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2014-07-05 -Land of the Free

This Week in Guns: July 5th, 2014

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Posted by badanov 2014-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Nice T&L Gun of the Week. Probably a 'bring back' from the great unpleasantness. T&L was a major British supplier to Richmond.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-05 07:20|| 2014-07-05 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 In case you were wondering why the Obamacare law was a lousy idea from the outset, consider that antigun fascists want to use the medical profession to help statists seize guns

They have been at this for awhile now. In the past, they have tried to define "firearm-related" deaths as an epidemic. No matter what "firearm-related" deaths means. Their statistics are flawed.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-05 09:27|| 2014-07-05 09:27|| Front Page Top

#3 I have a side-by-side 20 gauge shotgun x 52 caliber rifle made in the 1840's. It's a long gun and I love it. It's percussion.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-07-05 09:34|| 2014-07-05 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 In case you were wondering why the Obamacare law was a lousy idea from the outset, consider that antigun fascists want to use the medical profession to help statists seize guns

First let me apologize to those of you who smoke.

But over the course of my many years on this planet I have known very few people who died or even suffered from gunshot wounds. Well, maybe there were a few guys I knew in high school who didn't make it back from Vietnam. But I've seen a hell of a lot of people get sick and die from smoking cigarettes. Funny, how I never hear Baraq say anything about that.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2014-07-05 11:46|| 2014-07-05 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, the thing about cancer patients is that they die quietly and it usually doesn't make the news unless it's in the obits. It's certainly not on the front page, unless it's Tony Gwynn. Same thing with emphysema. Just not newsworthy. You could say it's their own damn fault because they knew the danger but by the time they get out of high school they're so badly addicted they can't quit. You just know that along with his chooming activities in high school, Baraq was smoking cigarettes as well. It'll be bigger news than Tony Gwynn when he gets sick.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2014-07-05 11:54|| 2014-07-05 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a nasty, expensive and deadly habit. I have missed it every morning for 15 years.

Posted by Shipman 2014-07-05 14:37|| 2014-07-05 14:37|| Front Page Top

#7 My Dada had a wooden case that held a carton of cigarettes, with a little ditty on it -

Tobacco is a dirty weed
I like it
It satisfies no normal need
I like it
It makes you thin, it make you lean
It takes the hair right off your bean
It's the worst darn stuff I've ever seen
I like it.

He quit in 1960; I quit for the third and last time in 1989. I still dream about smoking....

Posted by Bobby 2014-07-05 18:51|| 2014-07-05 18:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Y'all aren't the only ones with a habit. The states are hooked on the tax revenue. Note that those numbers are in thousands of dollars.

Posted by SteveS 2014-07-05 19:01|| 2014-07-05 19:01|| Front Page Top

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