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Dick's announcement is utterly irrelevant to most gun owners in my area. We generally patronize local gunshops or Cabela's. Now if Cabela's starts pandering to snowflakes, it may be a problem (though not for me, I'll stick to one of the locally-owned dealers).

Good point!  I only go to my local shop, with people I know.  That reminds me...I need to go get some more magazines.
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Good point!  I only go to my local shop, with people I know.  That reminds me...I need to go get some more magazines.

Never bought a dang thing at Cabelas. Too spendy.

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So like cars, registered and insured if used in public funded areas? but not private property?

You've beaten this drum before, and I don't understand what you're driving at (pun intended).   Cars and guns are different things; obviously the details of their respective registration/insurance regimes will differ.  But, broadly states, guns and cars are both (i) very useful (ii) have the potential to be very deadly, and (iii) very easily stolen by those intending to use them irresponsibly.    The rationale for registration and insurance exists for each, when each will be used for its intended purpose.     
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A whole bunch of jeeps out here that are fitted with a tow bar, or trailered to the sticks. not registered or insured. Legal off the paved road last I looked.

Exactly.  @Jazzhead repeatedly implies that owning a car requires insurance and registration.  Too many folks in the city that don't understand common things in rural life, or even in the suburbs.
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Never bought a dang thing at Cabelas. Too spendy.

No.  I've never set foot in Cabela's, Bass or Dick's.
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Too many folks in the city that don't understand common things in rural life, or even in the suburbs.
That's exactly the problem with that little snowflake Hogg and his pals. Having lived only in large urban areas or affluent suburbs, they seem to have  no clue why people own guns and how they might actually need to own them.
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You've beaten this drum before, and I don't understand what you're driving at (pun intended).   

You are complaining about somebody beating a drum before.

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Exactly.  @Jazzhead repeatedly implies that owning a car requires insurance and registration.  Too many folks in the city that don't understand common things in rural life, or even in the suburbs.

And too many folks from rural areas don't understand the special problems with gun violence that exist in the cities and suburbs.   In Montana, the "wild west" ethos may be charming; in Philadelphia it's deadly. 
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That's exactly the problem with that little snowflake Hogg and his pals. Having lived only in large urban areas or affluent suburbs, they seem to have  no clue why people own guns and how they might actually need to own them.

Add to that.... their leftie penchant for hypocrisy.... ie that if they see or feeeel the need for protection, they'll be the first ones to go get a gun for their own safety (See: Rosie O'Donnell raving against gun ownership while employing an armed bodyguard).
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Exactly.  @Jazzhead repeatedly implies that owning a car requires insurance and registration.  Too many folks in the city that don't understand common things in rural life, or even in the suburbs.

Yep. Stock cars and mud trucks, Off-road racers, Pro Stock and Rails.... often perform on public lands without title, registration or insurance.

And it is a silly comparison anyway. Cars are not used to snatch liberty from tyrants. Guns, however, are.  Gun registries invariably lead to confiscation. That is the point.

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That's exactly the problem with that little snowflake Hogg and his pals. Having lived only in large urban areas or affluent suburbs, they seem to have  no clue why people own guns and how they might actually need to own them.

But we're all part of the same nation.   Try to understand why people who aren't from rural areas might seek to reduce the number of guns, especially of the high-powered variety.   To you it's sport, to us it's survival. 
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You've beaten this drum before, and I don't understand what you're driving at (pun intended).

And you keep ignoring the facts.  You keep implying they are both dangerous and since cars are required to be registered and insured, guns should be treated the same.  It is a false comparison because the base claim about cars is false.  Cars, trucks etc are not required to be registered or insured.  The requirement is for driving them on public roads.

When I grew up in Ohio, my family routinely had winter vehicles and summer vehicles.  Insurance was dropped when they were not used 6 months out of the year.  Folks in my family continue to do that today.  Insurance is not required on the vehicle.  Only when used on the roads.

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   Cars and guns are different things; obviously the details of their respective registration/insurance regimes will differ.  But, broadly states, guns and cars are both (i) very useful (ii) have the potential to be very deadly, and (iii) very easily stolen by those intending to use them irresponsibly.    The rationale for registration and insurance exists for each, when each will be used for its intended purpose. 

That "intended purpose" is just BS.  Cars are registered for WHERE they are used, not how or by whom.
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And too many folks from rural areas don't understand the special problems with gun violence that exist in the cities and suburbs.   In Montana, the "wild west" ethos may be charming; in Philadelphia it's deadly.

So write your damn laws in Philadelphia FOR Philadelphia and leave Montana the hell alone. How is that so hard?

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Guns, however, are.  Gun registries invariably lead to confiscation. That is the point.

No, that's not the point, because the Constitution guarantees the RKBA.   Gun registries IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RKBA do not lead to confiscation.   
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So write your damn laws in Philadelphia FOR Philadelphia and leave Montana the hell alone. How is that so hard?

And you do the same.  That's why I strongly oppose the proposed concealed carry reciprocity law.     
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But we're all part of the same nation.   Try to understand why people who aren't from rural areas might seek to reduce the number of guns, especially of the high-powered variety.   To you it's sport, to us it's survival.

BALONEY. High powered rifles (which a .223 pop gun ain't even close) are what we need to HUNT.  For us, it really IS about survival.

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Actually, just the opposite.  Look at Chicago and Gary, Indiana.  Two cities very physically close yet with very different gun laws and resulting gun violence.  In Chicago, where many law abiding citizens are disarmed by government, more gun violence.

I'd like to see per capita statistics on that.  Chicago and Gary are probably demographically similar.  What are the differences in gun laws between the two cities?   
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No, that's not the point, because the Constitution guarantees the RKBA.   Gun registries IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RKBA do not lead to confiscation.

Been there done that a hundred times. Australia had the right to bear arms. Registration and confiscation ensued.

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And you do the same.  That's why I strongly oppose the proposed concealed carry reciprocity law.   

FINE. Then you should also oppose FEDERAL laws which apply everywhere.

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What cop out?   Why not address both?

Do you see that happening in the media?  Of course, not, it's all "Guns are bad" 24/7.

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I'd like to see per capita statistics on that.  Chicago and Gary are probably demographically similar.  What are the differences in gun laws between the two cities?   

I made a bad comparison.  I deleted it before I saw your response.  I should have checked individual cities first instead of State comparisons.
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That's why I strongly oppose the proposed concealed carry reciprocity law.   

But it is funny, as an aside, that you are against reciprocity in gun licenses, but all for it in homo marriage licenses. Jussayin.  *****rollingeyes*****

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Exactly.  @Jazzhead repeatedly implies that owning a car requires insurance and registration.  Too many folks in the city that don't understand common things in rural life, or even in the suburbs.

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Maybe because he's never actually owned a car.  Simply took care of them for the bank.
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Been there done that a hundred times. Australia had the right to bear arms. Registration and confiscation ensued.

We are not Australia.
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