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Do me a favor and please do not go about defending the goodness of guns today. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #1
Guns are not "good", so I will not defend their "goodness." But I do agree with President Obama. nt TPaine7 Dec 2012 #14
I am surprised you didn't suggest DURHAM D Dec 2012 #2
Another fantasy projection. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #80
oh put a freaking lid on it. JanMichael Dec 2012 #3
I've known more teachers I would trust with my personal Springfield than security guards... Lightbulb_on Dec 2012 #143
Shooters had bulletproof vests - mentally unstable shooters come prepared, apparently. blm Dec 2012 #4
But if there had been someone there who also had a semi-automatic weapon, and bullet-proof vest, and cbdo2007 Dec 2012 #24
You try teaching in a bullet-proof vest. I had enough trouble teaching in a suit vest. TrogL Dec 2012 #146
I am guessing a very large percentage WinniSkipper Dec 2012 #51
So there goes the "guns save lives" argument, as shooters will just get body armor. alp227 Dec 2012 #121
A "bulletproof vest" does not confer invincibility. PavePusher Dec 2012 #133
The fucking solution is not more guns upaloopa Dec 2012 #5
+1000 GCP Dec 2012 #8
Thanks wryter2000 Dec 2012 #18
Ah, thank you. Iggo Dec 2012 #25
Are you trying to say that a lawful person with a gun would have made things worse? n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #137
Gunners only reply to a tragedy like this is to try and upaloopa Dec 2012 #141
So, should police forces be disbanded? PavePusher Dec 2012 #147
What a load. I wish the shooter(s) had been unarmed. cbayer Dec 2012 #6
Agree. n/t Agschmid Dec 2012 #12
Ah, the gun crazies have arrived... DanTex Dec 2012 #7
Yes, with the same tired talking points. n/t godai Dec 2012 #19
DU has been infiltrated with whack jobs from the very beginning NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #101
. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #9
Do good people with guns have sensors that alert them to trouble nearby??? cbdo2007 Dec 2012 #10
you want 28 dead? CreekDog Dec 2012 #11
There needs to be a balanced approach. justanidea Dec 2012 #13
The more the killings happen the less people upaloopa Dec 2012 #16
Bottom line: I don't trust you around my children if you are armed Generic Other Dec 2012 #61
Yes, yes, yes erinlough Dec 2012 #77
It would be safer if you just never left your home. cleanhippie Dec 2012 #128
While I understand your sentiment... cleanhippie Dec 2012 #125
I am hardly the ignorant one Generic Other Dec 2012 #159
I'm endangering you and your kids? cleanhippie Dec 2012 #161
This post is a remake of the that shitstain nnadir after Fukishima. Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #15
How many more children would have dies in the crossfire? NWHarkness Dec 2012 #17
A logical post on DU? Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #44
Ugh! ProSense Dec 2012 #20
I get your point but...'We don't even require that of SEALS!' makes no sense. randome Dec 2012 #21
pathetic DemocratsForProgress Dec 2012 #22
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #23
Who asked for you sympathy? TPaine7 Dec 2012 #32
No. But eventually, someone might do just that. MineralMan Dec 2012 #42
Actually, mob mentality most likely IS dictating where and when you post. blue neen Dec 2012 #120
Today is not the day to have to read this kind of nonsense. nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #26
Is this the right time to post such drivel? Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #27
did this school have a resource officer? Corgigal Dec 2012 #28
probably not a lot of sympathy for your warped views today . . . . DrDan Dec 2012 #29
Yes, more guns is what we need. Puke. nt sufrommich Dec 2012 #30
Please. liberalmuse Dec 2012 #31
Utterly predictable, and utterly reprehensible. MineralMan Dec 2012 #33
Agreed. It's reprehensible RomneyLies Dec 2012 #37
+1,000. n/t. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #109
WELL REGULATED RomneyLies Dec 2012 #34
Have you left no sense of decency? alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #35
This. nt sufrommich Dec 2012 #43
The sad thing is you have no clue that is a disgusting, inapporpriate joeybee12 Dec 2012 #36
