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    Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
    I don't think target shooting kills, threatens or maims anything! Last I knew, paper or wooden targets did not have fears or emotions.

    And after all, nail guns help build houses, and might not have been invented without gun technology being improved and developed ... just a thought!
    Now dont go bringing logic to an anti gunner, that never ends well.
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    I have a loaded gun on my dresser. I have never killed anyone, nor has the gun got off the dresser by itself and killed anyone. But then no one has tried to come through my back door in the middle of the night, yet.
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    Avajoy - the term "alleged killer" is a legal one, based on the idea that one is innocent until proven guilty. After the trial, the term will likely change to "convicted killer". If the media doesn't use the term "alleged" they could be in legal trouble.
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    I love the fact that the media made light of the comments by the prez at some get-together last night....

    He was talking about assault rifles and said something like "AK-47s should stay in the hands of soldiers".

    LOLOLOLOL, "AKs" are what many third world soldiers, dirtbag drugrunners and despots carry. Nothing like getting your facts straight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post
    I love the fact that the media made light of the comments by the prez at some get-together last night....

    He was talking about assault rifles and said something like "AK-47s should stay in the hands of soldiers".

    LOLOLOLOL, "AKs" are what many third world soldiers, dirtbag drugrunners and despots carry. Nothing like getting your facts straight.


    The subject under discussion is gun control. Why not stay on topic & resist your little lame digs on the POTUS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
    The subject under discussion is gun control. Why not stay on topic & resist your little lame digs on the POTUS.
    Yes, the subject is gun control.

    So when some one comments on gun control and makes a gaffe like that?

    I wonder about the person making the comment and the people who let it slide.

    It's not a lame little dig - It's a huge dig and I reserve the right to call him out on it.

    If the POTUS doesn't even know what kind of weapons the US service people use, doesn't that make you wonder just how involved he is with the people serving under him?

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    Isn't that the same dude running about with the codes for some hydrogen bombs?

    Or is it that death ray thing that Ronald Raygun promised us?
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    Wow, gotta say I am shocked at the pro-gun comments! And from Pet lovers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by catlady1945 View Post
    Wow, gotta say I am shocked at the pro-gun comments! And from Pet lovers!
    What does one's ownership of pets have to do with whether you're for individual rights or not?
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    Quote Originally Posted by catlady1945 View Post
    Wow, gotta say I am shocked at the pro-gun comments! And from Pet lovers!
    'IF' someone comes through my back door at night, the dogs most likely will not stop them, if their barking didn't scare them off in the first place. So then I could stand there and scream as they shoot or beat my dogs to death right in front of me. Then, they'll do whatever they want with me. The cats, most likely would hide and be spared.

    Please spare me any comments that I'm a drama queen. I don't sit up nights worrying about this(because I have a loaded gun on my dresser) but it does happen! I'm 99% sure a criminal would pass my house when L&J start carrying on. But that 1%, can we say crackhead, will still try to get in. And yes, we do have many crackheads on the loose in my quiet little town.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post
    He was talking about assault rifles and said something like "AK-47s should stay in the hands of soldiers".

    LOLOLOLOL, "AKs" are what many third world soldiers, dirtbag drugrunners and despots carry. Nothing like getting your facts straight.
    As well as US Soldiers in Iraq, and many of our allies in the post Warsaw pact NATO alliance. Clint's line from Heartbreak Ridge no longer holds true.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy View Post
    I have a loaded gun on my dresser. I have never killed anyone, nor has the gun got off the dresser by itself and killed anyone. But then no one has tried to come through my back door in the middle of the night, yet.
    I have some scars from being attacked by my dresser back in the days when I'd come home drunk.

    I trust the gun more than furniture with sharp edges.
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    I didn't argue with the purpose of a gun. But my point is that, if you ban the gun there is SOMETHING else that will become a weapon and the purpose of it won't matter anymore. The purpose of knives is to cut food, but the purpose of them is also to kill, maim, and hunt. So we shouldn't be allowed to cut food anymore just because some people have used knives for murder? Knives are much easier to get than guns, yet they aren't ever brought up. A gun isn't scary when not in use, it doesn't do anything, just like any other inanimate objects. Maybe it's a tool for killing, but the killing is selective when used by rational people, most of which will probably NEVER use it anyway.

    If someone came into your house, what would be the first thing you grab to defend yourself? Mine would probably be the baseball bat hanging on the wall (although it's autographed by some Yankees, doesn't stop me LOL). The purpose of the bat isn't to bludgeon someone to death but it can be used that way, and if a person didn't have a gun to kill someone they could easily find a replacement. It wouldn't stop the problem of violence in the least.
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    Olympic 'shooters' comment on Colorado.

    http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/sh...lympics-072612
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