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  • mace1229
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    mace1229 said:
    The bottom line is that if he doesn't transport a firearm into another State to provide "assistance" to law enforcement during a protest, none of this happens. He behaved recklessly and dangerously and deserves the punishment that will hopefully come from it.
    Go one step further to the bottom line and if the police would have shut down the protestors then none of this would have happened in the first place...
    Or if people didn't come to burn down buildings, none of this would have happened either.
    and if someone wouldn't have come from out of state with an ar-15 to use deadly force to protect property 2 more people would be alive today.
    All true. I don't think anyone there was truly innocent. I don't think they deserved to be shot. But I think everyone there was looking for some trouble to some extent. 
  • mickeyrat
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    mickeyrat said:
    CM189191 said:
    Jeezus man.  You think that the kid really wanted to shoot people?

    You purchase a gun hoping never to have to use it, people don't buy them hoping to...

    Yes.  I think he wanted to shoot people.

    I know this.  Because he shot people.

    If he didn't want to shoot people.  Then he wouldn't have.

    It's that simple.
    When I carried concealed it was never so I can shoot people...

    You hope to never have to use it.
      
    https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/27/charlie-kirk-denounces-violence-mh-orig.cnn

    Is this where I'm supposed to show the people that bought them that didn't want to shoot people?

    Painting everyone with one brush.  I expected more from you.

    you made a claim. I countered with video of one individual, at least , who doesnt seem to feel as you do.

    And please with your expected more from you shit.I think you can guess what my suggestion is.
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  • mickeyrat
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    mace1229 said:
    The bottom line is that if he doesn't transport a firearm into another State to provide "assistance" to law enforcement during a protest, none of this happens. He behaved recklessly and dangerously and deserves the punishment that will hopefully come from it.
    Go one step further to the bottom line and if the police would have shut down the protestors then none of this would have happened in the first place...
    Or if people didn't come to burn down buildings, none of this would have happened either.

    if a cop hadnt kneeled on someones neck for 9 plus minutes killing a man by suffocation or another shooting someone in the back multiple times, I'd wager none of that would have followed.
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  • mickeyrat said:
    mace1229 said:
    The bottom line is that if he doesn't transport a firearm into another State to provide "assistance" to law enforcement during a protest, none of this happens. He behaved recklessly and dangerously and deserves the punishment that will hopefully come from it.
    Go one step further to the bottom line and if the police would have shut down the protestors then none of this would have happened in the first place...
    Or if people didn't come to burn down buildings, none of this would have happened either.

    if a cop hadnt kneeled on someones neck for 9 plus minutes killing a man by suffocation or another shooting someone in the back multiple times, I'd wager none of that would have followed.
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    If George Floyd just gave back whatever he bought with the counterfeit $20 when the clerk asked him to……
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  • mickeyrat
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    mickeyrat said:
    mace1229 said:
    The bottom line is that if he doesn't transport a firearm into another State to provide "assistance" to law enforcement during a protest, none of this happens. He behaved recklessly and dangerously and deserves the punishment that will hopefully come from it.
    Go one step further to the bottom line and if the police would have shut down the protestors then none of this would have happened in the first place...
    Or if people didn't come to burn down buildings, none of this would have happened either.

    if a cop hadnt kneeled on someones neck for 9 plus minutes killing a man by suffocation or another shooting someone in the back multiple times, I'd wager none of that would have followed.
    I want to play too! 

    If George Floyd just gave back whatever he bought with the counterfeit $20 when the clerk asked him to……

    if our Constitution wasnt written to placate southern slave owners by deeming black people 3/5ths of a human being we wouldnt have seen that.
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  • mace1229
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    If we never revolted against England we never would have had that constitution.
    Stupid John Hancock.
  • static111 said:
    Jeezus man.  You think that the kid really wanted to shoot people?

    You purchase a gun hoping never to have to use it, people don't buy them hoping to...
    It's like nobody here has ever taken a gun out into the streets of a town... out of their own state... during a contentious social uprising/protest... just minding their own business... not looking for trouble and had to kill someone before...damn elites.
    I would venture to guess that he brought it for protection yes, and to hopefully scare people.

    Why people think that guns are bought with the intentions of killing people is like saying all liberals hate guns... Oh wait...
    Because that’s what “responsible” gun owners do with their guns, scare and intimidate people. Seems reasonable. And why not?

    If you really believe that people don’t buy guns for the intention of killing people then I don’t know what planet you’re living on.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pistol

    Same planet...
    Yea, because buying a starters pistol is the same as buying a fully functional firearm. What planet you on bro?
    I would imagine you've never done skeet or sporting clays then?
    Edit: Bro...
    Isn’t one of the cardinal rules of “responsible” gun possession, even if purchased for skeet or clay shooting, bro, is to never brandish it unless you’re prepared to take a life? How many recreational skeet shooters walk around with their firearm slung over their shoulder in public just because it’s open carry? How many skeet shooters use an AR15 to shoot skeet?

