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BocaHoo91
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None of those factors apply in Europe? Really?
Why are mass shootings almost non-existent in Europe or Australia? Parents in those places magically pay more attention to their kids, both sets of parents are in their kids lives and no one in Europe or Australia gets bullied at school.
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Trump to have the Justice Dept ban "bump stocks"? **
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Hokie5150
02/20/2018 4:39PM
Can he do this w/o Congress?If so,why hasnt it been doine by other Admins? **
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Wahoo Ron
02/21/2018 10:28AM
I think so. I think it hinges on an interpretation of "automatic" weapons
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02/21/2018 10:39AM
If he does, it's sad to say but I think his motivation has nothing to do
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81_Hokie
02/20/2018 9:24PM
Does his motivation matter more than the act? **
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Hokie5150
02/21/2018 06:20AM
You can ban all you want. It still doesn't solve the root of the problem.
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:20PM
It would help if 1 salary could go further so parents could spend more time
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HokieDan95
02/20/2018 9:34PM
That is a very good answer. **
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 9:50PM
And yet, we willl never see those days again. **
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hoothat
02/20/2018 10:24PM
Yes, those days are gone
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VaTechie
02/21/2018 10:19AM
I know I will take a hit on this.
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hoothat
02/21/2018 10:27AM
Well, no more than anyone else in this sub-thread.
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hoolstoptheheels
02/21/2018 11:49AM
Hey, we agree on something in this thread
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 10:45AM
Or they'll get a few propane tanks
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hoothat
02/21/2018 10:57AM
Or rent a truck, curious as to why the bocas of the world are
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TomKazanski
02/21/2018 3:48PM
Because the bocas of the world have better than room temperature IQs
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BocaHoo91
02/22/2018 08:51AM
So your metric for choosing to eliminate something is deaths
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TomKazanski
02/22/2018 09:41AM
As I figured, you are unable to focus enough to actually read
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BocaHoo91
02/22/2018 09:53AM
So let's just make it easy for them to wound massive numbers
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 11:23AM
No, my point was that Nuts will be Nuts
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hoothat
02/21/2018 11:56AM
I agree that nuts will be nuts. Determined nuts will find
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 12:05PM
So anyone with a facebook post of an AR15 is a loser
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TomKazanski
02/21/2018 3:50PM
Yes. Anyone posting for a tough guy photo with their AR-15 on
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 4:59PM
Good luck with that waiting thing **
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hoothat
02/21/2018 12:13PM
Give you credit on willing to take a hit
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VaTechie
02/21/2018 10:45AM
But you just pointed out the irony.
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HWA
02/21/2018 11:28AM
I choose
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VaTechie
02/21/2018 11:57AM
You chose to live in Fauquier County, something I can’t afford to do... **
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southdenverhoo
02/21/2018 12:00PM
Meant to put a smiley or something to indicate
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southdenverhoo
02/21/2018 12:06PM
My goal is to leave the area for some time now
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VaTechie
02/21/2018 12:18PM
I guess it depends on where in the NN and where in Richmond but I just
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southdenverhoo
02/21/2018 3:24PM
That is about right
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VaTechie
02/21/2018 4:20PM
My point was that there were less people in the labor market so their ...
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hoothat
02/21/2018 11:00AM
Kids are abused at school, in the playgrounds. What is your solution?
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:33PM
This would get me unfriended left and right on Facebook, but
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Tafkam Hokie
02/20/2018 7:57PM
Thank you. This comes closer to the root of the problem than
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NJHoo
02/20/2018 10:44PM
I read a rumor his gf had left him
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hoothat
02/20/2018 11:19PM
In 2016, his ex gf was dating another guy. Cruz threatened him, called
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THECZAR
02/21/2018 06:54AM
So there was some truth to it. thanks **
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hoothat
02/21/2018 08:56AM
Very well said. **
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VAGentleman05
02/20/2018 10:18PM
Bullying is a huge problem and always has been. Maybe social media
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111Balz
02/20/2018 8:17PM
Yes, I was only speaking of the cases where a current (or very recent)
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Tafkam Hokie
02/20/2018 8:25PM
My solution is a mass campaign by the media to get parents to stay
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:44PM
Exactly you have what you hope works for you but there are
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Mg234
02/20/2018 10:01PM
Slut culture? What the hell you talking about? **
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THECZAR
02/20/2018 9:01PM
Donald's whores, maybe? **
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 10:51PM
Slut culture is a national treasure! **
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WahooRQ
02/20/2018 10:20PM
Nooooooooooo!!!!! Slut shaming. **
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Hokieesith
02/20/2018 9:23PM
There’s something to be said about experience **
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/20/2018 9:38PM
That campaign has ben going on for a long time. Divorce does not
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:50PM
There is no such campaign in the media after a shooting like this.
