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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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40. A culture war looks for any inane topic to latch onto...
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 09:51 AM
Nov 2015

...and then tries to make it an issue.

Guns.
Semi-auto guns.
Semi-auto guns with hi-cap mags.
Assault weapons (aka evil black Semi-auto guns with hi-cap mags).
Pictures of guns.
Pictures of Semi-auto guns.
...



Greetings gun-control; is that a genuine look of terror or have you just found a new angle on irrelevance?

A media outlet actually wrote that? Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2015 #1
Latest "Garden & Gun" has Reese Witherspoon on the cover... Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #44
Now they target the 1st...and haven't even extinguished the Second Amendment yet. ileus Nov 2015 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author branford Nov 2015 #3
"Gun porn," really? branford Nov 2015 #4
Remember these are the folks that want cops to shoot first and citizens to attack gun owners. ileus Nov 2015 #5
watching Mary Tyler Moore reruns inspired her to be gejohnston Nov 2015 #19
A Classic Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #24
Beauty Magazines JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #6
Which is why I object to the expression "ammosexual." Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #45
I love the commets, lol Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #7
The best one, IMO: "And travel magazines make children run away..." friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #20
Love that one Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #21
File this one under; "Desperate Flailing by Gun Control Supporters" DonP Nov 2015 #8
I have the gun porn delivered in the mail. Saves me quite a bit of money. Waldorf Nov 2015 #9
Is it wrapped in plain brown paper? As the gun-worshipping porn that it is? Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #51
Nah, it's wrapped the same way your copy of "Gun Control Monthy". DonP Nov 2015 #52
Getting desperate? GGJohn Nov 2015 #10
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #11
nice to know you care discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #13
sounds like someone is tracking and alerting Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #15
Just as we were getting into sexual stereotypes, a Maurice Chevalier refrain is heard! Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #46
Secmo is right...they love to alert on folks around here. ileus Nov 2015 #16
Looks like it backfired Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #23
That happened to Shares a lot also... ileus Nov 2015 #27
Under several identities - but he still got canned each time DonP Nov 2015 #29
Wow!!!!! GGJohn Nov 2015 #30
I did not either Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #32
13000 posts....zero alerts, I'm proud of not being thin skinned. ileus Nov 2015 #34
Good for you!!! Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #35
Like a lunar eclipse: Everybody's seen one, but few have seen many. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #47
Staged photography in a magazine? What did they think a magazine was? Brickbat Nov 2015 #12
Thank you Justice Potter Stewart discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #14
Culture war. krispos42 Nov 2015 #17
going undercover in a Publix? gejohnston Nov 2015 #18
I *had* to check that one- and yep, they actually used that howler... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #22
That's Pubelix to you, sir. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #48
Are you saying that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #25
Well, now is that "paste" or "pasties." It makes all the difference. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #49
ROFLMAO!!! That is Hilarious!!! virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #26
"Gun Ban Monthly" beevul Nov 2015 #31
I am sure it will sell out Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #33
Actually, "Gun ban monthly" is likely at the heart of this matter. beevul Nov 2015 #41
Same goes for "Gun Control" websites DonP Nov 2015 #42
Precisely. N/T beevul Nov 2015 #43
Its ok Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #28
That is hilarious. If Bloomberg paid for that "story", he got ripped off. benEzra Nov 2015 #36
BTW, here are the magazines they are talking about: benEzra Nov 2015 #37
Excellent analysis. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #38
Well, my Field & Stream has a big-assed buck on the cover. Should seen the lighting. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #50
Do people really get worked up into a lather over silly stuff like that? How small minded... ileus Nov 2015 #39
A culture war looks for any inane topic to latch onto... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #40
So now they want to ban assault magazines... ileus Nov 2015 #53
Has no one mentioned the fact ... Straw Man Nov 2015 #54
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