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Gun Control & RKBA

In reply to the discussion: Here is the problem [View all]

Tuesday Afternoon

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5. 38 school children killed --
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:53 PM
Jan 2013

Andrew Kehoe was an American farmer and treasurer of his township school board notable as a mass murderer for killing his wife, and 43 other people (including 38 children), and injuring 58 people by setting off bombs in the Bath School Disaster on May 18, 1927. He committed suicide near the school by detonating dynamite in his truck, causing an explosion which killed several other people and wounded more. He had earlier set off incendiary devices in his house and farm, destroying all the buildings, as well as two horses and other animals.

Here is the problem [View all] iiibbb Jan 2013 OP
Snort. "Forget about gun control! Because the budget!" Squinch Jan 2013 #1
No, because I don't want a resurgence of Republican power in its current form iiibbb Jan 2013 #6
Oh. Well then we better just drop this whole gun control conversation. Squinch Jan 2013 #12
Record numbers eh? Callisto32 Jan 2013 #55
Sandy Hook Elementary, Taft High School, Stevens Institute, Hazard Community College, Squinch Jan 2013 #59
Anecdotes, even clusters thereof, do not useful datasets make. Callisto32 Jan 2013 #60
I was responding to a poster who was saying that there was no Squinch Jan 2013 #61
It's been said over and over this week upaloopa Jan 2013 #2
Thanks for the concern n/t doc03 Jan 2013 #3
Thank you so much for your support of gun worship Progressive dog Jan 2013 #4
To say I don't care about children iiibbb Jan 2013 #7
Emotional blackmail is a tool of the weak. virginia mountainman Jan 2013 #9
Every year far more children are killed by guns then by truck bombs. Kaleva Jan 2013 #11
*sigh* No they are killed with guns. krispos42 Jan 2013 #17
Yeah. Shadowflash Jan 2013 #27
For that matter, why not just go ahead an legalize owning Howitzers and Tactical Nukes? apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #62
you can legally own a howitzer gejohnston Jan 2013 #64
I didn't know that, actually. Interesting. Even though we're on different sides of this issue, apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #70
Not a howitzer, but with enough money, you can own it. oneshooter Jan 2013 #71
Cool video. Gun issue aside, glad someone is keeping vintage pieces like this in service apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #72
The spoons! The Ryder trucks! The guppies! The pool noodles! They ALL kill people! Squinch Jan 2013 #14
Cheap "appeal to emotion" fallacies... Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #22
+1,000. Spot-on reply, and 100% accurate. Sums it up perfectly. apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #15
Applauding logical fallacies. Callisto32 Jan 2013 #57
If you think the above is a "logical fallacy" then you don't understand what a logical fallacy apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #63
Seriously. It's like Mrs. Malaprop on speed. Squinch Jan 2013 #65
LOL! Hadn't though of that play in years! Spot-on description, too. Exactly right. apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #68
"You came to different policy preference than I did.... Callisto32 Jan 2013 #56
They have a license to do this, I'm afraid. nt Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #66
38 school children killed -- Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #5
Agreed.. virginia mountainman Jan 2013 #8
George Allen odd man out I guess jimmy the one Jan 2013 #10
I think this article is telling as to what kicking a hornets nest looks like... Elmergantry Jan 2013 #25
This just means you'll have to work harder to convince other gun enthusiasts... Kaleva Jan 2013 #13
I've been on conservative sites for ages iiibbb Jan 2013 #19
President Obama campaigned on renewing the AWB back in 2008 Kaleva Jan 2013 #20
Two words. Sarah Palin. iiibbb Jan 2013 #23
