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PneumonicBook posted:To affect change you need to work within the accepted framework. The far lefts 'ban them all forever' is a non starter. There are legitimate effective ways the country could start handling it's gun problem but when both sides are too busy screaming at each other like it's Facebook it will never happen. The "accepted framework" is one side has NRA lobbying money and the other side doesn't have jack and poo poo. Who cares what the NRA considers "acceptable"?
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botany posted:"shooting guns" being a hobby is pretty loving ridiculous to most normal people, hth Honestly it really depends on which part of the US you're talking about. SoCal, not so much. Deer-swarmed Appalachian mountains? Sure, people hunt, they shoot skeet, firing ranges that sort of thing. It's all relative and deer are delicious. e- On a worldwide stage yes, it's different, I know. KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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Nevvy Z posted:Shooting is a hobby. Buying things isn't. Reading is a hobby, hoarding dead trees is not. What if the dead trees are used for making different kinds of smoked meat.
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I think if we passed a law that required people to wear an anime shirt when purchasing guns the problem would just sort itself out in a generation or so
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Reverand maynard posted:I think if we passed a law that required people to wear an anime shirt when purchasing guns the problem would just sort itself out in a generation or so agreed, but sex
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Reverand maynard posted:I think if we passed a law that required people to wear an anime shirt when purchasing guns the problem would just sort itself out in a generation or so Hi, I'm Fart City, and I'm running on a platform for a national anime registry.
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Jul 19, 2017 21:42
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DreamShipWrecked posted:Personally I think that "preschoolers" should be the new unit of ammo capacity. Oh come on, don't be a biased liberal. They were grade schoolers.
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Jul 19, 2017 21:42
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There was one flaw in this plan: he offered to play golf [i]with[i] him. 
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https://twitter.com/USCBO/status/887773703098040321 I'm sure this report will be fantastic news for Republicans.
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Caros posted:Oh come on, don't be a biased liberal. Regardless, they had it coming.
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Bicyclops posted:There was one flaw in this plan: he offered to play golf with him. But the president would never sully his hands playing golf when there is work of state to be done. He'll be too busy!
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Caros posted:But the president would never sully his hands playing golf when there is work of state to be done. He'll be too busy! Next I'll be suggesting that he has time to watch TV!
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Lightning Lord posted:You know you seem pretty angry at the US medical system. Have you ever, no joke, looked into what it would take for you to be able to work in Canada? Or are you staying put because America needs doctors that actually care like you? You probably won't see this since I've been asleep for the six-plus hours since I posted, but no, I haven't. I am extremely angry at the US medical system, but the answer is "A little from Column A, a little from Column B." I have too many ties not only to the US, but to the greater Philadelphia area specifically, to consider picking up and moving to another country. I do have a good job with good benefits and a good salary, but provided I could become EM-certified in Canada I'd probably be able to score a similar position (nocturnists tend to be in high demand); my wife, on the other hand, is tenure-track faculty in higher education, and that is a hell of a lot harder to obtain. My family is close -- but not too close! -- and I have close friends along the Eastern US within easy driving distance as well. Meanwhile, I feel like the FYGMs of US medicine have such a loud voice that people who really want to fix the system need to stick around to help make it happen.
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Fart City posted:Hi, I'm Fart City, and I'm running on a platform for a national anime registry. * the blade of a katana erupts from my chest *
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boner confessor posted:and how do you know magic the gathering cards aren't also sold under the premise that they will be useful to confuse the dusky hordes who appear on your doorstep when rahowa comes, hm? We need to stop the wave of violent offenders that are banishing innocent citizens to the Shadow Realm
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white motorists speed up and lock their doors when passing through the Shadow Realm, between MLK drive and the stadium
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cochise posted:Regardless, they had it coming. Sometimes the price of freedom for my hobby is a dozen dead kids.
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it legit hurts my brain whenever i hear some repub pol say the dems just rammed obamacare through without input from them. bitch all the lovely parts were concessions to you loving morons.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:00
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Groovelord Neato posted:it legit hurts my brain whenever i hear some repub pol say the dems just rammed obamacare through without input from them. bitch all the lovely parts were concessions to you loving morons. Rammed through in a year with only 140 amendments, what's wrong with the Dems jeeze
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PneumonicBook posted:I'm a leftist who agrees with gun control but this rhetoric is loving insufferable fyi, and will never lead to any worthwhile discussion in this country. One day, years ago, one of his guns went missing, and was thankfully found. The next day he sold all the guns he had, some 30 or so, some quite nice. He bought a boat with the money. We lived in a desert at the time, and he said he'd rather have a boat that he'd never use than a lethal weapon he no longer felt properly secure. This is because he is a responsible person. That language is precisely how he talks about guns now. It lead to worthwhile discussion, with me, with some of his relatives, with some of his old army buddies and work friends. I don't find that rhetoric insufferable. I find it honest and essential.