No. I am perfectly happy with a no gun policy in schools. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #38
A jury let this post stand 3-3 ellisonz Dec 2012 #39
Yes. Very sad commentary. MineralMan Dec 2012 #45
yes - probably better - let all DUers see this disgusting post DrDan Dec 2012 #48
I still won't put anyone on Ignore but TPaine7 is definitely on my internal 'Who Gives A Shit' list. randome Dec 2012 #54
not a fan of "ignore" either - have never used it DrDan Dec 2012 #64
Yes, let them out themselves cbdo2007 Dec 2012 #57
I say let it stand. DanTex Dec 2012 #86
Sometimes it really just is too fucking much... ellisonz Dec 2012 #89
Fail. Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2012 #40
A parent with a pistol would have been no match against this guy with his pnwmom Dec 2012 #41
Assault weapon? TPaine7 Dec 2012 #59
This is what gave me that impression: pnwmom Dec 2012 #67
Reports are that there was a .223 caliber rifle seized. pnwmom Dec 2012 #92
Just watched a video interview with a surviving student. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #107
The "Sig Sauer" has been called the "Rolls Royce of assault rifles." pnwmom Dec 2012 #117
A Sig Sauer 9mm handgun is most definitely not the "Rolls Royce of assault rifles." TPaine7 Dec 2012 #144
A teacher is a teacher. Not trained to protect DevonRex Dec 2012 #46
Sick--sorry, dude, we're not all primed for combat like you TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #47
Well using your "logic", if no one was armed, then no one would have got shot. SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #49
That's complete horseshit. Not ONCE has that ever happened, despite C/C in 49 states kysrsoze Dec 2012 #50
Is it possible AlexSatan Dec 2012 #132
Yeah, I'd like a gun to be in my child's classroom aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #52
utter self-serving bullshit.... mike_c Dec 2012 #53
Or maybe we should just come to the fucking realization Cheap_Trick Dec 2012 #55
Cheering for more guns while the blood hasn't even dried... Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #56
Kindergarten teachers = Navy SEALs, both groups should TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #58
Now we have to be friggin Annie Oakley too? HockeyMom Dec 2012 #60
I never alert on posts, but I am curious to see if calling me INSANE would be considered out TPaine7 Dec 2012 #65
This is a bad time to post this type of thread former-republican Dec 2012 #71
Actually, this is the only time this type of thread is allowed in GD, and the adults running into TPaine7 Dec 2012 #72
I'm not disagreeing or agreeing with you former-republican Dec 2012 #79
Teacher with a hand gun AGAINST THIS? FOOK OFF Rambis Dec 2012 #62
Using this disaster to advance your fucked up agenda BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #63
+10,000 Laurian Dec 2012 #87
+1 tallahasseedem Dec 2012 #96
Because the other side of the argument would never do that. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #103
Since we cannot predict which unstable male will open fire, ban men from owning guns. aquart Dec 2012 #65
fucking gross H2O Man Dec 2012 #68
More violence. Our country is beyond a joke at the point. anneboleyn Dec 2012 #74
Ugh NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #69
Shut up October Dec 2012 #70
Good thing it just wasn't anyone you know or love who got murdered. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #73
I'm glad that, if my assumption is correct, no one you love got murdered either. nt TPaine7 Dec 2012 #75
I've already had three family members murdered at once, gunned down in cold blood. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #83
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you find a measure of peace, and I hope that my OP TPaine7 Dec 2012 #90
Just three more human souls sacrificied upon the altar of The Sacred Second Amendment. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #129
For all you wannabe Barney Fifes that want to walk around packing heat... LTR Dec 2012 #76
Maybe if EVERYONE were armed EVERYONE would be dead. Wheee!!!! Taverner Dec 2012 #78
If the shooter hadn't been able to get a gun ... tledford Dec 2012 #81
You disgust me. MANative Dec 2012 #82
Are the teachers supposed to be armed security guards? gollygee Dec 2012 #84
