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Yes. K&R nt abelenkpe Dec 2012 #1
I second that. nt brush Dec 2012 #81
absolutely. barbtries Dec 2012 #2
Pursuant to this, I am reviewing all the mutual funds in my IRA this week to make coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #8
i'd like to do the same barbtries Dec 2012 #15
The mutual fund company TRowePrice offers a free tool (called coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #22
thank you barbtries Dec 2012 #38
Huh? Who's blaming the parents? n/t FourScore Dec 2012 #3
E pluribus unum: coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #10
Holy crap! Your right! It's like a kind of high-jacking of... 6502 Dec 2012 #71
I am jberryhill Dec 2012 #12
I'm not entirely disagreeing with you but, in this case, with the owner of the firearms coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #16
It makes no difference that she was a victim jberryhill Dec 2012 #21
Wow, I know enough to know when I am in the presence of an expert and coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #25
Think of it this way . . . ET Awful Dec 2012 #40
her estate will be sued Kyad06 Dec 2012 #62
He killed her with a gun AFTER gaining access to it, tblue37 Dec 2012 #83
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
My husband bought a safe a few weeks ago HockeyMom Dec 2012 #23
She probably had them secured to some degree HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #69
i find myself barbtries Dec 2012 #17
I am a single woman in my late 40's ... Myrina Dec 2012 #32
of course not. barbtries Dec 2012 #39
Agreed, but the relative they spoke to in the article Myrina Dec 2012 #43
okay, i didn't read that barbtries Dec 2012 #44
I'm a disabled woman who lives alone & has a 12 lb watch mutt tpsbmam Dec 2012 #70
Here's a smattering of facts duhneece Dec 2012 #80
I agree with you. kag Dec 2012 #65
Blaming the parents of the shooter, not the victims. tclambert Dec 2012 #74
WMD? IDoMath Dec 2012 #4
I put a weapon like the one used in Sandy Creek at PRECISELY the same level as NBC weapons RomneyLies Dec 2012 #7
Really? You equate a gun to an atom bomb? IDoMath Dec 2012 #33
The purpose is the same, the only disparity is quantity. Erose999 Dec 2012 #60
That's really not my point IDoMath Dec 2012 #61
Yeah, I'd say a weapon that kills 20 people in a single outing coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #11
NBCs IDoMath Dec 2012 #36
Spoken like a well-trained Gungeoneer. billh58 Dec 2012 #41
there heaven05 Dec 2012 #50
So, Bush told the TRUTH about WMDs in Iraq? IDoMath Dec 2012 #54
Nice try billh58 Dec 2012 #56
And you are lying about me and failing to answer my question. IDoMath Dec 2012 #57
I'll tell you what needs to be adjusted: billh58 Dec 2012 #58
Look, I think everyone on this forum who read my use of 'WMD' understood coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #73
I guess that depends on your goal IDoMath Dec 2012 #84
Excellent post! nt Tumbulu Dec 2012 #68
killing 26 people in two minutes sounds like mass destruction to me. TeamPooka Dec 2012 #45
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Toyotas are not designed to kill people RomneyLies Dec 2012 #9
So what? Lightbulb_on Dec 2012 #19
Your own logic fails the smell test. billh58 Dec 2012 #52
You do accept the possibility that the shooter was experiencing an coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #13
Bullcrap... Lightbulb_on Dec 2012 #18
You did not respond to my observation about the 'shooter' possibly coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #20
If that asshole didnt have a gun bowens43 Dec 2012 #26
If he hadn't been a coward piece of shit... Lightbulb_on Dec 2012 #28
There wouldn't be 28 dead men, women, and children had he chosen a knife groundloop Dec 2012 #35
And we have a winner! billh58 Dec 2012 #87
We're blaming the shooter but there is more blame to go around TeamPooka Dec 2012 #46
It's a business, like any other--and they profit anytime TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #6
Unfortunately, they're engaging in legal commerce. toby jo Dec 2012 #14
McDonalds is engaging in legal commerce too Fumesucker Dec 2012 #37
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
I don't think they are that responsible for it Lithos Dec 2012 #29
See what I posted below about Cerberus Capital starroute Dec 2012 #51
Goes without mzmolly Dec 2012 #31
Good catch, I didn't notice that! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #34
Typical deflection tactics. They want people to waste time arguing about parents/drugs/teachers jsr Dec 2012 #42
Hey femrap Dec 2012 #47
Bushmaster is now owned by Cerberus Capital Management starroute Dec 2012 #49
Hey, how about " blame the pharmaceutical companies" womanofthehills Dec 2012 #53
That's typical in our pill culture where there's a drug for everything. bulloney Dec 2012 #59
How Can You Hug Your Kid With Firearms? triplepoint Dec 2012 #55
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
of course not Skittles Dec 2012 #66
When you say 'blame the parents' threads, you're talking about me. Gregorian Dec 2012 #67
I actually was not talking about you specifically or even generally. At least I don't coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #72
Spam deleted by OKNancy (MIR Team) Rachel_Martin Dec 2012 #75
I have a measure of difficulty with that statement. What about children who are taught racism. olegramps Dec 2012 #82
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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
We need to make the gun manufacturers pay just like the Tobacco Industry LynneSin Dec 2012 #78
Amen. nt duhneece Dec 2012 #79
Thank you. Blue Belle Dec 2012 #86
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