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In reply to the discussion: Why Should 2/3 Of Americans Live In Fear Of The 1/3 That Owns Firearms [View all]Waldorf
(654 posts)88. Sorry, but none of my firearms have been bought out of fear or paranoia. I enjoy collecting them,
I enjoy shooting them, and hopefully one of these days I will have some land to hunt on.
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Yallow
Nov 2015
OP
Four gun threads in one day by a poster with <500 posts? That question answers itself. nt
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2015
#3
What's To Wonder - Another Day - Another Terrorist Act By Crazy Well Armed American Whackjob
Yallow
Nov 2015
#14
Yet I don't see nearly the concern from you for those that die by alcohol related deaths.
GGJohn
Nov 2015
#16
It's disturbing when the positions of the NRA are closer to the Democratic Platform than the OP. nt
branford
Nov 2015
#63
I think the OP has an appointment with a few billy goats later, on a bridge. n/t
X_Digger
Nov 2015
#5
But it is the gun owners who are living in fear. Why the FUCK would they need an arsenal if
madinmaryland
Nov 2015
#80
Lets see, I own several firearms. I don't own them out of fear, I really enjoy shooting them at the
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#81
No, just logical. Clearly there is not a lot of self-eflection going on with the gungeoners.
Squinch
Nov 2015
#103
That's nice, dear. But you also think any hint of a suggestion about reducing the availability
Squinch
Nov 2015
#106
"Dear" bothers you? People minding their own business getting slaughtered by guns bothers me.
Squinch
Nov 2015
#167
You poor gungeon things. Is someone saying mean things to you? Just because there was another
Squinch
Nov 2015
#168
And all you guys and girls crawl out of the woodwork and attack us every time there's another
GGJohn
Nov 2015
#171
See you and your civil friends next time there's a massacre, when you crawl out of the woodwork and
Squinch
Nov 2015
#173
It will never be possible to keep all guns out of the hands of all mentally challenged people.
GGJohn
Nov 2015
#34
Out of 332 million? 1 percent if that. Not good but other problems in the country account for much
yeoman6987
Nov 2015
#37
Hardly anyone is ever adjudicated as being a danger to themselves or others
brentspeak
Nov 2015
#129
So then the mother should not have been allowed have those weapons in the house
brentspeak
Nov 2015
#139
Lanza used his mother's firearms. And a direct person-to-person background check is not
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#135
We have NICS. It works. It would work better if mental health issues were used in it, but thats
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#142
BS right back at you. We have too damned many in crazy hands in this country.
JanMichael
Nov 2015
#42
Some have male genitalia on the brain it would seem. Can't get it out of their minds or imagination.
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2015
#70
It is both mental and physical. I mean dick or vagina size mental and physical retardation.
JanMichael
Nov 2015
#85
the cowards come out of the woodwork at the mere SUGGESTION we may have a problem
Skittles
Nov 2015
#93
Sorry but I and the other 80-100 million gun owners have decided to keep our firearms.
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#79
Sorry, but none of my firearms have been bought out of fear or paranoia. I enjoy collecting them,
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#88
Wow, gun humpers now in capital letters. Funny, I don't see any of the gun owners in this
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#95
Nor will you, as that claim is as bullshit as Trump's "Muslims cheered in Jersey City"...
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2015
#149
Nope, no I don't. The people who own those terrible things you mentioned are the ones who committed
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#166
Again, nope. The people who do this type of thing are the responsible ones. No, I will continue
Waldorf
Dec 2015
#178
So it's not our fault at all when we've armed terrorists in the middle east or
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#179