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libodem

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2. Sadly we should keep a running tally

Reply to MightyMopar (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:47 PM

Jan 2013

Especially the vet suicides. I the NRA folks should volunteer for the hotlines and talk people back off the edge, if they don't think GUNS ARE THE PROBLEM.

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The first American kid killed by gunfire in 2013 was at 12:30AM last night [View all] MightyMopar Jan 2013 OP

And so we muddle into 2013 in the same fucken rut! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #1

Sadly we should keep a running tally libodem Jan 2013 #2

someone already does MrsMatt Jan 2013 #8

Don't tell me Berserker Jan 2013 #9

The Vet Suicides probably don't have a thing to do with Prozac® or other SSRI's but Time Magazine green for victory Jan 2013 #13

Not so fast..... jberryhill Jan 2013 #3

Hopefull this girl will survive after society spends over a million dollars to save her! MightyMopar Jan 2013 #6

Um. Orrex Jan 2013 #11

Traumatic brain injuries are very expensive and taxpayers pick up the bill MightyMopar Jan 2013 #15

I understand the dollars and cents of it, thanks Orrex Jan 2013 #16

Well, we do have over 300 million people Ter Jan 2013 #4

Gun deaths now run about even with traffic accident deaths MightyMopar Jan 2013 #7

Well, if there were some people running around ramming malignant tumors into others... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #10

Japan has well over 100 million people dsc Jan 2013 #14

Gun deaths are completely preventable. Brigid Jan 2013 #19

Just a few blocks from where I used to live. Barack_America Jan 2013 #5

The carnage continues apace mokawanis Jan 2013 #12

For some reason so many people here think a gun is the only way to kill someone davidn3600 Jan 2013 #17

I've never seen anyone suggest that a gun is the only way to kill someone Orrex Jan 2013 #18

Not at all, it's just one of the easier and less "personal" ways, you don't have to get close Fumesucker Jan 2013 #20