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OrdinaryTa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:17 AM Original message |
Right to Bear Arms - Protection Against Tyranny? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's just a saying... |
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Superfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. OK....you're going to have to explain |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. How what is absurd? |
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Superfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That saying |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Very absurd... and illogical... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. sort-of, but not really. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Definitely... and really.... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. If you're arguing we need to disarm people to prevent killing sprees... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That's not what I'm arguing at all... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. you're quoting KELLERMANN!?!?!?!? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Well, you're the one discrediting Kellermann... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. They held congressional subcomittee hearings on it... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 07:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. **** YOU are seriously MISLED! ****** |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 07:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Heh... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 07:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. HEH! Funny! I HAVE his DATA SETS! And you're STILL avoiding the issue! |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:20 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. You're claiming that his COMPLETE DATA SETS... |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Jeez. Benchley is right about one thing. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. heh... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:36 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Deleted message |
Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:58 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Tut tut! |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 12:14 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. try this: |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 01:38 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms??? |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 02:05 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Actually.... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 04:29 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. can you try reading what's on your monitor? |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 08:15 AM Response to Reply #66 |
85. Gun nuts have been howling about Kellerman |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 10:22 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I guess the gun loons in the NRA don't have enough money to pay off... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Yup... |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 08:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
84. More silliness from the RKBA crowd |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 02:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Hammers don't build houses; carpenters build houses. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 04:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. Your avatar is BUDDHA? |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. yup... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 04:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Okay, I'll buy that. |
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dobak (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. yes, muderers do kill people, but... |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. heh... |
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RoeBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. BAN ALL GUNS! |
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soupkitchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Carried to its logical conclusion |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You can get a nuclear bomb if you really want one |
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Trek234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Are you kidding? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, I'm perfectly serious |
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Trek234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 11:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. <sigh> |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. not even close: |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Oh, BTW....check out: |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 05:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Your own examples ruin your argument |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. sure they can. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 07:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. It's not about money (at all) |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. OK... |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. You still haven't shown me |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 12:18 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Did you see the Pantex link above? |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 09:16 AM Response to Reply #80 |
86. Uh, ya |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 11:37 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Ah. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 10:20 AM Response to Reply #71 |
87. Burden of proof, dirk |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 02:04 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Actually, slackmaster |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Sigh..the old nuclear weapons Straw Man. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 10:22 AM Response to Reply #67 |
89. Nuclear Straw Man is fun! |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. How would you prove or disprove it? |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Just because it's a Right |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Of course it can be abused.... |
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EagleEye (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. By the way, it does happen here... |
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RoeBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. What did a wedding ceremony tradition... |
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EagleEye (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well technically... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. No evidence for guns bringing liberty |
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soupkitchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. By the way I agree with you Bill |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The Patriot Act is an end-run around the 2nd Amendment |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. The Patriot Act is an end-run around the entire Bill of Rights |
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mantis49 (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. IMHO, guns don't assure |
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maha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. No correlation |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. More that without firearms it's harder--much harder--to resist tyranny |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's easy to debate this and take the "con" POV... |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. The only real protection against tyranny is a free press |
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AmeriCanadian (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. People with guns maybe ... |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Oppressed people without guns have been a powerful force in history |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Non-violent resistance doesn't always work |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 05:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. But violent resistance never works |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Pick a revolutionary group.... |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
93. Okay, let's see. |
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DoNotRefill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. PIRA: Provisional Irish Republican Army |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-24-03 06:22 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. Every single one of your examples |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 01:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. ain't that the truth!! And THAT's what we've lost in America |
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Superfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. Right to bear arms - Protection against crime |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. "Right" to bear arms = right to impose tyranny |
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TomNickell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. In 1792.... |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 02:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. in 2003 |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
77. September 11, 2001. |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:39 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Unless you're Noah Webster |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. This makes no sense... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. The pen IS mightier than the sword |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. A thought on the 2nd Amendment |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. Small Arms in Iraq |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 02:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I know if the United States were being invaded |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. guns are tools |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
95. "People have often used them to secure freedom from oppression" |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
48. Umm, the last wedding I attended, |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. Most Pro-Bush gun owners would use them FOR tyranny... |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. pink pistols |
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Procopius (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. Good common sense |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
76. Without organization Guns are useless |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 11:18 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I also forgot |
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library_max (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
96. Thus, |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 10:43 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Yes, and can we afford it? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 11:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Can one of the Rights in the Bill of Rights be "Obsolete" |
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thetoolshed (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-03 03:46 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. hrmm |
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