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In reply to the discussion: I REMEMBER DU [View all]LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)311. I originally recced the article you wrote about, because I thought it was a discussion of
sick cultures versus healthy cultures. Because I see what happened not so much a problem with guns but a sick society that is not taking care of its people and its mentally ill.
I know I might be wrong but that's what I took away from all of this. Yes, gun control would sharply reduce incidents like these but we are still a sick society and we still need to change for the better, even if we get gun control passed.
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I belong to the gungeon, and own guns and HATE the NRA, when a group can allow Ted Nugent....
Logical
Dec 2012
#64
LOL. Do you have any actual information about the problem? Or just want to insult people?
Logical
Dec 2012
#95
I am quite serious. You are simply not worth engaging in actual discussion.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#116
Name ONE that I ignored? How do you remove 300 million guns from being used by a nut?
Logical
Dec 2012
#101
OK, I see that point. But my worry is the 300 million guns out there. The black market would....
Logical
Dec 2012
#208
It would be wrong to collect guns that people bought in then-lawful purchases.
Chemisse
Dec 2012
#239
10 shot limit in all magazine & clips, turn in your old ones or jail & seized home..........
kooljerk666
Dec 2012
#292
Wow, I love this argument, please show ONE post where I defend the NRA or where I have....
Logical
Dec 2012
#129
You are the NRA poster boy. Except, you do it, maybe without even realizing it.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#225
Of course you are correct - free health care & expensive guns for a free, safe & sane society
baldguy
Dec 2012
#167
We don't tolerate anti-choice, homphobia, sexism, racism. We don't need lockstep,
morningfog
Dec 2012
#207
Exactly ! "The DU where people could debate freely." Then egotists fucked it up
Laura PourMeADrink
Dec 2012
#220
I defend their right to an opinion, but not to a gun. Their gun is violating my rights.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#257
Yes, banning guns WILL stop people from committing gun slaughter. Your argument is ridiculous
Squinch
Dec 2012
#298
You know, that'd probably work to reduce a significant amount of this crap. nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#241
The insinuation of all sorts of right wing talking points is astonishing...
TransitJohn
Dec 2012
#323
As I said elsewhere, that China story was the first thing I heard this morning on NPR.
Robb
Dec 2012
#15
if we cannot fight and win inside the forum, then we cannot fight effectively outside
hfojvt
Dec 2012
#334
I alerted on 2 of those threads, they were both allowed to stay. Couldn't agree fucking more with u
Happyhippychick
Dec 2012
#20
Wow, yes, lets ban anyone who disagrees with WilliamPitt! How about you do this.......
Logical
Dec 2012
#22
Oh that's an easy one: the DP for any gun owner who fails to secure their guns and then they are
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#41
Wow, not a liberal wants the death penalty to be expanded. Even for non-murderers. Perfect!!
Logical
Dec 2012
#49
There is no requirement here that I oppose the DP. Plenty of DUers support its limited use.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#89
Can I make the same 'BAN THEM' call for people who support the death penalty?
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#135
This shooter might have just used handguns only. And there is no difference between a....
Logical
Dec 2012
#55
At the risk of incurring the OP's wrath as a 'nra water carrier', the police are saying
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#136
How am I the problem. Because I want to know how you plan on stopping a random nut from killing?
Logical
Dec 2012
#81
If you could today remove all the guns in the USA and ban the sales of them then I think.....
Logical
Dec 2012
#141
How am I blocking anything. I look forward to you finding 10 senators, much less 50 that propose....
Logical
Dec 2012
#221
The problem will take time to solve. Banning assault rifles and hand guns is a start.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#218
Not some "random" nut - some random GUN-NUT. What's your plan on stopping such a person?
baldguy
Dec 2012
#137
What makes you think this person was a gun-nut? I don't have a plan to remove all the guns....
Logical
Dec 2012
#142
Thank you for your confession. You see, the rest of us compassionate, thoughtful LIBERALS
baldguy
Dec 2012
#163
OK, I get it, you have nothing. Also....here is some of my feelings about the NRA.....
Logical
Dec 2012
#172
Please show ONE post where I support this shooting! Wow, you are out of control.
