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In reply to the discussion: Question: Are gun buyback programs like offering... [View all]petronius
(26,662 posts)16. I would say it's more like giving basketballs to retired nuns in an effort to combat
teenage delinquency...
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I don't have no problems with gun buy backs. If the organization wants to fork over a $200
Waldorf
Oct 2016
#13
I heard something to the effect that the law in question had been rescinded
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Oct 2016
#17
No, the law hasn't been rescinded. The author of the bill, seeing that her bill might be
Waldorf
Oct 2016
#22
Nope. Cheap, rust-while-you-watch hooks are recommended for catch & release.
Eleanors38
Oct 2016
#35
I would say it's more like giving basketballs to retired nuns in an effort to combat
petronius
Oct 2016
#16
your analogy, including your lame attempt to euphemize it says more about you than the topic
CreekDog
Oct 2016
#30
If Ezekiel Gilbert had sold back his guns, he wouldn't have been aquitted of exercising his...
stone space
Oct 2016
#36
A buy back of his guns wouild have prevented him from murdering the escort.
stone space
Oct 2016
#40
An inability to actually refute an opponent's argument is a concession that the argument is true.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Oct 2016
#44
Oh, it was just a lie. OK. You made it sound like it was something that I said. Carry on.
stone space
Oct 2016
#45
You can claim the last word, or you can claim great endurance and stamina, ...
stone space
Oct 2016
#53
I'll ask you again, he couldn't or wouldn't have killed her with any other weapon?
Marengo
Oct 2016
#52
I'll have to correct my mental dictionary to eliminate "Cheap Gigolo" as well.
Eleanors38
Oct 2016
#51