You’d step over a dollar to pick up a penny just because a Republican said to pick up the dollar.
Thanks, GOP & NRA! 231 Mass Shooting in 2024 (UPDATED 06/20/24)
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Wha-a-t?
You're paraphrasing the Lake Woebegone show to justify inaction on gun control?
The NRA may have some dinosaurs but it still rules the GOP.
No.
Assault weapons with high velocity cartridges and large magazines have absolutely not been available to the public "for centuries."
It is amazing how many people will assert that the Founding Fathers "guaranteed" a right to bear arms, and thus any gun legislation is evil.
The Constitution also originally prohibited women from voting, and blacks could be enslaved, and those slaves were considered 3/5th of a person.
Thanks, GOP!
The Constitution also originally prohibited women from voting, and blacks could be enslaved, and those slaves were considered 3/5th of a person.
Thanks, GOP!
Wow.
They are all so-called "law abiding citizens" until they decide to go to their closet in their parents' back bedroom and select one of the many assault weapons they shouldn't have and go to a crowded public place and kill little kids and unarmed citizens. Those are the criminals you knowingly go out of your way to protect -- you know they are out there.
Your idea of a "real discussion" as you put it is just another burst of assault weapon fire with no action to prevent it in the future.
Do you think the GOP is (1) actively trying to reduce gun violence, (2) promoting gun violence, or (3) ignoring gun violence?
I think those are the only three options. When you respond, please don't say "Democrats", "liberals," etc. we'd like to know what you think the GOP should get credit for doing.
Thank you for demonstrating how silly it is for the GOP leaders to offer their "thoughts and prayers" and nothing else after every gun massacre but nonetheless claim they are doing something about gun violence.
Republicans only care about "thoughts and prayers" that will get them elected.
I think the DOC is actively trying to if not at least promote and capitalize on gun violence 100%
I respond any GD way I choose to, so you can just stuff that down your shot.
Look at the last two incidents . These people and both would seem liberals from their ideaology were out to commit mahem and suicide. They were going to do it some way anyway. Maybe you should look at what Liberal policies are doing to your own.
Just stop before you look any dumber than you already do and there isn't much further for you to be able to go anyway.
Everybody see that? Crayfish just refused to say he thinks the GOP is actively trying to reduce gun violence. Instead he chose to attack the post.
Sound the general alarm! Did everybody see that? Sound the general alarm!
Did you address what I asked you?
Sound the general alarm!
My thoughts for you are that I hope it doesn't hurt for long, my prayers are the you get hit in the head by a flower pot.... from the 4th floor.
Just bought 1000rds more of ammo. Payday is Friday. Going to buy another 1000rds. Maybe 2000rds. Also upgrading another handgun with night sights.
The more the left crows for gun control the more I buy just because I know it pisses you people off.
The more the left crows for gun control the more I buy just because I know it pisses you people off.
Perfect example of how stupid these gun nuts are. Living paycheck to paycheck but spending their income on something because of some fantasies around owning the enemy.
Look at where we are in society. Ammo will be like gold CJ. GOLD. CT is investing wisely.
Here in Indy one GOP candidate for mayor is running lots of expensive television ads blaming the gun violence on the Democrat mayor's policies and lack of leadership.
So he is saying with his leadership and policies gun violence will be reduced. Guess we will have to elect him and hope for the best.
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That 3/5ths thing again. It was a compromise. The slave holding southern delegates considered slaves mere property yet wanted each one counted as if they were free people for representation purposes. The anti-slavery northern delegates considered them people yet wanted none of them to count for representation purposes if they were enslaved. They compromised in order to get a constitution that could be approved.
Free blacks counted for representation.
So was he motivated by "politics" or the fact that he was being fired? Reason I ask is because he was a frat boy (AL) who worked as a banker and at least two of his victims were personal friends of the (Democratic) Governor of Kentucky.
How was he a "leftist", and what political calculation was he attempting to make?
"That 3/5ths thing again. It was a compromise. The slave holding southern delegates considered slaves mere property yet wanted each one counted as if they were free people for representation purposes. The anti-slavery northern delegates considered them people yet wanted none of them to count for representation purposes if they were enslaved. They compromised in order to get a constitution that could be approved."
Now I agree with Aloha's assesment here...
But I'm wondering how this statement from you...
"The USA has a far different history than the rest of the developed world. We have long believed in individual freedom given to us by God while other developed countries have lived with restriction their entire life"...
Squares with Aloha actually discussing a compromise regarding how other folks (presumably gifted with the same "individual freedom" that you extoll above) were regarded as property and slaves...
There are some flies in the ointment when it comes to your characterization of the "American Experience"... At the very leastI believe we should say that some of the "beliefs" you view this country as being founded on are both subjective and exclusionary when it comes to how concepts like "individual freedom" were defined and applied...
