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quakerboy

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32. I agree. Halfway

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 06:00 AM

Dec 2012

Its the conditions that make the person who is willing to use the gun or knife. Not the gun or knife.

At the same time, All those parents in china are still able to hug their children and make plans to spend their next holiday together. No fatalities recorded. So its not quite the same, is it?

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] trailmonkee Dec 2012 OP

I had. M-16 in Vietnam and never expected to upaloopa Dec 2012 #1

I agree. Although a catch 22, if you want one like those, you should be prohibited from having one. Hoyt Dec 2012 #3

As am I, but AR format rifles are the most popular ones being sold today ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #6

"I don't understand what makes a civilian want a gun like that." justanidea Dec 2012 #20

What do you do with the damned things? BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #27

After being seriously wounded by small arms fire in Vietnam... pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #23

Peace Brother madokie Dec 2012 #38

Yes indeed. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #37

Probably when one of their own children or grandchildren is murdered. n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #2

What other rights do you want reset to the late 1700s? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #4

How about we follow the constitution and regulate these things well? RomneyLies Dec 2012 #5

They already are well regulated as interpreted by SCOTUS ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #10

I still see no regulation RomneyLies Dec 2012 #11

Regulation varies from state to state ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #14

it is the intensity of the weaponry and the amount of damage that can be done in very little time trailmonkee Dec 2012 #17

Assuming this was done with pistols using standard magazines ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #18

I am not sure.... trailmonkee Dec 2012 #19

Once again, it becomes a cost and technology issue ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #22

thanks trailmonkee Dec 2012 #26

it is not that... the vehicles of death are too easy to access.... and too easy to use trailmonkee Dec 2012 #13

From the producers of "The Dred Scott Decision," and "Corporate Personhood" comes... Scootaloo Dec 2012 #28

... ellisonz Dec 2012 #25

Good point. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #41

Dunno...this headline indicates it ain't just the guns dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #7

I am hoping you forgot to include the 'sarcasm' part? trailmonkee Dec 2012 #15

how many people will killed in the knife attacks? nt Terra Alta Dec 2012 #21

STUPID, ingermane NRA-meme-of-the-day FAIL Care Acutely Dec 2012 #24

I think there will always be people that just snap. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #29

If you guys keep rubbing that article, you'll go blind n/t Scootaloo Dec 2012 #30

I agree. Halfway quakerboy Dec 2012 #32

If only it were that simple. That's a large part of it. But we Americans are just damn violent. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #8

We have always been violent... but now everybody has access to the vehicles of violence... trailmonkee Dec 2012 #12

But gun deaths have been declining, despite cont'd access to guns of all sorts. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #33

. trailmonkee Dec 2012 #9

This has something to do with street gangs, gangsta wannabeism, and.. ananda Dec 2012 #16

this kid used handguns. not the gun you posted. yes, better guns = higher kill ratio, but HiPointDem Dec 2012 #31

he also used a .223 caliber rifle... I posted in the op trailmonkee Dec 2012 #40

Yes, but what is posted in the OP is not true cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #43

The shooter used handguns. Back in the day all guns were available via MAIL ORDER - Edweird Dec 2012 #34

they also found a .223 caliber rifle in his car..... i'll put it in the op trailmonkee Dec 2012 #35

It states very clearly that he only used the handguns. Edweird Dec 2012 #39

Sad but true. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #36

The Bushmaster was not used in the school shooting. Please delete. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #42

They Found the rifle in the back of his mothers car in the parking lot trailmonkee Dec 2012 #44