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nxylas

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13. But other countries with lax gun laws are not as violent
Fri Jul 20, 2012, 01:12 PM
Jul 2012

Switzerland, for example. I believe the problem is at least as much a cultural one as a legal one. Paranoia, racism and the fetishisation of gun violence are more to blame than the 2nd amendment, IMO.

Lawn furniture kills thousands each year! rfranklin Jul 2012 #1
Why must we be a slave to BIG LAWN FURNITURE and its lobby of death! Johonny Jul 2012 #21
LOL GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #27
My long-tail cat says we should at least outlaw rocking chairs. tclambert Jul 2012 #73
My manx says outlaw rabbit season. ileus Jul 2012 #104
Of course he does. caseymoz Jul 2012 #134
a small price to pay, I say DBoon Jul 2012 #31
The National Lawn Chair Association (NLCA) has captured Congress. nt SDjack Jul 2012 #57
Lawn furniture doesn't kill people... rateyes Jul 2012 #77
Hey, if everyone just carried their own lawn furniture the world would be a smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #119
I'll give you my chaise lounge when you pry it from my cold dead hands, you commie! nilram Jul 2012 #123
Obama is going to take your lawn furniture away. hay rick Jul 2012 #120
You can cite statistics to back it up, right? caseymoz Jul 2012 #135
Kicked and DU Recommended!! madinmaryland Jul 2012 #2
It extends to other countries too now. We must be sure that they have any and all of the guns patrice Jul 2012 #3
K&R! n/t beac Jul 2012 #4
Delicate flowers, all of them. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2012 #5
+1 on the "consistently brilliant" comment. Scuba Jul 2012 #28
Perfect Patiod Jul 2012 #6
That should be on the NRA homepage TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #7
DU feels like free republic after every massacre. myrna minx Jul 2012 #8
Just remember that you have never been safer in your lifetime hack89 Jul 2012 #9
DUzy. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #30
But backed by actual facts hack89 Jul 2012 #33
Sorry, only one award per week. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #39
A 50 percent drop in murders and manslaughter deaths = "lost it's way"? OK. nt hack89 Jul 2012 #40
Yes, i said lost it's way. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #41
US murder rate 1950 = 4.6 US murder rate 2010 = 4.7 hack89 Jul 2012 #43
Your reply bongbong Jul 2012 #90
If you think those stats are directly related to the number of guns in this country Zoeisright Jul 2012 #66
I don't believe that hack89 Jul 2012 #68
The facts, though, are indisputable: AlbertCat Jul 2012 #78
Well, aggravated assaults are down drastically too hack89 Jul 2012 #81
Which is also a factor that tweaks the numbers. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #97
What gap? hack89 Jul 2012 #99
Take out muggings from overall gun violence and the numbers should be MUCH lower Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #103
You don't have to guess. hack89 Jul 2012 #100
Naw, tossing ideas out is more fun. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #102
We've had enough gun violence for one day. I don't have the stomach TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #80
The facts, though, are indisputable: Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #85
So if the number of guns has no influence on gun violence hack89 Jul 2012 #88
What spin you do! bongbong Jul 2012 #91
I know that. But look at the list of motives. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #95
So more guns caused more killings? Cite please. nt hack89 Jul 2012 #98
Oh you time wasting gun relgionists bongbong Jul 2012 #114
BTW: I didn't imply the opposite AT ALL. In fact, I'm saying shootings are for worse reasons. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #101
You don't get it. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #93
Wow... AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #117
I am not saying more guns reduced gun violence hack89 Jul 2012 #130
the word is ITS Skittles Jul 2012 #107
You do realize that is a direct quote from the other poster? hack89 Jul 2012 #108
I feel like this comment has been cut and pasted all day yesterday. So I will too. Pholus Jul 2012 #128
I explicitly said that more guns =/= less violence. hack89 Jul 2012 #131
Precious salt for the wounds of the victims, I'd imagine... LanternWaste Jul 2012 #50
You are right hack89 Jul 2012 #51
kpete Diclotican Jul 2012 #10
Diclotican kpete Jul 2012 #12
kpete Diclotican Jul 2012 #19
Exactly AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #118
But other countries with lax gun laws are not as violent nxylas Jul 2012 #13
nxylas Diclotican Jul 2012 #15
Michael Moore made the same point in Bowling for Columbine nxylas Jul 2012 #26
nxylas Diclotican Jul 2012 #42
I recommend a comedy movie called "Gunless." An American gunslinger finds himself in Canada, tclambert Jul 2012 #74