    To believe that “people” don’t buy guns for the purpose of “killing” people is a disconnect from reality. What planet, bro?
    Bro.  You asked what guns do people buy that aren't meant to shoot people.  I gave you 3 examples.  A starter pistol, Sporting clay guns and Skeet guns.

    Planet earth... Bro.
    Other than the starters pistol, but maybe based on the Alec Baldwin tragic shooting thread, cannot both/all of those guns not be purchased to kill someone? You claimed, Why people think that guns are bought with the intentions of killing people. Like this has never happened in the history of gun purchasing in 'Murica. Like ever. Despite the examples you gave. Bro, what planet?

    Did Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris purchase their guns, or have someone buy them for them, for the purposes of killing people?
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  • This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
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  • DarthMaeglin
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    This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
    You’re the one that posited that ALL guns are purchased for the express purpose of killing people, which any thinking person will recognize as nonsense.

    Goose and gander, is my point.
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  • FiveBelow
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    This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
    How did you come to this conclusion from what has been posted? I’m fairly certain you could not find a single person who would claim this, and from observing the back and forth, this is not what tempo is claiming either. It sounded more like you were claiming all guns are purchased with the intent to kill someone.
  • mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    CM189191 said:
    Jeezus man.  You think that the kid really wanted to shoot people?

    You purchase a gun hoping never to have to use it, people don't buy them hoping to...

    Yes.  I think he wanted to shoot people.

    I know this.  Because he shot people.

    If he didn't want to shoot people.  Then he wouldn't have.

    It's that simple.
    When I carried concealed it was never so I can shoot people...

    You hope to never have to use it.
      
    https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/27/charlie-kirk-denounces-violence-mh-orig.cnn

    Is this where I'm supposed to show the people that bought them that didn't want to shoot people?

    Painting everyone with one brush.  I expected more from you.

    you made a claim. I countered with video of one individual, at least , who doesnt seem to feel as you do.

    And please with your expected more from you shit.I think you can guess what my suggestion is.
    Actually you’re right, I don’t expect better of you.  
  • FiveBelow said:
    This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
    How did you come to this conclusion from what has been posted? I’m fairly certain you could not find a single person who would claim this, and from observing the back and forth, this is not what tempo is claiming either. It sounded more like you were claiming all guns are purchased with the intent to kill someone.
    Here's what I'm specifically responding to:

    Why people think that guns are bought with the intentions of killing people. 

    I never said "all." Tempo makes it sound like its never happened. Like, "why would you think guns are purchased for killing people? Thats crazy, people who buy guns hope they never use them to kill someone." I beg to differ, if that is what Tempo meant by the bolded above.

    I wonder how many first degree murder charges involve a firearm?
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  • This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
    You’re the one that posited that ALL guns are purchased for the express purpose of killing people, which any thinking person will recognize as nonsense.

    Goose and gander, is my point.
    I never said, "all."
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  • FiveBelow
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    FiveBelow said:
    This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
    How did you come to this conclusion from what has been posted? I’m fairly certain you could not find a single person who would claim this, and from observing the back and forth, this is not what tempo is claiming either. It sounded more like you were claiming all guns are purchased with the intent to kill someone.
    Here's what I'm specifically responding to:

    Why people think that guns are bought with the intentions of killing people. 

    I never said "all." Tempo makes it sound like its never happened. Like, "why would you think guns are purchased for killing people? Thats crazy, people who buy guns hope they never use them to kill someone." I beg to differ, if that is what Tempo meant by the bolded above.

    I wonder how many first degree murder charges involve a firearm?
    I did not gather from what tempo posted he was inferring that. Looks like a classic misunderstanding, on multiple accounts.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    This is why the pro gun crowd is perceived the way they are. You really don't believe, in the history of gun buying in 'Murica, that someone, you never knew or met, ever purchased a gun for the sole intent and purpose of killing someone? Really? How devoid of reality is that?
    You’re the one that posited that ALL guns are purchased for the express purpose of killing people, which any thinking person will recognize as nonsense.

    Goose and gander, is my point.
    I never said, "all."
    You're right,  but your statement didn't really leave any room  for anything else. And I do allow that on very rare occasions a firearm might be purchased with the intent for murder.  I suppose we're in extreme disagreement on the frequency. 
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  • static111
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    mace1229 said:
    static111 said:
    Jeezus man.  You think that the kid really wanted to shoot people?

