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Speck Tater

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4. Guns don't kill people...

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 02:10 PM

Apr 2012

Last edited Mon Apr 16, 2012, 03:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Lawyers do.

What we need is lawyer control. We can't have people walking around outside lawyers offices whenever they feel like it. That kind of risky behavior is just inviting trouble.

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Man kills wife outside divorce lawyer's office [View all] alp227 Apr 2012 OP

Good That He Had A Gun, Sir: Think Of What Might Have Happened If He Had Not The Magistrate Apr 2012 #1

Guns don't kill people... Speck Tater Apr 2012 #4

No if he hadn't had a gun then he be in jail for assault and battery...and movonne Apr 2012 #6

Yes, because prior to firearms, no one ever killed anyone. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2012 #7

Have you ever killed someone, Lizzie? EFerrari Apr 2012 #14

OK. Clearly SARCASM needs to be more clearly labelled. nt Speck Tater Apr 2012 #15

It could be labeled and lit and still be wrong. nt EFerrari Apr 2012 #16

Except, of course, it was right. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2012 #19

And yet we have 12X the gun violence of 25 other first world nations. EFerrari Apr 2012 #20

The NRA? Lizzie Poppet Apr 2012 #21

Yup, OJ Simpson totally agrees with you. Zalatix Apr 2012 #12

+1000 abelenkpe Apr 2012 #5

Dateline, 48 Hours otohara Apr 2012 #2

What an asshole. Those poor children. nt MADem Apr 2012 #3

And THAT is why I don't practice family law ... Bake Apr 2012 #8

Not the reason I don't practice it DefenseLawyer Apr 2012 #11

Reminds me of this quote Dokkie Apr 2012 #9

I couldn't resist - I posted a story on the wife killing a husband banned from Kos Apr 2012 #10

The article says there was no restraining order as if that would have helped. EFerrari Apr 2012 #13

I don't know that it implies it would have helped DefenseLawyer Apr 2012 #17

You may be right. I'm reading "in" too much. n/t EFerrari Apr 2012 #18