I am a teacher and I do NOT want armed teachers my building adigal Dec 2012 #85
Absolutely agree HockeyMom Dec 2012 #114
Interestingly enough.... opiate69 Dec 2012 #88
Could there be a program similar to the FFDO's on aircraft in schools? cpamomfromtexas Dec 2012 #91
There was a guy with a gun in the crowd when Gabby Giffords was shot. LancetChick Dec 2012 #93
Great example of why the OP's idea is not a good one. Thank you. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #100
IIRC, he was in a nearby store and had to run to the scene. Also, he never drew his weapon, TPaine7 Dec 2012 #104
May your God one day soften your cold back heart DainBramaged Dec 2012 #94
And not my front heart, too? TPaine7 Dec 2012 #102
Fuck you, simply fuck you. DainBramaged Dec 2012 #124
I agree. nt Skip Intro Dec 2012 #95
What a dumb fucking post...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #97
+1,000. n/t. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #110
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #115
You (and people like you) make me sick. Moostache Dec 2012 #98
The schmuck will never get it. GoneOffShore Dec 2012 #126
Well Stated n/t WiffenPoof Dec 2012 #130
Yes, then could be even MORE dead people when someone shoots the wrong person. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #99
Because nobody ever got killed in crossfire... GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #105
The petulant implication that twenty-seven dead school children are a price we pay for the 2nd Amend LanternWaste Dec 2012 #106
GO. AWAY. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #108
You're Blaming The Victims Of This Atrocity. Shame On You. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #111
So you think having a gun fight in a classroom filled with children is the answer? cynatnite Dec 2012 #112
Holy shit. You're serious. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #113
Sure let's just arm up our teachers LynneSin Dec 2012 #116
I work in schools and that would never work to arm teachers because The Midway Rebel Dec 2012 #118
this video shows a good example of that.... diphthong Dec 2012 #119
That's three gun-worshippers today Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #122
You sicken me. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #123
And to keep peddling those pro-NRA talking points on THIS day, of days: your post is SPOT. ON. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #134
Starting to get the hint that you're peddling your NRA bullshit on the wrong website? Electric Monk Dec 2012 #127
Yeah, Obama and I attend the same NRA meetings. n/t TPaine7 Dec 2012 #131
"Now I am merely curious just how long I can string you along" <- Another Gungeoneer just told me apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #135
Guns do not "do good". Guns are inanimate objects incapable of such things Fearless Dec 2012 #136
Context. "In the hands of good people" was understood. nt TPaine7 Dec 2012 #140
Guns do not do good in the hands of good people. Fearless Dec 2012 #145
We are now forced to practically strip to get on an airplane. Time for guard shacks at the entrance libdem4life Dec 2012 #138
What a pathetic jury that did not hide this shit....You should be embarrassed Rowdyboy Dec 2012 #139
+1 n/t FSogol Dec 2012 #150
By this "reasoning," if EVERYONE were armed 24/7, no one would ever get shot... VOX Dec 2012 #142
arming teachers, a notion so insane on so many levels... KG Dec 2012 #148
I could just scream when I read posts like this. nolabear Dec 2012 #149
The OP was not about deterence. At all. nt TPaine7 Dec 2012 #153
"Oh but what about all the good things Hitler did?" Taverner Dec 2012 #151
Another sickening, delusional post. PA Democrat Dec 2012 #152
What the world needs now is guns sweet guns... donheld Dec 2012 #154
Guns are the problem ... not the solution! n/t etherealtruth Dec 2012 #155
I think that is absolutely the wrong way to respond to this Marrah_G Dec 2012 #156
It's disturbing that such a disgusting post is on the "greatest" page. I wish I could unrec this myrna minx Dec 2012 #157
You can simply put me on ignore or hide this OP. TPaine7 Dec 2012 #158
faster, pussycat tiny elvis Dec 2012 #160
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