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YAY!! Walmart steps up!

Superfly said:
Have you been to Walmart? :lol:

I can totally see it.
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at least the 250 pound women wearing size 6 spandex leggings will have a hard time concealing a Desert Eagle Pistol
 
Superfly said:
I said Walmart - not a Trump rally.

Wait - they are both basically the same.

Carry on.
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I am fascinated by the culture warfare we see from the left. For years, they told us that the GOP were elite snobs-snobs that looked down on working class (which in Dem-speak means union labor). However, as the Democrat party is more and more run by urban elites, well educated high earning yuppies, these "leaders" are more and more hateful of those who don't have at least a college degree or those who have a trade rather than a "profession".
 
Tanngrisnir said:
"Kill gun owners in some big gun confiscation jihad".

Wow. That's some full canvas jacket paranoia, right there.
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several of your fellow travelers-including at least two of the star wars bar scene stable of democrat candidates have suggested such things-what was that asshole's name who dropped out of the race who was having wet dreams over nuking gun owners?
 
Bravo, Walmart.
 
HenryChinaski said:
There is something seriously wrong culturally with this country. The US suffers from an addiction to firearms. Mix that with the "every man for himself, **** everyone else, I've got mine" attitude that's wired into the American psyche and you wind up with the mass shootings that we're now plagued with. The roots of inner city gun violence come from a different place that can be traced back 100 years. Mass shootings with high powered weaponry in schools and other public places are a relatively new phenomenon.
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Yes relatively new however,but not unknown. The one though that stands out and is used as a template is Columbine. What do mass shootings have in common? – Catholic Philly
 
TurtleDude said:
I am fascinated by the culture warfare we see from the left. For years, they told us that the GOP were elite snobs-snobs that looked down on working class (which in Dem-speak means union labor). However, as the Democrat party is more and more run by urban elites, well educated high earning yuppies, these "leaders" are more and more hateful of those who don't have at least a college degree or those who have a trade rather than a "profession".
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Is that so, counselor?

Should we have this discussion? Cuz I’ll take the hit.

Sometimes the points are worth it.
 
zsu2357 said:
Sometimes I wonder how the (D) politicians live with themselves.
Chicago:National | heraldmailmedia.com
2017:In Chicago, July 4th weekend shootings: 100 wounded, 14 killed
2018:Chicago shootings in one weekend: 66 shot, 12 fatally, police say - CNN
2019 to date:Tracking Chicago shooting victims - Chicago Tribune
Where's the outrage at. What not another gun law surely it would cure it. Best gun laws in the whole wide world. And that's just one city with the perfect gun control.
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But this is what the super rich want. They want lots and lots and lots of gun murders. They have their private armies protecting them behind their walls. Across all of human history, the rich and powerful have wanted peasants defenseless against them and fully dependent upon them for even the most basic essentials of life.

That is EXACTLY what the Democratic Party now is demanding. Everyone is defenseless and dependent upon the government and the super rich for everything - food, housing, medical care, education, job - anything and everything - with the fascist marriage of government and the super rich corporations having all wealth and absolute power. You will only exist to serve them and there are more of you than they need.
 
Superfly said:
Is that so, counselor?

Should we have this discussion? Cuz I’ll take the hit.

Sometimes the points are worth it.
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that doesn't make any sense. It is fun watching leftwingers make snide comments about average Americans who supposedly make up the most of the shoppers at Walmart
 
Parrish said:
Bravo, Walmart.
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It is comical as WalMart sold the kind of firearms the gun grabbers claim are the only guns people should be allowed to have.

Once again, we see the REAL agenda is the total disarming of all citizens of ANY kind of firearm given they are cheering this action.
 
I say good for walmart, allow even more independant shops to jump in. In the 90's walmart was the king of gun sales, but that fell quickly after they stopped handgun sales after columbine. Basically since then walmart has been declining in sales and declines further year by year as they shrink their firearm department, they were driving gun shops out of business in the 90's and now they are handing small business back their market.

They went from largest to one of the largest, and given how many walmarts there are in america, being one of the largest and not the largest says their gun sales are terrible per capita, especially when better deals are down the street from many of their nationwide and local competitors that actuall sell what people want.
 
joko104 said:
It is comical as WalMart sold the kind of firearms the gun grabbers claim are the only guns people should be allowed to have.

Once again, we see the REAL agenda is the total disarming of all citizens of ANY kind of firearm given they are cheering this action.
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:inandout:
 
Superfly said:
Almost as funny as watching you squirm.
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I don't think anyone even remotely believes that is true-including you. People with your perspective, don't do very well on this part of the forum. and again, your first response to me makes no sense at all. Maybe you are trying to compare an esteemed federal judge with a thug who got wasted for acting like a thug?
 
