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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:38 PM Original message |
Tornado damage in Lawrence County, AL included finding several shotguns in surrounding fields... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. turning a tragic weather event into an occasion to mock gun owners is shameful |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I was here. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Indeed. nm |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Were they trying to shoot the tornadoes? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. no... there were just that many shotguns in the trailers that were destroyed earlier this morning... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Guns don't kill people. George W. Bush kills people. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. See if she'd let you put this one on your car. . . |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I love the 'laura bush' argument. it goes so well against the 'ted kennedy' argument too |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Michael Dutton Douglas |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. I had a neighbor who would shoot at thunderstorms. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. How did that work out? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I think it was a whack up side the head that made him that way. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Did they really try to take the tornado out with shotguns? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. No... As I just mentioned in a post above this one, there was a concern |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. What a twisted post. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Well, duh. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Guns = violence???? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Usually, when used outside of a sporting venue.... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. ... |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. To what specific incident(s) of... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
61. It's pretty clear you don't have any effect on sanity or decency either. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. What's your problem? n/t |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm sorry. I didn't realise that concern for my neighborhood constituted a "problem." |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. How does a law-abiding citizen possessing a firearm affect your neighborhood? You do know that |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. The First Amendment didn't save them, either |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Thanks. I've spent all morning listening to sirens and going in and out of a brick stairwell. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Spare me. I live in Ohio. My childhood home was levelled |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I don't think I blamed this on anything.... |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. So sorry you had to deal with this. Just sounded so intense on that report. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. You are obviously |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Sorry to dissapoint, but I have lived more in rural than not... |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I had to confront armed poachers in my back field a month ago. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Well isn't that special? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. "repeatedly had your home broken into and burglarized and had your animals mutilated and killed..." |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. There are very good reasons to keep a gun in your home. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I guess I just don't spend so much time fantacizing about it as many here seem to do? |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh, I also fantasize about my house catching fire so I can use my extinguisher. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. You sure seem to spend ALOT of time bitching about it though...what gives? nt |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I also see bottles and cans laying around. So I guess recycling efforts to save the planet... |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why the hell do I even come here anymore... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Comedy relief? |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. I gotta wonder sometimes Squatch... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You and me both, brother... |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Heheheh |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. So those shotguns were the cause of the tornadoes?? The cause of the deaths? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Ummmmm.... If you had read the previous posts, it would have explained it for you. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Anytime! :) nt |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm Shocked That |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. Best wishes to all there and I like your last 3 lines in OP |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. I dont see any good coming out of these wise ass comments. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. exacty. God forbid that anyone say anything against tools made for killing. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Tools made for killing deer & ducks. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Keep on protesting |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. Jamaica has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world. |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. I won't call you a nut. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. LOL! I didn't have the heart myself but do agree. n/t |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
49. Tornados hit trailers, crap flies everywhere |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. There are probably some sex toys and porno too. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thankfully sex toys are illegal in Alabama. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. But a kid playing cops and robbers with a loaded shotgun is perfectly cool. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Those kids were rasied around guns - probably know what's what. nt |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. You ought to go out and collect the guns to save the children. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Yea - And send them to me! :) nt |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Heck, they might find Granny's pain meds |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. How often has that particular scenario happened? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. What is your point exactly? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. If you think that poster has a point, you deserve an award for optimism! |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Karl, there was/is a point. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
64. Cool! Free shotguns! |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Yes I do. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. Why do you have angry gunmen after you Dawggie? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #69 |
88. And when facing an angry gunman... |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. Good thing the tornado didn't hit any police stations |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Homes and paramilitary institutions are two different things for most folks. |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
70. ? |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. It's a weird post because it's a stretch. n/t |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
72. Considering my family (who live in one of the areas hit) hunt for subsistance... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
73. Wow the gunnies are PISSED off. I guess government that works isn't good enough |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. I guess a clean environment isn't good enough for you. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. This post is ludicrous. I live one county north of Lawrence in North Alabama. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #75 |
86. Neal (?) This post was about a lot more than a question of gun control. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Your phrasing was imprecise to say the least. It frankly made no sense to me. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Sorry., I admit to being a bit disjointed at the time o the writing. |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. We need... |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. that is certainly true to low posting dems who don't like us "stupid anti-gun Democrats. |
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SecularNATION (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. You can complain... |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Oake doakeee... All anti gun people are evil. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Ok, I will say it isn't helping. |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Yes we do. And that's a good thing. |
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