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Lindsey Graham " I own an AR-15" , "Why should I be stopped buying another!"

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http://forward.com/articles/168202/gun-lobby-defends-school-guard-plan/

Gun Lobby Defends School Guard Plan
Schumer, Lieberman Blast Plan for More Guns

On NBC, Graham said he himself owns an AR-15, the type of assault rifle used by 20-year-old Adam Lanza in Newtown.

“I own an AR-15. I’ve got it at my house. The question is if you deny me the right to buy another one, have you made America safer?” he asked. “I don’t suggest you take my right to buy an AR-15 away from me because I don’t think it will work, and I do believe better security in schools is a good place to start.”

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1. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

   1   10:25am Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   Does he have shit in his eyes! Or is that Mitt Romney?

2. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 250 threads 4,770 comments

   2   10:46am Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   psst... Mitt don't matter any more.

3. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

   3   10:47am Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike (3)   psst, I will tell you a secret, he never did.

4. Raw Follow Befriend 10 threads 694 comments

   4   1:23pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   121212 says “I own an AR-15. I’ve got it at my house. The question is if you deny me the right to buy another one, have you made America safer?” he asked. Yes.

5. HEY YOU Follow Befriend (4) 336 threads 923 comments

   5   3:25pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   He should give the money to the Conservative, Republican, Teabags that are receiving any govt. benefits. That way he would be fighting America's greatest enemy;Socialism.

6. jvolstad Follow Befriend (4) 996 threads 1,128 comments San Antonio, TX jvolstad's website

   6   3:30pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike (2)   I plan to buy an AR-15 this coming year. It's a great weapon.

7. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,103 comments

   7   3:56pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   Yes. I have to admit, it's WAY COOLER than that 007 toy gun I got back in 1965.

8. marcus Follow Befriend (5) 168 threads 5,103 comments

   8   4:01pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Secret Agent man, secret agent man,... Wait...is it secret asian man ?

9. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

   9   8:22pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   thomaswong.1986 says United Kingdom Legal with mods - "a person must provide an exceptional reason and gain permission from the Home Secretary, making ownership all but impossible for a private citizen" No way an AR-15 in the UK is getting into the hands of anyone.

10. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    10   8:23pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike (3)   an AR-15 is a Human hunting rifle!

11. Raw Follow Befriend 10 threads 694 comments

    11   9:11pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (1)   jvolstad says I plan to buy an AR-15 this coming year. It's a great weapon. It did pretty well targeting 6 year olds. Please reconsider.

12. dodgerfanjohn Follow Befriend 19 threads 591 comments Los Angeles, CA

    12   9:19pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   LOL. Wahhhhhhhh! Waaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm afraid of inatimate objects. Stand up be a man for once in your snively little life.

13. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

    13   10:44pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   121212 says “I own an AR-15. I’ve got it at my house. The question is if you deny me the right to buy another one, have you made America safer?” If someone were to break into his home and steal one AR-15, that's one rifle in the hands of a criminal. If TWO AR-15s are stolen that's potentially TWO rifles in the hands of two separate criminals. So yes, in that case America IS safer.

14. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

    14   10:46pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   dodgerfanjohn says LOL. Wahhhhhhhh! Waaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm afraid of inatimate objects. Stand up be a man for once in your snively little life. Great, then you won't mind if I come over and hide a live Claymore somewhere in your yard? Hey, its only an inanimate object.

15. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

    15   11:29pm Mon 24 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   thomaswong.1986 says New Renter says If someone were to break into his home and steal one AR-15, that's one rifle in the hands of a criminal. If TWO AR-15s are stolen that's potentially TWO rifles in the hands of two separate criminals. So yes, in that case America IS safer. FYI.. many gun owners have locked down gun safes. Maybe, but how many owners DON'T keep their guns in a safe figuring - rightly - that keeping their gun in a safe is a hindrance to the very reason for having the damn thing in the first place? When a strung out meth addicted baby raper has broken into your home the last thing you want to do is try to remember the combination to your safe, THEN load the gun, and only then go protect your family.

16. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

    16   11:12am Tue 25 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   thomaswong.1986 says New Renter says Maybe, but how many owners DON'T keep their guns in a safe figuring - rightly - that keeping their gun in a safe is a hindrance to the very reason for having the damn thing in the first place? When a strung out meth addicted baby raper has broken into your home the last thing you want to do is try to remember the combination to your safe, THEN load the gun, and only then go protect your family. lots and lots of gun owners do have gun safes.... how often do you hear of hundreds or thousands of AR-15 being stolen... else do you have heard about this.. but your spreading fear and not facts... Aparantly lots and lots of gun owners HAVE heard of criminals stealing guns. Not much point investing in a safe otherwise.

17. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

    17   11:33am Tue 25 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   thomaswong.1986 says New Renter says Maybe, but how many owners DON'T keep their guns in a safe figuring - rightly - that keeping their gun in a safe is a hindrance to the very reason for having the damn thing in the first place? When a strung out meth addicted baby raper has broken into your home the last thing you want to do is try to remember the combination to your safe, THEN load the gun, and only then go protect your family. lots and lots of gun owners do have gun safes.... how often do you hear of hundreds or thousands of AR-15 being stolen... else do you have heard about this.. but your spreading fear and not facts... Here's some facts for you then: http://articles.courant.com/2012-12-20/community/hc-meriden-rifle-siezed-1221-20121220_1_rifle-30-round-magazines-ar-15 http://news.yahoo.com/police-ore-mall-shooter-used-stolen-rifle-181931596.html http://www.stolenlostfound.org/stolen-lost-found-property-details-2032 http://www.stolenlostfound.org/stolen-lost-found-property-details-6695 http://gwinnett.patch.com/articles/reward-offered-in-theft-of-a-dozen-guns-aae5ae1c http://www.fox16.com/news/story/Police-officers-stolen-AR-15-sold-multiple-times/ifyEtrpWeUiLxdApNYAfXQ.cspx http://www.koat.com/news/new-mexico/albuquerque/AR-15-stolen-from-marked-police-car/-/9153728/17478892/-/kttw00z/-/index.html http://joco913.com/news/police-recover-rifles-stolen-in-olathe-bass-pro-burglary/ http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=7&f=136&t=948006 http://www.armslist.com/posts/695303/columbia-south-carolina-rifles-for-sale--stolen-ar-15 http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/24/3152055/miami-springs-police-teens-stole.html http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/160295-Stolen-AR15-recovered-in-West-Springfield-hotel http://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=3472.0 http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/AR-15-SWAT-rifle-stolen-from-Tempe-officers-personal-car-136599793.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2683985/posts http://3gn.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=954184 http://www.kentuckyarmoryclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=4215 http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=6&t=794537 http://www.topix.com/forum/city/fort-lauderdale-fl/T7NVJU05TNTSJ9FI8 There are many, many more out there. What's REALLY scary is how many of these were stolen from the police!

18. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,227 comments San Jose, CA Premium

    18   12:10pm Tue 25 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   dodgerfanjohn says New Renter says dodgerfanjohn says LOL. Wahhhhhhhh! Waaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm afraid of inatimate objects. Stand up be a man for once in your snively little life. Great, then you won't mind if I come over and hide a live Claymore somewhere in your yard? Hey, its only an inanimate object. Ok. So long as my leg is tied to a string attached to the trigger on that AR-15 that's pointed directly at your head. That is, so long as we are making equivalent comparisons. Um, sure, OK.

19. Lvenit1 Follow Befriend 3 comments

    19   9:53am Wed 26 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   I've always said ..... the most dangerous people are the self-haters and Lindsey Graham will be a self-hater until he finally comes out.

20. spoons Follow Befriend 1 comments

    20   9:53am Wed 26 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   zzyzzx says 121212 says an AR-15 is a Human hunting rifle! Considering how overpopulated we are, maybe this is a good thing. There is no human dignity in this comment.

21. Moderate Infidel Follow Befriend 3 threads 367 comments

    21   9:53am Wed 26 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   AR-15's aren't for home protection, they are for defending outside against large groups of people. For home protection you use a 12 gauge shotgun or handgun. Unless of course you live in a castle with very large rooms and stone walls so the bullets don't over penetrate and go into your neighbors house.

22. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    22   10:28am Wed 26 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   spoons says zzyzzx says 121212 says an AR-15 is a Human hunting rifle! Considering how overpopulated we are, maybe this is a good thing. There is no human dignity in this comment. zzyzzx has no honor or dignity, he is plainly soulless..

23. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    23   2:51pm Wed 26 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   Try saying something meaningfully appropriate to the thread subject Soft Ruki! Instead of Trolling! Your not capable are you.

24. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 52 threads 2,639 comments Premium

    24   10:54am Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   Protected   Thousands of kids, and many more adults, die each year for petty conveniences: Hairdryers, Can Openers, Electric Knives, Pools, Plastic Bags, Hot Dogs (#1 Choking Death Food for Children) , etc. A few hundred dying because of a device that can save lives is paltry.

25. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    25   11:31am Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   thunderlips11 says Thousands of kids, and many more adults, die each year for petty conveniences: Hairdryers, Can Openers, Electric Knives, Pools, Plastic Bags, Hot Dogs (#1 Choking Death Food for Children) , etc. A few hundred dying because of a device that can save lives is paltry. So why compare in the first place !? You are comparing accidents not MURDERS of elementary school children. What wrong with you?

26. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 52 threads 2,639 comments Premium

    26   12:06pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Protected   121212 says thunderlips11 says Thousands of kids, and many more adults, die each year for petty conveniences: Hairdryers, Can Openers, Electric Knives, Pools, Plastic Bags, Hot Dogs (#1 Choking Death Food for Children) , etc. A few hundred dying because of a device that can save lives is paltry. So why compare in the first place !? You are comparing accidents not MURDERS of elementary school children. What wrong with you? Dead is dead, no? A kid shot in the face by a mental illness sufferer is just as dead as the neighbor's kid who climbed the fence and drowned in the pool while everybody was at work, just so the Atkinsons could cool off on a summer day. The Kid who drank the Fabric Softener is just as dead, because Mrs. Atkinson hated static cling and Mr. Atkinson loved the Fresh Rain smell. The Kid who sliced their friend in half with the electric carving knife (stowed in an unlocked drawer in the kitchen) just so Mary Maplecrotch could cut her turkey meat in perfect proportional sizes.

27. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    27   12:14pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   thunderlips11 says Dead is dead, no? No. How insensitive can you be. Some fool walks into a 1st grade class room and blows 20 kids away without reloading and you want to compare it to a child drinking fabric softer! Get a life!

28. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    28   12:19pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Soft Ruki, Your spamming my posts and your not welcome.

29. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 52 threads 2,639 comments Premium

    29   12:27pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Protected   I don't get the insensitivity claim, going purely by the numbers. Losing a kid to faulty wiring in the bathroom is no less tragic than to have him shot. Generally people have no control over either. Nobody wants their kids to play with the electric knife. "I just couldn't envision that happening" I'm sure many a parent told themselves. The Insensitivity is on the part of the gun fetishizers. They are insensitive to the raw, hard, cold facts about the main causes of child deaths, and waste their time on the lesser causes of death.

30. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    30   12:29pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   thunderlips11 says Losing a kid to faulty wiring in the bathroom is no less tragic than to have him shot Thats an accident. Maybe you need an awakening. You cannot tell the difference between MDK and an accident?

31. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 52 threads 2,639 comments Premium

    31   12:31pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Protected   121212 says thunderlips11 says Losing a kid to faulty wiring in the bathroom is no less tragic than to have him shot Thats an accident. Maybe you need an awakening. You cannot tell the difference between MDK and an accident? Let's see: If you get shot in the face, you're dead If you get electrocuted in the shower, you're dead. If you drown in a pool, you're also dead. If you drink too much Acetone, you're dead. If you eat marbles too big for your throat, you're dead. The shot in the face might be least painful of the five, likely being instant.

32. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    32   12:34pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   thunderlips11 says Let's see: If you get shot in the face, you're dead If you get electrocuted in the shower, you're dead. If you drown in a pool, you're also dead. If you eat marbles too big for your throat, you're dead. The shot in the face might be least painful of the four, likely being instant. Your right, how did I not see it your way. Perhaps you "also" are missing your soul, if you cannot honestly tell the difference between felony homicide and accident death.

33. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 416 threads 4,138 comments Baltimore, MD

    33   3:40pm Thu 27 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)

34. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 52 threads 2,639 comments Premium

    34   8:42am Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Protected   121212 says Perhaps you "also" are missing your soul, if you cannot honestly tell the difference between felony homicide and accident death. And you fail to realize that losing a child in a car accident is no worse than losing one to a homicide. Trust me, both sets of parents are equally upset, and both children are equally dead. "Oh, my kid is deader than yours, he was shot instead of thrown out the windshield".

35. 121212 Follow Befriend 83 threads 687 comments male

    35   12:50pm Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (1)   Thunderfool! Shut the fuck up! and stop comparing fucking accidents that lead to deaths to MASS MDK! Your heinous!

36. BobbyS Follow Befriend 16 threads 121 comments

    36   5:21pm Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Since anything can potentially cause death, everything should be legal to own. Anything from a butter knife to Tomahawk missile launchers. You should be able to buy grenades, land mines, vials of anthrax, mercury laden toothpaste or unlabeled asbestos filled jackets from a store. There should also be zero government regulation for food and products safety. Furthermore, zoning laws should be abolished completely. Should you neighbors decide to sell their houses to a company wanting to build a coal plant right next to your house, they should have that right. If you are afraid of inanimate objects, you need your overly-paranoid head examined.

37. msilenus Follow Befriend (3) 8 threads 335 comments

    37   9:30pm Fri 28 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   That chart should updated to include all firearm deaths. You shouldn't really compare only firearm homicides to most other things on that chart. That's comparing the major drivers of vehicle deaths (accidents) to a minority contributor to gun deaths (homicides.) I suppose the intent isn't really to inform, though. Total firearm deaths are north of thirty thousand per year, which puts them on par with most other items on that chart. Firearm deaths would rank above drugs, which are illegal, and only a little below automobiles, which require licenses to operate. Laws get passed to hamper tobacco use all the time. Perhaps guns should be regulated like cars? We could require prospective owners to pass tests and get licensed. Perhaps a psych test and a gun safety exam. That seems no more difficult than getting a driver's license.