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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:49 PM Original message |
When is enough enough? How many have to die before we stop this madness? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. What are you suggesting? (nt) |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Forced lobotomies of course n/t |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Ever wondered why humans are the preminent predators? Not the biggest, or strongest, or fastest,just |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Actually, other species do "kill for the sake of killing" |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Other species have been observed killing for the sake of killing. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Chimps and Orangutans even murder their own species. n/t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
120. So do dolphins, and many other species. |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
146. Mean dawgs shake creatures to death then throw them up. nt. |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
147. Some cats kill creatures just to drag them home as a trophy to garner praise. nt |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hundreds, if not thousands of homeless die in the streets a DAY, and yet |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. BUT GUNZ ARE SCARY!!!!1! |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Have we met? Do you know me? Do you know of an instance where I've neglected someone? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Ride along with the meat wagon some night and help pick up the dead on the streets |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. What would you like to have happen? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'm not sure. Obviously, SOMETHING needs to be done. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
68. Passing single payer so everyone has access to mental healthcare isn't 'ignoring it'. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
77. And that is how do nothing feel good laws get past. Because someone says "do something |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
127. You must have an idea; you posted here. (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. The only known way to stop madness is to provide mental health care |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. +1 nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. But they don't want to help them. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. That's a good idea, and sometimes the mental health people need |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
78. Is psychotherapy not already a requirement of psychiatrists? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. BINGO; and we need to remind some that Cain v Able did not involve gunplay |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
145. Guns are illegal in Guatemala so they use machetes instead. nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. +1... but even that won't stop all of it. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
85. Amen. And we need to be more active about looking at people around us. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
103. Dammit, stop being reasonable! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. It will never stop, as long as there are emotionally or mentally ill people who have access to guns. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. there were murders before guns |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yes. But it's hard to think of other weapons in common usage |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Thinkin toxins in air, water, food probably kill on large scale |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. Timothy McVeigh found a way to kill 168 people in seconds. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Bullshit. Explosives can kill far more. |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
150. how about a bucks worth of gasoline........... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're asking this about human beings? Please. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Yeah, my bad to think that people would actually have respect for others. |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. How so, when you have no respect for my rights? n/t |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's against DU rules to speak ill of guns... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. it is difficult to care about such "rules" |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I learned the hard way... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. hmph! |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. Yep, because it was the guns that pulled their own triggers... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. I have known a bunch of people killed by cars. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. What makes you think it's against the rules? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Uniquely American |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. The best point made from your list is that this incident at FT. Hood had less to |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Actually the lunatic's testimony in court will prove it was indeed a Muslim's religious-inspired |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. This "jihadist" probably IS mentally ill. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
128. And a competent woman with a gun who put an end to it (nt) |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. What happened when they took away people's guns in Australia? |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Gun crimes went down for a bit... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Gun deaths per 100k in US: 14.24; Gun deaths per 100k in AUS: 2.65. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. And it was lower _before_ the ban, too.. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Maybe you should try to take my guns... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
129. You're welcome to try repealing the Second Amendment (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. The murder rate stayed about the same |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
79. Murder rate hardly changed but the tools of the murder changed. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. It is time to stop pretending that guns are good. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It is time to stop pretending that free speech is good |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yadda, yadda. I haven't seen anyone dropping dead from a stray word. nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Words don't kill people. People use those words to kill people. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Even so-called "free speech" has had boundaries applied to it. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. This country has a serious problem with violence period, guns be damned. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Can't figure out how my saying something should be done about guns makes your life difficult. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Again you blame the tool, not the wielder. Fail. n/t |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Again you fail to understand. But that's alright. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Free clue.. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #71 |
90. Yes, so, free guns for everyone in that case! See you at the OK Corral! |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #90 |
100. Yep, and they would also have had a better chance... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. The "people like you" thing is not very persuasive. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Ahhh, I see, so we're without compassion now, is that it? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Conclusions here, conclusions there. (And not a word of it anything I said.) |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Actually, it was, even though you're attempting to backpeddle as quickly as your feet will let you. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. Well, in that case, in what respect Charlie? What I stated was facts. |
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Erebus67 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #102 |