    You purchase a gun hoping never to have to use it, people don't buy them hoping to...
    It's like nobody here has ever taken a gun out into the streets of a town... out of their own state... during a contentious social uprising/protest... just minding their own business... not looking for trouble and had to kill someone before...damn elites.
    I would venture to guess that he brought it for protection yes, and to hopefully scare people.

    Why people think that guns are bought with the intentions of killing people is like saying all liberals hate guns... Oh wait...
    Because that’s what “responsible” gun owners do with their guns, scare and intimidate people. Seems reasonable. And why not?

    If you really believe that people don’t buy guns for the intention of killing people then I don’t know what planet you’re living on.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pistol

    Same planet...
    Yea, because buying a starters pistol is the same as buying a fully functional firearm. What planet you on bro?
    I would imagine you've never done skeet or sporting clays then?
    Edit: Bro...
    Isn’t one of the cardinal rules of “responsible” gun possession, even if purchased for skeet or clay shooting, bro, is to never brandish it unless you’re prepared to take a life? How many recreational skeet shooters walk around with their firearm slung over their shoulder in public just because it’s open carry? How many skeet shooters use an AR15 to shoot skeet?

    To believe that “people” don’t buy guns for the purpose of “killing” people is a disconnect from reality. What planet, bro?
    Bro.  You asked what guns do people buy that aren't meant to shoot people.  I gave you 3 examples.  A starter pistol, Sporting clay guns and Skeet guns.

    Planet earth... Bro.
    To be fair, I think thats only 2. wouldn't you use the same guns for trap and skeet? I used to do trap a lot, but never skeet, but I always thought you'd use the same gun.
    But in more seriousness, if you 2 are debating the purpose of purchasing a gun, very few are purchased with the intent to kill. You could argue that the majority of guns are designed with the purpose of killing, but I've never known one single person who bought a gun and said they wanted to kill someone with it. And that includes several law enforcement who carry. They buy guns because its easier to carry, for target practice or other sport. But rarely with the intent to use it on a person.
    The only reason I ever bought a gun was to kill animals and eat them.  I'm way past that now...unless circumstances degrade drastically and I need to hunt to eat again.
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  • static111
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    mickeyrat said:
    mace1229 said:
    The bottom line is that if he doesn't transport a firearm into another State to provide "assistance" to law enforcement during a protest, none of this happens. He behaved recklessly and dangerously and deserves the punishment that will hopefully come from it.
    Go one step further to the bottom line and if the police would have shut down the protestors then none of this would have happened in the first place...
    Or if people didn't come to burn down buildings, none of this would have happened either.

    if a cop hadnt kneeled on someones neck for 9 plus minutes killing a man by suffocation or another shooting someone in the back multiple times, I'd wager none of that would have followed.
    I want to play too! 

    If George Floyd just gave back whatever he bought with the counterfeit $20 when the clerk asked him to……
    Was there indeed proven use of counterfeit currency?  If so that still doesn't justify what happened.   If police weren't worshipped and protected and had to live up to the same standards as most of us for getting disciplined on the job, this would have never happened...fun
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    mace1229 said:
    The bottom line is that if he doesn't transport a firearm into another State to provide "assistance" to law enforcement during a protest, none of this happens. He behaved recklessly and dangerously and deserves the punishment that will hopefully come from it.
    Go one step further to the bottom line and if the police would have shut down the protestors then none of this would have happened in the first place...
    Or if people didn't come to burn down buildings, none of this would have happened either.

    if a cop hadnt kneeled on someones neck for 9 plus minutes killing a man by suffocation or another shooting someone in the back multiple times, I'd wager none of that would have followed.
    I want to play too! 

    If George Floyd just gave back whatever he bought with the counterfeit $20 when the clerk asked him to……
    Was there indeed proven use of counterfeit currency?  If so that still doesn't justify what happened.   If police weren't worshipped and protected and had to live up to the same standards as most of us for getting disciplined on the job, this would have never happened...fun
    I wish there was some kind of process society could use to determine whether he knowingly used a counterfeit bill.  But alas, we’re left with nothing but assuming so and having cops kill him.
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  • mace1229
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    Finally watched some of the trial that was accidentally recorded during one of my shows. Was about 40 minutes of the cross, and the prosecutor seemed like an idiot to me. His questions were dumb and lacked any form of sense. Saw some clips of the judge scolding him for questions his silence after his arrest. 
  • nicknyr15
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    “If they think they are going back to the old ways of policing then we’re going to take to the streets again,” New York BLM co-founder Hawk Newsome said outside Borough Hall. “There will be riots. There will be fire, and there will be bloodshed.”

    This is in response to incoming Mayor Eric Adams vowing to bring back the Anti Crime Unit. 

    Sounds like fun!!!! 
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