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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 12:28 AM
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33. Why is that, exactly?
Is it somehow morally different to be shot to death, versus stabbed to death with a screwdriver?

Just because a gun is involved doesn't necessarily change the moral nature of the assault, and I would question, why it would change the sentencing requirements.
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  -Compiling a short list. -..__...  Mar-06-11 01:17 PM   #0 
  - You also need to make a list of the 30,000 vicitims of US gun violence each year  jpak   Mar-06-11 01:20 PM   #1 
  - I thought that was your job?  -..__...   Mar-06-11 01:31 PM   #2 
  - violence ... that would leave out accidents,  Tuesday Afternoon   Mar-06-11 01:44 PM   #3 
  - That list is your job  jpak   Mar-06-11 02:00 PM   #4 
  - nope. nope. nope. no way, no how. nada.  Tuesday Afternoon   Mar-06-11 04:31 PM   #14 
  - ...as well as suicides  S_B_Jackson   Mar-06-11 06:49 PM   #20 
     - Well, that raises an interesting question  Euromutt   Mar-07-11 03:08 PM   #52 
  - Gonna name the victims of Alcohol? Longer list(nt)  Ken_Fish   Mar-06-11 03:49 PM   #8 
  - Yeah, like criminals can point a beer can at someone and kill them at 10 paces  jpak   Mar-06-11 04:13 PM   #10 
  - No, they point a 2 ton vehicle at other drivers while intoxicated. n/t  X_Digger   Mar-06-11 04:17 PM   #11 
  - So can a drunk with a gun  jpak   Mar-06-11 04:18 PM   #12 
     - Let's compare numbers, shall we?  X_Digger   Mar-06-11 04:22 PM   #13 
        - Yup - gun crimes deserve more jail time than other crimes  jpak   Mar-06-11 04:34 PM   #15 
        - Did you respond to the wrong post- again?? n/t  X_Digger   Mar-06-11 04:40 PM   #16 
        - I will not be an apologist for gun criminals - nope  jpak   Mar-06-11 06:13 PM   #19 
           - So you refuse to actually respond to what I said in any of 4 threads, now?  X_Digger   Mar-06-11 08:02 PM   #25 
              - I don't respond to call-outs - which R agin the rules  jpak   Mar-06-11 08:07 PM   #26 
                 - How about the current thread that you're participating in?  X_Digger   Mar-06-11 08:09 PM   #27 
                    - One too many  jpak   Mar-06-11 09:15 PM   #28 
                       - So that's a no?  X_Digger   Mar-06-11 09:47 PM   #29 
                          - Talking of red herrings  Starboard Tack   Mar-07-11 12:12 AM   #32 
                             - You'll notice that reply #1 is not related to the OP..  X_Digger   Mar-07-11 07:46 AM   #35 
        - Why is that, exactly?  AtheistCrusader   Mar-07-11 12:28 AM   #33 
        - He's got a LOT of outstanding questions pending. LMFAO!!!!  Hoopla Phil   Mar-07-11 11:01 PM   #64 
  - No they just drive their car in to oncoming traffic  WatsonT   Mar-07-11 01:39 PM   #41 
  - You seem to be somewhat obsessed with alcohol  Starboard Tack   Mar-07-11 12:08 AM   #31 
     - Prohibition did not work with alcohol,  MicaelS   Mar-07-11 07:31 PM   #59 
        - I'm not talking about prohibition, but abolition  Starboard Tack   Mar-07-11 11:11 PM   #65 
           - A prohi by any other name..  X_Digger   Mar-07-11 11:30 PM   #66 
  - Haven't you had a seperate post for each victim?  WatsonT   Mar-07-11 01:37 PM   #40 
  - Did you know?  BeFree   Mar-06-11 02:14 PM   #5 
  - Soldier are not allowed to carry personal weapons off duty.  Hangingon   Mar-06-11 02:43 PM   #6 
  - Actually, they can, but only off-post.  PavePusher   Mar-06-11 02:49 PM   #7 
