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In reply to the discussion: Unbelievable! Another example of our out of control gun culture. [View all]upaloopa
(11,417 posts)14. You didn't say it was. That would be what people do.
People then seeing tragedy reflect on it and try to make some sense of it.
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You're missing something else. The shooting happened in Georgia, and the shooter was arrested.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#53
My experience is that those who carry in public tend to be callous and perhaps paranoid.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#72
I posted something that is true about alcohol deaths in the U.S and the world
former-republican
Dec 2012
#54
Yes it is less civilized when some gun toter shoots someone in a situation like this.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#28
Never said it was due to guns. It is simply a fact that gun violence is at historic lows
hack89
Dec 2012
#40
Then why do you keep promoting more and more guns, and your buddies keep carrying in public.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#46
So you are saying that gun violence is not at historic lows and steadily declining?
hack89
Dec 2012
#61
I usually feel safe, and it is not because the gun culture can't keep from arming up.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#45
Oh come on, Slack, you guys wanted us to wait years to express an opinion on Zimmerman,
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#74
No, I expressed my opinion on Zimmerman less than a month after the shooting, and it hasn't changed
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#76
What happened to "an armed society is a polite society" NRA slogan from a while back?
byeya
Dec 2012
#12
I guess that implies one will be polite only if you are intimidated by gun owners, huh?
sadbear
Dec 2012
#23
The Problem With That, Sir, Is That People Tend To Over-Rate The Odds Of Their Success....
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#48
One Side, Though, Sir, Is Hard Right Wing, And Dangerous On Its Own Terms
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#62
Plenty Of Middle Ground, Sir, But It is Not Present In Political Discussion Of Firearms
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#69
Unrec for OP title conflating near half the population with criminal behavior.
Ya Basta
Dec 2012
#49
Do you have links to this bull you are teaching folks? Are you an NRA "certified" instructor?
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#78
Why is it that every post in GD that has something to do with guns as a murder weapon
Whovian
Dec 2012
#80
I have news for you Whovian - DU is widely read among people with very diverse beliefs about things.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#82