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In the discussion thread: Approximately how many deaths by gun per day is acceptable in a free society? [View all]

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:52 AM

billh58 (2,624 posts)

41. According to those

who frequent the Gungeon, as many as it takes to uphold the 2nd Amendment. When everyone in the USA is armed and dangerous, we will all be safer (except for those who become a part of the "acceptable statistics").

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69 replies	Author	Time	Post
Approximately how many deaths by gun per day is acceptable in a free society? [View all]	Bicoastal	Dec 2012	OP
IBL	pipoman	Dec 2012	#1
In a truly free society does it matter?	MrSlayer	Dec 2012	#2
What free society?	NoOneMan	Dec 2012	#3
Not enough information. I don't consider all shootings to be a bad thing.	JVS	Dec 2012	#4
Apparently an unlimited amount as long as "we" continue to complain about drones. nt	patrice	Dec 2012	#5
I would agree.	IDoMath	Dec 2012	#7
How many deaths are acceptable?	IDoMath	Dec 2012	#6
There are a lot of reasons why gun control and prohibition of alcohol are very different.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#25
Of course, the devil's in the details, isn't it?	LAGC	Dec 2012	#27
In the short term, yes, in the longer term, no.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#29
The similarities are more relevant than the differences	IDoMath	Dec 2012	#32
I don't think so.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#33
The stats don't justify the hair-on-fire gun control attitude.	pipoman	Dec 2012	#8
Who told you that more guns in more places is "progressive" or a "civil right?"	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#13
Liberal interpretation of enumerated civil liberties	pipoman	Dec 2012	#14
LOL. "Settled" by a 5-4 decision with only right-wingers in the majority.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#23
"Urbanites"?	Paladin	Dec 2012	#31
I assume you do know that	backwoodsbob	Dec 2012	#9
Do you have a source for that? n/t	cynatnite	Dec 2012	#10
here (violent crime in general)	The Straight Story	Dec 2012	#12
Interesting.... Where is the problem, really?	IDoMath	Dec 2012	#34
Illinois has some of the strictest gun laws in America. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#36
This is not true. What's with the false statistics from the NRA crowd?	DanTex	Dec 2012	#63
Approximately how many deaths from home invasions is acceptable by anti-gunners?	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#11
Ah, if it isn't anecdotal evidence from the NRA crowd!	DanTex	Dec 2012	#18
Then choose not to bring guns into your house.	LAGC	Dec 2012	#20
Ah, the old NRA change-of-subject.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#22
Why are you resorting to ad hominem attacks?	LAGC	Dec 2012	#24
So calling someone who repeats NRA talking points an NRAer is ad hominem?	DanTex	Dec 2012	#26
Most defensive gun uses don't involve death.	LAGC	Dec 2012	#28
Most gun crimes don't involve death either.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#30
You name-calling jerk.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#67
Evidently 120+ per day to lack of medical care is acceptable	hobbit709	Dec 2012	#15
Oh, also...	pipoman	Dec 2012	#16
LOL. Never thought I'd see poll trutherism right here on DU!	DanTex	Dec 2012	#21
Agreed..	Upton	Dec 2012	#55
Fix root causes	hack89	Dec 2012	#17
And encourage gun owners to actually act responsibily and in society's best interest.	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#35
Since my guns don't pollute I am good to go. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#37
That's what factory owners say too.	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#44
Every other industrialized democracy has far less gun violence than the US.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#19
Don't they have lower levels of violence in general?	hack89	Dec 2012	#38
No.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#48
Yet where I live is just as safe as any such country - maybe even safer	hack89	Dec 2012	#53
What has being an "industrialized democracy" got to do with it?	1-Old-Man	Dec 2012	#40
It's for the sake of an apples-to-apples comparison.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#50
My town is just as safe as every other industrialized democracy	hack89	Dec 2012	#42
Of course, there are some towns with lower crime rates.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#54
So what additional laws do we need?	hack89	Dec 2012	#56
Licensing and registration for handguns, for one.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#60
Licensing and registration will never happen	hack89	Dec 2012	#65
Dan ~ you are making too much sense	goclark	Dec 2012	#66
Sensible within the limits of strict scrutiny is ok	hack89	Dec 2012	#57
We have far more people in prison then many other Western nations combined.	Kaleva	Dec 2012	#49
True, though we do not have higher rates of violent crime.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#52
Depends--suicide vs murder are completely different	AlexSatan	Dec 2012	#39
Since suicides are not declining as much as gun crime, they are useful to pad the numbers. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#45
According to those	billh58	Dec 2012	#41
How many deaths by automobile are acceptable to you?	oneshooter	Dec 2012	#43
drunk drivers cause more deaths than guns in the u.s. annually.	Mel Content	Dec 2012	#46
Yes.	1-Old-Man	Dec 2012	#47
That worked out so well the last time. Didn't it.	oneshooter	Dec 2012	#58
That's not true, actually.	DanTex	Dec 2012	#62
They don't seem to	billh58	Dec 2012	#68
About half of all victims are shot by someone they know - therefore don't hang out with these people	FarCenter	Dec 2012	#51
I have no friends so I'm safe.	Kaleva	Dec 2012	#61
And if you don't go to places where people are shot at times when they are shot, you are even safer	FarCenter	Dec 2012	#64
We could follow Vermont's example where even a 14 year old can carry a handgun	Kaleva	Dec 2012	#59
Locking	HappyMe	Dec 2012	#69

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