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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:17 PM Jan 2015

Liam Neeson Says America Has 'Too Many F**king Guns'

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by SYFROYH (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Liam Neeson voiced his issues with gun ownership in America during a conversation about the recent shooting at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.

“First off, my thoughts and prayers and my heart are with the deceased, and certainly with all of France, yesterday. I’ve got a lot of dear friends in Paris,” Neeson said during an interview in Dubai this week. "There's too many fucking guns out there. Especially in America. I think the population is like, 320 million? There's over 300 million guns. Privately owned, in America. I think it's a fucking disgrace. Every week now we're picking up a newspaper and seeing, 'Yet another few kids have been killed in schools.'"

Neeson went on to deny that movies featuring firearms, such as his own "Taken" series, encourage people to buy guns, saying: "I grew up watching cowboy movies, loved doing that [gun gesture] with my fingers, 'Bang, bang, you're dead!' I didn't end up a killer. I think that's something the power of cinema can be."

According to estimates, there are between 270 million and 310 million guns in the U.S., the Pew Research Center has noted. With a population of about 300 million, that's one for every man, woman and child. In a 2013 Pew survey, 37 percent of Americans said someone in their household owned a gun.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/liam-neeson-america-guns_n_6472266.html

Alert Gungeoneers! To Action!! Someone has DARED to mention guns in a negative light on a 'LIBERAL' forum!!!

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Liam Neeson Says America Has 'Too Many F**king Guns' (Original Post) onehandle Jan 2015 OP
He's right shenmue Jan 2015 #1
+1 n/t Matrosov Jan 2015 #2
yup, right as rain. shraby Jan 2015 #3
His art sure promotes guns and their effectiveness, and he makes millions doing it. braddy Jan 2015 #5
Yawn. Who? cherokeeprogressive Jan 2015 #4
and this fits the SOP how? Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #6
Gosh. You pay pretty close attention to me. onehandle Jan 2015 #7
Nope, it's called I read GD Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #8
'normal people' onehandle Jan 2015 #9
what? Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #10
Locked and hidden. pintobean Jan 2015 #11
Not learned I guess nt Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #12
love the penis reference Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #15
Locking. aikoaiko Jan 2015 #13
Well no shit, Liam. No shit. nt Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #14

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
1. He's right
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:24 PM
Jan 2015
 

Matrosov

(1,098 posts)
2. +1 n/t
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:30 PM
Jan 2015

shraby

(21,946 posts)
3. yup, right as rain.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:31 PM
Jan 2015
 

braddy

(3,585 posts)
5. His art sure promotes guns and their effectiveness, and he makes millions doing it.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:35 PM
Jan 2015
 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
4. Yawn. Who?
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:32 PM
Jan 2015
 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
6. and this fits the SOP how?
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:35 PM
Jan 2015

Did you not just have several threads locked and your account reviewed a week or ago for hidden posts and violating the GD SOP?

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
7. Gosh. You pay pretty close attention to me.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:43 PM
Jan 2015

Back before DU was overrun, we called that stalking.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
8. Nope, it's called I read GD
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:48 PM
Jan 2015

and gun related posting is usually only by a few that violate the SOP and have posts locked. Yours stood out as you posted the same thing several times within hours having all locked and several posts hidden. Those type of things tend to stick out from the normal people that follow the rules.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
9. 'normal people'
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:49 PM
Jan 2015

So transparent.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
10. what?
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 09:55 PM
Jan 2015

That most people posting in GD follow the SOP and the guidance posted by Skinner? Yes I would say they are the normal and good DU members.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
11. Locked and hidden.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 10:02 PM
Jan 2015

I noticed those too. It seems there might be a lesson there.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
12. Not learned I guess nt
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 10:03 PM
Jan 2015
 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
15. love the penis reference
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 10:04 PM
Jan 2015

avatar, I find that unfunny and offensive.

aikoaiko

(34,172 posts)
13. Locking.
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 10:04 PM
Jan 2015

This thread was locked because a consensus of hosts saw it as a violation of the SOP for this forum.

Discuss politics, issues, and current events. Posts about Israel/Palestine, religion, guns, showbiz, or sports are restricted in this forum. Conspiracy theories and disruptive meta-discussion are forbidden. For more information, click here.


This story was posted four days earlier and locked then, too. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026077298

These type of threads are welcome on this liberal forum in either:
Gun Control Reform Activism: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1262
or
Gun Control and RKBA: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1172

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
14. Well no shit, Liam. No shit. nt
Thu Jan 15, 2015, 10:04 PM
Jan 2015
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