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Starboard Tack

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39. Right, the "heat of the moment" buyers.
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:22 PM
Nov 2012

That's a good reason for the 10 day "cooling off" period. We have friends, family, women's shelters and locksmiths and numerous other options to consider before running out to buy our first gun in a state of panic.

Mental health care should be made available to all people free of charge slackmaster Nov 2012 #1
+ struggle4progress Nov 2012 #2
Yes, indeed Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #3
+100000 nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #4
That will never work 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #16
Because of the stigma, many people do not avail themselves of mental health care HankyDub Nov 2012 #41
It's not always the stigma, HD. Often people who are mentally ill are in denial or simply unaware... slackmaster Nov 2012 #46
Going Postal... rrneck Nov 2012 #5
With a 4 shot derringer? krispos42 Nov 2012 #6
"Clattering machinery at a chicken-processing plant provided all the cover Lawrence Jones needed .." struggle4progress Nov 2012 #7
Coroner: Death toll in Calif. plant shooting rises to 3 struggle4progress Nov 2012 #8
I wonder what he was parolled for? n/t Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #9
... Jones, who had worked at the plant for 14 months, had an extensive criminal history, struggle4progress Nov 2012 #10
so now I wonder where he got his gun from n/t Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #11
they're easy to get: the country is awash in them struggle4progress Nov 2012 #12
not legally, gejohnston Nov 2012 #13
Of course, but that does not answer the question. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #14
What laws would you support to change that? oneshooter Nov 2012 #17
mandatory registration and background checks for private sellers HankyDub Nov 2012 #42
Why thank you struggle4progress I didn't realise that you had changed your name. oneshooter Nov 2012 #57
I'm not allowed to answer? Sorry. HankyDub Nov 2012 #59
not the same thing gejohnston Nov 2012 #60
Wrong. HankyDub Nov 2012 #64
Wrong again glacierbay Nov 2012 #65
Proof that gun buy-backs don't work. nt Remmah2 Nov 2012 #40
Are you serious? Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #18
Totally. I mean, it was illegal for him to buy one, right? Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #19
It was also illegal for him to murder people. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #22
Clearly then... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2012 #23
Well, they vary from state to state. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #24
How many people who have rrneck Nov 2012 #25
Like a need to kill oneself? Otherwise, I dunno, you tell me. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #29
Like a need to defend one's self. rrneck Nov 2012 #32
Oh right, I need to defend myself, so I'll go buy a gun. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #36
There are those rrneck Nov 2012 #38
Right, the "heat of the moment" buyers. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #39
Actually, no we don't. rrneck Nov 2012 #43
My facile solutions? Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #47
The problem to be solved with a gun rrneck Nov 2012 #49
Agreed, the idea is to survive the encounter. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #51
Planning an avoidance of conflict are best rrneck Nov 2012 #53
Very true. It's an imperfect world we live in, which isn't all bad. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #56
this doesn't strike me as very logical gejohnston Nov 2012 #50
I didn't mean to imply that at all. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #52
wait ten days or commit a federal felony? gejohnston Nov 2012 #54
It was a joke. nt Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #55
Why inconvenience everyone for the possible actions of a few? Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #26
Why inconvenience people? Why not? Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #30
They always have the option of going to Arizona and getting one the same day. gejohnston Nov 2012 #33
"Why not?" Lulz doesn't sound very liberal to me. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #34
Just what does that have to do with this? clffrdjk Nov 2012 #35
I didn't bring up any law. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #37
So I which post prior to #24 clffrdjk Nov 2012 #45
My bad. A little confusing as I was refferring in #24 to this thread Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #48
They wouldn't! The laws are useless and pointless. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #31
;) Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #61
Quick! Make murder even more illegal and cut funding to mental health services! 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #15
For what he did, you want to take my guns away? GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #20
Where the hell... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2012 #21
Time to ban high-cap derringers ileus Nov 2012 #28
COP aikoaiko Nov 2012 #44
Nothing new under the sun. oneshooter Nov 2012 #58
My brother has a stainless one. ileus Nov 2012 #62
I think the markert for such a BUG is now filled by baby Glocks and other micro pistols aikoaiko Nov 2012 #63
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