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Jul 19, 2017 22:03
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My God. The Republicans managed to unite 87% of Americans on an issue. That is impressive! Too bad it's against them.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Yeah, when there's 90% approval (I might be exaggerating but only by about five percent) among all gun owners for background checks there sure is nothing we can do, yep, nothing at all. Thanks for proving my point that you evidently missed.
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PneumonicBook posted:I'm a leftist who agrees with gun control but this rhetoric is loving insufferable fyi, and will never lead to any worthwhile discussion in this country. it's actually a literally undefeatable argument.
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Groovelord Neato posted:it legit hurts my brain whenever i hear some repub pol say the dems just rammed obamacare through without input from them. bitch all the lovely parts were concessions to you loving morons. Here is a timeline that shows how quickly the PPACA got rammed through/shoved down our throats/other hideous sexual phrasing.
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There Bias Two posted:Electric and acoustic have drastically different sounds, so I wouldn't consider them redundant. If I had 7 on the other hand... I have 8 guitars, 4 of which I take on the road with me. I only have the 1 gun, tho
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Why isn't the media making a big deal of this meeting with Trump, Putin, and Putin's translator? Clearly there was something Trump discussed he wanted absolutely no Americans to know about, since he didn't even bring his own translator.
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If leftists want more Republicans to vote, keep talking about gun control.
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Petr posted:Why isn't the media making a big deal of this meeting with Trump, Putin, and Putin's translator? Clearly there was something Trump discussed he wanted absolutely no Americans to know about, since he didn't even bring his own translator. It was a dinner where you were only allowed to bring one translator, and Trump's spoke Japanese because he was seated next to Abe.
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Petr posted:Why isn't the media making a big deal of this meeting with Trump, Putin, and Putin's translator? Clearly there was something Trump discussed he wanted absolutely no Americans to know about, since he didn't even bring his own translator. Nothing to discuss, there's no audio and no basis to speculate on what was discussed, apart from "corrupt as gently caress treason president lol".
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Randbrick posted:This is because he is a responsible person. So responsible he couldn't keep tabs on his guns evidently. Kudos to him for realizing that and getting rid of them I suppose. Randbrick posted:That language is precisely how he talks about guns now. So that we're clear, are you saying he uses the same language in the post I originally quoted or similar language to what you posted? One starts a conversation, one ends a conversation, which was my point.
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Groovelord Neato posted:it's actually a literally undefeatable argument. How much gun control has come from that argument?
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Petr posted:Why isn't the media making a big deal of this meeting with Trump, Putin, and Putin's translator? Clearly there was something Trump discussed he wanted absolutely no Americans to know about, since he didn't even bring his own translator.
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we're never getting any gun control dude. sandy hook was the end of the debate.
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Groovelord Neato posted:we're never getting any gun control dude. But yes, it was a big wakeup call to see people resort to calling it a CoIn Op rather than face the fact that maybe guns is bad when you dont have a robust psychological services net.
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Groovelord Neato posted:we're never getting any gun control dude. While I don't disagree, if the party thought this was true you'd assume they'd drop all talk of gun control from the platform.
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Remember that judge who ruled that the feds couldn't interpret the travel ban exception to only extremely close family, and ruled that aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc are also covered? The ruling which Sessions bitched about, vowing a quick appeal? The supreme court saw that appeal today, shrugged and said "nah, we're fine with that, see you in court in a couple months" http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-allows-broader-family-exceptions-trump-travel-ban-n784466
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FilthyImp posted:Much in the way kids read about Triangle Shirtwaist being a clusterfuck due to barred doors and no fire escapes, I hope that one day they'll read about Sandy Hook and wonder why people were craven enough to cling to hobby items over children. Once people stepped over the bodies of dead 4 year olds and still did nothing to try to address gun violence.... yeah, it's a dead issue.
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Even Obama liked to shoot skeet. Shooting guns is a perfectly normal hobby and only weird goons think differently.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I have 8 guitars, 4 of which I take on the road with me. Do you have a guitar with a Bigsby tremolo?
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