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In reply to the discussion: At least 10 dead and 30 to 40 wounded [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)210. You know what? I agree with almost all you say there.
The problem is US and all the things you said, except that the gun culture, which is pervasive here, is a part of it. Not the main problem, but an integral problem of a society stuck in it's adolescent stage. America, with it's obsessive dreams of wealth, freedom, opportunity, equality, righteousness and GUNS, the ultimate solution.
Pot should never have been made illegal. All informed people know that.
Using guns to act out our fantasies is beyond stupid. All informed people know that.
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Ordering rights by importance is like adolescents deciding which primary color is prettier.
SkatmanRoth
Jul 2012
#265
I have no idea. Did someone say "gun nuts always rush to carry out massacres"?
Starboard Tack
Jul 2012
#217
"over the rights of people to be safe from lunatics with easy access to guns. "
HALO141
Jul 2012
#134
"Then explain to me how this fucking nut in Colorado could have killed all those people..."
HALO141
Jul 2012
#128
The talibanners can't wait for tragedies like this. Much easier to push their
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#188
I'll stop using the word "anti" as soon as they quit calling me a gun nut, deal? n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#249
Look at my tagline. Hmmm, seems to me a recent gun free zone was a target rich
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#257
Movie theaters aren't neccessarily gun free. I carry my concealed handgun to movies regularly.
rl6214
Jul 2012
#170
Shootings might be even less if we crack down on guns. This guy wouldn't have shot up this theatre
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#42
Holy crap. Does it fire heat seeking bullets and have a shoulder thing that goes up? n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#191
This could also be the act of a radical anti gun organization. Even UN sponsored.
Remmah2
Jul 2012
#24
Of course they probably knew he was armed. They've probably been introducing him to gun culture
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#45
So far the only ones taking advantage here are you anti's and restrictionists.
permatex
Jul 2012
#87
The blood isn't even dry and already people are making political hay out of this
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#122