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SlimJimmy

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10. In other words - anything less than a total ban on all guns is not worth discussing.

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Sat Jul 21, 2012, 11:06 PM

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Well, i've heard much knashing of teeth and renting of fabric fom the Anti gun people. [View all] OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2012 OP

Worst DU weekend ever cthulu2016 Jul 2012 #1

+1 n/t NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #3

My "Trash this thread" button has burned out. L0oniX Jul 2012 #61

I agree, uninformed posters, unrealistic posts, made up numbers, made up stats. n-t Logical Jul 2012 #68

Yep. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #69

ACA larwdem Jul 2012 #2

Except it doesn't... pipoman Jul 2012 #12

Uh, yes it does. FarLeftFist Jul 2012 #28

is knashing like gnashing? Sanity Claws Jul 2012 #4

Either way, I wouldn't do it to rented fabric. You'll never get your deposit back that way! petronius Jul 2012 #5

Unintentional hilarity ensued! MADem Jul 2012 #27

Yup. My rented fabric just got caught on a nail...it was rented permanently, sad to say. CTyankee Jul 2012 #40

Hey, I can't spell fot shit but I think my ideas are O.K. OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2012 #6

Your last paragraph in particular is excellent - I completely agree that the petronius Jul 2012 #9

In other words - anything less than a total ban on all guns is not worth discussing. SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #10

Exactly. Can't argue too effectively against rational regulation laws so one lunatica Jul 2012 #16

You mean like the poster below? SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #22

Just leave the gnoshing jews alone... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #7

I think you may mean 'noshing' pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #56

Knashing is what you do to your knishes. Gnashing is coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #14

Rent-a-jury.com HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #20

Ban automatic and semi-automatic weapos. Clear enough? morningfog Jul 2012 #8

Statements like this are the problem. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #18

I used to think the gun fight was not worth it. Fuck em. Let them go. morningfog Jul 2012 #19

Say goodbye to workers rights HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #38

Its not them. Its YOU. beevul Jul 2012 #55

The banning of semi-autos is a political impossibility. Kaleva Jul 2012 #21

How fucked up is that? morningfog Jul 2012 #23

You are talking about millions of gun owners having to turn in their guns. Kaleva Jul 2012 #29

A hundred million. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #39

That's alot of votes. Kaleva Jul 2012 #49

Make Mental Health Care/Assessment A Priority ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2012 #11

Holmes had every break in life that a kid could ask for. geckosfeet Jul 2012 #13

What are you basing this on? Have you administered the MMPI to Holmes? Or are coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #15

What are you talking about? What is an MMPI? geckosfeet Jul 2012 #17

You make a bunch of grandiose and outlandish claims coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #24

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. I didn't realize they were still using that old horse! MADem Jul 2012 #31

I'm a layperson, but I understand there have been some coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #33

If you click on that boring wiki link, you'll see that you are correct! MADem Jul 2012 #37

My mother, who was diagnosed in her early 20s with paranoid schizophrenia, was coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #58

Well I am certainly glad there will be a competency hearing nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #30

You are speculating as to the killer's motives. girl gone mad Jul 2012 #42

renDing marybourg Jul 2012 #25

Just don't go renting any Muslin fabric! Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #67

Actually I did nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #26

Why did you capitalize just the "A" in "Anti"? Bonobo Jul 2012 #32

Hey, where can you rent fabric? frazzled Jul 2012 #34

Since when is it the job of gun control advocates to come up with solutions other than gun control? baldguy Jul 2012 #35

96% of gun owners do not belong to the NRA. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #41

Do u want to express sorrow for the victims or do u want to rub your guns? samsingh Jul 2012 #36

Get used to repuke president HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #43

Do u have a proposal to bring the kill count down to 0? samsingh Jul 2012 #54

You'll never get it to zero, HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #59

In addition... HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #60

massacres happened before Obama became President so he can't be the cause samsingh Jul 2012 #64

Or insane guy with truck full of fertilizer and diesel fuel. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #65

but the total number of gun deaths or massacres is substantially smal.ler than in the usa. samsingh Jul 2012 #66

Do you understand how much lower homicide rate almost everyother comparable country has? ellisonz Jul 2012 #44

Banning cars will save many more lives than banning guns. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #46

Nuts. n/t ellisonz Jul 2012 #47

33K auto deaths, 12K gun related homicides HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #48

(sigh) no one here can take your guns or prevent you from buying every gun you see DainBramaged Jul 2012 #45

""Ban all guns" aint gonna happen" - then MAKE IT HAPPEN because it IS the solution. sibelian Jul 2012 #50

What about the explosives? Aren't they already banned? Zalatix Jul 2012 #51

Unrec... joeybee12 Jul 2012 #52

I believe in sensible gun laws but I have to say that living sunwyn Jul 2012 #53

So, because a ban on assult weapons won't ... surrealAmerican Jul 2012 #57

Better mental health screening 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #62

Ban the type of weapon he bought for starters. alarimer Jul 2012 #63

You're not going to ban the weapons he bought. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #70