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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« on: September 18, 2013, 06:23:20 AM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.

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There's basically no guns. Well, there are some, but not in anything like significant numbers.

I suppose I just take it for granted that I can wander about without thinking "has that guy got a gun" or "oh no, another gun massacre".

 

Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves. There's nothing in particular to protect ourselves against, really. Apart from the occasional drunken moron.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023687947

I'm sure the residents of Chicago and DC feel the same way. After all they are practically gun free zones too.

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1. paranoia is rampant in the "home of the brave"

it's a sad, pathetic reality

No what's pathetic is whiny little bitches who are scared of guns and want to take rights that our founding fathers mentioned specifically in the Constitution.

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5. but that is exactly what the NRA wants

EVERYONE to be armed and paranoid but hey, not all of us fall for that garbage

When has the NRA said they want everyone armed? I think we can all agree that moonbats should not have guns. The NRA is for freedom of choice. I realize that to DUmmies choice only means having an abortion, but the word choice does apply to other areas. If you don't like guns don't buy one.

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10. I don't have to carry a gun. I live in Vermont. I don't have to lock my house

and there are guns here, Nobody where I live is bothered at all about protecting themselves. the crime rate here is very low.

How can that possibly be? If there are guns, isn't everyone constantly shooting each other?

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16. I don't own a gun

I have never touched a gun.

I'm thrilled that this moonbat doesn't have a gun.

I think I am for gun control now. No democrats should ever be armed. They can't be trusted with the sharp end of a crayon, much less a gun.

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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 06:34:18 AM »
If you don't want a gun, it's real simple...... DON'T BUY ONE! But don't you try and keep me from buying one. I thought you DUches were for choice? Regardless, you DUches don't need guns.

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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 06:47:45 AM »
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Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves.
A criminal's target rich environment. 
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2013, 07:29:22 AM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.


Where they just saw your head off in the street.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2013, 07:35:13 AM »
Quote from: Karin on September 18, 2013, 07:29:22 AM
Where they just saw your head off in the street.

Why are you making a fuss over a small, tiny, insignificant detail like a beheading in the streets that no one could stop? /DU mode off  :banghead:
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2013, 08:22:55 AM »
Quote from: Karin on September 18, 2013, 07:29:22 AM
Where they just saw your head off in the street.

Where people are armed with cell phones so they can take video of the perpetrators!  Thank God they had those cell phones or it could have been bad.

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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2013, 08:38:28 AM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.

Last edited Wed Sep 18, 2013, 03:34 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

There's basically no guns. Well, there are some, but not in anything like significant numbers.

I suppose I just take it for granted that I can wander about without thinking "has that guy got a gun" or "oh no, another gun massacre".

 

Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves. There's nothing in particular to protect ourselves against, really. Apart from the occasional drunken moron.


Tell that to Lee Rigby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Lee_Rigby
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2013, 10:07:16 AM »
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10. I don't have to carry a gun. I live in Vermont. I don't have to lock my house

and there are guns here, Nobody where I live is bothered at all about protecting themselves. the crime rate here is very low.

A) Mostly white.
B) Have to have something to steal.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2013, 10:07:37 AM »
Ummm, DUmmies, it isn't "Gun Nuts" that are paranoid.    :mental:
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2013, 10:09:13 AM »
Quote from: jukin on September 18, 2013, 10:07:16 AM
A) Mostly white.
B) Have to have something to steal.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2013, 10:31:51 AM »
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10. I don't have to carry a gun. I live in Vermont. I don't have to lock my house

and there are guns here, Nobody where I live is bothered at all about protecting themselves. the crime rate here is very low.

If you look at it statistically, no one anywhere needs to carry.

The list of people who have saved a life by having carried a weapon is shorter than the list of Powerball winners.

I look at carrying, either concealed or open, to be far more a political statement of freedom than a matter of personal protection.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2013, 10:42:47 AM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on September 18, 2013, 10:31:51 AM
I look at carrying, either concealed or open, to be far more a political statement of freedom than a matter of personal protection.

I went to a community fall festival a few years ago where half the people were carrying.  And I live in Calif.  Was most impressed.

 
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2013, 12:15:05 PM »
I don't have to have a permit for my television, I live in the USA and not the UK.

And no, I'm not kidding.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2013, 12:16:10 PM »
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I don't have to have a permit for my television, I live in the USA and not the UK.

And no, I'm not kidding.
Someone's got to pay for the BBC.

This argument is as dumb as "I don't use oil, I ride the bus."
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2013, 12:23:27 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on September 18, 2013, 12:16:10 PM
Someone's got to pay for the BBC.

This argument is as dumb as "I don't use oil, I ride the bus."
I don't use coal. I use clean electricity.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2013, 12:47:53 PM »
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A man who bought one of the first copies of Grand Theft Auto V has been attacked and robbed of the game as he made his way home.

The 23-year-old was hit with a brick and stabbed shortly after leaving an Asda supermarket in Colindale, north London, where the game went on sale at midnight.

