cmotherofpirl Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453333' date='Jan 31 2008, 10:50 AM']I live in South Dakota, and our whole state is rural.[/quote] And your family doesn't have a gun for protection?
scardella Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Deb' post='1453148' date='Jan 30 2008, 10:15 PM']I think that all people should be able to bear arms, they should only be allowed to bear the same arms that were in existence when that was written. If the framers knew what the future held, they would have made it more clear they were discussing a militia. Not joe next door. How it got from owning a gun to be entitled to military grade weapons I will never know. Nothing like the culture of death.[/quote] In the time of the Revolution and writing of the Constitution, there was no difference between joe next door and the militia. Joe next door was the militia. Dangit, I want a bazooka.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1453335' date='Jan 31 2008, 09:58 AM']And your family doesn't have a gun for protection?[/quote] We own guns for hunting purposes. We don't need guns for proctection.
Deus te Amat Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453333' date='Jan 31 2008, 09:50 AM']I live in South Dakota, and our whole state is rural.[/quote] Thank you for taking the time to reply to my logical post. Or Justin's for that matter... ... I'm from rural minnesota, I own my own gun, I know how to defend myself... What an open target our rural areas would be if a terrorist group decided to infiltrate the US and employ their stealth maneuvors in a place where it takes hours for enforcement to reach. Use your brain, that's what its there for.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' post='1453339' date='Jan 31 2008, 10:03 AM']Thank you for taking the time to reply to my logical post. Or Justin's for that matter... ... I'm from rural minnesota, I own my own gun, I know how to defend myself... What an open target our rural areas would be if a terrorist group decided to infiltrate the US and employ their stealth maneuvors in a place where it takes hours for enforcement to reach. Use your brain, that's what its there for.[/quote] Cause terrorists want to attack the Dakotas and Minnestota.
Deus te Amat Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 and you were thinking that they wanted to crash planes into tall buildings before it happened? Join the FBI! we need your intuition for the protection of this country! If there IS a ban disarming all homes in the United States, and the terrorists DO find out about it... what do you think is going to happen? We'd be like lambs waiting for the slaughter.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 Well a ban can't really happen, it's too late for that.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 I'm not proposing anything. However I see no need for handguns to be own by private citizens.
Deus te Amat Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 So you are allowing the slaughter of innocents unable to defend themselves when someone just comes around shooting at will? Great. I'd pray for an increase in policemen to be everywhere at any point in time.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) I really don't think the majority of people who support hangun rights should probably own them. Edited January 31, 2008 by catholicinsd
Deb Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' post='1453339' date='Jan 31 2008, 10:03 AM']Thank you for taking the time to reply to my logical post. Or Justin's for that matter... ... I'm from rural minnesota, I own my own gun, I know how to defend myself... What an open target our rural areas would be if a terrorist group decided to infiltrate the US and employ their stealth maneuvors in a place where it takes hours for enforcement to reach. Use your brain, that's what its there for.[/quote] Hmmm. I live in the suburbs. I camp in the Boundary Waters. I do not own a gun. I have a heavy mag light and a very sharp knife. I know how to defend myself. I have two neighbors who are cops. I sleep well at night. I have never even pondered that a terrorist group would infiltrate the the U.S. and employ their stealth maneuvors in my neighborhood or in the Dakotas or any rural area in Minnesota. Wow, they could get all trained up for their attack on....................Cows? Corn? Oh, the walleye harvesters! What an incredible stronghold they would have, set up here in rural Minnesota. The brilliance of such a plan just boggles the mind. I am assuming you used your brain personally to come up with that scenario or was it from an in depth news report on Fox?
