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Shadowflash

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13. Exactly.

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:41 PM

Jan 2013

If the guns used were illegal to own to begin with and his mom (who owned them legally) didn't have them, then he, obviously, wouldn't have killed her to get guns she didn't own. So, 1) Mom would probably still be alive and 2) the guy would have had to use something other than a gun designed for the military and the body count would (most likely) have been much lower before someone stopped him. It's hard to kill 26 people with a 6 shot handgun you bought from some thug on a street corner.

So, saying there are no gun laws that could have prevented or reduced this is just NRA butt kissing and has no basis in reality.

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Rick Perry: No Gun Law Could Have Saved Sandy Hook Students [View all] DonViejo Jan 2013 OP

"(H)aunted by demons?" Archae Jan 2013 #1

+1 AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #8

Take my governor, please... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #19

Geez, you got that right! TXDemoGal Jan 2013 #24

I live in a state of embarrassment, it seems. hamsterjill Jan 2013 #37

That is what we said about George W Bush .... flying-skeleton Jan 2013 #49

Why, does Texas keep voting this asshole back into office? Like WTF? n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #53

They keep electing this asshole Tagish_Charlie Jan 2013 #56

In the big picture it's never really improved, has it ... decades and decades ago I heard similar RKP5637 Jan 2013 #59

Our cities are good (Houston here!), it's the provinces that do us in. Justitia Jan 2013 #62

I was thinking about that recently ... Here in KS, for example, some areas are border OK, and then RKP5637 Jan 2013 #63

Yes, because praying would have prevented it arcane1 Jan 2013 #2

Because prayer Tagish_Charlie Jan 2013 #57

No, but universal health care, proper funding of mental health, a reduction in our culture of Brickbat Jan 2013 #3

+1000 nt antigop Jan 2013 #6

No evidence any of that was lacking. dkf Jan 2013 #51

Wow, Rubio came out with almost a verbatim statement at 12:58 EST, and Perry's out by 1:04 EST riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #4

yes, I think it's coordinated... DonViejo Jan 2013 #15

Just about word for word Rubio = Perry Botany Jan 2013 #20

I See The Talking Points Are Being Circulated Bigredhunk Jan 2013 #5

Really? How many Kindergartners could he had killed with no gun at all? nt onehandle Jan 2013 #7

Exactly. Shadowflash Jan 2013 #13

Nancy Lanza could have HockeyMom Jan 2013 #9

so why is weed illegal? KatyMan Jan 2013 #10

Cocaine too. It takes a person to sniff it. tblue Jan 2013 #33

There is evil prowling in the world - it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations abelenkpe Jan 2013 #11

Oooh! Good call! tblue Jan 2013 #35

How does he know? He doesn't. Historic NY Jan 2013 #12

But it might prevent the next one. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2013 #14

Well, hell. We need to fund Exorcists, right? Hey Gov Perry, fu. eoom uppityperson Jan 2013 #16

Ah, prayer trumps laws. Only in Good-Hair land. Twit. callous taoboy Jan 2013 #17

He certainly has faith in outlawry. caseymoz Jan 2013 #18

Governor Perry is right. But banning and rounding up all assault-type weapons from the public indepat Jan 2013 #21

Governor Perry is right?? AAO Jan 2013 #25

Governor Perry is imo right that what has been proposed so far will NOT stop the carnage to a indepat Jan 2013 #29

I thought he said it WOULDN'T stop the carnage? AAO Jan 2013 #39

My egregious boo-boo: will try to edit indepat Jan 2013 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author hack89 Jan 2013 #44

Millions of these guns have been purchased, how oldbanjo Jan 2013 #58

Don't know the specifics for mandatory buy-back program, but if millions of assault indepat Jan 2013 #61

Big ol' Texas sized piece of shit. AAO Jan 2013 #22

Sandy Hook was primarily a mental health issue marshall Jan 2013 #23

No laws will prevent every crime: it doesn't mean we don't have laws frazzled Jan 2013 #26

people break laws every day SAY Jan 2013 #27

Your Point? HangOnKids Jan 2013 #36

"let us choose what kind of people we will be" NoOneMan Jan 2013 #28

He started off good then landed in bat shit crazy... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #30

"The fact is that gun laws aren't going to stop a host of gun violence issues. " bowens43 Jan 2013 #34

Well a ban would be pretty strict. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #42

What about the 2nd Amendment? We get rid of that? AAO Jan 2013 #40

Not at all... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #43

I Got Your "Redoubt Of Secularism," Perry. Paladin Jan 2013 #31

ricky gets dumber and dumber bowens43 Jan 2013 #32

HEY RICKY... cbrer Jan 2013 #38

And since we can't do everything Aerows Jan 2013 #41

and no amount of brains could make perry any smarter. Javaman Jan 2013 #46

he is an idiot and completly wrong...nt and-justice-for-all Jan 2013 #47

re:Rick Perry: No Gun Law Could Have Saved Sandy Hook Students allan01 Jan 2013 #48

Hogwash. Hogwash. Hogwash. HuckleB Jan 2013 #50

WE ARE NOT LISTENING TO YOU ASSHOLES ANYMORE Skittles Jan 2013 #52

He didn't handmade34 Jan 2013 #54

So Rick, since you want us all to go to church Tagish_Charlie Jan 2013 #55

Oh, don't you WISH, Ricky. But gun restrictions might very well have saved those kids and many kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #60