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kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
26. You can't guarantee that your guns won't harm anyone.
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 02:30 PM
Dec 2012

Unless they are locked up tight in a tamperPROOF gun safe 24/7/365.

I suspect they aren't.

Magical thinking kills.

I live in the country.. sendero Dec 2012 #1
We also live in the country and use our guns for when there is a need to protect our animals peacebird Dec 2012 #3
There you go Cosmocat Dec 2012 #5
"Law abiding citizens" need guns for protection from criminals. baldguy Dec 2012 #2
Only about 10% to 15% of guns Jenoch Dec 2012 #27
Nope... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #4
Nnnnnnope cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #6
Are "the bad guys" known to only attack with firearms? ileus Dec 2012 #7
I guarantee you something. Robb Dec 2012 #11
MY guns will kill precisely zero preschoolers next year or any other year. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #14
I'm certain Nancy Lanza thought the same thing. Robb Dec 2012 #16
You struggled in math, didn't you? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #17
The math argument still allows all those kids to die. Robb Dec 2012 #19
Actually YOU were the one who said that your guns would kill.......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #31
As I said to another poster.... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #33
You can't guarantee that your guns won't harm anyone. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #26
Would you prefer "astronomically low but marginally greater than zero probability?" Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #29
Not this shit again Politicub Dec 2012 #22
So your argument is criminals are only a danger when armed with a gun? ileus Dec 2012 #34
I think second amendment extremists are a menace to society for more Politicub Dec 2012 #35
1. Guns are fun to fire. 2. Foreign invasion? 3. Then, your "IF" is ridiculous and after 1 and 2. Festivito Dec 2012 #8
With gun murder after mass gun murder, all the perceived needs jmg257 Dec 2012 #9
I think it is more like abortion The Straight Story Dec 2012 #10
No Crepuscular Dec 2012 #12
I would not. Here's why: Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #13
There are no "bad guys"; there are only "good guys" who BECOME "bad guys." WinkyDink Dec 2012 #15
Um...that's self-contradictory. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #18
No, because the "argument" is "Keep guns away from the bad guys." And they would be identified HOW?? WinkyDink Dec 2012 #23
That's another matter entirely. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #25
I have owned in the past too, not the antique guns you owned, but I knew people who did Cleita Dec 2012 #20
So the police and military keep their guns? oldhippie Dec 2012 #21
And private gun ownership did what, in those instances (unless you aren't speaking of the U.S.)? WinkyDink Dec 2012 #24
I own a Trapdoor Springfield PD Turk Dec 2012 #28
Absolutely not tularetom Dec 2012 #30
How are all guns taken from "the bad guys" to begin with? flvegan Dec 2012 #32
I DID say 'hypothetical situation', did I not? Ferretherder Dec 2012 #36
Okay, good questions. flvegan Dec 2012 #47
Well... rrneck Dec 2012 #37
+1000 Adsos Letter Dec 2012 #44
Here are some ideas of sensible regulation from Norway... CTyankee Dec 2012 #38
Yes those Norwegian gun laws are very effective guardian Dec 2012 #39
Yes, this was an extreme outlier, that is true. He was a dedicated plotter who went to CTyankee Dec 2012 #40
And while we're at it, buddy, where are YOUR ideas for cleaning up this obvious problem we have CTyankee Dec 2012 #41
Some hypotheticals are too hypothetical to warrant much attention. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #42
+1 We gotta deal with reality on this issue. Adsos Letter Dec 2012 #43
THIS........ Ferretherder Dec 2012 #45
Yes, it is. And I believe the hypothetical Posteritatis referred to Adsos Letter Dec 2012 #46
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