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In reply to the discussion: Would tougher gun laws prevent criminals from getting and using firearms in the United States [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)23. Do you really think the rest of us...
...have reduced the social factors surrounding the amount of bloodshed in this country from bloodshed to a simplistic rationalization?
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rDigital
Aug 2012
OP
If you repeat 100 times that everything you don't agree with is an NRA Talking point
CokeMachine
Aug 2012
#6
According to gunzzzz.com 7 out of every 5 gun owners have disrupted a child trafficking ring!
DanTex
Aug 2012
#19
Well, Jamaica (less than 500 miles from the US) has what amounts to a total gun ban and is awash
spayneuter
Aug 2012
#4
i believe you're asked the right question here and i believe there should be other helpful things
samsingh
Aug 2012
#27
the benefits of guns is a myth and the rest of us are subjected to pseudo arguments
samsingh
Aug 2012
#34
i'm sure i can find more examples where someone shot people who were armed and couldn't
samsingh
Aug 2012
#37
Award-winning lifelong liberal Dem criminologist seems to agree with you.
Simo 1939_1940
Aug 2012
#45
It seem you're part of the "passsomethingnowwegottadosomethingrightnowomfg" crowd. The world
rDigital
Sep 2012
#59
Some actual difference but probably statistically null over any foreseeable time frame.
TheKentuckian
Aug 2012
#54
The poll is a puff piece for sure, but the numbers are surely interesting for the
rDigital
Dec 2012
#66