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In reply to the discussion: Well, i've heard much knashing of teeth and renting of fabric fom the Anti gun people. [View all]morningfog
(18,115 posts)8. Ban automatic and semi-automatic weapos. Clear enough?
Responsible and reasonable regulation is a great step. It won't stop all maniacs intent on killing, but it would stop many.
I don't disagree with the other part. Mental health care and employment would go a long way.
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Well, i've heard much knashing of teeth and renting of fabric fom the Anti gun people. [View all]
OffWithTheirHeads
Jul 2012
OP
I agree, uninformed posters, unrealistic posts, made up numbers, made up stats. n-t
Logical
Jul 2012
#68
Either way, I wouldn't do it to rented fabric. You'll never get your deposit back that way!
petronius
Jul 2012
#5
Yup. My rented fabric just got caught on a nail...it was rented permanently, sad to say.
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#40
In other words - anything less than a total ban on all guns is not worth discussing.
SlimJimmy
Jul 2012
#10
What are you basing this on? Have you administered the MMPI to Holmes? Or are
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#15
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. I didn't realize they were still using that old horse!
MADem
Jul 2012
#31
My mother, who was diagnosed in her early 20s with paranoid schizophrenia, was
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#58
Since when is it the job of gun control advocates to come up with solutions other than gun control?
baldguy
Jul 2012
#35
but the total number of gun deaths or massacres is substantially smal.ler than in the usa.
samsingh
Jul 2012
#66
Do you understand how much lower homicide rate almost everyother comparable country has?
ellisonz
Jul 2012
#44
(sigh) no one here can take your guns or prevent you from buying every gun you see
DainBramaged
Jul 2012
#45
""Ban all guns" aint gonna happen" - then MAKE IT HAPPEN because it IS the solution.
sibelian
Jul 2012
#50