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Squinch

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56. I'm with you.

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 08:23 PM

Feb 2013

If the gun owner's gun is used in a crime, they are partly culpable for the crime, and should be treated accordingly.

And the TRULY responsible gun owners should actually be the ones fighting for this kind of legislation.

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Most Mass Shootings Target Women and Families; Study Finds Men With Legal Guns Are to Blame [View all] xchrom Feb 2013 OP

Domestic violence! boston bean Feb 2013 #1

And while it was in force, the Violence Against Women Act cut it by 30% Demeter Feb 2013 #6

exactly. it's background...like music or wallpaper. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #29

Needs to be said, all of it. freshwest Feb 2013 #33

5 reasons why looser gun laws won't guarantee women's safety xchrom Feb 2013 #2

an fyi re #4...restraining orders for stalking -are- mentioned in NICS criteria for prohibition HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #5

'Lautenberg Amendment'. Do not pass go, do not collect 200$, Do not have a firearm AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #16

+1 ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #7

Depends... AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #18

And House Republicans *still* won't move forward on VAWA. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #3

I grew up hearing 'Keep 'em barefoot and pregnant.' But I thought that was bad. Not to them, though. freshwest Feb 2013 #34

ugh! heard this from your family? BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #35

Oh, hell no! My family taught me to be independent, get a career, support myself totally. freshwest Feb 2013 #40

All gun owners are law-abiding and responsible Robb Feb 2013 #4

Exactly. We experienced this in my own family, so we know it so well. CTyankee Feb 2013 #9

What happened to your family? NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #17

My niece was shot and killed by her step grandfather. She had gone with her mother to CTyankee Feb 2013 #23

That's so tragic. NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #26

thank you. I haven't relayed it much because on an earlier occasion I was flatly told by another CTyankee Feb 2013 #31

there are major asswipes here. as you probably know. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #36

well, what it does is make me go back to the whole thing again. CTyankee Feb 2013 #39

oh my god.... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #28

So sorry to hear your sad story, CTyankee... countryjake Feb 2013 #47

I think there are more instances of gun violence than we want to think there are... CTyankee Feb 2013 #50

And most of the others are work/school related. nt bemildred Feb 2013 #8

No surprise there marions ghost Feb 2013 #10

I watched this some time back SemperEadem Feb 2013 #12

K&R MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #11

K&R! nt sheshe2 Feb 2013 #13

We can't trust fully those who are supposed to "Defend And Protect" us either. Archae Feb 2013 #14

. patrice Feb 2013 #25

I don't know if you are aware of this, Jenoch Feb 2013 #53

I'm glad to hear that. Archae Feb 2013 #54

another fact of how guns kill people samsingh Feb 2013 #15

Damn you with your fancy facts and book lernin'! joeybee12 Feb 2013 #19

The guns may have been legally purchased, but I wonder how many of the massacres were Squinch Feb 2013 #20

Yes, the commonality of all of this is easy accessibility to guns riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #37

I'm with you. Squinch Feb 2013 #56

the point s, for all the shock of mass shootings, murders of women by men outnumber them. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #38

Women & CHILDREN as sacrifices to NRA's psychotic nationalism. BLOOD on your hands Wayne et al. patrice Feb 2013 #21

No truly honest discussion of the demographics of violent crime is possible on DU slackmaster Feb 2013 #22

Ban ALL guns. L0oniX Feb 2013 #24

+1 mwrguy Feb 2013 #51

how often do women try to point this out and get slagged by the "STOP HURTING OUR FEELINGS!!" dudes? BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #27

You do know roxy1234 Feb 2013 #30

your "rebuttal" is rather laughable. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #32

yeah, that was a pretty lame "rebuttal." CTyankee Feb 2013 #41

oh please Skittles Feb 2013 #43

sure...don't trust the DA numbers, don't trust your own experience noiretextatique Feb 2013 #44

Are you disputing the rigorously researched stats that 1 in every 4 women... countryjake Feb 2013 #46

guns don't make life in america better. they just don't. KG Feb 2013 #42

Let'd take a close look at those numbers. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #45

My father undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #48

Oh of course you have PTSD! Tumbulu Feb 2013 #49

Law abiding right up to the moment they aren't. Loudly Feb 2013 #52

How many vehicular homocides were done with registered and insured vehicles? galileoreloaded Feb 2013 #55

Oh, gee, what a surprise! Not. nt Chalco Feb 2013 #57