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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:16 AM Original message |
Cold dead hands clinging to their guns in Pennsylvania: |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yawn. DC is worse and they ban guns. These rants are worthless. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Nice try, nt |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. DC had something under 180 gun deaths in 2007. Philly had 330. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah, but...but... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. You do know that Philly is 3 times the size of DC, don't you. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Ummm lies damn lies and figures |
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GrandmaJones7 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. EXACTLY! D.C. is PROOF that gun bans DON'T work!! |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Gun deaths in DC have DECREASED... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. DC homicide rates |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. The gun nuts are now actively IM'ing each other... |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. I am a Pro-RKBA Democrat who is part of a MAJORITY |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. I saw this at another site and thought it was a very good question |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm no sociologist, but... |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Gun are power and control. Something obviously the poor lack, |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Selling them in rich neighborhoods will be profitable also,, just |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. That's what I got out of it too: that it's poverty, hopelessness, and desperation |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Gun laws and restrictions have to be aggressively enforced... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. So if gun control is aggressively enforced, that will make the violence stop? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Guns are the coward's weapon of choice. It's easy to kill with a gun. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Drive-bys? Are there that many of them? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You do understand, I'm sure. nt |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Understand what? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I'll say it again. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO "TAKE" YOUR GUNS! |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I don't HAVE any guns. I do have remnants of my long-ago training in science, though |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. We're not disagreeing about the cause of social unrest... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. No, we're disagreeing about the cause, too |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Don't you understand that guns just aggravate the problem? |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Since you've been reduced to attacking me personally, let's just drop the subject, okay? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Since you've derailed the direction of the discussion, that's fine with me. nt |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Yes, you are... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Is the Harvard School of Public Health good enough? |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. So our police are cowards then? -nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Banning guns is a band aid approach |
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GrandmaJones7 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. ITS THE PEOPLE STUPID! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. Easy as cake |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. From a pro-Gun Democrat |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Welcome to DU ... some advise... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Many Republicans and Independents lurk here and are tombstoned. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Yes they lurk here but don't post... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Gee. I wouldn't want to upset "some" Democrats and Republicans by... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. You may be right....found this link |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You think the NRA isn't in it for the money? |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The NRA does not lobby for gun manufacturers. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. There you go again |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
55. NRA and the gun manufacturers; Partners in crime. |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. None of the guns in Philly that were involved in murders were purchased |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. All of the guns were legal at one point. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
52. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?nt |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
53. So that just wipes out the number of gun deaths, right? |
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dger11 (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Philadelphia should not be imposing its draconian viewpoints |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. "Banning things doesn't work"? How about controls and enforcement? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Those damn guns... |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
43. The research proves what most people intuitively know: more guns mean more deaths. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I believe that the gun people know that. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Too broad a definition |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Knock on wood. |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Statistics show that my chances are less. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Well, good for you. |
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