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:53PM
Lots of western countries have divorce, drugs, mental illness, violent
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KCHoo
02/20/2018 8:02PM
Oooh leave me alone you bully...ooh don't respond to me....oooh
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111Balz
02/20/2018 8:00PM
Let’s do both.
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hooyorkcity
02/20/2018 7:24PM
So far the media and the public only talk about guns and that's it. We are
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:27PM
Oh bullshit. That is the same old deflection. You value your guns
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:38PM
This is why i choose not to respond to you. You prove yourself incapable
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:45PM
I did not mention politics. I just made an honest assessment of you
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:52PM
It's implied. You are trying to "win".
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:56PM
Win? That says a whole lot about you, that you would think
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111Balz
02/20/2018 8:02PM
Honest question if you care to provide an honest response -- what do you
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WahooRQ
02/20/2018 7:37PM
I never mentioned divorce once.
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:48PM
I asked because it's hard to tell what exactly you ARE arguing.
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WahooRQ
02/20/2018 8:36PM
None of those factors apply in Europe? Really?
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 8:03PM
I can't say I know enough European statistics, but maybe there is SOME
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Late 80s Hokie
02/21/2018 09:01AM
Europe has had it's share of mass murder of late...maybe more with bombs
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Tuckahokie
02/20/2018 9:07PM
MAYBE more with religious extremism?
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 9:10PM
Imagine if we had homegrown ISIS here with our dumbass gun laws and culture **
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WahooRQ
02/20/2018 10:31PM
So you disagree with Ballz and Hooyorkcity as well as myself that its a
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 8:11PM
European culture is most certainly not American culture.
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hooyorkcity
02/20/2018 8:58PM
IIRC, many countries in Europe and Asia have higher suicide and depression
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WahooRQ
02/21/2018 11:05AM
Yep, my convoluted way of saying even if it weren't guns that make the diff
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hooyorkcity
02/21/2018 1:33PM
You're the one using a factor that occurs in both Europe and the US
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 8:56PM
Signed a memo to Justice to propose regulations....we'll see what happens. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:54PM
That's great. We need and should do more. **
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hooshouse
02/20/2018 5:39PM
If true, good for him **
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wahoo138
02/20/2018 5:33PM
Agreed. Good start. Not enough, but good start. **
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HoosWillWin
02/20/2018 5:48PM
When will it be enough? **
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hoothat
02/20/2018 6:46PM
When you can't go into guns n' guitars and leave with a near military
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 9:27PM
So, quite a bit.
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hoothat
02/20/2018 9:34PM
Well, when the availability of the tool is the primary difference between
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 9:51PM
86 people died in the Nice attack. Just sayin. **
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Hokieesith
02/20/2018 10:18PM
Well, your second paragraph has a mistruth in it.
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hoothat
02/20/2018 10:16PM
OK, I forget what I'm quoting here, but NEVER SHOOT TO WOUND
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Late 80s Hokie
02/21/2018 09:09AM
You are combining two seperate doctrines.
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hoothat
02/21/2018 09:32AM
Yes, I did see the rest of the thread below after posting this
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Late 80s Hokie
02/21/2018 10:12AM
My point was
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hoothat
02/21/2018 10:21AM
So you are saying it is supposed to be a weapon of mass annoyance? **
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111Balz
02/21/2018 07:54AM
Or this comment from a Trauma surgeon...
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 10:41PM
Tell that to the USAF training manual.
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hoothat
02/20/2018 11:08PM
Great show me the excerpt. It sounds like this whole thing is
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 11:25PM
I've never heard that myth
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hoothat
02/20/2018 11:34PM
Or this one linked by HowieT3 earlier today
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 10:30PM
Read this article and tell me you think the AR 15 is not designed to kill
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 10:26PM
It's standard M-16 training Boca...
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hoothat
02/20/2018 11:02PM
You think the person wounded by the AR-15 ultimately survives. The
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 11:19PM
Also
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hoothat
02/21/2018 12:04AM
No, I knew the purpose...
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hoothat
02/20/2018 11:25PM
The dude in the article said "HE'LL DIE OF THOSE INJURIES"
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BocaHoo91
02/20/2018 11:34PM
I have not...
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hoothat
02/20/2018 11:43PM
It seems you have been sucked into the myth... you're just not
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 06:04AM
Your right, I am too stupid to know the truth
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hoothat
02/21/2018 09:38AM
Tell that to the parents of the dead. hey it's okay, you daughter was just
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111Balz
02/21/2018 10:39AM
5-20x is a statistical anomaly? 5 to 20x the gun homicide rate as
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 10:31AM
You are right about the percentages, it was late, I was wrong
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hoothat
02/21/2018 10:55AM
So you should not be stopped from purchasing anthrax spores because
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 11:32AM
Small arms.
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hoothat
02/21/2018 11:42AM
My bad on Anthrax, although it is illegal to own Anthrax that can be shown
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 11:51AM
I chose small arms
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hoothat
02/21/2018 12:07PM
No, I'm playing the odds game. Mass killings are rare.
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BocaHoo91
02/21/2018 12:42PM
You'll know. please let the rest of us know, when appropriate **
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111Balz
02/20/2018 8:10PM
I will? Hoowillwin should...
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hoothat
02/20/2018 8:14PM
You should know, it's never enough.
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Hokieesith
02/20/2018 7:58PM
When will what be enough? **
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hooshouse
02/20/2018 7:06PM
Ask Hooswillwin **
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hoothat
02/20/2018 8:12PM
Just can’t help himself. He is who he is. **
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hooyorkcity
02/20/2018 7:20PM
Huh? You’ll need to cite source material buddy **
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WahooRQ
02/20/2018 7:41PM
Look, it's my fan group. **
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hoothat
02/20/2018 8:10PM
An effort to placate before real restrictions are proposed. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 4:59PM
Why not simply be glad that you're getting something that you wanted? **
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Hokie5150
02/20/2018 5:10PM
Trump cures cancer. The left “what about heart disease”!!!
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/20/2018 5:20PM
What bullshit. Let us know when he does anything worthwhile, ok? **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:29PM
Banning bump stocks is not worthwhile in your eyes? **
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Hokie5150
02/20/2018 5:38PM
You know he hasn’t done that right?
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KCHoo
02/20/2018 6:21PM
If it's true it would be a first for Trump. (see below) **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:44PM
If you ain't "getting Trump" you ain't an American. **
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Hokieesith
02/20/2018 5:24PM
I don’t give a shit if Trump gets got or not, but damn he’s not the
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/20/2018 5:29PM
What I don.'the get is the cult like devotion
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 6:59PM
Yeah I carry a torch for Trump. What a clown post **
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/20/2018 7:04PM
You are like a cult leader man. I wonder how many posts you have on
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Hokieesith
02/20/2018 8:29PM
Who said he was the fucking devil?
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 7:09PM
Damn near every lefty has called him the devil
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Cold Hoober Hoo
02/20/2018 7:24PM
No, that's just another tired deflection. calling someone out for bad
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:56PM
See Seattle's post below.
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 7:38PM
No he's not the devil. That's mythical. He's a corrupt asshole. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:45PM
I think the issue here was that after the Vegas shooting
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hooyorkcity
02/20/2018 5:42PM
Absolutely true. But maybe it's a sign the NRA is getting spooked. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 6:15PM
This. Trying to calculate how to hold power
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 7:00PM
Why be satisfied with a half-assed effort? **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:14PM
You were fine with that idea on health care. **
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 6:56PM
I wasn't, but nice try. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 7:24PM
Sure you were. I'll bet you touted it as a great move forward.
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psychobilly
02/20/2018 7:26PM
Well it was that. Probably the best that could be done at the time. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 11:20PM
It WAS a good move forward. And by the way, you are comparing instruments
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:36PM
You don't want bump stocks (and any similar device) banned? **
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Hokie5150
02/20/2018 5:21PM
Sure I'll take it and still demand more. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:26PM
So, you got a real move in a positive direction. Why not appreciate it?
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Hokie5150
02/20/2018 5:29PM
If it happens I appreciate it. Ain't enough. Let's keep working on this
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111Balz
02/20/2018 7:45PM
Good step. Are you supporting the move.
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Shenhoo
02/20/2018 7:13PM
No, all we got are words....they are cheap in the WH and change frequently. **
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Chuck Taylor
02/20/2018 6:01PM
Really. lol **
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hooshouse
02/20/2018 5:44PM
If it's true it would be a first for Trump. **
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Seattle .Hoo
02/20/2018 5:37PM
He'll change his mind - **
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WaxHoo
02/20/2018 4:55PM
He's broken your heart before and now your jaded **
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HokieDan95
02/20/2018 6:14PM
I haven't believed anything he's said for 1.5 yrs & haven't been
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WaxHoo
02/20/2018 7:29PM
Lol! Probably right. I was encouraged at first, but you are prob right. **
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HoosWillWin
02/20/2018 5:49PM
As I predicted. Let's see if this placates the anger. Doubt it. **
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hooyorkcity
02/20/2018 4:51PM
I’m astounded ...........that he has a clue what they are **
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TroublesHooter
02/20/2018 4:47PM
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