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trumad

(41,692 posts) Wed Aug 26, 2015, 03:27 PM Aug 2015

Been off the tubes all day. Hop on DU and see gun threads and automatically say oh shit... [View all]

there's been a tragedy.

Sure enough....there was a tragedy.

And of course like clockwork the same old characters hop in those threads to defend the almighty sacred gun.

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Been off the tubes all day. Hop on DU and see gun threads and automatically say oh shit... [View all] trumad Aug 2015 OP

We can't convince folks that guns kill people. ileus Aug 2015 #1

Help ellisonz Aug 2015 #17

Lol no kidding, because they don't it's the people. Omnith Aug 2015 #60

Lord God Gun is what's sacred to them -- not actual human life villager Aug 2015 #2

Gun controllers don't sarisataka Aug 2015 #5

Agree that anyone who uses a gun isn't anyone to be looked up to. villager Aug 2015 #6

So you agree sarisataka Aug 2015 #7

Sophistry. maxsolomon Aug 2015 #10

Pertinent line... sarisataka Aug 2015 #13

All they have is sophistry and denial. They are the exact moral equivalent of climate deniers villager Aug 2015 #15

If I have misspoke your position sarisataka Aug 2015 #23

You just want to make it easier for them to be victims.. villager Aug 2015 #24

I challenge you to find one example sarisataka Aug 2015 #26

Thing is, "battlefield-level firearms" have little impact on homicide stats. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #28

Of course, you support the generally unregulated promulgation of handguns as well.... villager Aug 2015 #30

Ohhh! An interwebz mind reader! Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #31

so... what regulations do you support then? villager Aug 2015 #32

Besides those we already have? Several. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #35

Those will definitely do for a start, Lizzie Poppet villager Aug 2015 #38

Works for me! Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #39

OK. Though be warned I tend toward the dark porter-and-stout stuff.... villager Aug 2015 #40

I'm with you Max madokie Aug 2015 #45

Yes, this quote represents all "controllers" maxsolomon Aug 2015 #9

I don't see any opposing this sarisataka Aug 2015 #12

That citation is idiotic (and sexist). Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #14

What the heck are you talking about? ellisonz Aug 2015 #18

I'm sure you are familiar with David Hemenway sarisataka Aug 2015 #20

Don't care. You're blowing smoke. ellisonz Aug 2015 #21

Facts suck sarisataka Aug 2015 #22

Facts should be relevant in discussion for the discussion to be intelligent. n/t ellisonz Aug 2015 #33

Apparently some don't like relevant facts sarisataka Aug 2015 #37

Ha! ellisonz Aug 2015 #41

It is already known sarisataka Aug 2015 #46

Good. We can agree then that guns make domestic violence worse. ellisonz Aug 2015 #47

Absolutely sarisataka Aug 2015 #48

I'll give you a fact... trumad Aug 2015 #34

Every day people are sarisataka Aug 2015 #36

So it is ok to call for a ban on guns TeddyR Aug 2015 #42

And when 5 people get stabbed to death... MicaelS Aug 2015 #49

Again... trumad Aug 2015 #56

They can't ellisonz Aug 2015 #65

THere ya go, I just wish we would read the 2nd, clearly says guns have to be in well randys1 Aug 2015 #52

Except it "clearly" says nothing of the sort. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #54

In English it does, not sure what language you are reading. randys1 Aug 2015 #63

No, it doesn't. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #64

I'll give you a fact. pintobean Aug 2015 #58

Ill give you another fact. trumad Aug 2015 #67

You call it flypaper - that's a fact pintobean Aug 2015 #68

Dude...I see you. trumad Aug 2015 #69

You're pintobean Aug 2015 #71

Like...your a weird little guy? trumad Aug 2015 #76

Little? pintobean Aug 2015 #78

offline is one word snooper2 Aug 2015 #3

Edited trumad Aug 2015 #4

To be fair, there's a gun tragedy most days now NightWatcher Aug 2015 #8

Now is not the time to talk about this. zappaman Aug 2015 #11

And then the juries defend the gun trolls. ellisonz Aug 2015 #16

Where in the TOS does it say pintobean Aug 2015 #29

Tell me about it....I've been fighting gun trolls for years. ileus Aug 2015 #61

That's hilarious! pintobean Aug 2015 #62

We're told discussing guns in the aftermath of a gun tragedy is politicizing it... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #19

Could not have expressed it better libodem Aug 2015 #27

Sad day, trumad libodem Aug 2015 #25

If I may say something about the almighty sacred gun... R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2015 #43

Yup. Agschmid Aug 2015 #44

why cant we just ban these guns JT1979 Aug 2015 #50

You mean the semi auto pistols that do most of the damage in mass killings? Warpy Aug 2015 #53

Because of Heller. That's why. nt hack89 Aug 2015 #83

Last week, my daughter’s live-in boyfriend of frogmarch Aug 2015 #51

...... steve2470 Aug 2015 #57

Yes, it is, steve. It was frogmarch Aug 2015 #72

One of my cousins had bipolar disorder, similar situation steve2470 Aug 2015 #73

Thank you, steve. frogmarch Aug 2015 #75

agree 100% about the guns! nt steve2470 Aug 2015 #77

I'm sad to hear this happened... ellisonz Aug 2015 #59

I sure am too, ellisonz! frogmarch Aug 2015 #74

So sorry, frogmarch... countryjake Aug 2015 #66

Thanks, countryjake. One good frogmarch Aug 2015 #70

Ban them all PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #55

And the same old charachters hop in and blame all societal ills on an inanimate object. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #79

Such a sweet inanimate object. trumad Aug 2015 #80

I think we've slipped pintobean Aug 2015 #81

Guns dont fire themselves. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #82