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In reply to the discussion: Accidental Shooting News [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)21. Just the latest incarnation of "Guns in the News"
This is the fourth or fifth version of a poster that does a google search and then a "cut and paste" with no comment on any news item about a crime with a gun. It requires you to conflate law abiding gun owners with criminals and is supposed to inspire a sense of shame for owning a gun or defending the 2nd amendment.
It never works and after a week or two they get tired of it and go away when it doesn't get the desired results. Usually someone starts posting "gun used to save a life" stories.
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And how would you go about getting "guns gone" from this "garbage dump" you live in?
oneshooter
May 2012
#3
Now the good news: Statistics for injuries and deaths from accidental shootings in the USA
slackmaster
May 2012
#2
Another outright lie by Hoyt. I've posted MANY times that I don't carry a gun.
slackmaster
May 2012
#6
I don't carry either. (But of course I live in a "corrupt-issue" part of California.....
Simo 1939_1940
May 2012
#25
I respect your right to that choice. Please respect my right to my choice to be armed. N/T
GreenStormCloud
May 2012
#13
That's some pretty serious hypocrisy on display, bongbong. I wonder if you can even see it.
slackmaster
May 2012
#29
On my street, at 180 mph, you would become airborne and end up in a cow pasture.
GreenStormCloud
May 2012
#38
It was a feel-bad OP, and working as intended until slackmaster dug up the stats.
friendly_iconoclast
May 2012
#20
You trying to take the google dump job away from some of our other posters here?
rl6214
May 2012
#23