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cer7711

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2. It's Almost As If . . .

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 08:27 PM

Dec 2012

. . . God, fate, karma and/or arresting coincidence is trying to tell us something . . .

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On this day Dec. 14, 2012, both of these incidents happened... [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP

Fingers don't kill people, bullets do n/t AndyA Dec 2012 #1

No point in using logic with gun owners. It's like saying to Gollum: Aristus Dec 2012 #31

They're starting to look like Gollum too. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #38

It's Almost As If . . . cer7711 Dec 2012 #2

K&R berni_mccoy Dec 2012 #3

Yeah, and what happens when guns are banned and some nut-case BOMBS a school instead? LAGC Dec 2012 #4

Anything to protect your guns BainsBane Dec 2012 #5

+1. n/t. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #7

"There are strong correlations between gun ownership and violence" former9thward Dec 2012 #9

here BainsBane Dec 2012 #12

Thanks. These are really useful links. And thanks for standing up to bull shit too! nt Walk away Dec 2012 #18

Worthy of its own post. Scuba Dec 2012 #23

Well done. daleanime Dec 2012 #26

DanTex provided the gun research in another thread BainsBane Dec 2012 #29

Thanks for the link... daleanime Dec 2012 #50

The Washington Post, a paper which supports total gun confication, disputed these type of 'studies'. former9thward Dec 2012 #32

these type of studies? BainsBane Dec 2012 #43

Yeah, using subscriptions to Guns and Ammo as a parameter is real academic. former9thward Dec 2012 #44

its basic BainsBane Dec 2012 #45

But there does seem to be a correlation between mass shootings and mental illness. nt Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #47

Access to mental health care needs to be improved but PA Democrat Dec 2012 #11

What action do you think would have really made a difference in this case? LAGC Dec 2012 #13

Large capacity magazines should be banned. Body armor piercing bullets should be banned. PA Democrat Dec 2012 #14

There are millions of law-abiding Americans who own those types of guns. LAGC Dec 2012 #15

Yes and people could get a nuclear bombs and anthrax and death ray guns so let's ignore PA Democrat Dec 2012 #16

These massacres aren't anectodotal and there were 8583 gun murders in 2011 neverforget Dec 2012 #17

And many, many more will be killed with their own guns. (nt) harmonicon Dec 2012 #30

There are millions of law abiding citizens who might have their guns stolen intaglio Dec 2012 #37

The point is, LAGC, those types of guns aren't necessary. What are they good for except to catbyte Dec 2012 #39

Yeah, yeah, blah, blah. secondvariety Dec 2012 #46

Nope. Can't do that. At least not here in Florida. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #40

She didn't need all those guns brush Dec 2012 #20

Don't you think that his mother was negligent in not securing her guns? olegramps Dec 2012 #25

The mother being restricted in her gun ownership intaglio Dec 2012 #33

That must go down like logic in the Gungeon. nt Walk away Dec 2012 #19

The tools are most definitely the fucking problem here. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #22

They are not fucking tools! cynatnite Dec 2012 #35

Kick & Rec. n/t. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #6

At a Michigan elementary school 38 kids die plus 6 adults. former9thward Dec 2012 #8

I remember reading about that school in Bath Superbot Dec 2012 #10

As a defence of guns this post win the "least logical argument ever" award! Walk away Dec 2012 #21

So if something is illegal then it won't happen. former9thward Dec 2012 #36

So you contend that if bombs were legal and as accessible as guns.... Walk away Dec 2012 #41

If guns disappeared tomorrow morning we would see a big uptick in explosions. former9thward Dec 2012 #42

Isn't a fact that as a result laws made it far more difficult to obtain explosives? olegramps Dec 2012 #27

No. former9thward Dec 2012 #34

I am talking about dynamite etc. olegramps Dec 2012 #49

This is not the movies. former9thward Dec 2012 #51

Is there a source for that Chinese story? Renew Deal Dec 2012 #24

Here.. Little Star Dec 2012 #28

K&R! Lawrence O'Donnell just said the exact same thing... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2012 #48