     - Son is active duty and he carries off post.  Hangingon   Mar-06-11 04:02 PM   #9 
        - I'm not aware of any base that allows the carry of loaded personal sidearms at any time.  PavePusher   Mar-06-11 05:44 PM   #18 
           - Yep. You are right.  Hangingon   Mar-06-11 06:57 PM   #22 
              - The part that really sucks....  PavePusher   Mar-06-11 07:44 PM   #23 
                 - Thanks for serving PP  Hangingon   Mar-06-11 11:30 PM   #30 
  - The typical sailor is not trained in the use of small arms.  GreenStormCloud   Mar-06-11 05:21 PM   #17 
  - What?  BeFree   Mar-07-11 08:31 AM   #36 
     - Waste of time and money.  GreenStormCloud   Mar-07-11 09:12 AM   #38 
        - In case they have to board the enemy vessel  WatsonT   Mar-07-11 01:42 PM   #43 
           - The last call of "Boarders Away" was on 4 June 1944  oneshooter   Mar-07-11 02:53 PM   #51 
              - Don't the Coasties do this on a regular basis?  Kennah   Mar-07-11 03:30 PM   #54 
                 - When they intercept drug runners. But that is not the same as  oneshooter   Mar-07-11 04:53 PM   #56 
  - That's what the Marines are for...  S_B_Jackson   Mar-06-11 06:51 PM   #21 
  - Marines  BeFree   Mar-07-11 08:34 AM   #37 
  - Negligent discharges damage government property.  AtheistCrusader   Mar-07-11 12:29 AM   #34 
  - Did you know:  WatsonT   Mar-07-11 01:41 PM   #42 
     - Yes. I do.  BeFree   Mar-07-11 02:10 PM   #46 
        - There are other reasons to prohibit the guns  WatsonT   Mar-07-11 03:56 PM   #55 
  - Damn!  -..__...   Mar-06-11 07:55 PM   #24 
  - Umm, just a clarification  Kennah   Mar-07-11 02:17 PM   #49 
     - By "victory", I mean both legislative and non-legislative.  -..__...   Mar-07-11 09:39 PM   #61 
        - In asking about victory, I guess what I was asking is ...  Kennah   Mar-08-11 02:53 PM   #68 
  - Kinda like compiling a list of cancer cures  Starboard Tack   Mar-07-11 01:35 PM   #39 
  - Does HR218 count?  Kennah   Mar-07-11 02:03 PM   #44 
  - The "The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"?  -..__...   Mar-07-11 09:49 PM   #62 
  - Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, aka Lautenberg  Kennah   Mar-07-11 02:05 PM   #45 
  - Self delete  Kennah   Mar-07-11 02:10 PM   #47 
  - I was going to mention that one  Euromutt   Mar-07-11 02:40 PM   #50 
     - My issue with DV exclusions for guns is ...  Kennah   Mar-07-11 03:27 PM   #53 
  - NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, aka response to Virginia Tech shooting  Kennah   Mar-07-11 02:12 PM   #48 
  - Passed with the cooperation of the NRA...  -..__...   Mar-07-11 10:43 PM   #63 
     - Whenever the issue of mental health and guns rears up, it's always one of the most complex  Kennah   Mar-08-11 03:00 PM   #69 
  - Since you are going back 20 years, the 1994 AWB.  GreenStormCloud   Mar-07-11 06:35 PM   #57 
     - In terms of concealed carry, that wave started in 1987  Kennah   Mar-07-11 07:01 PM   #58 
        - Yes, but it really got going in the mid 90s. N/T  GreenStormCloud   Mar-07-11 08:57 PM   #60 
           - I think the initial surge was over by the time of the AWB  Kennah   Mar-08-11 02:50 PM   #67 
              - Take a look at the map. The big surge was late 95 to 2005.  GreenStormCloud   Mar-08-11 04:09 PM   #70 
                 - "Luby's changed everything "  Katya Mullethov   Mar-08-11 04:23 PM   #71 
                 - It's complicated  Kennah   Mar-08-11 04:42 PM   #72 
 

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