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In reply to the discussion: What is the function of a gun? [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)90. Ah, the NRA's favorite talking point
I'd laugh but that seems too macabre at the moment.
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you will get nowhere without the support of Democratic gun owners. +1 [nt]
Ichigo Kurosaki
Oct 2015
#37
Why do we always see pictures of human beings as targets in shooting competitions..
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#227
What about the obstacle course, urban warfare, type shooting that is becoming popular
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#259
You act like there is absolutely nothing to fear with the conditions we face now.
boston bean
Oct 2015
#39
Thats what the parents/family and friends of the latest victims of mass murder thought too
workinclasszero
Oct 2015
#78
A whole lot more families and friends lost people to garden variety murders.
Lizzie Poppet
Oct 2015
#155
Statisically, about 30 people die every day in the U.S. in alcohol related car crashes.
Adrahil
Oct 2015
#188
Not funny, but the repubs are making voting far more harder to do than getting a gun. So thanks
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#230
If it's the intent of the designer that matters, lots of guns were made with no such purpose in mind
Lizzie Poppet
Oct 2015
#75
Actually I do. I am concerned that the cats will grow opposable thumbs and come
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#318
"Every gun owner is up for scrutiny now imo. Why a person owns them cannot simply go unremarked."
Brickbat
Oct 2015
#85
I would bet its near 100% of the mass shooters practiced target shooting.
riderinthestorm
Oct 2015
#137
In the 12th century they were weapons of mass destruction and were owned by the 1%'ers of the time..
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#233
Oh. Ok. Then you agree with the OP. I misinterpreted what you said, then. I'm sorry. nt
madinmaryland
Oct 2015
#237
target shooting is nothing more than improving one's ability to kill more accurately
DrDan
Oct 2015
#103
no one is claiming all gunowners kill something/someone - only that the purpose of a gun is to kill
DrDan
Oct 2015
#111
If the 99.9x percent are suspect in your eyes, due to the actions of .0x percent...
beevul
Oct 2015
#198
And horseshoes is even more insidious and evil: It's practice for killing people with skinny necks.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#242
A person has the right to kill in self defense if he is facing an attacker who ...
spin
Oct 2015
#277
Bookmarked for later. This has potential to be epic. You have hit the nail on the head. nt
Electric Monk
Oct 2015
#4
If you want to absolve yourself of having to talk about gun violence....
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2015
#74
Zero summing it into white hate/black hat is a foolish way of thinking of it.
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2015
#313
The problem is still guns, no matter how you want to move away from it.
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2015
#322
Shooting at paper targets could reasonably be considered practice killing.
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#10
The purpose of all weapons is to injury or kill. Hence the name "weapon". I find that the gun
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#19
Yeah, fencing is a real problem here in New Haven! All these fencers are going around
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#331
That reminds me, I've got to file some papers away in a three ring binder.
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2015
#71
Primarily to kill people. Secondarily to instill fear in a terroristic manner.
onehandle
Oct 2015
#24
What's wrong with shooting a rapist, home invader, stalker or other violent criminal?
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#25
Rights aren't subject to precentages or wild speculation about being disarmed by ninja burglars.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#77
or your little brother, a random shoplifter, or that guy who just got car jacked.... and that
bettyellen
Oct 2015
#267
If you believe you can prohibit a thing to all based on the misues or abuse of a scant minority then
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#279
"And no country has similar levels of gun violence" Not the least bit true..
EX500rider
Oct 2015
#186
John Prine said it very well in a song about the death and destruction of a small town
loyalsister
Oct 2015
#182
Alert us, the next time some maniac uses a crossbow to turn a classroom into a slaughterhouse. (nt)
Paladin
Oct 2015
#73
Demonizing the mentally ill isn't helpful, and abouta third of people will have it in their lifetime
frizzled
Oct 2015
#149
Not a lot of armed home invasions in unincorporated counties out in the middle of nowhere
Algernon Moncrieff
Oct 2015
#282
In 30 years of firearm ownership none of mine have done those things either.
EX500rider
Oct 2015
#311
A gun - like a sling, bow, or throwing arm - delivers a projectile to a target
Algernon Moncrieff
Oct 2015
#157
The function of a gun is to send a projectile out of its muzzle at a high rate of speed
Waldorf
Oct 2015
#202
Did it ever occur to you that it's obviously a weapon, so why refute it? n/t
Decoy of Fenris
Oct 2015
#239
If guns are designed solely to kill, then are the majority of them somehow defective?
X_Digger
Oct 2015
#240