Oh! So elections have something to do with the quality of candidate? Cause if I'm not mistaken, Squinch Jan 2013 #26
What are you not getting. iiibbb Jan 2013 #30
That's nice dear. Choose the pro-gun candidate. But didn't this start with you saying Squinch Jan 2013 #34
The draw of many moderates to Democrats was because of the budget, and the easing of Democratic iiibbb Jan 2013 #36
Didn't you just say you were going to vote for someone because they were pro gun? Is that a multiple Squinch Jan 2013 #37
He said "all else being equal" or somethign to that effect. Callisto32 Jan 2013 #58
Why? Do you plan on supporting Republicans in the next election? SecularMotion Jan 2013 #16
I won't vote for Cuomo... iiibbb Jan 2013 #18
Nevermind just 1994 DemDealer Jan 2013 #21
waynes world alert jimmy the one Jan 2013 #29
you sound like the Republicans I argue with when I say the same thing about gay and abortion rights iiibbb Jan 2013 #31
I live in a VERY Red state. DemDealer Jan 2013 #43
Tell that to the big dog Berserker Jan 2013 #87
What makes you think it's going to cost the presidency? Have you seen the polls? DanTex Jan 2013 #24
What has Nate Silver broken it down for you? iiibbb Jan 2013 #32
In other words, no, you don't believe in polls. DanTex Jan 2013 #33
The polls show much, much weaker support for new gun bans than in 1994... benEzra Jan 2013 #35
It is still well over 50%. DanTex Jan 2013 #39
I understand. We've been here before, though. benEzra Jan 2013 #40
As far as I can tell, the polls simply use the terms "assault weapon" and "high-capacity magazine". DanTex Jan 2013 #42
Have you seen what just passed in New York? jeepnstein Jan 2013 #44
Gun people call all gun laws "draconian". The word loses meaning. DanTex Jan 2013 #48
Draconian. Straw Man Jan 2013 #85
Hey! Have you heard?? New York dropped from #1 in gun deaths in 2006 to not even in the top 5! Squinch Jan 2013 #67
first passed in 1911? and a few afterwards? gejohnston Jan 2013 #69
Well ... Straw Man Jan 2013 #84
Except that Squinch Jan 2013 #86
Post hoc ergo propter hoc gejohnston Jan 2013 #88
So what happened then? Squinch Jan 2013 #89
a lot more than one simple thing gejohnston Jan 2013 #90
Yet, New York has fallen faster than the others, going from the largest number of deaths to Squinch Jan 2013 #93
licensed gun owners are irrelevent gejohnston Jan 2013 #98
Guns are very durable. Straw Man Jan 2013 #91
That's why it took 12 years for effects to be felt. Squinch Jan 2013 #92
12 years? Straw Man Jan 2013 #94
Hands and feet. But you also forgot the spoons and pool noodles. Squinch Jan 2013 #95
FBI stats -- look it up. Straw Man Jan 2013 #96
Nah. The minute you start with the "X kills more people than guns" idiocy, you reveal that it is Squinch Jan 2013 #97
OK, I'll do it for you. Straw Man Jan 2013 #99
I wonder how many respondents benEzra Jan 2013 #45
That depends on your definition of "ordinary". DanTex Jan 2013 #46
washpost report on recovered hicap-mags in VA jimmy the one Jan 2013 #41
Apologies for the jargon... benEzra Jan 2013 #54
Walking and chewing gun is so very, very hard! JoePhilly Jan 2013 #28
Won't you think of the children? Undaunted Jan 2013 #38
Here, Here michdem56 Jan 2013 #47
We pay these people to do more than one thing at a time. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #49
True michdem56 Jan 2013 #73
You haven't looked at an opinion poll anytime recently BainsBane Jan 2013 #50
my question is gejohnston Jan 2013 #51
Does it matter? BainsBane Jan 2013 #52
no they are not my "peeps" gejohnston Jan 2013 #53
Clinton "Don't trivialize gun culture" iiibbb Jan 2013 #75
He also supports the party's position on gun control BainsBane Jan 2013 #76
I don't know what you are talking about iiibbb Jan 2013 #77
in full disclosure BainsBane Jan 2013 #78
If you have not taken the time to get to know people iiibbb Jan 2013 #79
Have you taken time to know me? BainsBane Jan 2013 #80
My response was to that of opinion polls iiibbb Jan 2013 #81
Clinton has also said BainsBane Jan 2013 #82
The possible repeat of 1994 is not a straw man. iiibbb Jan 2013 #83
DUzzy! jpak Jan 2013 #74
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