I'm a "traditional" liberal (i.e. libertarian) from PA, as well as a long time veteran of teh Intarwebz and various forums.
I came across the LGC completely by chance, and I found (much to my pleasant surprise) that the discourse here seems to be more reasoned than what I'm accustomed to on other "gun boards." So, I figured: "What the hell? Why not join?"
I may be a little slow opening up; I usually am when integrating myself into an online community I'm unfamiliar with, but I hope to make some meaningful contributions from time to time. I'm sincerely hoping that all efforts towards AB 1014 are not in vain. Did you know that there are "sister" versions of that bill in the House and Senate? Ah, but I digress...
In any case, I'm glad to be here and look forward to making a friend or two.
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3Howdy from Houston!
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4Welcome. Settle back, grab some popcorn - chime in when you feel like it.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo.
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5 from the Pacific Northwest!
"There never was a union of church and state which did not bring serious evils to religion."
The Right Reverend John England, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston SC, 1825.
The Right Reverend John England, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston SC, 1825.
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6The general tone of the LGC forum is indeed more liberal - in the uncapitalized meaning of the word - than any other gun-centric forum I've read. It is also more Liberal. Being a 'left-leaning centrist', I am sometimes disconcerted by the Rightness of my sentiments in a discussion.
Good luck with that.
The universe - is what it is.
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8What do you shoot, over there in PA on the other side of the Rocky Mountains where we hear rumor that people live?
Welcome from northern California.
CDFingers
Welcome from northern California.
CDFingers
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandana
like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eyed Jack
like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eyed Jack
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11My congresswoman introduced the house bill on gun restraining orders. We haven't done anything about it because: congress.
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12 from Orlando, Fla.
"No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person."
-Willa Cather
-Willa Cather
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13Thank you for the warm replies, everyone.
Slighty OT, but I was really disappointed when Sen. Casey did a 180 and fell for the "eeeeeeeevil assault weapons" hysteria post-Sandy Hook. I've met him in person and spoke with him at length before he got elected, and he seemed like a very intelligent and reasonable person.
Revolvers, pistols, a smattering of shotguns, and unmodified ARs/AKs. Rumor has it there are even some Class 3 items in the mix somewhere.CDFingers wrote:What do you shoot, over there in PA on the other side of the Rocky Mountains where we hear rumor that people live?
Well, it does have a rather low predicted chance of ever making it out of committee. My only concern was that this poorly written bill was introduced on a national level.senorgrand wrote:My congresswoman introduced the house bill on gun restraining orders. We haven't done anything about it because: congress.
Slighty OT, but I was really disappointed when Sen. Casey did a 180 and fell for the "eeeeeeeevil assault weapons" hysteria post-Sandy Hook. I've met him in person and spoke with him at length before he got elected, and he seemed like a very intelligent and reasonable person.
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14I would like to fight these gun restraining orders in more states, using AB 1014 as a model.
Class 3?? I hear rumor of such things outside of CA.
Class 3?? I hear rumor of such things outside of CA.
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16I thought I'd let you guys know that I'm enjoying it here and feel like I'm in good company.
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17That's good to hear.CoMF wrote:I thought I'd let you guys know that I'm enjoying it here and feel like I'm in good company.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo.
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19Well, we'll need to rectify thatCoMF wrote:I thought I'd let you guys know that I'm enjoying it here and feel like I'm in good company.
Welcome from west of Little Beirut and even more west of Methlehem, Oregon.
Jim
Cynistoicureanism: The world view best expressed by "I can't trust 'em any farther then I can throw 'em, There's nothing I can do about it anyway, So let's have a drink".
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22 from a fellow anti-authoritarian in St Louis.
In a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich the chicken and cow are involved while the pig is committed.
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23Hello from the (not-so) Free State of Maryland!
some days, I just don't English
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24 Welcome from the Un-Constitution State of Connecticut.
First of all, let's call it what it really is...It's not a gun buy-back, because the government never owned them. It's a gun turn in.