Swede Atlanta
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Thu Dec-01-11 08:28 PM
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| 8. What a tremendous tragedy.......... |
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My thoughts and prayers go out to them. What provoked him to commit this horrible act? Was he under severe stress? Was he mentally ill? How did he come to possess a firearm? So many questions that will probably never be answered.
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| -4 children dead in Texas mass shooting |
Dennis Donovan |
Dec-01-11 07:47 PM |
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Oh, those poor babies... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Dec-01-11 07:49 PM |
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My heart aches for those poor defenseless children.. |
auntAgonist |
Dec-01-11 07:52 PM |
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Another senseless tragedy, thanks to the United State's lax gun laws. The 'gun rights' crowd in this |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-01-11 07:54 PM |
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Yes, but that's just the way it is. We must endure these things to accommodate their gun fetish. |
PSPS |
Dec-01-11 08:06 PM |
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What's saddest about your spot-on reply is that's basically what the "gunz rulz!" crowd's arguments |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-01-11 08:21 PM |
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Since gun violence is at a 50 year low and steadily declining |
hack89 |
Dec-01-11 08:56 PM |
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Quote your irrelevant statistic to the mother of those four dead kids in Texas - I'm sure she'll be |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-01-11 08:59 PM |
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Name removed |
Dec-02-11 05:42 AM |
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How large must the number of deaths be before "angst" is justified? |
LanternWaste |
Dec-02-11 12:25 PM |
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We calmly accept many other things that kill many more people |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 12:40 PM |
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That's nonsense, but putting that aside, we take positive steps to reduce/mitigate the deadliness of |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 03:48 PM |
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Let's discuss the flaws in your logic. |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 04:29 PM |
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Find some flaws, and we'll discuss them. I don't reply to non-responsive fictions. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 05:50 PM |
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So guns are regulated like cars - got it. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:16 PM |
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So popcorn is sugared like cotton candy - got it. Meanwhile, #54 awaits. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:26 PM |
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I laid it out in black and white- show me where I am wrong. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:30 PM |
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You've been shown, but refuse to heed. This is a common feature of obfuscation. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:35 PM |
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I showed what you wanted is existing law. Not complicated at all. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:37 PM |
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You showed no such thing, but rather asserted it without the slightest evidence to substantiate the |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:41 PM |
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So you maintain I need a driver license and registration for a car I never drive on a public street? |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:43 PM |
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*Yawn* Is the phony rhetorical question, like, the only reply you know when you're back into a |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:49 PM |
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I got it now - sorry I didn't catch on earlier |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:50 PM |
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Your concession is duly noted. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:52 PM |
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I love a good sense of humor. nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 07:54 PM |
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In my state such cars still need to be registered and insured |
TorchTheWitch |
Dec-02-11 08:45 PM |
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Perhaps a better example would be farm vehicles |
hack89 |
Dec-03-11 05:20 AM |
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With all due respect |
Gringostan |
Dec-03-11 06:14 AM |
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Gun violence is at a 50 year low and steadily declining |
hack89 |
Dec-01-11 08:59 PM |
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Your talking point really doesn't impress me - tell it to the mother of those four dead kids. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-01-11 09:01 PM |
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So tell me exactly what law would have prevented this? nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 05:44 AM |
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Oddly enough, in most civilized countries on this planet earth they have laws that prevent these |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 03:38 PM |
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None of those countries have insane drug laws and the resulting violence. |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 04:33 PM |
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Non responsive dodging & obfuscation. Also, false: drugs are illegal in every one of those countries |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 05:52 PM |
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They they have extensive gang violence in all their cities? Really? nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:17 PM |
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Non responsive. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:37 PM |
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I said that most gun violence is drug and gang related? |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:39 PM |
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It's "relevant" only in the sense that if we had gun laws like Japan's & Europe's, there'd be whole |
apocalypsehow |
Dec-02-11 06:45 PM |
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So what was my initial assertion? I think you are confused.nt |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 06:46 PM |
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When Susan Smith murdered her children, did you launch a vendetta against cars? |
Fair Witness |
Dec-03-11 10:21 AM |
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Think of the loss |
Gringostan |
Dec-03-11 06:00 AM |
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I would be interested in knowing how an undocumented person got a gun. |
msanthrope |
Dec-03-11 06:21 AM |
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Sickening on so many levels |
TheCowsCameHome |
Dec-01-11 08:04 PM |
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That's one of the saddest things I've heard! |
Auntie Bush |
Dec-01-11 08:21 PM |
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The IRA? Do you mean the Irish Republican Army? If so, the |
coalition_unwilling |
Dec-01-11 08:31 PM |
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I think the poster meant NRA. |
hack89 |
Dec-02-11 05:46 AM |
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Duh! Of course! I don't know how I failed to catch that it was a |
coalition_unwilling |
Dec-02-11 10:27 AM |
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Check your own states requirements for firearm ownership, |
oneshooter |
Dec-01-11 08:46 PM |
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That's an interesting comment from someone in a state that allows concealed carry with no permit |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-11 04:57 PM |
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You can cite to where this murderer had a permit? |
PavePusher |
Dec-03-11 11:18 AM |
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What a tremendous tragedy.......... |
Swede Atlanta |
Dec-01-11 08:28 PM |
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For a while in South Florida there were a lot of men who, before shooting themselves... |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Dec-01-11 08:33 PM |
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How horrible! |
Rhiannon12866 |
Dec-01-11 09:41 PM |
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That poor mother... |
neovente |
Dec-02-11 08:36 AM |
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I will never understand something like this. |
coyote |
Dec-02-11 09:49 AM |
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Great sadness. I hope this mother can explain to the rest of us what triggered this |
midnight |
Dec-02-11 12:41 PM |
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Wonder if the number of children killed by guns has gone up? |
kiranon |
Dec-02-11 03:51 PM |
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Here's a site where you can structure the question any way you want, and get real data to answer it |
slackmaster |
Dec-02-11 04:55 PM |
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How horrifying! |
potone |
Dec-02-11 06:15 PM |
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One of the saddest things I've heard on here, concerning happenings in Texas. |
AverageJoe90 |
Dec-03-11 04:19 AM |
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