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frogmarch

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72. Yes, it is, steve. It was

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 01:56 PM

Aug 2015

a terrible shock. Rich always seemed so happy and laid back. He'd expressed some anxiety about paying for his daughter's college tuition, but he hadn't seemed that worried when we'd heard him talk about it a few weeks ago. My daughter thinks something else must have been going on with him. Yes, it is a sad story.

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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