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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:28 PM Original message |
Gun Store Owner angry about light sentences for burglars of his store |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe he should have secured his store/stock properly. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. True - any gun store should make it damn near impossible to break in |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Maybe, but are you not in favor of tougher penalties for "gun crime"? |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Oh, so he was asking for it |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. The "She asked for it" crowd is still quite vocal |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. 20 years minimum! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. So he likes more "regulations" when it is his stuff on the line. No surprise there. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Really? Where did he say that? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You don't think property/criminal law is a regulation???? WOW! |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Seriously? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. LOL! |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. So making your position clear |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Kinda hard to be taken seriously with a post like "LOL" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I didn't say whether or not I thought the criminal deserved or did not deserve his sentence. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I think you are trying desperately to make a point that you are not even sure of. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. And I must have been 'dropped on my head as a child'. The insults always come out |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Ah, it's a wise person that knows themselves. Congratulations of your self awareness. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. It has been a while since I've run into somebody on the pro gun side who actually thinks for |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Did I say that? No. Another attempt to deflect and obfuscate from your lack of argument. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Your the one who took the discussion away from the issue of what is a regulation. |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
71. I will bite. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Regulations? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. So property laws should be enacted and then enforced to the nth degree. Because |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 06:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Holy shit.. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. those who would reduce legal access to firearms are so despearate, they have to go to weird places |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. What is an assault weapon and what have they done |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. It's not about whether it "enhances" or "diminishes" society |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And you don't care about the arms race the police have had to get into with the criminals? Because |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Now it's about an arms race? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It is an arms race. The police in American cities need tanks. T A N K S! |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Bullshit |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. There is no "arms race"; a race requires at least two contestants |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The SWAT teams get used for regular drug busts because the police are afraid |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Obviously you are quoting buzz-phrases and have no idea what you are talking about. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Typical NRA responce. I'll discuss this issue with someone who actually wants to talk and speaks for |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Cite to evidence, please? n/t |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
70. No, they get used because the federal government subsidizes drug busts |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Your unfounded claim about tanks (below), not withstanding.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I said tanks and I meant tanks. Don't take my argument apart and tell me what I can or cannot |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Except that they don't have "tanks", nor do they "need" them. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. There is an arms race between the police and the criminals and gun/armour manufacturers love |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Again, please name what overpowering weapons criminals have access to.... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. The squad automatic weapon |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. If you can't support your assertion, then don't complain when you get busted on it. n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. The police are buying Armoured personnel carriers. Because they have to win the arms race. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Actually, the very few in the hands of police forces are donated/surplus from the military. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. And that's because criminals have APCs? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. "Or what do criminals have that require the police to get an APC, hrmm?" Answer: assault weapons!!! |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. "assault weapons" aren't armor piercing.. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Being told I don't understand and am too misinfored to have my rightful opinon on an arms |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. You gave a wharrgarble answer, what did you expect? |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. You are right about one thing, you are "off". n/t |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. You can not hold a meaningful opinion or discussion... |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. In other words, you're only interested in talking to people who agree with you |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. This all started because I thought it was hypocritical of some gun owner to want |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. The weapons you seem to be talking about are not at all "high powered". |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. So you wouldn't say there has been an increase in criminals using assault weapons in the last 30 |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Not really. Unless you can cite to evidence supporting your supposition? n/t |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. "Not really"? Okay. That is enough of an answer for me. If you are going to be like that there |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. So, you have no evidence to present. Got it. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Rifle use in homicides is dropping. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. The crime rate has fallen as the baby boomers pass the age of aggression. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Wrong.. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Do those per capita numbers include or exclude the 2 million people locked up in prison. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. They are per capita. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. Of course, but not in the way you think |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Yes. Because they are being used and cause an arms race with the police. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. That's a reach. Almost all gun organizations want tough(er) sanctions for crimes with guns |
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One of Many (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. Way too light a sentence |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. A long jail sentence is simply a long regulation. How come regulations are good |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
67. There already are laws that protect the public from harmful uses of guns |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. How come? |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. If you would stop mixing your metaphors long enough to read the comments... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Theft from an FFL is a Federal offense... |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. But they're -JUST- children |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. If you sell firearms illegally ... |
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