Why do you own a gun ?

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GEEZER

Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by kpo:
What fear are they selling, just out of interest?

This kind?

To scare the Liberals...

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Washington—The following is the prepared statement from Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) from today’s Judiciary Committee hearing on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (S. 150):

On December 14th, 20 sets of parents received a call no parent ever wants to receive: that they would never see their son or daughter again. Earlier that day, a deranged killer wielding an assault weapon and armed with high-capacity ammunition magazines shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and unleashed a rapid hail of bullets, killing 20 young children – mostly 6-year-olds -- and six brave administrators in just the handful of minutes that it took for law enforcement to respond to the scene. That horrific event shocked our nation, and the pictures of these little victims brought tears to the eyes of millions of Americans.

We are holding today’s hearing because the massacre in Newtown was, sadly, not an anomaly. From the 1966 shooting rampage at the University of Texas, to the Newtown massacre, we have witnessed an increasing number of these mass killings. Since 1982, there have been at least 62 mass shootings across the United States. And they have been accelerating in recent years: 25 of these shootings have occurred since 2006, and seven took place in 2012.

The one common thread running through these mass shootings in recent years— from Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, to Blacksburg, Virginia — is that the gunman used a military-style, semiautomatic assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition magazine to commit the unspeakable horror.

http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=c62
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...and Legislators brandishing rifles in the State capital.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264655/Virginia-lawmaker-bran
dishes-AK-47-state-Capitol-push-greater-gun-controls.html

Then there's New York's new gun laws, to scare the gun-owners.
http://www.cattco.org/news/20132811-new-york-state-gun-control-law-201
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"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

AURAPTOR

Saturday, March 16, 2013 1:07 PM

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Originally posted by kpo:
Auraptor, did you see my question? Stop being the man shouting random, unprompted things to himself in the street, and answer it:

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What fear are they selling, just out of interest? Or is this your 'No I'm not, you are!' reflex to criticisms of the right?

It's not personal. It's just war.

The Left are instilling fear that guns are the issue here, when they aren't. Assault rifle bans and limiits on clip sizes will accomplish absolutely nothing. Far more people die via automobiles, but you don't hear anywhere near the rhetoric on " if it just saves 1 more life, how can we not act! " on banning certain types of cars, or forcing the auto makers to put restrictor plates in their engines to make it impossible for cars to go faster than say 70 mph.

The belief that govt, by boldly acting, can some how solve ALL problems by enacting massive, broad sweeping controls on our freedoms is a mind set which the Left absolutely adores. And it ignores the fact that such authoritarian actions are rarely, if ever, effective in dealing w/ the stated problem.

See AGW, the war on poverty, etc...

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

KWICKO

Saturday, March 16, 2013 2:19 PM

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Fewer and fewer people owning more and more guns.

Fear sells, and the NRA is in the business of selling fear to the fearful. It's the only way gun manufacturers can stay in business, by keeping people terrified.

So you've turned all yours in?

Into what?

So you haven't.

Kind'a makes you a hypocrite, don't it? Why am I not surprised?

How so?

Have I advocated gun confiscation here, or said that everyone with guns should "turn them in"?

You don't make any sense. Why am I not surprised?

Incidentally, I am in the process of selling everything but a couple "heirloom" pieces that were gifts from my late father.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

GEEZER

Saturday, March 16, 2013 6:29 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
How so?

Have I advocated gun confiscation here, or said that everyone with guns should "turn them in"?

Nor have I said you did. You have been taking a pretty anti-gun stance, after talking a lot about guns in the past. Could it be that the Democratic faer-mongers got to you?

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Incidentally, I am in the process of selling everything but a couple "heirloom" pieces that were gifts from my late father.

But those guns you're selling might end up being used in a crime. How could you be so un-caring? Better, from your new point of view, to turn them into the police and have them melted down.

"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

KWICKO

Saturday, March 16, 2013 7:20 PM

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Originally posted by Geezer:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
How so?

Have I advocated gun confiscation here, or said that everyone with guns should "turn them in"?

Nor have I said you did.

So because I haven't advocated confiscation or urged everyone to turn in their guns, I'm a hypocrite for not turning my guns in?

Look up what I said about you not making any sense. It still applies.

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You have been taking a pretty anti-gun stance, after talking a lot about guns in the past. Could it be that the Democratic faer-mongers got to you?

Not sure what "faer-mongers" do (do they try to get people behind the causes of faeries, perhaps?), but I think you have me mistaken for someone else. Or you are living in some fantasy world where everything is pure black and white, and anyone who isn't pro-guns-for-everyone is "anti-gun".

I'm moving some guns for purely financial reasons. I bought them when prices were low, with the intention of selling them when prices were high. As with most financial decisions, there was some risk involved, but I had a pretty good idea where things were headed with regards to gun prices, because people like Wayne LaPierre have been selling fear and using it to push gun prices higher for years. The MAK-90 I paid $400 for five years ago is going for $1600 now, which makes it a better investment than the stock market or real estate.

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, March 17, 2013 4:50 AM

I should apologize to gun owners, because, as I understand it, the majority of registered gun owning NRA members are for gun safety and gun control. It's the NRA leadership that are refusing to accept gun safety measures.

I am deeply sorry for saying "nut jobs," that was completely unfair.

SGG

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
The NRA would never want gun safety, they're selling too many guns now. It has been said that the nearly 300 million guns in our country are owned by a smaller group of people - Nut jobs

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Fewer and fewer people owning more and more guns.

Fear sells, and the NRA is in the business of selling fear to the fearful. It's the only way gun manufacturers can stay in business, by keeping people terrified.

The NRA ? That's a laugh. It's the Dems and this socialist President who are selling fear.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

AURAPTOR

Sunday, March 17, 2013 7:28 PM

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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
I should apologize to gun owners, because, as I understand it, the majority of registered gun owning NRA members are for gun safety and gun control. It's the NRA leadership that are refusing to accept gun safety measures.

I am deeply sorry for saying "nut jobs," that was completely unfair.

SGG

You have it completely backwards.

The NRA pushes gun safety more than anyone.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

JAYNEZTOWN

Saturday, May 25, 2024 4:19 PM

The racialization of firearm owners in America
https://ucsdguardian.org/2024/05/13/the-racialization-of-firearm-owner
s-in-america/

‘Gun Owners for Trump’ coalition announced in response to ‘migrant crime wave’
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/19/gun-owners-for-trump-coalition
-announced-in-response-to-migrant-crime-wave/

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