Armed America

MaggieL · 01-31-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

So you're saying he's got the Pizza because he thinks his guns may get hungry?

No.

The hoplophobes I referred to clearly are not in any of the pictures.

Mixie · 02-03-2007, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

The hoplophobes I referred to clearly are not in any of the pictures.

Nor in any of this thread's posts, I might add.

Strange, isn't it. When people don't understand why you don't share their opinion, they revert to calling it 'fear' and 'ignorance' and 'stupidity'. Hi pot, meet kettle.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2007, 08:54 AM

If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not?

Spexxvet · 02-03-2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not?

There's a difference between fear of guns and fear of getting shot to death. I also care that you have guns because it doesn't take much for your gun to get into the hands of a "criminal". Then there's the general dislike I have for death.

Hippikos · 02-03-2007, 05:43 PM

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If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not?

Why do you care? Gun owners seem always so defensive.

Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Hippikos

Why do you care? Gun owners seem always so defensive.

Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.

What the fuck are you babbling about? Why do I care, what? And how am I being defensive?

MaggieL · 02-05-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Hippikos

Gun owners seem always so defensive.

The phrases describing gun owners who aren't defensive are "former gun owners" or "citizens disarmed by their own government".

Spexxvet · 02-05-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

The phrases describing gun owners who aren't defensive are "former gun owners" or "citizens disarmed by their own government".

If gun owners weren't so offensive, they wouldn't have to be so defensive.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-03-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

There's a difference between fear of guns and fear of getting shot to death. I also care that you have guns because it doesn't take much for your gun to get into the hands of a "criminal". Then there's the general dislike I have for death.

I didn't specify what you were afraid of, I only reasoned fear is the only thing that would make you care .... and I was right.
I disagree that it wouldn't take much for my guns to get into the hands of criminals. Actually it would take a lot, so much in fact it wouldn't be worth their while. There are much easier ways for them to get guns.

Shawnee123 · 02-05-2007, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

There are much easier ways for them to get guns.

Yeah, walk into Wally World and plop down a few bucks.

Elspode · 02-05-2007, 09:19 AM

I am a former gun owner/frequent shooter. My interests have shifted, but I have nothing against people owning guns, and would own some again now that my kids are grown...if I could justify the expense. And I'm pretty damn Liberal compared to Maggie and UG.

I am of the "if you didn't want to get shot, why were you stealing my car stereo?" school for the most part. Yes, I know that would be illegal. But, Liberal or no, I do believe that the fear of getting shot is a powerful deterrent to the criminal element. Also, I'm Liberal enough to not want the police and the army to be the only ones in my country who have guns. It strikes me as unfair.

MaggieL · 02-05-2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Yeah, walk into Wally World and plop down a few bucks.

Criminals can't buy guns at Wally World.

Spexxvet · 02-05-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I didn't specify what you were afraid of, I only reasoned fear is the only thing that would make you care .... and I was right.
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

There's a difference between fear of guns and fear of getting shot to death. I also care that you have guns because it doesn't take much for your gun to get into the hands of a "criminal". Then there's the general dislike I have for death.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not?

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

No.

The hoplophobes I referred to clearly are not in any of the pictures.

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Never heard of hoplophobia? Most people haven't. The made-up word to describe people who fear guns hasn't caught on. Not even longtime gun enthusiasts are familiar with the term.

The fear frefered to in this thread, and to which Maggie refers by hoplophobia is the fear of guns, nothing else.

02-03-2007, 08:54 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If it's not fear, then why do you care if I have guns or not? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-05-2007, 09:19 AM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I am a former gun owner/frequent shooter. My interests have shifted, but I have nothing against people owning guns, and would own some again now that my kids are grown...if I could justify the expense. And I'm pretty damn Liberal compared to Maggie and UG. I am of the "if you didn't want to get shot, why were you stealing my car stereo?" school for the most part. Yes, I know that would be illegal. But, Liberal or no, I do believe that the fear of getting shot is a powerful deterrent to the criminal element. Also, I'm Liberal enough to not want the police and the army to be the only ones in my country who have guns. It strikes me as unfair. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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