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Please read the link you posted. From route 78 north and 287 west you are allowed to take an unlimited number of deer. There are also other places in the state where the total allotted exceeds 10 per year. Would you say that's more than enough to feed a family?

02-17-2018 , 09:30 AM

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ANONN123

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Originally Posted by raradevils

Cool?

In Virginia, where I live and hunt, you're limited to 5 deer a year (6 if you live east of the blue ridge mountains), 3 of which must be antlerless.

I'm sure there are plenty of families up in the mountains that poach deer, but would venture a guess that the number of families that rely on hunting for a significant part of their food is nearly zero.

Related stat found while googling: in 2011, 6% of the population 16 and over went hunting. That is tiny.

02-17-2018 , 09:30 AM

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DudeImBetter

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Originally Posted by UsedToBeGood

Evangelical family members on my FB are blaming the rise of mass shooters on the lack of children being disciplined over the past 30 years (conveniently ignoring how crime rates have plummeted over this time). Surely if these kids got a good spanking or two they'd never think about picking up that AK.

mine too, must be getting pushed on talk radio

02-17-2018 , 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

I feel like ten years ago the liberals in this thread would have had a milquetoast position that would be like "well, I respect the 2nd Amendment but maybe we can implement commonsense gun reforms... yadda yadda." Now it's all "**** it, let's repeal 2A." imo these shootings are definitely motivating the left to take a hardline stance on gun control.

^true for me

02-17-2018 , 10:45 AM

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Huehuecoyotl

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Points for the chutzpah from a NC lawmaker

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“We have to get over this useless hysteria about guns and allow school personnel to have a chance to defend their lives and those of their students,” Pittman said during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee. Republican state Rep. Michael Speciale of Craven County also met with the police officer, Pittman said.

Just a reminder where the useless hysteria of guns comes from

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A 19-year-old is*charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder*following a shooting rampage with an AR-15 rifle that left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Well let's check back in with the totally normal lawmaker

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In a Facebook comment on*another user’s post, Pittman speculated the Florida shooter was part of a conspiracy to “push for gun control so they can more easily take over the country.”

Literally Infowars, geez

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/pol...200294174.html

02-17-2018 , 11:37 AM

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EddyB66

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If the left would just acquiesce to the right, and agree that guns aren't the problem maybe we can get somewhere. Guns aren't the problem. The problem is school shootings and mass shootings, banning guns is the solution to the problem in the interim until we can figure out how to prevent people from getting to a point where they feel the need to do that.

I think some of these gun nuts just want somebody to tell them how proud they are that they have managed not to kill somebody with their gun. Have to pat them on the head, and give em a lolipop.

02-17-2018 , 12:44 PM

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Prawney

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The idea that getting to a point where you want to commit mass murder being a uniquely American thing is ridiculous. The only uniquely American thing is that these people who reach breaking point have such easy access to weapons that allow them to commit mass murder.

02-17-2018 , 01:24 PM

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In the good news department, I just booked a $100 charity bet with a deplorable over Nikolas Cruz's political ideology, he pays if the guy is a right-wing extremist, I pay if he's antifa. I'm pretty sure there's already been a decent amount of info on this so I can't believe I goaded this dip**** into taking the bet, but hooray, any pointers to conclusive info would be appreciated (I haven't really been paying that much attention).

02-17-2018 , 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

I'm a simple Midwesterner: I get that hunting is a thing and most guys who shoot deer on the weekends are responsible gun owners who aren't running liquor store holdups with their hunting rifles. At the same time, **** it. If taking away these toys is the only way to stop schools from getting lit up, I'm on board.

banning semi-autos shouldn't really affect sportsmen, there's no reason you can't hunt with a bolt-action rifle.

02-17-2018 , 01:45 PM

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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/16/u...oup/index.html

Just saw that, but your deplorable will likely just dismiss it as being CNN.

02-17-2018 , 01:53 PM

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more likely he'll say "he could be an antifa racist"

02-17-2018 , 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pvn

Nobody is paying here, unless the bet stipulated acceptable media sources. He's going to dig up some InfoWars or Breitbart propaganda, and yell Fake News at your CNN citation.

02-17-2018 , 02:00 PM

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Yeah I'm pretty sure the dude is just freerolling me, I am probably going to take side bets with others in my alumni group on whether he'll pay when he loses.

02-17-2018 , 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cuserounder

This is a ****ing gut punch
Feis is the football coach from Parkland

02-17-2018 , 02:30 PM

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will1530

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Originally Posted by bware

This is a ****ing gut punch
Feis is the football coach from Parkland

Mission accomplished then. The people he is meeting is everyone who has been killed in school.

02-17-2018 , 02:48 PM

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Trolly McTrollson

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Originally Posted by pvn

You're getting freerolled here, my dude. There's a photo circulating of Cruz wearing a MAGA hat, but gl getting the deplorable guy to ever pay up.

https://www.snopes.com/did-shooters-...ture-maga-hat/

02-17-2018 , 02:49 PM

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Chippa58

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These kids at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School may really be the catalysts to get a meaningful gun control debate started. Its time to rip these Republicans a set of brand new *******s. The kids are inspiring.

02-17-2018 , 02:53 PM

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Shop owners who sold him the guns. Totally shocked he used the gun for what it was intended for.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3825134

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Michael and Lisa Morrison were “completely shocked and mortified that anything like this would happen,” their lawyer Douglas Rudman said in a statement.

“They condemn in the strongest possible fashion anyone who use any weapon in anger and violence. They’re good family people who would never advocate violence toward anyone.”

02-17-2018 , 03:03 PM

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kerowo

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Originally Posted by canopen

Modern guns only shoot when the trigger is pulled. They will not go off if dropped. Accidental discharge can be more accurately as negligent discharge.

it's a good thing old guns deteriorate over time and stop working after their "shoot by date..."

02-17-2018 , 03:04 PM

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OmgGlutten!

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They closed the store because they are scared of retribution, not out of altruism.

02-17-2018 , 03:12 PM

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Chippa58

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Johnathan Pie. Don't really know him, but he makes some good points.

02-17-2018 , 03:29 PM

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Yuv

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Originally Posted by fatkid

Shop owners who sold him the guns. Totally shocked he used the gun for what it was intended for.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3825134

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Cruz, in filling out his ATF paperwork, answered “no” to questions asking if he suffered from mental health issues or was ever institutionalized for treatment.

Well, we've done what we can here. Just unlucky.

02-17-2018 , 03:43 PM

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uDevil

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We could use some more of this.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaChavers/st...35557318152192

02-17-2018 , 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Chippa58

Johnathan Pie. Don't really know him, but he makes some good points.

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"...schoolchildren being killed en masse, as a matter of course, is kind of normal. It ain't ****ing normal.".

He was correct until bolded. It's obviously normal. 18 school shootings in less than two months = incredibly commonplace = normal. In sounds trollish but if normal means standard, usual, typical, ordinary, to be expected, etc., then ya, this is normal in America.

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