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28. Of Course You Were, Sweet-Heart....

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:49 PM

Dec 2012

You big, bold, hunk 'o man, you....

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Do Armed Civilians Stop Mass Shooters? Actually, No. [View all] Pale Blue Dot Dec 2012 OP

Conservative 'solutions' don't prevent anything. louis-t Dec 2012 #1

Reservists and off-duty cops were kind of the point, I thought Recursion Dec 2012 #2

Only the last case cited has merit...IF you discount the shooter got the shots off rustydog Dec 2012 #3

And yet each of these lies has been repeated, over and over, in the Gungeon, ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #4

The gungeon bongbong Dec 2012 #22

That group should be banned. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #24

Have you heard bongbong Dec 2012 #34

Doesn't surprise me one bit Hugabear Dec 2012 #54

In the cited to stories ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #5

You are trying to have it both ways. former9thward Dec 2012 #6

Most of the cases cited TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #7

And yet you conveniently ignored that people did have guns at these places... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #17

The unanswered question is if civilian ownership of firearms for self defense saves lives overall ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8

LOL bongbong Dec 2012 #23

Given That Fire-Arm Suicides Out-Number Fire-Arm Murders, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2012 #27

Why these days I call them NRA anecdotes nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

It can be debated in these cases sarisataka Dec 2012 #10

Mass shootings? No, at least not often. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #11

so one or maybe a couple of examples placed against 30,000 yearly gun deaths librechik Dec 2012 #12

With 300 million guns in the country TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #14

I guess you know the answer to that--almost NONE were justified. librechik Dec 2012 #15

The OP is about stopping TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #16

12 posts and we're supposed to believe your story? joeybee12 Dec 2012 #18

I guess that means you don't want to answer my question either TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #19

I believe the correct answer is "heartbreakingly few." But you tell me how many librechik Dec 2012 #26

So you have no facts at all, just TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #29

so you refuse to answer your own question. What is YOUR number of justifiable deaths? librechik Dec 2012 #31

Five In Eight of Them Are Suicides, Fella The Magistrate Dec 2012 #33

Only enough to protect my life TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #37

And You Face Such Danger With Such Grace And Calm, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2012 #39

When life becomes a fairy tale I'll treat it like one TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #43

Damn, Fella, You Are A Funny One.... The Magistrate Dec 2012 #46

I can't help but feel sorry for you Hoss TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #48

Feel Free To Keep Trying To Amuse Me, Sweet-Heart The Magistrate Dec 2012 #49

Sugar britches if my comments thus far have intimidated you enough TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #52

Thank You For The Laugh, Fella: You Are A Pearl Beyond Price, Indeed You Are The Magistrate Dec 2012 #53

Now You be Sure And Have Something Fresh Waiting For When I Get Back From the Store, Fella The Magistrate Dec 2012 #55

So Disappointed, Sweetie; Perhaps You Can Have Something More When The Meat-Loaf Is Done? The Magistrate Dec 2012 #57

ok. You killed somebody to protect your family? librechik Dec 2012 #20

I didn't throw out the number TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #21

actually that's a ball park figure journalists have been using librechik Dec 2012 #30

Of Course You Were, Sweet-Heart.... The Magistrate Dec 2012 #28

i killed a man once just for snoring too loud frylock Dec 2012 #36

You're conflating mass shootings with all gun homicides, including suicides. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #32

easy access to a reliable method of death. librechik Dec 2012 #40

I don't disagree... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #41

agree-and mental health assistance must be easy to access too librechik Dec 2012 #44

Yes! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #45

absolutely! librechik Dec 2012 #47

It Is Really Not That Difficult, Ma'am The Magistrate Dec 2012 #42

I guess a lot of it is being at the right place at the right time... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #13

What is the hardest to say, is that there is a lot of fate involved. libdem4life Dec 2012 #35

The Delicate Flowers are back to their normal gun BS bongbong Dec 2012 #25

Training Training Training bpj62 Dec 2012 #38

After reading this article for a third time I'm impressed TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #50

There is only one shooting spree that was stopped by a civilian Drale Dec 2012 #51

NRA new movie, "Escape from Elementary School" Pryderi Dec 2012 #56

Jeanne Assam was a hero obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #58