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In reply to the discussion: School Kids Dying in Ohio: It's a Gun Problem [View all]shadowrider
(4,941 posts)98. So if they're not designed as weapons, they don't kill anyone?
Just curious.
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Well it wasn't rare for the parents of the kid who got burned. You know the logical next step.
Pacafishmate
Mar 2012
#68
One wonders how you did miss the much higher rate of death associated with Automobiles, versus guns
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2012
#160
The kid stole a firearm that was not properly secured. What is "properly secured"?
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#6
You and Brewster may intend it as sarcastic, but he's right on the money.
Starboard Tack
Mar 2012
#33
You are ignoring the fact that it can be made into one. And that by not securing it properly
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#111
"Your side just can't get away from blaming inanimate objects. That is a problem in and of itself."
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#77
What about a gun stolen from a Police Station? By your "logic" the cops shouldn't own guns.
sikorsky
Mar 2012
#141
Mea culpa...I don't think I've ever known anyone who thinks American cops shouldn't have guns.
sikorsky
Mar 2012
#157
Brilliant. "the kind of firearm this kid used is about as "benign" a firearm as exists"
Starboard Tack
Mar 2012
#20
When the same proposals are made in legislatures, they are acknowledged by all...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#80
"Responsibility and accountability" is the new "reasonable and common-sense"
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#81
No no...it's a gun, ask any Anti they'll tell you guns kill people...designed to kill no less.
ileus
Mar 2012
#83
So once again... it's okay if teenagers are troubled, bullied, teased, and become violent.
krispos42
Mar 2012
#129
Nobody is denying that access to firearms plays a role in this sort of thing
krispos42
Mar 2012
#142