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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 02:59 PM Original message |
If only President Ronald Reagan and James Brady had been protected by guns 30 years ago today. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, but EVERYONE didn't have a gun. That would have helped. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Armed secret service couldn't prevent... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. and your typical tactic to resort to ad hominem attacks is likewise |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Even in the gungeon you don't get to call out Duers simply reporting |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. You didn't report facts. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. back at you. |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The facts? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You need to check who you are responding to. |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Responding to you AND the OP. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That is damned ridiculous. |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Not at all. You were defending the OP. I made an error... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And he almost shot the wrong guy. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Since he never even drew his gun.... |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Had his hand on the weapon, ready to draw. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Had the shooter still been armed, it wouldn't have taken much deliberating to determine the threat. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Ah, the Ted Nugent argument. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. FALSE. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. "took a bead" meaning had his eyes on him. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Perhaps you should check a phrase dictionary. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. You still have not proven the gun was "jammed' |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 04:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Nope; bead sights are typically found on shotguns |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
46. There are more cases where an "armed citizen" perpetrated a massacre. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Yep, old unarmed folks came to rescue. But the pro-gun boys will be ready next time. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. "Almost shot" is exactly the same thing as "didn't shoot" |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Again, the only people selling CCW as a magic shield against all forms of attack under all condition |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Odd, but I don't recall anyone ever saying... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. You sick? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. So true. +100 |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. LOL! Yeah, and if only JFK had had a Glock in a shoulder holster in Dallas that day. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Clearly, therefore we should dissolve the Secret Service. And the Army. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. This post is pure flamebait. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Ya think? |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Makes me wonder why some get locked and others allowed? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. If someone is determined to murder you, and is willing to sacrifice themselves to do it... |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. No defense is perfect. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. Auto-Unrec and Nuke for flame-bait straw man post |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why don't the Secret Service go unarmed then? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Guns worked pretty well in defending Truman in 1950. N/T |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ban Jodie Foster it's the only way to be safe NT |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Been a number of assassination attempts on U.S. Presidents--a few were successful but most were not |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. stupid thread |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. If only handguns had in effect been illegal in D.C. at the time |
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