Logical
Dec 2012
#200
LOL, typical response from someone who has not spent 10 minutes thinking about a problem.
Logical
Dec 2012
#211
At least I realize THERE IS A PROBLEM when 20 innocent children die needlessly.
baldguy
Dec 2012
#213
You're right there obviously can be no plan to "confiscate" all the guns but stricter
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#223
Where do you get the 40% are not? Private sales? They are legal. more info please.
Logical
Dec 2012
#187
Yep. And gun nuttery is NOT a liberal cause. I do not understand why we tolerate those
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#35
The China school knife attack is on the front page of CNN now and many other websites today...
Tx4obama
Dec 2012
#38
I was asking you a serious question. I do not know what the problem with the China story is.
Tx4obama
Dec 2012
#58
No, I explicitly said that posting the story as a political false equivalency was crap.
antigone382
Dec 2012
#102
This event has proven beyond any doubt that gun advocacy is an irresponsible position, and
Squinch
Dec 2012
#302
Good God, I know! The sheer volume of idiotic gun spin today is nauseating. They're scuttling
Squinch
Dec 2012
#313
And Iraq has proven beyond any doubt that war advocacy is an irresponsible position.
zeemike
Dec 2012
#310
Spin away. Twenty 5-year-olds are still dead. Gun control is not thought police. It's common sense
Squinch
Dec 2012
#312
Your example doesn't support that. "Knives are just like guns" isn't exactly the nadir
DirkGently
Dec 2012
#138
Did you see the dozens of attacks on Obama about Susan Rice yesterday? Had ALL KINDS of "mistakes"
patrice
Dec 2012
#233
What you said Will! The Delicate Flowers are out in force defending their weapons of choice
neverforget
Dec 2012
#147
On a music forum, a guy actually said he could have run them over with a truck.
shenmue
Dec 2012
#152
Gee Will, a purge of gun owners because they aren't allowed to be democrats?
JohnnyRingo
Dec 2012
#203
After DU consideration, I agree with you Will. Indeed, this thread has made your point.
WheelWalker
Dec 2012
#206
With you William Pitt! Did you see that travesty of a cross post from Freepville? We've been
patrice
Dec 2012
#224
Amen. That story about the knife guy in China was posted how many times today???
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#230
Look at the Susan Rice stuff that ran yesterday. Almost all of it, total HORSECRAP.
patrice
Dec 2012
#234
Part of the problem is that some of that is calling itself "the Left" and acting like the Reich and
patrice
Dec 2012
#237
You have to look at the number of times what styles itself as "the Left" either is substantially
patrice
Dec 2012
#251
I can assure you that they are. The questions are about how best to achieve authentic CHANGE & not
patrice
Dec 2012
#329
Please forgive me if I don't take your word for it; I am a big fan of facts and proof, and
Zorra
Dec 2012
#339
k, so you FAVOR the unlimited flow of weapons into 3rd world countries as long as they aren't drones
patrice
Dec 2012
#340
Whoa, what in the f**k are you talking about? Your last 3 posts make no sense. nt
Zorra
Dec 2012
#344
Which also means you favor political wars of choice responding to the flow of weapons into those
patrice
Dec 2012
#341
So, what do you think of the UN? & How do you explain DK HARMING the UN this way? nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#342
And yes there's lots of important information we don't & CAN'T know, but here's Rand's PLEDGE of
patrice
Dec 2012
#343
The guns thing makes it obvious, but it's not just guns. DU has a griefer problem.
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#238
I'm sick and tired of gun nuts whining about their fucking rights when children are dead...
cynatnite
Dec 2012
#258
In addition to the people who used the Chinese knife guy to justify gun laws, can we also
Squinch
Dec 2012
#267
YES! These people are so irresponsible, and today that kind of irresponsibility is shown for what
Squinch
Dec 2012
#296
Yes. I remember DU. It was my refuge from the GWB era, the place where I came to feel sane.
October
Dec 2012
#270
One of the first thing I noticed about DU was the plethora of gun porn posts
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#271
I originally recced the article you wrote about, because I thought it was a discussion of
LiberalLoner
Dec 2012
#311