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In reply to the discussion: I just noticed that amongst all the 'blame the parents' and 'arm the teacher' threads [View all]barbtries
(28,702 posts)17. i find myself
tending to put blame on the killer's mother. if, as i have heard on the news, she was seriously concerned about her son's mental health, she should have gotten rid of all the guns. i doubt she ever imagined he would do something like this but she very well may have been afraid that he would do harm to himself and possibly to her.
but i don't know any of this. it's just another facet and i find myself saying what the fuck! :Cry:
the parents of the victims, not at all, nobody, as far as i know.
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I just noticed that amongst all the 'blame the parents' and 'arm the teacher' threads [View all]
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
OP
Pursuant to this, I am reviewing all the mutual funds in my IRA this week to make
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#8
I'm not entirely disagreeing with you but, in this case, with the owner of the firearms
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#16
Wow, I know enough to know when I am in the presence of an expert and
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#25
Thank you for that annotation. I believe I worded my post to which you
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#85
Owning a tiger is highly regulated, highly restricted, and highly monitored.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Dec 2012
#30
That was a very good post, thanks. People who own guns should thus secure them & be INSURED in the
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#48
I put a weapon like the one used in Sandy Creek at PRECISELY the same level as NBC weapons
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#7
Look, I think everyone on this forum who read my use of 'WMD' understood
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#73
The gun industry has never claimed their product doesn't kill people...
Jeff In Milwaukee
Dec 2012
#24
Agreed. But his mother was a Glenn Beck type, who stockpiled ammo and guns.
progressivebydesign
Dec 2012
#27
Typical deflection tactics. They want people to waste time arguing about parents/drugs/teachers
jsr
Dec 2012
#42
I blame the gun manufacturers for marketing their products to potentially violent,
Moses2SandyKoufax
Dec 2012
#63
People tried suing the gun manufacturers but the Supreme Court ruled it out.
jerseyjack
Dec 2012
#64
I actually was not talking about you specifically or even generally. At least I don't
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#72
I have a measure of difficulty with that statement. What about children who are taught racism.
olegramps
Dec 2012
#82
When you make people killers and they do their job and kill people, is it the makers or the users or
The Wielding Truth
Dec 2012
#77