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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:34 PM Original message |
Guns should be re-tooled. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm totally in agreement. nt |
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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why don't you agree? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I do! I said I was in agreement. Guns should not be killing implements nt |
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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. what does the "nt" mean at the end of your sentences? |
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Baikonour (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It means "no text." |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. no text n/t |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. OH! That means "no text" in the body of the message area nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. It means "Nipponese translation." There's a big Japanese community on DU, and |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Well..... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. How would you retool guns to make them less lethal? |
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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. A rubber bullet designed to break the skin and release a sleeping agent |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Why bother with the rubber bullet? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. What sleeping agent would you use? |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
72. Which opens up an enormous can of worms. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
79. And then we'll buy phasers from the future! (nt) |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. fit each gun with someone who knows what they are doing and are legal to own one |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Okay. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. saw one of these adapted to fit a 12 gauge, damn thing would pass muster |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Tools should be shot. |
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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. 000 |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. They should just be renamed. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. But then what would we call penises? |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
77. Call them Assualt Weapons of course! nt |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Then telling someone to suck your dick could be construed as a threat. |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Then... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. "vagina"... Latin for "sheath" |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Kinda like a TASER!!! |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Tasers are intentionally deadly weapons don't you know. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why not design guns to make it so its more difficult to use them in an unauthorized way? |
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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Interesting concept. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. They have prototypes. |
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Renwiick (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. ... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. ...? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. seems like a good idea, but i want my wife to be able to use any weapon i own anytime |
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BostonMa (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. What a heman |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. no idea what you are getting at, lots of people are always armed and for different reasons |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. until something comes along that makes guns useless and obsolete- they're here to stay. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. I saw Judge Dredd too.. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Magical thinking, IMO. You can already get guns with integral locks |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Electronics are more than durable enough |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. The most common proposals require fingerprint readers or dynamic grip recognition |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. If the "smart gun" is...... |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. or... |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. When the police use them |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
70. Not on my guns thankyouverymuch. n/t |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. No way...a better solution would be to graft mini-guns on to everybodies arms when they are born. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. What about the guns that criminals already possess? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. Lazy people and pols should address root cause |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. I agree, I could shoot anyone that pissed me off with little repercussion! n/t |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. The best use of guns is to prevent genocide. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The global arms trade has done wonders for the genocide in Sudan. nt |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. In Sudan, like in many many places in the world, its the people without |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Certainly. My point is only that |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. "military possessing . . . . a monopoly of power " |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. National militaries possess a monopoly of force in virtually every country on Earth. |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. R. J Rummel would agree with you on much, |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. So just arm everyone and let God sort it out? What bullshit. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Guess you'd rather the defenseless keep getting slaughtered? |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. tribal wars |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Darn it one-eyed fat man, that's not fair using facts to explain the natural, inherent, inalienable/ |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Genocide which is commited with guns |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. No, genocide is very direct and it happens when the populace |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Which isn't that meaningful of a statement. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Captain Kirk should come back in time and give us phasers. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. that would violate the prime directive. nt. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Well fine then. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Cool. I hope I get one! |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. light sabers are a brutal, barbaric weapon. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. LOL. I lost the train of the thread . . . stunning and tasering and kind and gentle... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Please be gentle. It's my first tasering. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. with my erratic heartbeat, I might be better off shot than tasered. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
64. DUzy material |
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Angleae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
75. Since when did that matter to Kirk? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. hell, what kind of fun would that be? every citizen should be required to strap on a piece... |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
55. Oh man, what would the gun hicks of America do? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. LOL! - n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
57. death is neutral. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
62. There are lots of less lethal tools comming out |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
63. They are already both instruments of death and neutralizers |
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dashrif (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
65. like this class III nerf |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
78. Guns in the hands of an experienced law-abiding citizens are neutralizers. I've seen them neutralize |
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