http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/01/20/message-from-gun-appreciation-day-duck Comments On: Message from Gun Appreciation Day — Duck by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
the NRA’s six degrees of stupidity

"And, by the way, 92% of Americans believe that all potential gun buyers should be subject to background checks. 92% of Americans don’t agree an anything! 92% of Americans can’t agree on objective, proven scientific findings. 92% of Americans can’t agree that kittens are adorable. 92% of Americans don’t agree that 4 year-olds shouldn’t be in beauty pageants. Yet 92% of them agree on this. Hell, 88% of gun owners agree!! And yet…the NRA is going to fight this tooth and nail."

http://stuffthatmattersblog.com/2013/01/20…
Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:23:48 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Paul Covert]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:20:15 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Artificial Inteligence]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:21:49 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Steven E]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:49:52 -0600 Arkansas Times
National Rifle Association Receives Millions of Dollars From Gun Industry "Corporate Partners" New VPC Report Reveals

"The mutually dependent nature of the National Rifle Association and the gun industry explains the NRA’s unwillingness to compromise on even the most limited controls over firearms or related products (such as restrictions on high-capacity ammunition magazines)....The NRA claims that its positions are driven solely by a concern for the interests of gun owners, never mentioning its own financial stake in protecting the profits of its gun industry patrons."

http://www.vpc.org/press/1104blood.htm
Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:46:47 -0600 Arkansas Times
There are those about, for AKs and ARs, though they are cumbersome and the magazines for those are expensive. The cheapest AR 100rd mags I saw, before Barky, were over two hundred dollars.
Posted by Steven E]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:44:51 -0600 Arkansas Times
NRA Members Agree: More Gun Regulation Makes Sense

"The poll, which sampled 945 gun owners around the country and had a margin of error of +/- 3, also found broad support gun-owners for the principle that “support for 2nd Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping illegal guns out of the hands of criminals.” In fact, more NRA members (87 percent) supported the statement than non-NRA members (83 percent)."

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/…
Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:34:41 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:21:44 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ThankGodNotEveryoneIsCrazy]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:20:02 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by NeverVoteRepublican]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:16:25 -0600 Arkansas Times
I wonder how the arguments will shift once the data and records of firearms deaths, injuries, etc, long suppressed by NRA lobbying, are collected and exposed to the general public.
Posted by dottholliday]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:05:50 -0600 Arkansas Times
The only reason I see for such artillery is to kill people and lots of them. Its unsafe to collect them and expect them to never fall into the wrong hands. Somewhere a limit has to be drawn.

The NRA is concerned that if they bend to the assault weapons ban or the amount of ammo one can hold, then the feds will come after the rest of their guns.

I see it more from a safety issue. If we dont draw the line here, then how long before the NRA lobbies for private citizens to collect shoulder mounted SAMs?
Posted by Ron Rizzardi]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:12:47 -0600 Arkansas Times
Thank you, CB. I gave your response an immediate "like", as I understand, is poisonous to a troll.

Thank you again, respecting me by spelling my name correctly which is not commonly done. For the record my name is pronounced with the accent on the FIRST syllable, like you pronounce Ms. Olsen from the coffee commercials of old. Putting the accent on the second syllable deeply hurts my feelings.

And speaking of spelling. What's up with the bull%@*? Do you not know how to spell this word or do you just have delicate sensibilities? If it's a spelling issue, see below. If you are too delicate you could try manning up, learn to cuss like other men. I guess you're a man. Gender questions seem rampant around here.

"Kind Regards"

That's good, you too are capable of satire. It's hard to bullshit a bullshitter.
Posted by Olphart]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:09:12 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:22:35 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:16:27 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by mountaingirl]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:25:28 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Paul Covert]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:22:07 -0600 Arkansas Times
Welcome back Tina.
Posted by Yellowdogdaughter]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:17:08 -0600 Arkansas Times
Every thread, every Facebook post, every discussion on this issue always boils down to this: the nuts are terrified. Of everything. Of Obama. Of logic. Of other people. More than likely, of each other.

I hate guns. I've shot at cans with a bb gun and hit em a few times. I will not touch any other kind and refuse to be around them. I'm doing the world a favor. Just look at this week: gun show accidents, school security guard leaves loaded weapon in restroom, teenage boy kills family. The list goes on.

Yes, it's scary out there. No, you don't have to live in fear. I'd conjure up some sympathy for them if they're weren't so stinking hateful about it.
Posted by Yellowdogdaughter]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:02:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Glad to hear you're on the mend and the most wonderful news of all about #1 son. Take what you can get and try to build on more.
Posted by HardHeadedWoman]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:00:48 -0600 Arkansas Times
AMEN BROTHER!
and for HHW: amen, Sister! I know why you feel so strongly. I do too. I worry about my boys.

Posted by Tina]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:48:32 -0600 Arkansas Times It is so good to see you again. I have been gone a long time. I was sick. By the way Jesus wore an "alb" according to the preacher who wore one at my mother's funeral. Now I might need 1000 rounds to hit somebody, but i dont need but one to shoot them in the balls and also scare the hell out of them, as I have been told by my dear sons.

by the way, for an update, I have been sick but am fine now and off prednisone. Son #1 called me when I was in the hospital in ICU for the first time in five years. Prayers are answered. Son #2 working at Bordino's in Fateville and saving $$ to go back to college next year and finish his double-major degree, then get an MBA. He makes too much $$ to get good Pell grants; he should live with me. Son #1 talking to me made me happy again. But I will still suffer no fools gladly.
Posted by Tina]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:46:50 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Doc]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:46:49 -0600 Arkansas Times
Good grief, can you just imagine how awful it must be to live every day thinking that you must be ready to dive behind the sofa at any given moment to 'defend' your McMansion from a militarized government that's come to take your guns, let alone fantasizing that you might actually have a chance at prevailing in that kind of confrontation. That's just not sane thinking.

You and I have watched someone spiraling into their own kind of insanity thinking the government was out to get him and declaring himself the President of the Republic. There's really not that much difference between his crazy talk and theirs, and sadly, there's not much short of psychiatric care that can help any them once they've reached that level.
The scariest part of it all is that there are so many of them out there who all think the same way.
Posted by HardHeadedWoman]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:46:30 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Tina]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:41:27 -0600 Arkansas Times