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macwriter

(169 posts)
5. Get ready for the same gun lobby response
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:00 PM
Dec 2012

They'll say something like: "it's not appropriate to talk about gun violence at this time. It would be wrong to politicize this tragedy." The problem is that it's never the right time as far as they are concerned.

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
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