TurtleDude said:
I don't think anyone even remotely believes that is true-including you. People with your perspective, don't do very well on this part of the forum. and again, your first response to me makes no sense at all. Maybe you are trying to compare an esteemed federal judge with a thug who got wasted for acting like a thug?
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No, “counselor.” Of course it makes no sense to you.

Not much does except wildly fabricated stories of your youth.
 
If Walmart had any sense they would sell bullet proof vests.
 
joko104 said:
It is comical as WalMart sold the kind of firearms the gun grabbers claim are the only guns people should be allowed to have.

Once again, we see the REAL agenda is the total disarming of all citizens of ANY kind of firearm given they are cheering this action.
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You seem quite scared and a bit...rattled. People will always be able to find guns and ammo, just not at Walmart.
 
TurtleDude said:
MOre lies. If there are 75 million homes with firearms in them, you are claiming that the most common uses are suicide or murder? Where do you come up with that idiocy?
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What other use for a pistol is there besides shooting someone ? That is the most common firearm by a mile. Self defense is way down the list of actual uses. You are far more likely to shoot yourself or a family member than use it for self-defense.

Given these important caveats, let's do the math on what remains, noting that the numbers are probably not precise and will change over time.

What we find is this:

One justified gun death per 2 accidental deaths.

Five justified deaths per accidental child death.

About 1000 illegal deaths per justified death.

About 100 suicides per justified death.

About 100 homicides per 2 justified deaths.

Those odds are way worse than flipping a coin. At least then a gun would have a 50% chance of killing a bad guy.

A person pulling the trigger on a gun is most likely to be shooting themselves, then their family, then commit a felony, then way, way, way down the line, if they're lucky, they hit a bad guy.

To add some more painful perspective, you are more likely to be shot by a hunter than by a terrorist. Hunters accidentally shoot about 1000 people a year, roughly 50 times more than terrorists. About 500 people a year are killed by mass shooters. But these numbers fluctuate rapidly.

The odds of shooting a bad guy without a gun are zero. But some may consider having a gun a bit like drinking a steady regimen of Drano to prevent parasites that may not ever actually appear. It could work.

The reality seems to be that when our bullets don't wind up in non-human animals or street signs, then when you use one to shoot someone, about 99 times out of a 100, you will commit a felony, shoot yourself, or shoot someone by accident. In roughly one out of a hundred cases, you shoot the bad guy.
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The True Odds of Shooting a Bad Guy With a Gun | Psychology Today
 
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TurtleDude said:
I am fascinated by the culture warfare we see from the left. For years, they told us that the GOP were elite snobs-snobs that looked down on working class (which in Dem-speak means union labor). However, as the Democrat party is more and more run by urban elites, well educated high earning yuppies, these "leaders" are more and more hateful of those who don't have at least a college degree or those who have a trade rather than a "profession".
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Many Republicans are elite snobs with guns. I'm surprised you don't know that. It is not opposing guns that is destroying the middle class. It is Republicans ,their policies are all directed by the wealthy who since Reagan have decided to stiff their employees and steal all the profits for themselves. Republicans have aided that by cutting their taxes by 80%.

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iguanaman said:
What other use for a pistol is there? That is the most common firearm by a mile. Self defense is way down the list of actual uses. You are far more likely to shoot yourself or a family member than use it for self-defense.



The True Odds of Shooting a Bad Guy With a Gun | Psychology Today
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when you ask a question that silly, how can anyone take your comments on firearms issues seriously?

every week from May to October, I and about 100 other people in Greater Cincinnati, shoot in a steel league. Once a month, in four or five ranges in SW OHIO, have a GLOCK league where you use GLOCK brand firearms. I think in the last one I shot in, there were about 120 entries. One gun club, has at least one pistol event each weekend-might be steel, USPSA, bowling pin, or bullseye shooting. and there are at least 100 people a week that use the plinking range

at the club where I normally shoot, we have steel matches friday nights-Wed Morning and Afternoon Bullseye match leagues weekly and once a month a falling plates league. According to the range officer (at our range you have to sign in and tell the RO which range (skeet, trap, rifle, pistol, archery, or plinking) you are using, says that about 500 different members a month use the pistol range either on their own or at the various scheduled events--and you don't have to be a member to shoot the steel league.

Now that is just three different clubs or ranges I shoot at. Multiply that by the hundreds of other clubs in Ohio and nearby Kentucky and Indiana (there are 8 public indoor ranges in greater Cincinnati, TargetWorld, Point Blanc East and West, Ready Line, Premier Shooting , Hammer Down and one up in Lebanon that I cannot recall right now). And all of them have various pistol activities. Then there are at least 6 private or quasi public outdoor ranges in the area as well
 
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