hack89 Dec 2012 #18

Knowledge is always good .... etherealtruth Dec 2012 #22

When solutions are advanced that conflict with reality hack89 Dec 2012 #23

Yes, they should have banned all semi-autos. We'd be better off and you Hoyt Dec 2012 #37

Well considering that the majority of firearms in the United States are semi-auto ... spin Dec 2012 #61

That attitude and Wayne La-P's have changed the game. Hug your guns. Hoyt Dec 2012 #64

Most of my firearms are revolvers. ... spin Dec 2012 #71

It's hard to have a productive discussion with people who know little or nothing about ... spin Dec 2012 #36

Just ban all semi-autos. Keep it simple for you guys who throw up roadblocks. Hoyt Dec 2012 #38

Simple answers to complex problems usually don't work. spin Dec 2012 #62

It used to be impossible, not anymore. Hoyt Dec 2012 #63

I see nothing at all wrong with your dreaming ... spin Dec 2012 #66

I definitely dream about a day when you guys don't walk around in public with a gun. Hoyt Dec 2012 #70

I fail to understand why you FEAR those who legally carry. ... spin Dec 2012 #73

Wayne LaPierre had similar observations on Friday, mocking the technical Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #39

I'm not supporting LaPierre but the point is ... spin Dec 2012 #60

Ignore. onehandle Dec 2012 #49

Considering not a single piece of legislation has been passed hack89 Dec 2012 #52

There doesn't have to be. krispos42 Dec 2012 #56

Would this include hand guns? xoom Dec 2012 #26

Semi automatic weapons. Nt. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #27

Haha xoom Dec 2012 #29

Kick. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #30

Can you define "strict regulation"? Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #40

Nope. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #41

LOL, not a shock from you. The least rational person in this whole debate. n-t Logical Dec 2012 #77

The funny thing is that you all sincerely believe that your obsession with guns is rational. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #78

Post a link to one of my "obsession with gun" posts. Logical Dec 2012 #79

and mainstream too Skittles Dec 2012 #82

He is just trying to determine if you are sufficiently compassionate enough hack89 Dec 2012 #42

All that from as simple a poll, with no slant at all, as I could construct. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #44

No - it is your continued refusal to discuss any details hack89 Dec 2012 #45

Don't forget to vote. rrneck Dec 2012 #46

Calling all socks? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #47

How's that experiment going? rrneck Dec 2012 #50

Darned if I know. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #51

Suuuuuurrrrreee.. rrneck Dec 2012 #54

If you do not toe the line you will be brought to heel. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #57

Suuuuuurrrrreee.. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #59

Yes comrade, the block committee report on you is "very interesting". Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #48

Ooh! Ooh! A godwin opportunity! rrneck Dec 2012 #55

Make it so. rrneck Dec 2012 #43

As much as everyone would wish it sarisataka Dec 2012 #53

The poll is not about specifics, it is about intent. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #58

The devil is in the details sarisataka Dec 2012 #65

Not really. DanTex Dec 2012 #67

You and I both know why this argument keeps being made. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #75

Now you are defining strict sarisataka Dec 2012 #83

Hey great, so start a thread about your serious proposal for regulating semi auto weapons. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #74

I am just replying to the poll... sarisataka Dec 2012 #84

Warren, I just wanted to say thucythucy Dec 2012 #68

As in another thread.. sendero Dec 2012 #72

It happened in Canada and Australia. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #76

So did single payer.. sendero Dec 2012 #81

Possibly? Depends on what the "strict regulation" is Recursion Dec 2012 #80