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Fire Mission: MSNBC poll on carrying guns in public
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ELB »
Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:56 pm
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MSNBC is running a poll that asks Do you think people should be allowed to carry guns in public?
They try to split the yes vote by providing two...
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May be an old poll but people are still voting.....92% and 325K.
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Last post by VMI77
Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:40 am
No Debate
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hounddog »
Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:54 pm
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I know for a fact that I am the least important person on this forum. I have no strike or pull with anyone anywhere. But I have to say something very...
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:iagree: with VM177
Demonization of things and ideas, repetition of the message whether there is any truth at all in it, cherry-picking...
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Last post by Middle Age Russ
Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:12 pm
Dreyfuss is a doofus!
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tomtexan »
Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:01 pm
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In a July 23 interview published in the New York Observer, actor Richard Dreyfuss said he would like to rewrite the 2nd Amendment to make it clear it...
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So who does he think the 2A applies to when it says, ...the right of the people ... ?
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Last post by Rrash
Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:42 am
Civilian Guard at Recruitment Center
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JCole »
Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:26 pm
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The completely predictable outcome...
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And the aftermath:
Pentagon wants individuals to stop guarding recruiting stations
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Last post by jmra
Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:59 am
Stats on legal firearm use
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Dave09 »
Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:14 am
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I am trying to find out if there is any kind of stats on legal firearm use in the United States. This would any firearm instance where they used it...
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Nothing with stats but thearmedcitizen.com has plenty of stories where firearms have been legally used.
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Last post by Javier730
Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:22 pm
Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Secur
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Rex B »
Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:58 pm
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Seeking tighter controls over firearm purchases, the Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they...
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hope you don't mind.... copied your posted and put on my facebook page
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Last post by RetNavy
Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:57 pm
CJ Grisham announcement
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Ruark »
Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:41 am
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C.J. Grisham just announced that he has filed his CTA and is going to run for the Texas Senate, District 24. rlol
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I suggest you get to work. ;-)
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Last post by mojo84
Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:09 pm
Current SCOTUS may not be reliable on next 2d am case
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atticus »
Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:44 pm
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This week's offerings from the supremes make me nervous about the next 2nd amendment case they may decide. They seem able to ignore plain meaning at...
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You have to go way back, maybe to Truman, to find a Supreme Court nominee that disappointed a Democrat President. However in the last 60 years, there...
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Last post by stroo
Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:40 pm
Guns at Camp Mabry
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atxscubasteve »
Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:55 pm
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Governor Abbott authorized all Texas National Guard units to be able to carry on base. Check out the article.
Check out the spin the article puts...
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The military, be it N.G. or A.F. or any other branch, need to be armed against terrorists attacks. Perhaps, once the military is adequately armed...
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Last post by Abraham
Mon Jul 20, 2015 1:38 pm
What do you all think?
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The Annoyed Man »
Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:50 pm
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What do you all think?
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I've only had one cup of coffee this morning so I'm still confused. :totap:
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Last post by SkipB
Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:35 am
Senate Bill: ‘Must Retrofit’ Handgun with Smart Gun Tech
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PBR »
Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:32 am
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I can see this having a huge impact on prices if was to happen.
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I know you know this, but... :banghead: RANT ON
These compassionate politicians don't care about you being victimized. If you kill one of their...
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Last post by Blindref757
Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:49 am
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Last post by AndyC
Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:38 pm
Murder rates drop as concealed carry permits soar: report
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VMI77 »
Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:24 pm
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If you're anti self-defense, these stats bother you, so, just make up your own:
Note the familiar way the left lies.....they say incidents...
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Cant be true. Common sense says more guns more heinous murder. See the blood running in the streets.
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Last post by mojo84
Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:32 pm
A conversation that seems to be absent about isis
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powerboatr »
Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:19 pm
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So
our great land has not had an attack by the enemy on the HOMELAND since the late 1700's , Germany tried in WWII but failed thankfully.
Pearl...
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It was an executive order. onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
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Last post by Dave2
Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:50 pm
question about my ammo
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enforcerjwd »
Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:36 pm
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I have a Springfield 1911 loaded, well I just bought 300 rounds of 230 grain ball tulammo, steel casing for $50 bucks, will it hurt my 1911 to take...
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You're welcome.
All the time. I proof read a lot.
It's not my responsibility to see that your grammar and punctuation convey your thoughts...
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Last post by ShootDontTalk
Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:24 am
Gun facts
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mojo84 »
Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:58 pm
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Here is an interesting website that gives quite a bit of information and supposedly facts. I say supposedly because I haven't had a chance to...
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mojo84,
Interesting stuff, but like you, I don't know how much is fact and/or fiction.
The thing I wonder about (being uneducated regarding the...
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Last post by Abraham
Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:22 am
Texas Open Carry HB 910 is now Law as of June 13, 2015
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Strat9mm »
Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:32 pm
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So I've been checking this forum for announcements and topics indicating that the Texas Open Carry Law has passed.
It seems as if I haven't checked...
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Yes, good he did what he said he would do however weather we had a thread on here about it or not is not really significant, IMHO.
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Last post by jerry_r60
Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:55 am
Proposed rule change that would bar "gun talk" on line?
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E.Marquez »
Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:45 pm
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So I read this in my FB feed
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I'm teaching a MSF class plus only have my phone
Not able to research...
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Goes along with a signature line quote I use on a board (or the one I use here as well):
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Last post by XinTX
Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:31 pm
What 2A items do you want to see in 2017?
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RPBrown »
Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:51 pm
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If you check other, please list it so we know what you wish.
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1. Remove off-limits places for CHL holders, including schools and colleges.
2. Expand Labor Code Sec. 52.061 to prevent employers from prohibiting...
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Last post by mloamiller
Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:50 pm
Unintended consequences of the Gay Marriage decision
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Rex B »
Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:02 pm
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According to Allen West, the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage also makes reciprocity the law across 50 states.
The article cites West referencing...
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I think TAM bet you to it.
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Last post by jmra
Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:05 pm
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Last post by Deltaboy
Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:51 pm
Brady Center to pay ammo dealer's legal fees
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TxD »
Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:07 am
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From the article:
The federal judge on the case ruled it was apparent that this suit was filed to pursue the Brady Center’s ‘political purposes’ and...
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Last post by longhorn86
Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:43 pm
Manchin, Toomey both interested in reviving gun control push
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Syntyr »
Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:25 pm
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Here come the idiots again! You knew it was going to happen. Lets start fighting now!
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For me, there are two parts:
WRT stooping to their level ... To some degree, they're at their level because they can't be convinced otherwise....
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Last post by Dave2
Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:57 pm
Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015
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Syntyr »
Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:01 pm
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Text of the Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015. It looks like this is being prepped. They are coming after the 80% lower industry....
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Looks like Texas will have to preempt or ignore this one. Like a bunch of other overreaching rules. Don't these idiots have anything else to do...
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Last post by rbwhatever1
Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:24 pm
UK - Don't hurt your attacker!
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mloamiller »
Sat May 30, 2015 10:09 am
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We may think it can't happen here, but I'm sure we thought the same thing about homosexual marriage...
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Not much of a glimmer, seeing as they were held for 66 hours by police (follow up article), in fear for their lives, and felt they had to flee the...
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Last post by VMI77
Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:25 am
Another GOP Traitor
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baldeagle »
Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:44 pm
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Anyone who uses him in their campaign has automatically lost my vote.
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Unfortunately, a powerful and influential leader among many of the GOP. He has amassed a tremendous amount of money in his PAC and that gets today's...
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Last post by mojo84
Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:52 pm
Grisham/OCT helping attack 30.06/30.07
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G.A. Heath »
Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:33 am
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Open carry activists in Texas have seemingly tried to destroy any protection we enjoy from Texas Penal Code 30.06, and OCT went so far as to try and...
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Forum rules prevent me from using the kind of purple language necessary to quantify the degree of moronic achieved by this feckless tool.
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:02 pm
Gun control works
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mojo84 »
Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:34 pm
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Here's proof.
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is another - also the Tribune.
Glad to be here , not there anymore.
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Last post by BobCat
Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:48 pm
Uber bans guns
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ELB »
Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:02 am
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So having an Uber sign on your car paints a target on you now.
Also note how The Hill phrased this part: ...Uber driver with a concealed-carry...
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Last post by WildBill
Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:45 pm
Bloomberg turns to reporters to fight NRA
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VoiceofReason »
Fri Jun 19, 2015 2:02 pm
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Bloomberg turns to reporters to fight NRA with new media site
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Your one stop propaganda source for...
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This is not that hard to figure out guys. The rich always want to control the poor. Bloomberg is rich. Ipso facto....
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Last post by baldeagle
Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:23 pm
Hilarious article
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baldeagle »
Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:18 pm
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I loathe liberwhacks
From my twitter
Next the questions:
Is being a victim a worthy distinction for having a USN ship named in one's honor,...
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Last post by Jim Beaux
Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:21 pm
NRA's name being used improperly?
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baldeagle »
Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:11 pm
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A friend forwarded this to me. When I looked for it on the NRA-ILA website, I did not find it. Is someone using the NRA-ILA name improperly?...
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Hmmmm... I know of numerous dirtbag liars, but the biggest? I'd have to say... Obama?
(Also rans were Bloomberg, Clinton, and the other Clinton)...
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Last post by sjfcontrol
Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:34 am
State of NJ Has Blood on it's Hands
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DevilDawg »
Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:58 am
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While an eye catching headline no doubt, the obvious slant to the article should not override the truth. Thanks to draconian laws in place overriding...
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Shame on the state of New Jersey.
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Last post by Deltaboy
Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:15 pm
Dallas Morning News 05/27, 05/28/15
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jimlongley »
Sat May 30, 2015 8:50 am
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Letters 05/27/15 featured this screed against campus carry, under the title Keep Guns Off Campus :
I recently received a letter from my state...
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More proof that being educated does not give you common sense.
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Last post by Deltaboy
Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:09 pm
UK Police Tell Subjects Not to Harm Their Attackers
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VMI77 »
Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:31 am
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This is the model for the anti-gun psychopaths in this country.
