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In reply to the discussion: NRA: If only a teacher had had a gun ... Well, asswipes, one of the teachers had SEVERAL guns ... [View all]lark
(23,091 posts)87. Her teacher would be as likely to kill other children
as the shooter, so NO I absolutely do not want my children going into armed warfare. Collateral damage kills just as much as intentional shooting. Not one mass massacre has ever been stopped by an armed "good" gunman - none. More guns = more killing.
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11 Bravo
Dec 2012
OP
Have you registered your guns? Where I live there is no mechanism for doing that.
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#3
I would like to propose a very simple hypothetical to you. It's not at all difficult to think about
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#75
Except for a bizarre bank robbery attempt in LACA, no automatic weapons have been used in any crime
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#70
But it's impossible to commit mass murder without guns. Uh, Timothy (cough) McVeigh (cough)
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#73
According to 20/20, the father is an attorney and being questioned by police...
WorseBeforeBetter
Dec 2012
#47
and maybe they should have issued tiny little guns to those poor kindergarten children.
bklyncowgirl
Dec 2012
#32
If only a teacher had had a gun < Had to hear that shit in business setting today
lunasun
Dec 2012
#38
I remember a few years ago in Oregon a teacher tried to justify bring his gun to school
davidpdx
Dec 2012
#46
That's so stupid. In a situation like today, the teacher is the first one they would shoot n/t
TexasBushwhacker
Dec 2012
#50