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In reply to the discussion: "...an armed society is a polite society..." [View all]RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)5. "I have as many guns as I need, but I don't have as many guns as I want" -- Phil Gramm
As long as that sort of attitude exists, there will be assholes pulling this sort of shit.
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Agree it's the Assaulting Repeat Rifles and Guns. You don't need that much Repetition
KoKo
Dec 2012
#13
Well, they are mostly using IEDs (bombs) not guns. Guns are an ancillary weapon
SWTORFanatic
Dec 2012
#61
You can go to hell if you think those of us who want sensible gun laws are Nazis
Bjorn Against
Dec 2012
#94
I, very much agree, Police do not need automatic weapons either. The military should keep them
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#40
"I have as many guns as I need, but I don't have as many guns as I want" -- Phil Gramm
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#5
"This is not rocket science. This is basic humanity, and enlightened self-interest."
ellisonz
Dec 2012
#10
Fuck that. That's no "polite society." An armed society is a FUCKING SICK society!!!
calimary
Dec 2012
#16
ITA, Will. It's fun.....I loved riflery when, as a kid, I went to a camp that had it
tpsbmam
Dec 2012
#62
You can buy an AR-15 in Canada, but you need to jump through a couple hoops and get licensed
Electric Monk
Dec 2012
#27
i think the whole "teachers having guns" argument misses the logical solution
WooWooWoo
Dec 2012
#24
Insulting rightwing horseshit. Gun control did not enable hitler or Stalin.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#65
So, you would have had TWO or more people blazing away in a class full of children....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#35
She was not a teacher, she was a part time sub. And they found her at her house. She was
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#29
Local news in CT is now reporting they don't know her connection to the school now.
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#78
There was a very good reason the marshals in the Old West had newcomers check their guns at the....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#31
What does that slogan even mean? "Dead children aren't noisy and bothersome"?
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#84
With 300 million guns in the US we should be the politest and safest country in the world
neverforget
Dec 2012
#91