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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 09:58 PM Original message |
Common sense gun laws in Ireland |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fat chance. nt |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Thank God |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. How would you make that work here? nt |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I dont know |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Guns are already banned |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. and Chicago is an island |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yeah it does, and "gun control" isn't even close to the answer. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. What happened in Chicago? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Lots of people get shot in Chicago... |
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prostomulgus (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Start by getting one more Supreme Court appointment |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Not likely.. (overturning Heller) |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You mean exactly the way the way it's inturpreted now? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That's not what I asked. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. That would be a huge mistake. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. You mean in a way that you like it. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
64. highly doubt it |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wouldn't want to be walking around Dublin |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hunting doesn't have jack fucking shit to do with the 2nd. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. freedumb |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. Feel free to post something other than your opinion. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. "a requirement for referees"?? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. okay, I *know* you aren't being serious. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. No, tongue was planted _firmly_ in cheek. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. There is nothing "common sense" about this law. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Getting gun worshipers to embrace common sense is like teaching calculus to cows. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. If I may |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. First of all, why must we be "gun worshipers?" |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Here's a clue: |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. How about an affection for our rights? |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. By that reasoning... |
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Union Label (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Shirley you can see that illegal handguns cause a shitload of problems |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Well if you passionately believe that then start the "citizens for repealing the 2nd". |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Why does a socieity have to disarm itself.... |
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cslinger59 (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Did you mean Surely? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Irony strikes again! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Of course the reverse is also true. |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 05:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. Misconceptions |
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yost69 (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. I can't believe that is the answer |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. How would a law banning handguns affect illegally possessed handguns? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Are rights more important than the lives of your fellow humans? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. For most law abiding citizens, we have guns BECAUSE we value human life. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. Ah, that sounds familiar |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
65. Patrick Henry thought so. |
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yost69 (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. My right to defend myself is more important |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Getting idiots to recognize it's a constitutional right |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. I own forks and spoons too. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Yo, where the gun worshippers at? I wish to subscribe to their newsletter |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. You are free to banish all handguns and nonhunting rifles from your home. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. ben, where did you grab that stat from? I'm also a non-hunting gun owner and would like to.. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. You can infer it from state hunting license applications. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. yup, those stats are quite important |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. That red herring depends, of course, on the concept that in the past, |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. US Census Bureau, National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Bookmarked because hunting = 2nd amendment comes up at least once a week around here. n/t |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is pretty much what we have in Canada. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What difference does it make? |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Looks that way. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. First, define "gun culture" |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Great post! +1 (nt) |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. How long ago was the Irish Revolution? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. Just under 90 years now |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Maybe for them. |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. I have no problem with people hunting as long as the meat is used |
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Xela (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. "...the legislation is designed to halt the emergence of a gun culture in Ireland." |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
41. I thought handguns were already illegal in Ireland |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
51. This phrase "common sense gun laws".... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'll answer! |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Color me suprised. Or not... n/t |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
62. I didn't realize gun rights were primarily concerned with hunting |
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