140. You complain about the "people like you" meme |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #90 |
142. Grow up... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
116. self-correction.. Our non-gun violence rate is higher than other countries ALL violence rate. n/t |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
126. Mass killers use what's available |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
148. Kenya Machete Massacre Leaves 29 Dead 04/21/09 |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Can't figure out how my saying that current gun laws are adequate makes your life difficult |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I don't recall saying you were making my life difficult -- that's not the case. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
81. So being sick and tired don't make your life difficult. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. Are you kiddin'! That's life! nt |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. MMMmkay. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
141. Why all the hate? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
130. You have a poor outlook & bad terms... |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Yep, words have never been used to do harm onto others.... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Yadda, yadda, yadda -- nice diversion. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. Diversion? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. Speaking of reality. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Wow, thank you for that amazingly non-sensical post.... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Why bother since you've decided you can't understand? nt |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. I never "decided" that I can't understand something... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. I'm not in the habit of crafting legislation and I don't know why you would think I am. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Thank you very much for proving my point. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. As I've already said: |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Yet you cannot even come up with a single way of going about doing this, using only gun control. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. How do you expect to persuade by these methods? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. -1 to your attempt at forced teaming. "We" don't need to persuade |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #109 |
131. You want "stronger gun control" to stop the violence you see... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
86. Tell that to the Klan rallies. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. View my comment in context, please. nt |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
119. Stray? No. But language can kill. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. None of my guns have ever killed anyone. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. I'm sure victims of gun violence will be very relieved to hear that. nt |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Pointless post much? I think so. (nt) |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
93. Physician, heal thyself. nt |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. I certainly hope so. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Then mine must be deffective. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Okay, I'll play. When you use the gun, whatever it's for, there is an effect, is there not? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Guns propel projectiles. Nothing more. n/t |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
83. Holes in paper, cans or golf balls. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
72. They can save lives too. Case in point, the police officer that stopped this attack. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
96. I'm surprised it took so long for that response. I was expecting it sooner. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #96 |
118. The person who committed this despicable crime WAS military. |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
82. Objects do not possess the ability to be good or bad. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
98. And in the context of the OP, guns in the hands of these gun owners are decidedly bad. nt |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:41 AM Response to Reply #98 |
122. Okay, I'll play. In the context of the OP, cars in the hands of drunk drivers are decidedly bad. |
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Piwi2009 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
88. No, not "simply kill. Period." |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Yes, but those marvelous moments don't end up as front-page news, do they? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #94 |
137. Which is why front-page news does not provide a unbiased perspective |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
151. THANK YOU!!! SUPPORT 10000% |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. Why stop the list at 1966? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The War on drugs. nt |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. A large part of it is that in the Electronic Age... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #60 |
87. Some of that is true, but it's not the whole story. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #87 |
125. Coincidentally, CNN launched in 1980 |
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Erebus67 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #87 |
143. Thank the press and having to fill 24 hour news cycles. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #60 |
133. In fact, the violent crime rate has been going down over the last several years... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
112. Oh, there were PLENTY of massacres in the past. The US is relatively safe these days. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
132. Makes sense. Good observations (nt) |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. The GOP shares a large portion of the blame....period |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Which, incidentally , is also why they always win. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. "Always win"??? Don't think so...we lost wars a few along the way....... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. And let me guess. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. May 18, 1927, Bath, Michigan, Andrew Kehoe dynamited school, 45 killed, 58 injured. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. The answer is clear |
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Piwi2009 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
84. How do you propose we keep guns away from people on a MILITARY BASE? |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
114. Ban alcohol, it |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Ban drugs too, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
121. It will take more than that for Americans to finally get fed up |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
123. Death penalty, life sentences, hard time.....public hangings might help. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #123 |
152. Except that states with the death penalty and draconian punishments also have the highest crime rate |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
124. There's a development that parallels the trend in mass shootings |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #124 |
134. There are two over-riding values in our culture... |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. And our OP is perpetuating it |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
135. I would think 15% might be enough. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
136. Jeez, you'd think things were getting worse instead of better |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
139. Have you considered that firearms often save lives... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
144. A lot of people have been working to reduce gun violence for a long time.... |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-08-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
149. Nazi Weapons Law of 1938 |
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