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LibertyLover

(4,788 posts)

16. The thing that struck me

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 02:14 PM

Jan 2013

was that this 15 year old shooter's girlfriend was 12. 12? Do parents of a 12 year old girl really thinks it's ok for her to have a 15 year old boyfriend? At those ages the 3 years' difference in age and maturity, or lack thereof, is immense.

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"Home protected by Smith & Wesson" -- NOT! [View all] pnwmom Jan 2013 OP

Looks like the "wholesome family fun with guns" -- as some in gun culture call it -- backfired. RIP. Hoyt Jan 2013 #1

How ironic is that?!? Hmmm....must not have been an S&W AR. jmg257 Jan 2013 #2

Apparently not protected from big pharma n/t blazeKing Jan 2013 #3

What does big pharma have to do with it? pnwmom Jan 2013 #6

I think that's a reference to mental health. progressoid Jan 2013 #8

From what I've read, that kid hasn't been involved with mental health services. pnwmom Jan 2013 #9

I agree. n/t progressoid Jan 2013 #11

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2013 #12

Maybe if they had live by the creed: "Home Protected FROM Smith & Wesson.” demwing Jan 2013 #4

Smith and Wesson had an alarm company/security division at one time... ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #5

But... but... he coulda used a hammer too! Silent3 Jan 2013 #7

that's a good argument - if bats and hammers and cars are just as dangerous then you dont need an leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #13

There Used To Be "Protected By Smith & Wesson" Stickers On Hundreds Of Trucks. Paladin Jan 2013 #10

We're not in the 50s anymore ecstatic Jan 2013 #14

"Griego texted a picture of his dead mom to his 12-year-old girlfriend" ecstatic Jan 2013 #15

I also read somewhere else that she may have talked him out of his other plan pnwmom Jan 2013 #17

The thing that struck me LibertyLover Jan 2013 #16