Better be careful blowing that rape whistle....wouldn't want to hurt the rapist's...
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I guess that I've never taken the time to research it as to when this all started, but how very odd that we draw our RKBA from the very nation that...
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Last post by Glockster
Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:35 am
More proof criminals don't read signs.
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Texsquatch »
Tue Jun 09, 2015 5:15 pm
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This is sad, but the hospital saying that they have signs posted to keep guns out is insane. The guys...
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Watching the progression of fatal diseases in which our physicians administered doses of Morphine, Fentynal, or other powerful opioids that literally...
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Last post by ShootDontTalk
Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:08 am
Gunpoint average? Funny or just sad?
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Texsquatch »
Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:56 pm
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Why didn't I think of this when I was in college? Oh, I know! Because I was a responsible, law abiding citizen! I wasn't out to intimidate anyone. I...
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Something tells me would you probably not last long in one of her classes. I'm guessing it would be an extreme case of liberal brainwashing.
I would...
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Last post by mloamiller
Sat Jun 06, 2015 8:51 am
Vince Vaughn Speaks in Support of 2nd Amendment
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Vol Texan »
Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:06 pm
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Well, he's no Charlton Heston, and I've only been an occasional fan of his work (some good movies, some bad movies, but usually the same stereotype)....
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They use children because they think it will pull at everyones heart. Im not married and i don't have kids, so i could really care less. I always...
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Last post by winters
Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:51 am
Clarification on proposed open carry law
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Carolina Cajun »
Tue May 26, 2015 1:24 pm
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I have been reading up on the proposed open carry law, but please correct me if I am wrong. With the new law (if it gets passed) if someone is open...
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Last post by jmra
Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:23 am
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Last post by mojo84
Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:35 pm
CHL's kill hundreds
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philip964 »
Mon May 25, 2015 1:48 pm
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From the New Pittsburgh Courier Online. There is even a website that keeps track.
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Pretty sad when folks get up and testify to a state senator, using half truths, and out and out lies.
From a very well scripted text, they rehearsed...
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Last post by viking1000
Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:41 am
Guns are like Climate change...
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Rex B »
Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:35 am
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Apparently consensus has replaced objective analysis among the entire scientific community.
Scientific consensus isn't always right, but it's our...
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It is based on math models that model solar and atmospheric and oceanic processes that are not well understood at all.
The CO2 / greenhouse thing is...
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Last post by SA_Steve
Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:35 pm
Anyone work a NAGR table at a gunshow?
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mloamiller »
Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:48 pm
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I received a special invitation to work the NAGR table at an upcoming gunshow. Has anyone ever done this, and if so, what was your experience? It...
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Thanks for the quick and exhaustive responses. That definitely answered my question, and causes me to look at NAGR very differently.
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Last post by mloamiller
Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:16 pm
‘Gun shop’ wasn’t only thing fake in CeaseFire ‘social exper
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tlt »
Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:42 pm
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actors were used to portray customers in a fake gun shop “public service announcement” produced by States United Against Gun Violence. That...
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We all should send the link on the story to friends, media, put it on facebook and twitter. In other words spread it as far and wide as possible....
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Last post by VoiceofReason
Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:57 am
Body Armor-What's your take?
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thatguy »
Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:12 pm
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I have worked on a gun range for a few years and just recently started to consider purchasing body armor and wanted to know what y'all's thoughts...
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And stinky - I always had to wash the carrier well and that old smell always crept back.
For most common handgun ammo - Level IIA minimum, Level II...
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Last post by AndyC
Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:47 pm
Improperly posted 30.06 signs
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Mel »
Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:56 am
Will SB 273 provide a way to get the 30.06 signs removed from places like Love Field and County tax offices?
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Last post by Charles L. Cotton
Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:56 pm
An idea for the future
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baldeagle »
Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:10 am
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I was reading the thank Mr. Cotton thread when I saw this:
This gives me an idea. All of the legislative sessions are videotaped and stored on the...
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It's a good idea, but I'd bet lots of folks are nursing a political hangover right now.
Give it a week or so. Maybe come up with a short example?
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Last post by RoyGBiv
Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:59 pm
Map Support for gun control
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jminn1 »
Sun May 31, 2015 4:32 pm
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I'm not advocating the site or agreeing (or disagreeing) with the data.
I just found this interesting and wanted to share.
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Interesting map and numbers. While passing over it large areas of the country are 70%+ against more gun control. I saw only 1 area at 68% for, but...
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Last post by frplf
Sun May 31, 2015 8:28 pm
Attack at event that may also come to TX.
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C-dub »
Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:34 pm
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Possibly in the wrong forum. It seemed it might fit in a couple of different ones.
However, apparently one can obtain a gun license in Denmark, but...
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Exactly!
When some talking head (especially on Fox!) blames all terrorists evils on 'radicalized muslims', I wonder how that talking head could be...
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Last post by Strat9mm
Fri May 29, 2015 10:05 pm
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Thu May 28, 2015 9:32 am
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