tclambert Diclotican Jul 2012 #127
other countries have widespread gun ownership DBoon Jul 2012 #34
True, that. I have considered buying a quality handgun hifiguy Jul 2012 #49
other countries treat firearms as useful tools that can be dangerous DBoon Jul 2012 #53
Exactly. I recently moved into a neighborhood hifiguy Jul 2012 #60
And are "cool" nxylas Jul 2012 #65
Their Precious bongbong Jul 2012 #92
only the US has a religion of gun ownership AlbertCat Jul 2012 #82
Our gun-nut paranoid heritage Jessy169 Jul 2012 #16
+1 Hell Hath No Fury Jul 2012 #25
Hell Hath No Fury AlbertCat Jul 2012 #83
+1 Hell Hath No Fury Jul 2012 #142
Jessy169 Diclotican Jul 2012 #52
Thank you Third Doctor Jul 2012 #58
Third Doctor Diclotican Jul 2012 #126
K&R. nt Chorophyll Jul 2012 #11
So, how often mass are shootings being stopped? caseymoz Jul 2012 #14
Any conceal carry person probably knows these two things. A Simple Game Jul 2012 #22
False memes, much? n/t PavePusher Jul 2012 #29
No. Refute much? n/t A Simple Game Jul 2012 #37
That's not the worst of it. Daemonaquila Jul 2012 #54
That too. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2012 #61
A responsible gun owner would simply not shoot in that situation, AlbertCat Jul 2012 #84
If they're responsible and competent, yes. caseymoz Jul 2012 #133
Then why carry it? kiva Jul 2012 #64
I can think of no good reason for an ordinary person to carry. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2012 #67
That's my thought, but kiva Jul 2012 #116
If you wanted to make my argument caseymoz Jul 2012 #132
I saw one here, although nothing suggests it was going to end in a mass... Amonester Jul 2012 #24
Stop that. Serve The Servants Jul 2012 #110
Not one. A massive study was done that showed that handgun owners, besides being more apocalypsehow Jul 2012 #38
And what study would that be? nt hack89 Jul 2012 #45
How does one determine someone has prevented a mass shooting before it happened? hughee99 Jul 2012 #46
And when you take this incident into consideration: TheMightyFavog Jul 2012 #56
"A man armed to the teeth with rocks... Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #17
I'm sick of our country having to pay this price over and over RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #18
Questions of the century. gtar100 Jul 2012 #35
That's so true. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #44
My husband explained that one to me.... MountainMama Jul 2012 #75
I believe in common sense gun control. AlbertCat Jul 2012 #86
I don't think everybody does. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #87
Here in Kansas, even being blind is not considered tblue37 Jul 2012 #121
Wow. That's just nuts. RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #122
Typical Republican fanatical devotion to extreme positions, that's why. nt tblue37 Jul 2012 #137
Right, because institutional authority behind Tuskegee and Japanese internment closeupready Jul 2012 #20
The gun lobby is well rehearsed in its rhetoric which to me is used to bully everyone who disagrees upaloopa Jul 2012 #23
Yep - this cartoon nails it, right down to how cry-babyish our very own "pro-gun progressives" apocalypsehow Jul 2012 #32
How narrow minded. Daemonaquila Jul 2012 #62
Case in point right here. Peddle your complaints to someone who gives a fig; I don't. Thanks. n/t. apocalypsehow Jul 2012 #63
100% bongbong Jul 2012 #94
Yep: they get all a'flutter with outrage when someone calls them on their BS, apocalypsehow Jul 2012 #106
Yes bongbong Jul 2012 #111
I few years ago I "blocked" everyone posting in the Gungeon... Walk away Jul 2012 #129
Work bongbong Jul 2012 #136
It seems to me that most of them are not Democrats or Liberals. Walk away Jul 2012 #138
Paiddddd posters bongbong Jul 2012 #139
I figured as much. What sane person would object to sensible restrictions? Walk away Jul 2012 #140
Excellent toon amuse bouche Jul 2012 #36
Those numbers abroad would be almost as good as ours Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #70
Merica, fuck yeah! ellisonz Jul 2012 #124
Love the bit about "... you delicate flower, you." Soooo incisive! So spot on. patrice Jul 2012 #47
Reminds me of something Garrison Keillor said calimary Jul 2012 #59
already had that from my paranoid brother PatrynXX Jul 2012 #48
Spot on DiverDave Jul 2012 #55
A-fucking-men nt Cheap_Trick Jul 2012 #69
K&R B Calm Jul 2012 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author felix_numinous Jul 2012 #72
A lot of food for thought there Tobin S. Jul 2012 #105
Thank you felix_numinous Jul 2012 #115
du rec. nt xchrom Jul 2012 #76
kick Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #79
Last panel right on bongbong Jul 2012 #89
that is the TRUTH Skittles Jul 2012 #96
Kicked and DU Recommended!! Shadowflash Jul 2012 #109
It's the truth, and those not liking it should go F themselves. 47of74 Jul 2012 #112
2nd Amendment Nonsense colsohlibgal Jul 2012 #113
CORRECT Skittles Jul 2012 #125
K&R stevenleser Jul 2012 #141
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