I save plenty and nearly max my roth and 401k every year. I also save for bulk purchases like this. I'll go through 1000rds in a range trip or two because I enjoy it. How much do people spend on 18 holes of golf or a concert or game tickets every year? No different. It may come as a surprise to you but gun enthusiasts have white collar professional jobs too.
Like mentioned above it's something that retains value. Another way of diversifying. I also reload my own ammo so I buy components too.
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A guy once told me to buy it cheap and stack it deep. Back in 2007, so I listened. That also applies to silver and gold bullion.
The floor on silver pre 2007 was around $11 an ounce. Since then $20-$22. What happend in 07? The iPhone was released. I think EVs with raise the floor even higher in the future, 5-10% of portfolio in pms.
So, the NRA convention is this weekend in Indy, and attendees will be allowed to carry their guns around for the event. Their right to bear arms will only be infringed upon today, when Trump, Pence, Noem, and others are scheduled to speak.
Why do these speakers hate our Constitution and America so much?
Why do these speakers hate our Constitution and America so much?
You see the news this morning. There are several school systems in Indiana on e learning because of bomb threats.
Edit: we just got a call from school. Carmel is ok but there were about 40 threats to schools last night. WOW
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I spend money on a round of golf because I enjoy it, not because I fantasize it might piss somebody off. Also, if I had to wait until the next paycheck to pay the green fees, I’d make the better choice to not spend that money on golf.
Talk to DrHoops. His apparently healthy friend dropped dead of a heart attack with no warning.
Live it up while you can.
One has to wonder if this guy would be alive if he didn't feel the need to be armed for his personal protection.
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Video Shows Officers Fatally Shooting Man While Responding To Wrong Address
Robert Dotson was killed after the officers opened fire upon him when he answered his front door with a gun, police in Farmington, New Mexico, said.
Well, as ftw likes to say, "Play stupid games..."One has to wonder if this guy would be alive if he didn't feel the need to be armed for his personal protection.
Video Shows Officers Fatally Shooting Man While Responding To Wrong Address
Robert Dotson was killed after the officers opened fire upon him when he answered his front door with a gun, police in Farmington, New Mexico, said.
One has to wonder if this guy would be alive if he didn't feel the need to be armed for his personal protection.
Video Shows Officers Fatally Shooting Man While Responding To Wrong Address
Robert Dotson was killed after the officers opened fire upon him when he answered his front door with a gun, police in Farmington, New Mexico, said.
He would be alive if agents of the state didn't show up at his house for no reason and start shooting.
Almost as if rational people can't generally back an organization with a tough job on one hand and realize that sometimes stuff goes sideways on the other.
Save your attempt to bumper sticker an argument for someone else. I am not that guy.
Ohhhhh someone has a problem. Get over it bulk and deal with your situation. Like a two-edged sword.
You may not like the fact the ethnic group involved isn't exactly MAGA......
Pointing out your unfortunate turn of a phrase is just my burden to bear on here, I guess. Stop lobbing them up, and I’ll stop smacking them out of the park.
I don’t know what all the uproar is about! Mayor Pete was talking with Al Sharpton and stated there were more deaths from road rage and roads though poor neighborhoods that were designed to be racist. Pete said blacks can’t read the road signs. Don’t believe my post. Look up the interview yourself.
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One has to wonder if this guy would be alive if he didn't feel the need to be armed for his personal protection.
Video Shows Officers Fatally Shooting Man While Responding To Wrong Address
Robert Dotson was killed after the officers opened fire upon him when he answered his front door with a gun, police in Farmington, New Mexico, said.
And another "accident."
Kansas City Homeowner Is Charged In Shooting Of Black Teen
Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot after mistakenly going to the wrong address to pick up his younger siblings.
Doesn't qualify as a mass shooting, but I guess you can't pull into a MAGA driveway by accident
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Kaylin Gillis: Woman shot dead in New York state after friend pulled into wrong driveway
Family remembers Kaylin Gillis as "beautiful soul and ray of light" who will be deeply missed.
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Can’t ring a doorbell or pull into the wrong driveway. A paranoid society all ready to shoot is a recipe for disaster. Why does every country but ours understand this?Doesn't qualify as a mass shooting, but I guess you can't pull into a MAGA driveway by accident
Kaylin Gillis: Woman shot dead in New York state after friend pulled into wrong driveway
Family remembers Kaylin Gillis as "beautiful soul and ray of light" who will be deeply missed.
Uncooperative and refused to exit? I hope they dragged his ass out and out him behind bars where he belongs.Doesn't qualify as a mass shooting, but I guess you can't pull into a MAGA driveway by accident
Kaylin Gillis: Woman shot dead in New York state after friend pulled into wrong driveway
Family remembers Kaylin Gillis as "beautiful soul and ray of light" who will be deeply missed.
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