Deb Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Deus_te_Amat' post='1453342' date='Jan 31 2008, 10:14 AM']and you were thinking that they wanted to crash planes into tall buildings before it happened? Join the FBI! we need your intuition for the protection of this country! If there IS a ban disarming all homes in the United States, and the terrorists DO find out about it... what do you think is going to happen? We'd be like lambs waiting for the slaughter.[/quote] I think your knee jerk response is so typical to the gun toting extremists. If someone talked about removing handguns, ONLY handguns, you would immediately jump to a ban and disarming all homes in this country. OOOH. Fear of death and destruction at the hand of the enemy. Are you talking from the republican book of politics....insert 911 into any situation to instill fear and use that to try and convince someone of what you are saying? Be logical. That is never going to happen. Ever. There would be a revolution first. Lambs to a slaughter. Trust me, you will have long died a natural death before this country is going to be overrun with terrorists going from house to house exterminating everyone. I think the Lord will have come down way before that too.
catholicinsd Posted January 31, 2008 Author Posted January 31, 2008 Also the NRA orginally called me because my dad once was a registered member. So basically they were calling their membership for this poll. Nothing says "Random, scientific"poll like that.
cmotherofpirl Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Deb' post='1453364' date='Jan 31 2008, 11:49 AM']I think your knee jerk response is so typical to the gun toting extremists. If someone talked about removing handguns, ONLY handguns, you would immediately jump to a ban and disarming all homes in this country. OOOH. Fear of death and destruction at the hand of the enemy. Are you talking from the republican book of politics....insert 911 into any situation to instill fear and use that to try and convince someone of what you are saying? Be logical. That is never going to happen. Ever. There would be a revolution first. Lambs to a slaughter. Trust me, you will have long died a natural death before this country is going to be overrun with terrorists going from house to house exterminating everyone. I think the Lord will have come down way before that too.[/quote] I am not worried about terrorists [at least not this week], however I am surrounded by crack dealers and people looking to rob and kill for their next fix. If everyone had lethal protection, far fewer people would try breaking and entering for a living.
Justin86 Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) [quote name='catholicinsd' post='1453358' date='Feb 1 2008, 01:33 AM']I really don't think the majority of people who support hangun rights should probably own them.[/quote] You're only restricting law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves. Criminals will still get guns. [quote name='Deb' post='1453362' date='Feb 1 2008, 01:44 AM']Hmmm. I live in the suburbs. I camp in the Boundary Waters. I do not own a gun. I have a heavy mag light and a very sharp knife. I know how to defend myself. I have two neighbors who are cops. I sleep well at night. I have never even pondered that a terrorist group would infiltrate the the U.S. and employ their stealth maneuvors in my neighborhood or in the Dakotas or any rural area in Minnesota. Wow, they could get all trained up for their attack on....................Cows? Corn? Oh, the walleye harvesters! What an incredible stronghold they would have, set up here in rural Minnesota. The brilliance of such a plan just boggles the mind. I am assuming you used your brain personally to come up with that scenario or was it from an in depth news report on Fox?[/quote] Growing up in rural Virginia I lived within a 10 mile radius of a nuclear power plant. I think they might have motive. Edited January 31, 2008 by Justin86
XIX Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Deb, you are more than welcome to share your views but you really need to lay off fo the ad hom attacks You don't have to sarcastically infer that DtA "used your brain personally to come up with that scenario or was it from an in depth news report on Fox?" You don't have to sarcastically attack Fox when she never even mentioned the media in her post. Heck, you don't have to ad hominem attack Fox, period. You don't have to like them or watch them--Lord know I don't either--but again--lay off the ad homs. You don't have to call DtA a knee jerking gun toting extremist.
Jaime Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='XIX' post='1453373' date='Jan 31 2008, 11:01 AM']Deb, you are more than welcome to share your views but you really need to lay off fo the ad hom attacks You don't have to sarcastically infer that DtA "used your brain personally to come up with that scenario or was it from an in depth news report on Fox?" You don't have to sarcastically attack Fox when she never even mentioned the media in her post. Heck, you don't have to ad hominem attack Fox, period. You don't have to like them or watch them--Lord know I don't either--but again--lay off the ad homs. You don't have to call DtA a knee jerking gun toting extremist.[/quote] She didn't start them
desertwoman Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Ah. This reminds me of my fav joke from Chris Rock. Make a bullet worth like...5oo dollars. That way, when someone shoots somebody, then that person deserved to die. Cause you just spent 3000 dollars on that person.
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