# Gun threads galore **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553 "2013-01-27T19:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/21 "2013-01-28T04:51:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Gun threads are a basic right. Closing even one violates people’s Second Amendment rights. Plus, if we can’t close all of them, it’s not worth preventing the opening of any. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/22 "2013-01-28T13:04:36Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Better yet, a different website. QFT. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/23 "2013-01-28T13:36:23Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Have we reached the point where discussions of firearms and gun control need their own forum? Heck no. You give the gun nuts their own forum, which then leads to giving them actual guns…it’s a slippery slope! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/24 "2013-01-29T00:56:42Z")
So if February is rape month, then January is gun month? I think those two should partner up. They’d make lots of interesting offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/25 "2013-01-29T03:29:12Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > So if February is rape month, then January is gun month? I think those two should partner up. They’d make lots of interesting offspring. At the very least, they’d be honorary Tennessee citizens. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/26 "2013-01-29T06:23:17Z")
Meh. Just shoot it out in each one - it’s entertaining to see American gun culture at its best/worst. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/27 "2013-01-29T10:29:27Z")
How about a forum called “The Ice Cream Parlor”? Once it becomes clear that a certain topic is the current Flavor of the Month, all the threads get moved there and all further threads on that topic for the next month or so go there. No, I’m not serious, I just liked the Ice Cream Parlor/Flavor of the Month pun ---
**Author:** ![JLRogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JLRogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLRogers)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/28 "2013-01-29T11:30:03Z")
Dopers do have a right to gun threads, but they should be limited to posting in no more than one thread a day and no more than ten posts in that thread per day. It is also imperative that certain dangerous arguments be banned in order to protect other posters. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/29 "2013-01-29T17:25:47Z")
> [@JLRogers](#): > > Dopers do have a right to gun threads, but they should be limited to posting in no more than one thread a day and no more than ten posts in that thread per day. It is also imperative that certain dangerous arguments be banned in order to protect other posters. We can reduce the danger of gun threads by putting a statutory limit on the number of citations posted from on-line periodicals. Maybe set a magazine limit of 10. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/30 "2013-01-29T17:45:35Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > We can reduce the danger of gun threads by putting a statutory limit on the number of citations posted from on-line periodicals. > > Maybe set a magazine limit of 10. 😃 We’d have to add an FAQ so that people would be able to distinguish between that and a blurbs from a clipping service. ---
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/31 "2013-01-29T17:47:49Z")
> [@JLRogers](#): > > Dopers do have a right to gun threads, but they should be limited to posting in no more than one thread a day and no more than ten posts in that thread per day. It is also imperative that certain dangerous arguments be banned in order to protect other posters. And no unregistered users posting. Registered users must undergo a thorough background check. Each post. And don’t forget a waiting period. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/32 "2013-01-29T20:37:57Z")
> [@JLRogers](#): > > Dopers do have a right to gun threads, but they should be limited to posting in no more than one thread a day and no more than ten posts in that thread per day. It is also imperative that certain dangerous arguments be banned in order to protect other posters. We should make sure a moderator is present at all times while the thread is active, ready to ban any new posters before they do any damage. Perhaps we could pull some mods out of retirement for this. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/33 "2013-01-29T20:52:04Z")
> [@dexter](#): > > And no unregistered users posting. Registered users must undergo a thorough background check. Each post. > > And don’t forget a waiting period. Thank goodness we have that waiting period when it comes to searching. Can you imagine the horror and chaos there would be if people could search the forum _multiple times a minute?_ There would be flocks of pigs in the sky, firey rain, a pox o’re the land and a banning of _the entire board_! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/34 "2013-01-29T21:03:42Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Thank goodness we have that waiting period when it comes to searching. Can you imagine the horror and chaos there would be if people could search the forum _multiple times a minute?_ There would be flocks of pigs in the sky, firey rain, a pox o’re the land and a banning of _the entire board_! Actually, remembering the bad old days when there wasn’t a limit, yeah, that really sucked. The board ran like a dog with two legs. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/35 "2013-01-30T16:32:58Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We should make sure a moderator is present at all times while the thread is active, ready to ban any new posters before they do any damage. Perhaps we could pull some mods out of retirement for this. “The only protection from a new poster with a bannable post is a mod with a ban..” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/36 "2013-01-30T19:48:22Z")
> [@dexter](#): > > And no unregistered users posting. What the heck, I had some high caliber inflammatory posts written up a second ago but they seem to have disappeared from my screen. What an unfortunate accident. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/37 "2013-01-30T21:15:55Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > “The only protection from a new poster with a bannable post is a mod with a ban..” Ban 'em all, and let Cecil sort them out.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/38 "2013-01-30T21:33:21Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Ban 'em all, and let Cecil sort them out.😃 Been there, done that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/39 "2013-01-31T03:26:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Ban 'em all, and let Cecil sort them out.😃 > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Been there, done that. 😃 Or at least, **Marley** has. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553/40 "2013-01-31T04:01:51Z")
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