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Remember you are not allowed to discuss gun control when gun crimes are malaise Dec 2012 #1
And that is a shame too isn't it madokie Dec 2012 #2
When the right to weapons supercedes others right to life malaise Dec 2012 #31
You are so right madokie Dec 2012 #35
So, what do you suggest? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #47
please show me the part of the 2nd amendment that says: Botany Dec 2012 #6
There is no part that says that. justanidea Dec 2012 #11
lots of guns and lots of mentally ill people = lots of shootings. Botany Dec 2012 #19
You think that the mentally ill is the biggest problem with homicides former-republican Dec 2012 #26
Ah, another fact free post. GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #87
I don't like to post on threads involving guns.... llmart Dec 2012 #21
Since when did a lack of a permit stop a mall shooter? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #49
Doesn't say "Fucking nutballs" ,but it's pretty clear about "shall not be infringed". Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #34
Except for that pesky "milita" stuff that gun culture ignores. Hoyt Dec 2012 #62
I think we've had this argument before, but here goes. Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #69
One can analyze all day . Those who don't need a gun in their pants in public, know what it means. Hoyt Dec 2012 #80
Interpretation of that sentence is the problem. Those who ascribe to individual RK&BR, freshwest Dec 2012 #38
We read it even more differently than you suggest. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #50
I think those who believe that is anachronistic hold that we have a different society today. freshwest Dec 2012 #74
No worries, it's been a rough week. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #75
+1 AlexSatan Dec 2012 #89
A well regulated militia SCVDem Dec 2012 #45
You may have meant that sarcastically but... AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #65
I was looking for a loophole SCVDem Dec 2012 #70
As long as this country has a broken health care system this will continue to happen justanidea Dec 2012 #3
One issue does not exclude the other. This madness is multi-faceted. Laurian Dec 2012 #12
For most murders in this country the person wasn't deemed mentality incompetent to stand trial former-republican Dec 2012 #18
"Most people that know them" llmart Dec 2012 #24
IBTL n/t oneshooter Dec 2012 #4
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You are correct. Turbineguy Dec 2012 #10
Amen. Laurian Dec 2012 #7
I hunt and own guns Botany Dec 2012 #15
Persuit of Happiness otohara Dec 2012 #27
Too bad the deer don't have guns. n/t RebelOne Dec 2012 #44
I'm glad you don't shoot trees. SCVDem Dec 2012 #48
Increased number? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #52
what larwdem Dec 2012 #60
Fine, I'll do your homework for you. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #63
Don't need "data, " it's evident. Gun culture won't accept it until NRA does study planned for Hoyt Dec 2012 #66
'evident'. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #68
Shoppers' Rights Now !! leftstreet Dec 2012 #9
The solutions to violent gun crime are difficult in the US. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #13
That's really not going to decrease gun homicides in this country former-republican Dec 2012 #20
There seems to be a link between education and crime. ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #28
A lot of those criminals are already to deeply involved in the criminal culture former-republican Dec 2012 #33
I don't disagree with your post, but I would like to point out that ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #36
"Agree" most of those were mentally ill former-republican Dec 2012 #37
+1 AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #53
Federal registration has little chance of ever becoming law. ... spin Dec 2012 #76
Canada's registration program was obviously designed to frustrate and piss off AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #78
I would place the possibility of registration at the Federal level passing at less than 10% ... spin Dec 2012 #79
Then they aren't really "honest." They are just "thugs/terrorists/criminals." Hoyt Dec 2012 #81
Simple - make a law against shooting people. Problem solved. (nt) The Straight Story Dec 2012 #14
I think we should be allowed to have these. It's a gun. It's called a gun. BlueJazz Dec 2012 #16
OK, but only if you can get a concealed carry permit for it. nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #29
Technically you probably can, with the correct paperwork. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #54
In some states with the proper permits, you can. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #55
What are those "obvious reasons" jberryhill Dec 2012 #58
Obvious reasons in that it cannot be used AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #61
The second amendment says nothing about... jberryhill Dec 2012 #64
I don't have to. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #67
The word you seem confused about is "arms". ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #71
Can't wait to hear your plan for collecting 300 million guns! And... Logical Dec 2012 #17
This country is insane when it comes to guns. nt Lex Dec 2012 #23
I agree we seem to have an obsession with them! n-t Logical Dec 2012 #25
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #22
Are the two mutually exclusive? Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #30
But if everyone were armed Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #32
A quick review of the "rules" about when it's okay to discuss gun policy might be in order: TygrBright Dec 2012 #39
TygrBright! NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #41
awww, thanks! Nice to see you, too. TygrBright Dec 2012 #72
Here. I Fixed it: NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #40
Probably quite a few. Kaleva Dec 2012 #42
Another great post by Botany Aldo Leopold Dec 2012 #43
It's as if the NRA is more powerful than our elected officials. Even when a Congresswoman was shot jillan Dec 2012 #46
Arizona acutally has a law that could have prevented that. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author Aristus Dec 2012 #51
How do we reverse this new norm? NeoBergie Dec 2012 #56
K&R abelenkpe Dec 2012 #59
I think part of the answer is to tax hell out of ammunition sales. Then only the rich could afford Ford_Prefect Dec 2012 #73
Wow. Who specifically ever said that? flvegan Dec 2012 #77
Infinity. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #82
+1 moondust Dec 2012 #85
So long as it doesn't happen to "me"! Scootaloo Dec 2012 #83
when we evolve as a society to where we deal with the root causes of violent crime backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #84
Until the militia gets well-regulated ... GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #86
hundreds of thousands of them of course dmallind Dec 2012 #88
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