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In reply to the discussion: 3-year-old son of San Jose police officer dies in handgun incident [View all]permatex
(1,299 posts)75. No clue huh?
You can't claim that you FEEL threatened to justify shooting someone, despite what you may believe.
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3-year-old son of San Jose police officer dies in handgun incident [View all]
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
OP
The child's father should have known better than to leave a gun around where the child could get it
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#10
Certain posters have no answers. They only have emotions, hysteria, and irrational fears
Common Sense Party
Jul 2012
#60
"irrational fear of inanimate objects" - like adding to the daily gun-deaths of children?
DrDan
Jul 2012
#70
Not so much reasonable owners, but carriers definitely. There really are some undesirable attitudes
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#59
You have undesirable attitudes toward ALL CCW holders, which you demonstrate on a daily basis.
Common Sense Party
Jul 2012
#61
Don't you know yet that hoyt believes every gun owner is a criminal or accident waiting to happen?
rl6214
Jul 2012
#65
He didn't make it that far because HIS FATHER had not properly learned about gun safety
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#11
They do not teach nail gun safety or hatchet safety or trampoline safety, Etc. My brothers....
Logical
Jul 2012
#27
If even a small number of boys make it a practice to wrap it up during sex, that is success
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#42
Many/most of those things can be sorted into a few general classes of items:
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#44
I learned how to operate a printing press and lots of nasty dangerous power tools in middle and high
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#36
That is an unfortunate loss. Industrial arts courses were abundant when I was a kid.
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#40
The cop will get off with no punishment, unlike most citizens. They protect their own.
Logical
Jul 2012
#19
Your epidemiology is sloppy: the risk in the 0-12 age group is about 11 per million
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#55
spam's against message board rules here: you should alert if you think you see spam
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#66
Maybe "Well, I know what I'm doing!" produces more accidents than you think:
struggle4progress
Jul 2012
#68