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Lionessa

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1. I thought I was, then I realized

Reply to madinmaryland (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 09:24 PM

Dec 2012

my son shops there and his SO works there. Now I'm not so numb this time as I was last time. She's fine, I've found out, and in lock down waiting for police escorts out of the mall.

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I'm getting numb to it all. [View all] madinmaryland Dec 2012 OP

I thought I was, then I realized Lionessa Dec 2012 #1

I glad she is doing fine. Can't this shit just stop?? madinmaryland Dec 2012 #2

No, when tPtB squeeze and squeeze, some people are going to snap. Lionessa Dec 2012 #4

there's only one thing we can do in response to these shootings Enrique Dec 2012 #3

Get ready for the same gun lobby response macwriter Dec 2012 #5

no way, the response is "more people at that mall should've been carrying" NightWatcher Dec 2012 #6

If the one who put him down was a CCW citizen, you will be eating crow. Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #8

Don't bet the farm on it..the news wold have been ablaze with it rustydog Dec 2012 #13

my bet is this shooter killed himself when he saw the cops comming NightWatcher Dec 2012 #14

Damn I'm good. Shooter killed himself! NightWatcher Dec 2012 #18

How do you know that it wasn't a nut who "went guns"? Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #7

Either way ... etherealtruth Dec 2012 #9

Right, just like car accidents come down to cars and not drunks or distracted people. Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #10

Hahaha! etherealtruth Dec 2012 #11

Guns aren't designed with the intent that they will be used to shoot people. Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #12

WTF!!!! did it hurt when you pulled that out of your butt? rustydog Dec 2012 #15

Ignore "it" ... perhaps it will go back to "its" gun porn etherealtruth Dec 2012 #16

I was just surprised that Wayne LaPierre is a troll on DU! rustydog Dec 2012 #17

They can be used to shoot people. That doesn't mean that every gun is intended to shoot people. Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #20

Mr. LaPierre, you are the reason I left the NRA rustydog Dec 2012 #21

An objects availability and its intended use must be taken into account. neverforget Dec 2012 #19