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View Poll Results: Are you more for Gun Rights or for Gun Reform?
Gun Rights 150 64.94%
Gun Reform 69 29.87%
Other 12 5.19%
Voters: 231. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-17-2019, 06:48 PM
 
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Is this a joke?
How can it not be a joke? All those gun laws are a joke.
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Old 12-17-2019, 06:49 PM
 
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The frequency of school shootings has tripled since the so-called “Safe Schools Act” went into effect. Exactly how are gun free zones stopping mass shootings?
Mass shooters are afraid of gun free zones. They usually stop dead whenever they see the gun free zone sign.
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Old 12-17-2019, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Is this a joke?

The theater in Aurora was a gun free zone, as was Columbine High School. I've been to that theater, and my neighbor's kids were in that school when the shooting happened.
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:00 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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The theater in Aurora was a gun free zone, as was Columbine High School. I've been to that theater, and my neighbor's kids were in that school when the shooting happened.
Many family members went to see movies there. Crazy.
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:03 PM
 
Location: Denver CO
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How can it not be a joke? All those gun laws are a joke.
Ah, my bad. Sarcasm doesn't always convey as well online, and there are several people around here who would have said that unironically.
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:19 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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What other kind of defensive use are you referring to? Warning shots will land you in prison, at least in Florida, and even flashing (brandishing) a firearm is taken very seriously.
For the love of God why didn't the driver shoot the perp in the legs?


No one had to die here


https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...e-say/2262144/
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Florida
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For the love of God why didn't the driver shoot the perp in the legs?


No one had to die here


https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...e-say/2262144/
Whaa?

Tell me I don't get the sarcasm.
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Ft Myers, FL
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Staying a solid 66% gun rights. I like it.
It is interesting that the poll has never drifted much from these numbers since the beginning.
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:48 PM
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Staying a solid 66% gun rights. I like it.
Give it another 10 years it will be below 50%.
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Old 12-17-2019, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Florida
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What other kind of defensive use are you referring to? Warning shots will land you in prison, at least in Florida, and even flashing (brandishing) a firearm is taken very seriously.
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For the love of God why didn't the driver shoot the perp in the legs?
Do I need to ask again? Why the dodge/deflection?
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