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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:35 PM Original message |
Chicago is going to stand up to the NRA |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. A better headline: Chicago ignores the Constitution and the Supreme Court |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But the NRA is going after all the municipalities that ban handguns |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Thing is, 97 percent of Chicago murder suspects so far this year |
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JMackT (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. But banning guns does not work |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Link to back that up? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Burden of proof defaults to the party that claims existence of some kind of effect |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I didn't claim any kind of "effect" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The claim was tantamount to saying "Gun bans don't do jack shit." |
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JMackT (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Guns have been banned for decades in chicago |
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Odious justice (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Chicago Murder Rates |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. The city still has a horrible crime rate |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Are you saying, then that the NRA is not going to sue Chicago |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Chicago bans the guns that don't need to be banned, and doesn't ban the ones that do |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Hell yes they are going to sue Chicago. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Thank you! Daley and Bush are different Party tags of the same thugocracy. |
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PFunk (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Same here. It's about time the NRA faced someone who can fight back. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good for Chicago....I'm really f**king sick of the NRA. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Agreed. n/t |
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fl410 (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. A lot of us gun owners/2nd Amendment supporters are too. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. True....I guess I'm not so much upset by gun ownership, but by the NRA itself.... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Florida is their b***ch. It sucks. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. I live in Florida... |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. As a Chicago taxpayer, I think our schools and public transit system |
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fl410 (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. So if they "win", Chicago will remain a "gun-free zone" and their long-standing freedom from |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. What if Chicago banned political speech? Would we wonder if the 1st applies to States? |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The second amendment does not say "firearms" does it? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The Second Amendment includes firearms -- are you really disputing that? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Did the UU church shooter actually have a pump shotgun that holds 76 rounds of ammunition? |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Through the door? |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Uh... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. WOW, what amazingly faulty logic.. |
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Odious justice (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Agreed. |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think it's a good thing that the ACLU and NRA challenge laws they believe are unconstitutional |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. ACLU punks out on 2nd amendment. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. So they're going to waste taxpayer money fighting the Constitution |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. If Chicagoans are so irresponsible that they can not own firearms |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. gee, Chicago has a lot of gun crime AND heavy anti gun laws??? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. Chicago will get body-slammed the moment they present their case in any federal court |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. Ohhhh, please Chicago |
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JMackT (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Pipe dream |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. As long as we're at it ... anything else? |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Try "EPIC FAIL". |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Is the city government of Chicago really something you want making personal decisions for people? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. Chicago will lose this in the courts |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. This city of Chicago will lose this case |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. Daley and Chicago are going to be singing a diffent tune, vey soon! |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I hope you are right! |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Unfortunately, it could take a long time... |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Daley has been leaning on the burbs for months |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. who cares how much taxpayer money daley wastes on this pointless fight... |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. And I'll never have an abortion... |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-02-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. DELETE posted in wrong place... |
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52. Looks like it will be a slam dunk for incorporation.. |
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