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How not to have the discussion by RobVG December 26, 2012 10:42 pm

How DO we have the discussion? by bowser 2012-12-27 10:30:25
- I don't have a problem with anything you said by FrankC 2012-12-27 11:59:08
  - And I agree completely with you. by bowser 2012-12-27 19:02:23
- Off duty police carry guns all the time. by MaryAnne 2012-12-27 10:50:11
Well, thank you, Journal News. by MaryAnne 2012-12-27 05:55:53

Has anyone heard of the Girandoni air rifle? by alcaray December 26, 2012 4:11 pm

No, and I am amazed I haven't... by FrankC 2012-12-27 12:10:42
- I can't wrap my head around it. I can't see how they could have done it at that tech level. by alcaray 2012-12-27 16:11:33
Yes! by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 16:23:26
(speaking of guns) n/t by alcaray 2012-12-26 16:22:22
- (and other special weapons) by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 17:22:19
  - Oh hey! I just realized who I'm talking to. by alcaray 2012-12-26 17:38:48
    - That is sooo cool! by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 18:19:00

An opinion on gun control by TB December 21, 2012 8:33 pm

Following the broader Conservative pattern. by bowser 2012-12-21 22:00:43
- I share your dismay by mcfly 2012-12-22 09:16:34
  - Us vs. Them by MaryAnne 2012-12-23 11:59:18
    - When politics funds everything, politics will control everything. by TB 2012-12-23 13:59:03
      - However did we get any objective data out of government studies? by MaryAnne 2012-12-23 14:14:35
        
        The subject was whether or not something gets funded in the first place, not what the results end up being. by TB 2012-12-23 15:25:31
        
        Grant-funded projects make up a lot of research funding. by MaryAnne 2012-12-23 15:56:20
  - Well... by TB 2012-12-22 11:52:22
    - There's a couple of assumptions you and others seem to be making about my position by mcfly 2012-12-23 15:45:58
      - Immediate action by MaryAnne 2012-12-23 16:43:06
        
        I realize we all react to things differently by mcfly 2012-12-23 17:28:09
        
        Lynch mobs have outrage. by TB 2012-12-23 20:25:53
        
        well gee, you've figured me out, haven't you? by mcfly 2012-12-24 03:57:03
        
        Like I said, lashing out is easy. by TB 2012-12-24 09:18:34
        
        I knew I should have smacked you for that one. by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 15:07:57
        
        Definitions. by TB 2012-12-27 10:25:14
        
        No one called you that Tom. That was definitely not my take on it. by Jody 2012-12-27 11:29:36
        
        Of course not. by TB 2012-12-27 11:42:58
        
        Understood :)...and I agree. by Jody 2012-12-27 12:16:10
        
        TB, you accused me of having a "lynch mob" mentality, of "emotional fanaticism" by mcfly 2012-12-26 13:28:47
        
        The idea was raised that "absence of outrage" was a "dereliction." by TB 2012-12-26 14:33:46
        
        Gotcha by mcfly 2012-12-26 15:16:57
        
        McFly!!!! by Jody 2012-12-26 19:22:30
        
        "Worn down" by RobVG 2012-12-26 18:51:49
        
        No, please... by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 15:21:49
        
        I'm trying to think of what, exactly, to do myself. by MaryAnne 2012-12-23 18:04:13
    - I don't think you believe very much of this post. by bowser 2012-12-22 12:21:55
      - "Do you really think that the US couldn’t control guns if it wanted to?" by TB 2012-12-22 12:52:43
        
        Take a plane someplace and then tell me the US cannot control gun possession. by bowser 2012-12-22 13:57:42
        
        "Take a plane someplace and then tell me the US cannot control gun possession." by TB 2012-12-22 15:20:00

I've about had it. by RobVG December 18, 2012 6:51 pm

Welcome to the new world... by SDAI-Tech 2012-12-22 16:53:21
- There might have been a certain amount of scholarship since the Durants. by alcaray 2012-12-24 19:43:51
  - Or not. by SDAI-Tech 2012-12-27 01:36:56
Anti white racism. by BuckGalaxy 2012-12-22 00:12:51
- Stooping by RobVG 2012-12-22 12:06:31
  - I have no idols by BuckGalaxy 2012-12-23 00:02:44
    - lol. You do that too? n/t by RobVG 2012-12-23 10:19:28
What's really nuts... by TB 2012-12-18 22:08:18
- What's really nuts... by ER 2012-12-19 07:39:15
  - "The NRA is prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again" by RobVG 2012-12-19 10:19:31
    - The best contribution the NRA could make is to quit contributing to political candidates. by ER 2012-12-19 13:29:25
      - That probably describes eighty percent of political contributors. by TB 2012-12-19 19:27:01
      - Well, somebody is going to have to speak for the gun owners. by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 16:03:10
        
        As a gun owner myself... by ER 2012-12-19 21:23:31
        
        I was going to get into game theory as it applies to politics, but you know... by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 22:13:18
        
        I agree Mary Anne. by Jody 2012-12-20 06:06:15
        
        OK. by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 22:05:07
        
        Do we really have a problem with gun-owners not sharing their opinions? by alcaray 2012-12-19 19:58:08
        
        Do we really want to get into a situation where they believe they have no input? by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 20:13:12
        
        I can't imagine this country without a gun lobby. It will never happen. by alcaray 2012-12-19 20:51:47
        
        There are very few decisions being made in this country now except emotional ones. by TB 2012-12-19 19:21:29
        
        Yeah. Ever since September 11, 2001. by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 20:13:56
        
        A bit like saying someone has to represent leg trappers by bowser 2012-12-19 17:57:19
        
        Drop dead by MaryAnne 2012-12-19 18:03:53
It's insulting. by bowser 2012-12-18 20:03:13
You left out the part where race is an issue. by alcaray 2012-12-18 19:33:57
- I still don't get it. Did somebody complain that the girls were racist? The cop? by alcaray 2012-12-19 14:16:21

Gun insurance by RobVG December 26, 2012 12:13 pm

That's not bad by Robert 2012-12-26 15:07:29
- I agree. by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 16:08:56
  - Your objections are things that are ongoing discussions in insurance policy today. by alcaray 2012-12-26 16:21:17
    - Practice by MaryAnne 2012-12-26 16:29:45

"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi... by alcaray December 26, 2012 3:56 pm

As we become more and more subservient to our guns... by alcaray December 26, 2012 1:31 pm

Inside the meltdown by BuckGalaxy December 26, 2012 10:57 am

Space Cowboy by SteveS December 26, 2012 7:59 am

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