He also had his watch and mobile phone stolen and is now recovering in hospital, where his condition is said to be stable.

A police spokesman said it was not clear whether the man was deliberately targeted for the game.
http://news.sky.com/story/1142951/grand-theft-auto-v-stab-victims-game-stolen

He might not have been stabbed and robbed if he had a gun.
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2013, 01:24:19 PM »
Hmmm, I see to have a song stuck in my head from the very British band The Clash:

"When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun"
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2013, 01:38:17 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on September 18, 2013, 01:24:19 PM
Hmmm, I see to have a song stuck in my head from the very British band The Clash:

"When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun"
That's not "Rock The Casbah" (my favorite).
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« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2013, 01:50:59 PM »
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That's not "Rock The Casbah" (my favorite).

No, it is Guns of Brixton
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2013, 04:31:10 PM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.

This guy approves of your country's decision.


I'd also like to add that it's not a matter of you don't have to carry a gun.  More accurately, you cannot carry a gun.  Enjoy the choppy choppy:

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The UK outlawed the switchblade and gravity knife in 1959.

In 1988 possession of a pocket knife with a blade larger than 3 inches in public became illegal.

In 1996, it became illegal to sell a razor blade to anyone under the age of 16.

In 2007, you needed a license to be able to sell “non-domestic knives.”


http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/british-doctors-call-for-ban-on-long-kitchen-knives-to-end-stabbings/

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Britons suffer 1,158,957 violent crimes per year, which works out at 2,034 per 100,000 residents. The U.S., meanwhile, has a rate of 466 crimes per 100,000 residents, which is lower than France’s, at 504.






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When public ownership of the means of self defense are made illegal, violent crime rates go up.....WHY DUMMIES?

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« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2013, 05:15:46 PM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.

Last edited Wed Sep 18, 2013, 03:34 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

There's basically no guns. Well, there are some, but not in anything like significant numbers.

I suppose I just take it for granted that I can wander about without thinking "has that guy got a gun" or "oh no, another gun massacre".

 

Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves. There's nothing in particular to protect ourselves against, really. Apart from the occasional drunken moron.

I don't have to carry a gun.  I live in Kansas, where open carry is legal almost everywhere, and concealed carry in most places.  

I see people with guns frequently.  I hear people shooting frequently.  I own guns (I just don't carry) and I shoot frequently.  

I take it for granted that some of the people I meet everyday will have a gun on them, or in their vehicle.  I don't ever worry about it.  Around here, we use our guns on coyotes, raccoon, deer, turkeys (the bird, not the people), and for target practice.  I suppose we have few mass shootings because we have few "gun free" zones.  Even the really deranged don't like the idea of their targets returning fire.   :-)

Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves.  Criminals know the gun laws, and know that unarmed Kansans are few and far between...especially outside the city limits.  They are a lot more careful than criminals in "gun free" or heavily regulated areas.  Even the drunken morons don't take many chances.  Though to be fair, the time or 2 I've needed to drive off a drunken moron, a stern but polite demeanor did the trick without any need to start shooting.   :-)  I do appreciate knowing that I have the back-up, though...and that my kids can not only shoot, but also throw an accurate tomahawk.   :-)
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2013, 07:09:05 PM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.

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There's basically no guns. Well, there are some, but not in anything like significant numbers.

I suppose I just take it for granted that I can wander about without thinking "has that guy got a gun" or "oh no, another gun massacre".

 

Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves. There's nothing in particular to protect ourselves against, really. Apart from the occasional drunken moron.

I wonder who has a lower crime rate, sibelian's town in the UK or the city of Kennesaw Georgia?
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Re: I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2013, 07:15:05 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on September 18, 2013, 05:15:46 PM
I don't have to carry a gun.  I live in Kansas, where open carry is legal almost everywhere, and concealed carry in most places.  

I see people with guns frequently.  I hear people shooting frequently.  I own guns (I just don't carry) and I shoot frequently.  

I take it for granted that some of the people I meet everyday will have a gun on them, or in their vehicle.  I don't ever worry about it.  Around here, we use our guns on coyotes, raccoon, deer, turkeys (the bird, not the people), and for target practice.  I suppose we have few mass shootings because we have few "gun free" zones.  Even the really deranged don't like the idea of their targets returning fire.   :-)

Nobody where I live is bothered about protecting themselves.  Criminals know the gun laws, and know that unarmed Kansans are few and far between...especially outside the city limits.  They are a lot more careful than criminals in "gun free" or heavily regulated areas.  Even the drunken morons don't take many chances.  Though to be fair, the time or 2 I've needed to drive off a drunken moron, a stern but polite demeanor did the trick without any need to start shooting.   :-)  I do appreciate knowing that I have the back-up, though...and that my kids can not only shoot, but also throw an accurate tomahawk.   :-)

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« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2013, 07:16:52 AM »
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I don't have to carry a gun. I live in the UK.
I don't have to carry a gun, I live in the US.
Here's the difference.  I can, if I choose to do so.
Simplylian just doesn't understand that concept.  It frightens him.
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