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What Should We Do about Guns?
nationalreview.com ^ | 1 May, 2013 | John Lott

Posted on 05/01/2013 8:17:49 PM PDT by marktwain

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To: DustyMoment
What Should We Do about Guns?
Shoot'em!! specially at those who want to take them away from us!!

Ya took the words right outta my mouth!

21 posted on 05/01/2013 9:09:15 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: marktwain
I know several people who told me that Senators were bought by the NRA, which is funded by gun manufacturers. I did some research that I shared with them that most the NRA money comes from members.

They just don't want to believe that real people got their way. They want to believe that evil blood money was what caused the vote to go against their wishes.

22 posted on 05/01/2013 9:11:24 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: marktwain

Clean them, oil them and keep them dry.


23 posted on 05/01/2013 9:20:02 PM PDT by TigersEye (If babies had guns they wouldn't be aborted)
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To: tpmintx

Good idea... I have lots of farm implements too.


24 posted on 05/01/2013 9:20:23 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~ I drink good wine, listen to good music and dream good dreams.)
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To: yarddog
You don't need to go back to Victorian times. Just look at an average town in Switzerland today. I recently was looking at some photos of and information about my great-grandmother's place of birth there in the canton of Glarus (over to the east, not far from the Austrian border).

Reading the local news website for that area was like peering back through the mists of time. Clicking on "police and crime" in the sidebar brought up mostly a collection of stories about traffic accidents. No murders, no rapes, no muggings. Oh, and the cantonal Schützenfest is sponsored by a *brewery*.

25 posted on 05/01/2013 9:26:52 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: marktwain

yea I read it this am...good info and polling data- I’m personally concerned about some of the ceded ground (which my state and others are staking back out).

Guns are tools, for right or wrong; they are equalizers, defenders of the poor and bulwarks against abuse by government or criminals.

Cherish them, maintain them, and train the next generation in their proper use.


26 posted on 05/01/2013 9:35:39 PM PDT by One Name (Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
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To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends





Please help us keep FR alive.

Thank you very much!

God bless.

P.S. And NEVER give up your guns.
That will be the absolute end.

~Jim

27 posted on 05/01/2013 9:44:11 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: marktwain

let people own them and use them.
respect the damn constitution. not just give it lip service as you tear it down.


28 posted on 05/01/2013 9:49:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: marktwain

2nd Amendment bump for later...


29 posted on 05/01/2013 9:53:05 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: yarddog

More than that, one thing I’ve noticed is that Letters of Marque issued by the United States may reference a private ship that is already armed with cannon, but doesn’t authorize it.

In other words, private American citizens used to be able to buy cannon without a background check.


30 posted on 05/01/2013 9:53:14 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: marktwain
What Should We Do about Guns?

Buy more.

31 posted on 05/01/2013 9:54:25 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: marktwain

The other side needs to stop shooting their mouths off.

Just today I had to hear “The gun nuts are making pink guns for first timers”.

So Friggin Stoopit and said to get a rise of me.

Didn’t bother to answer the challenge and illuminate him on just how long chicks have been buying pinkgunz


32 posted on 05/01/2013 9:58:24 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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33 posted on 05/02/2013 2:20:25 AM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny; All

“In other words, private American citizens used to be able to buy cannon without a background check.”

We could buy cannon and the ammo for them without hindrance up until 1968. I remember, having lived during the time you could see the ads in the American Rifleman. I am talking about anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns and ammo. There were no crimes committed with them, but Johnson wanted them outlawed, and he did.

We still can buy muzzle loading cannon without hindrance, for the most part.


34 posted on 05/02/2013 2:55:55 AM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

Start teaching gun safety in all public schools,it’s for the safety of the children,they are going to do it anyway.


35 posted on 05/02/2013 4:03:33 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: marktwain

What we should do about guns? How about making them less expensive and do the same for ammo!


36 posted on 05/02/2013 5:02:39 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: marktwain

The guy has the weirdest eyebrows since the latest Romulan Ambassador, but I love his work.


37 posted on 05/02/2013 5:58:22 AM PDT by RandallFlagg
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To: marktwain

What to do about guns?
1. Repeal all laws restricting the sale and/or posession of firearms. Yes, even to convicted fellons. If they have served their sentence then they should be considered in good standing unless they commit another crime. The crooks don’t pay attention to the law any way.
2. Conduct mandatory arms training in the public schools grades K-12.


38 posted on 05/02/2013 6:05:00 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: marktwain

Take good care of your guns.

reload if possible.

better yet upgrade to better optics, better or more specifc calibers.

And ultimately upgrade technologically.

In some discussions many suggest we not scoff at the eventuality of a hostile alien invasion from OTHER than outside our borders.

Then we need SUPERIOR firepower, even EXCEEDING that of our military.

Like really good efficient flamethrowers for instance, everybody should have an assault flame thrower.

Hundreds of years in the future what weapon kills more aliens?

Yuuup, its the flame thrower.


39 posted on 05/02/2013 6:11:48 AM PDT by Spartan302 (Spartans never quit, they come back later with more warriors.)
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To: max americana
My lib sources told me that guns just get up and start shooting people.

Interesting, isn't it?? SUVs also cause their own accidents, NOT the people driving them!!

40 posted on 05/02/2013 9:44:46 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for anti-American criminals!!)
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