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libdem4life

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47. And domestic terrorists don't usually fire rounds on kids on their own private property. That, too
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 04:10 PM
Dec 2012

would be illegal. Same with the vehicle ...kill someone on your private property with it...accident or on purpose...it's illegal. Pull it out onto the open road...even a tractor...and you have to obey the law.

In any event, people don't buy cars for the express purpose of killing other people with them. djean111 Dec 2012 #1
well, maybe not people you know cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #3
It looks like over half are suicides. I would like to see that addressed. Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #18
And several of the murders are simply by products of suicides, jtuck004 Dec 2012 #27
It would not surprise me at all Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #39
>If we could get to those people who are depressed < We are swimming in them. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #46
What you described is an often-overlooked consequence of mass gun ownership Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #52
Plus, a typical person will spend more time operating a vehicle than operating a firearm. bulloney Dec 2012 #21
Why not license guns like cars? htuttle Dec 2012 #2
because cars aren't licensed? cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #5
And yet -- the privilege to use one is! villager Dec 2012 #6
Really? htuttle Dec 2012 #7
Registered, taxed, and insurance required (if it is going to be operated) jberryhill Dec 2012 #10
Actually... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #31
How precious...and a car on a non-op or an agricultural vehicle is OK on private property, too. libdem4life Dec 2012 #35
They already are. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #43
And domestic terrorists don't usually fire rounds on kids on their own private property. That, too libdem4life Dec 2012 #47
Poverty kills more than cars & I AM ALL IN FOR ENDING POVERTY! HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #4
+!000. Especially poverty caused by the financial sector and propped up by their lackeys jtuck004 Dec 2012 #28
Because killing is not the intended use of a car; NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #8
The improvements in auto safety are truly remarkable jberryhill Dec 2012 #9
GREAT arguement! This guy drove his volvo into an elementary school rustydog Dec 2012 #11
Not much into that reading thing, eh? cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #14
years ago some guy drove a car into the podium of a kkk rally... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #20
Yeah, but JoeyT Dec 2012 #34
+100000000 Glassunion Dec 2012 #41
We got us some Gallows Humor .. indeed ! libdem4life Dec 2012 #48
Our shitty infrastructure relies on cars RedCappedBandit Dec 2012 #12
Cars are heavily regulated regarding safety, efficiency, emissions, aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #13
FOR USE IN PUBLIC! bobclark86 Dec 2012 #32
Please proceed, then, Citizen. You'll get no quarrel from most of us here. LOL libdem4life Dec 2012 #36
Please proceed. n/t CottonBear Dec 2012 #40
ALL CAPS! progressoid Dec 2012 #45
Feel free to drive your homemade rocket fuel powered car from your driveway into your garage aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #51
Well, it WOULD cut down on pollution. Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #15
Easy answer: The purpose of cars is not to terminate human life. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #16
When cars kill too many people like the Ford Pinto we make them safer JeffHead Dec 2012 #17
So about 20,000 Americans kill themselves with.... Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #19
Approximately, yes. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #25
Wow, I am amazed to see that. malthaussen Dec 2012 #22
62% are suicide. How very sad. We need to do something. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2012 #23
That depends. Not every suicide is a wrong that should have been righted. eallen Dec 2012 #30
Legalize drugs, would cut way down on the other 38% pediatricmedic Dec 2012 #33
You know, maybe we should take guns away from people that have DUI's Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #24
That's the law if you get a DUI ... can't pass a background check for a weapon ... libdem4life Dec 2012 #49
I hadn't realized that suicides were such a big component of the gun death numbers. DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #26
Intent defines an accident. Glassunion Dec 2012 #42
And car fatalities are DOWN significantly as a result of safety and anti-DUI laws Tab Dec 2012 #29
Tax the bejesus out of guns, and we'd be able to afford the regulation and the mayhem and death libdem4life Dec 2012 #37
And with that goes another NRA talking point ShadowLiberal Dec 2012 #38
Cars have been ever-engineered to be safer, while guns have been ever-engineered to be more deadly. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #44
True. More reason why guns should be treated as cars...speaking of the ability to regulate and libdem4life Dec 2012 #50
I think one of the ten myths that non gunners upaloopa Dec 2012 #53
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