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Quote from Diane:
But, but, but, I'm told the AR15 isn't a mass destruction weapon, so who cares?

Who told you the AR-15 can't be used as a "mass destruction weapon " ? Hells bells, even a machete can be used as a mass destruction weapon---a bolt action single shot .22 can too---and I suppose a super duper beenie flipper can fit into that category. What you keep repeatedly saying is the AR-15 is a combat—military---assault weapon---and that simply is not true. You talk about twisted logic !!!!

Mike,
I watched the you tube video of you parachuting into Moline's Crazy Days. Quite impressive I must say. I was amazed at how flat the surrounding area  looked from high in the air. Looked like western Kansas.
As an infantryman you should know your place is on the ground with the mud, blood and beer----not jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
I'm also way overdue in thanking you for your service to our country---Thank you.

"You are selling me short. Do you think Teresa's interest and knowledge of guns is just a joke? I certainly hope not."

What the hell does that have to do with anything talked about here ? Do you just write stuff like that so you can be the queen of the longest ramblings---I mean posts ?

"Yes, of course I know the difference between military and combat weapons and ordinary hunting guns.  DUH.  What makes you think that I don't?"

It is pretty evident that you don't know the difference. Just read what you wrote next---"the military personnel don't get to bring their weapons home and DO NOT go out and buy new ones when they get home". I'll let you in on a little secret---it's because they CAN'T buy military weapons. There's that ol fully automatic thing again. Jeez !!!

"Oh, I'm supposed to ask you that if "small population" Elk county is so dangerous that you are carrying all the time, in spite of knowing most everyone out there, what kind of body armor do you wear every day? If you are carrying but not wearing, you are doing only half the job.  Or so I was told"

I said most of the vets I know pack heat all the time. I never once said I did so those voices you hear in your head are wrong again.

"You don't have a clue as to my past,my training or why.You just know the firefighter/ EMT part and so it shall stay"

Oh boy---Wonder Woman is about to break her code of silence---were you FBI---CIA--- a special agent with customs ? Are your exploits still highly classified secrets ? Were you with Hillary when she took sniper fire on the runway ? Naw, I'll bet you were with Brian Williams. Please,oh please tell us about all the black OP's you participated in !!!!

The female deer that drop the little ones off in my flower bed while they eat...Cute, but a pain.  But in town here, no shooting. Fortunately I have plenty of friends who love to hunt and fish and give us more fish and game than we can eat.
Delaware is overloaded with deer.They are hunted to keep the herds healthy, even in the state parks.

What is wrong with me to have started a conversation with you? I must be loosing my mind. All I have done is given you an excuse to go off on rants where you don't know horse shit from hog jowls. You still don't get it that's there's a difference between civilian guns and military weapons. So sad for one who thinks they are so brilliant. I am also aware you use the political threads to talk about things that should go in your "east coast happening". I'll try to help you out and move them for you when the urge hits me. You are welcome !!!

Quote from Diane :
Jar, I hope you weren't using me as an example. I've never, ever written about anything I never did. It 's not my fault if you can't handle it. I don't know why my very existence bothers you. Around here I am not unique at all. I was in 1969, but I opened that door for women here long ago and it has been open ever since.

What the hell are you rambling on about woman ? I know you want, and think, everything is about you but it isn't. You act like you are feeling guilty about something.

From Diane :
Sadly for the nut case segment, there seems to be some sort of romantic notion that they will get their point across with a scary looking long gun

You told us you have a 12 gauge shotgun which just happens to be a long gun. What point are you trying to make by owning that scary looking gun ? I won't even touch on you labeling yourself as "the nut case segment "
You talk about certain weapons their only use is to shoot people and kill animals. I think you have forgot about personal defense. There are still lots of people in Elk county who do shoot animals not only because we like to hunt but we like to eat wild game. You like to portray yourself of being "one of us" and that, you are not----and please spare us with your tales of stepping out your back door and going hunting to put wild game on the supper table.

Quote from Diane:
If these particular type weapons are so useful in civilian life, why are the gun shops selling anything else? Why are the young military of today so willing to give them up and not replace them when they get home to stay? Have you noticed they aren't the ones advocating that we should become an armed society? Do they wear weapons wherever they go?   Nope.

Your first question really doesn't deserve an answer but I will say maybe---just maybe---a person doesn't want to shoot a rabbit with a SKS. That 7.62 round destroys too much meat and maybe they prefer a .22 to do the job ---but would like that SKS to shoot a deer.
The young military of today HAVE to give up their assault weapons when they come home to stay or face federal charges (there's that ol selector switch thing you like to ignore )
Do they wear that weapon wherever they go? I doubt they wear it where it can be seen but maybe you should shake them down to see if that little .380 in their pocket is just for a counter balance for the car keys in the opposite pocket. I would venture to say I am in contact with a shit load of more vets than you are and I would conservatively guess that 99 % of them "pack heat" and if they aint packing, there is one not very far away from arms reach. I guess ol Pugs is one of them one per centers you libs are always screaming about !!

Quote from Diane :
What about the unstable PTSDs?

I would say there are many symptoms of having PTSD and most would not disqualify someone from owning a gun. Say for instance, that person  is a firefighter that found charred bodies of children in a house fire and has nightmares from it and given the diagnosis of PTSD---why should they be denied a right to own a gun ? I don't think they should----but what if that same firefighter got a thrill from seeing dead bodies and starts having homicidal thoughts and has an urge to become an arsonist just for the sake of creating more dead people or even think about shooting people to up the ante ---then by all means  they should not own a gun.
One of the many symptoms of suffering from PTSD is being "delusional "---you know---maybe someone who sits behind a computer and creates a fictitious life bragging about stuff they never did---should they be allowed to own a gun ?

"Change the law so the seller could also be charged"
Now that there is some brilliant liberal thinking. The dead bodies not quite cold and it all is about gun control. The killer passed a NICS at a gun dealer so if anyone is to blame it's the government for not having him on a no buy list. Then there's the ol "military style weapon"---what ever that means. The M-16 is an assault weapon because it has a selector switch where it can be shot semi-automatic or fully automatic, the AR-15 doesn't therefore it is not an assault weapon---it only looks like the dreaded assault rifle. All this talk about banning the AR-15 right now is a joke. The killer in Orlando didn't use an AR-15. He used a Sig Sauer MCX carbine ---but I guess it's black and shoots a .223 caliber bullet so it becomes a military style weapon. Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people and wounded another 680 with fertilizer and diesel fuel. Did anyone call for the owner  the Co-Op that sold the fertilizer or the gas station owner,  where he bought the diesel fuel, to be charged ? What about that arsonist that killed a lot of people in an apartment he set fire to. Should the 7-11 owner be charged for selling him a BIC lighter ?
Why should only shooting clubs and "true licensed collectors" (whatever that means ) be the only ones who can own a 'military style weapon"---which I guess to liberal thinking the AR-15 and SKS would fall into that category. The AR-15 just happens to be an excellent hunting rifle. Hell, while we are at is just as well ban the BB gun because Ralphie "almost" shot his eye out with his.

How are everyone's gardens looking so far---besides wet ? If you are already picking tomatoes or have cantaloupes as big as softballs, I don't even want to hear about it.

Bull,
Mr. Cordell should have known that Red would be coming after him after Mike's first post said he was a Republican. Don't you know,all us Repubs are what is wrong with the country---I mean the world. Maybe if Mr. Cordell said he was a "closet" KKK member---his pappy was the Grand Wizard and his great,great gran-pappy wore grey and rode beside General Robert E. Lee----then maybe them campaign dollars would start flowing in from out west.