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In the discussion thread: It is Much Too Soon to Discuss Changing Gun Laws After NY Shooting [View all]

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:52 AM

louis c (4,595 posts)

31. England, Canada and Australia

How different are those cultures from us?

Western Europe?

Come on. Your hypothesis that we become safer when we have more guns is absurd, no matter how you try to slice it.

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50 replies	Author	Time	Post
It is Much Too Soon to Discuss Changing Gun Laws After NY Shooting [View all]	louis c	Dec 2012	OP
F*ck the NRA, this is exactly the right time.	bowens43	Dec 2012	#1
1000 X this ^^	Care Acutely	Dec 2012	#46
nice	farminator3000	Dec 2012	#2
Completely wrong.	Zoeisright	Dec 2012	#25
ponder this	bossy22	Dec 2012	#3
It very well could have	Whovian	Dec 2012	#4
not much time.	bossy22	Dec 2012	#6
Agree! Most people have never seen a high-power match where Springfield 1903 bolt actions compete	jody	Dec 2012	#10
Show me anyone doing that with moving targets.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#35
What range, 10 yards or 25? nt	jody	Dec 2012	#39
here is a vid	bossy22	Dec 2012	#12
Hmmm, just like the PATRIOT ACT, we all know and love so well.	HereSince1628	Dec 2012	#5
Agreed	bossy22	Dec 2012	#7
Because no one's even THOUGHT about gun control, ever,	Robb	Dec 2012	#8
?	bossy22	Dec 2012	#9
Have you turned your own guns yet?	OneTenthofOnePercent	Dec 2012	#13
Like Toys for Tots, only creepier.	Robb	Dec 2012	#17
Well, mostly because legislators don't write much legislation	HereSince1628	Dec 2012	#18
A very astute observation! +1 nt	Poll_Blind	Dec 2012	#16
Of course it is! And by Thursday there will almost certainly have been ...	11 Bravo	Dec 2012	#11
God Bless You	louis c	Dec 2012	#15
People who commit traditional violent crime appear to be different than mass murderers.	jody	Dec 2012	#14
Perhaps the rest of the civilized world just haven't got our common sense	louis c	Dec 2012	#19
I'm a scientist. Your post uses stats from nations with different cultures. I've conducted and	jody	Dec 2012	#20
England, Canada and Australia	louis c	Dec 2012	#31
Not my hypothesis just data from a govt report. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#32
Your opinion was that all those countries had a "different culture"	louis c	Dec 2012	#33
"14. People who commit traditional violent crime appear to be different than mass murderers."	jody	Dec 2012	#34
I'm talking about all gun deaths.	louis c	Dec 2012	#36
Suggest you start your own OP rather than hijack this thread. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#38
I thought this was my OP a couple of days ago, jody	louis c	Dec 2012	#43
OP was about murder. My #14 was about murder. Your #36 shifts to "More Guns = More Gun Deaths".	jody	Dec 2012	#45
Apology Accepted	louis c	Dec 2012	#47
Hope your negotiations are all in your favor. Best wishes for you and yours over the New Year.	jody	Dec 2012	#48
Please see this paper for research you'll find enlightening	XRubicon	Dec 2012	#50
Discuss it all you want, it's not going to change anything	customerserviceguy	Dec 2012	#21
Wrong.	Lex	Dec 2012	#22
Agree and too many DUers want to insult and vilify we who support RKBA and ready to join together to	jody	Dec 2012	#23
How does that square with Australia's reform?	Lex	Dec 2012	#24
I don't care about any other country's experience, that's just a special case. I care only about	jody	Dec 2012	#26
So yeah, it doesn't matter one bit if YOU care or not. That is truly irrelevant. nt	Lex	Dec 2012	#27
Please post your suggestion on how to prevent another Sandy Hook. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#28
Here you go	louis c	Dec 2012	#37
FBI reports "Knives or cutting instruments" commit 13.3% of murders, "Hands, fists, feet, etc." 5.7%	jody	Dec 2012	#40
I'd rather take my chances with hands and feet	louis c	Dec 2012	#41
Understand but if you ban firearms, how will you force criminals to follow your ban? nt	jody	Dec 2012	#42
The NRA are rabid extremists...	Agnosticsherbet	Dec 2012	#29
If we can't discuss gun laws after a shooting, then we can NEVER discuss them...	NYC Liberal	Dec 2012	#30
Kill Semi Autos	Taverner	Dec 2012	#44
the NRA is a terrorist group.	spanone	Dec 2012	#49

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