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In reply to the discussion: Question: Are gun buyback programs like offering... [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,692 posts)48. After our exchange this past Wednesday...
        ...ended with post #41 with no reply or attempt at rebuttal from you, I gave it a bit and assumed you turned tail and gave up.
I'm not up on the exact rules of baseball but I believe that if you don't take the field when your opponent comes to bat, you lose.
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        I don't have no problems with gun buy backs. If the organization wants to fork over a $200
        Waldorf
        Oct 2016
        #13
      
        
        I heard something to the effect that the law in question had been rescinded
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Oct 2016
        #17
      
        
        No, the law hasn't been rescinded. The author of the bill, seeing that her bill might be
        Waldorf
        Oct 2016
        #22
      
        
        Nope.  Cheap, rust-while-you-watch hooks are recommended for catch & release.
        Eleanors38
        Oct 2016
        #35
      
        
        I would say it's more like giving basketballs to retired nuns in an effort to combat
        petronius
        Oct 2016
        #16
      
        
        your analogy, including your lame attempt to euphemize it says more about you than the topic
        CreekDog
        Oct 2016
        #30
      
        
        If Ezekiel Gilbert had sold back his guns, he wouldn't have been aquitted of exercising his...
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #36
      
        
        A buy back of his guns wouild have prevented him from murdering the escort.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #40
      
        
        An inability to actually refute an opponent's argument is a concession that the argument is true.
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Oct 2016
        #44
      
        
        Oh, it was just a lie. OK. You made it sound like it was something that I said. Carry on.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #45
      
        
        You can claim the last word, or you can claim great endurance and stamina, ...
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #53
      
        
        I'll ask you again, he couldn't or wouldn't have killed her with any other weapon?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #52
      
        
        I'll have to correct my mental dictionary to eliminate "Cheap Gigolo" as well.
        Eleanors38
        Oct 2016
        #51
      
  