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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:37 PM Original message |
I submit that we ban the term "gun-grabbers". |
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Ano Genitus (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Gun Grabbers" is simply "Nanny State Amendment Rapists" with a different stock. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Oh yeah. That's a rational, objective point of view. |
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albert johnson (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. agreed,we shouldnt ban them,but- |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Would you prefer something like "gun ban advocates"? |
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L1A1Rocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And Kennedy and Biden and Schumer and. . . . . . |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I think this better reflects the two camps: |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. it's usually more a high-restriction vs. low-restriction argument |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't like the "anti-gun" label. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. "Anti gun control" has the same problem as "anti-gun" in that sense... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Google returned 63,700 hits for "gun-grabbers" and 134,000 for "gun nuts". |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I got 983 hits on "gun-grabbing monkeys" |
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L1A1Rocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. LOL |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Good one! LOL n/t |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. good one ;) |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Agreed. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree, if the similarly derogatory terms "gun crazies," |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I'd be happy with that. nt |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. That idea was approached some time back |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. After reading other posts to this thread, I would prefer pro-RKBA and anti-RKBA. That's actually |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That is going too far; some of us want to honor the 2nd amendment but |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, I assumed all DUers know that SCOTUS says certain groups have restricted rights; e.g. right to |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Do you agree that preventing certain individuals (those I mentioned) is |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Did you read 18 USC 922? I agree with the people it prohibits from legally possessing |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. No, I did not read it today, in the past I have. So you agree with the people it prohibits. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Every person with whom I have discussed RKBA (a) knows that we have gun-control laws and (b) agrees |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Jody, again, I'm not going after you. Agreeing that certain individuals should be kept away from gu |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. One more thing, I am afraid you think I'm trying to rattle your cage. I' m not. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I'll vote for the Dem candidate as I have since I started voting decades ago. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I first voted for J. F Kennedy. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I first voted for Adlai Stevenson. JFK gave the commencement speech when I finished my undergraduate |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I hereby defer to your wisdom. Thanks for your patience. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Gun Control |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I didn't know they could not be mailed. Are UPS / DHL/ Fedex OK? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yes... |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. US Mail is fine for anything but handguns |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Private individuals can ship firearms to a FFL holder and receive them from a FFL holder. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Regulations are oddly written |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I think it's a common misconception that gun owners "oppose all gun control." |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. That's right, jody. You're trying to frame the argument on your terms. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. You mean you don't know the issue is RKBA? If that's true, then you need to read more carefully the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think............ |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Are you against anything that's supportive or compassionate? |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. I am a veritable cornucopia of compassion |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not me |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Hammer, meet head of nail: |
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Boomer 50 (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. How about not banning any of them on either side |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
45. How about banning incorrect usage instead... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
46. Even a ban isn't in the cards, we can certainly attempt to be civil all around. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. In a short "us vs. them" formulation, one side has to be "anti" |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. Zanne, you're such a prohibitionist. Review your own language... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. Absolutely agree, even as I am here as a family member of a victim |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. CTyankee, I understand your loss due to suicide you describe in the thread below but violent crime |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I didn't make it clear that this man had killed a family member, my neice, |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I'm saddened by your loss and what you describe is very different than I thought from your post. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Thank you, Jody. You know, these things have reverberations in our lives. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why bother to ban the term? It is too late. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. unless those citizens |
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L1A1Rocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. I SUBMIT THAT WE BAN GUN-GRABBERS! |
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WWFZD (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ban words? |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
61. I am here because of the Gun forum |
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