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In reply to the discussion: Police: Ga. woman, 65, gunned down after her car, motorized wheelchair bump at gas station [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)70. I live in the gun control paradise of California where concealed weapons permits are not available
And I never get out of my car either, unless I really have to.
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Police: Ga. woman, 65, gunned down after her car, motorized wheelchair bump at gas station [View all]
shawn703
Dec 2012
OP
Now is not the time to discuss gun control, another tragedy has happened with gun.
Heather MC
Dec 2012
#63
I hope you are being sarcastic. Good luck whating for a time when no ones has been gunned down to
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#103
Or my favorite: "If that guy in the motorized wheelchair wanted hard enough to kill that woman,
Squinch
Dec 2012
#46
I want to know how she could have defended herself AFTER she'd already been shot?
alarimer
Dec 2012
#143
And obviously, in cases like these rage incidents, if there was no gun nearby, no one would die.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#144
It's a bad sign if you can't outrun a guy on a mobility scooter with a knife.
Ken Burch
Dec 2012
#120
I'm not totally sure how it is tragic for the family of the murderer. nt.
OrwellwasRight
Dec 2012
#200
No, of course not. But I don't feel particularly sorry for them either.
OrwellwasRight
Dec 2012
#204
I live in a small town, no sidewalks, no bus and no 'walking distance grocery store.
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#189
It can be fuggin hard to get around town in a wheelchair -- and near impossible
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#172
. . . 2, 1, 0. I was thinking about the fact that she got out of her vehicle and . . . ? at minimum,
patrice
Dec 2012
#38
An armed society is a polite society. It's true. I heard it in the gungeon!
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#16
Well, it's a quieter society than it might be otherwise. Because so many are dead.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#47
People just don't know how to look at the sliver lining of the gun culture like you and I do.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#107
Don't blame the gun he could have gotten out of that chair and beat her to death
CBGLuthier
Dec 2012
#10
He's black, and I can't help but wonder if he wouldn't be sitting in jail now if he was white
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#102
More To the Point, Sir, It Might Help If People With Gun In hand Knew The Law
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#26
SYG relies on the killer's version of how it went down, barring evidence to the contrary.
Starboard Tack
Dec 2012
#93
If he believed she was trying to harm him with her car, bingo-bango she is dead.
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#123
The story says their vehicles bumped. All I am saying is that he can claim
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#137
It's odd how the only people who actually make remarks like that are gun control advocates
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#68
Yep. And Team NRA squeals like stuck pigs with their hoofs on the alert button....
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#59
GD has an explicit rule prohibiting "gun" posts, in the Statement of Purpose
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#65
What is and is not "big news" WRT the GD SoP is certainly a matter of opinion
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#67
It's for Democrats who wish to discuss the issues specified in the SoP for the group
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#71
We also have numerous Gungeon regulars whor are gun control advocates.
GreenStormCloud
Dec 2012
#155
"When one man dies it is a tragedy, when thousands die it's statistics'".
LanternWaste
Dec 2012
#125
What might it be with less guns? What will it be in future after latest wave of arming up? n/t
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#151
Don't get into a verbal sparring match with anyone. Not even with someone in a wheelchair.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#57
Not to Mention, Sir, Knowing Essential Civil Rights And Liberties of the People Were Being Preserved
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#64
I live in the gun control paradise of California where concealed weapons permits are not available
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#70
Was his gun concealed? If he was wearing it on his hip in plain sight, in most places that's legal,
Nay
Dec 2012
#150
i really think a lot of these GUn people are hoping for any chance to shoot and kill someone
JI7
Dec 2012
#124
They sure spend lot of time training, learning laws, etc., to "take advantage of an opportunity."
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#128
Citation to this "best guns" to shoot people fleeing a natural disaster" or retract, please. n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#171
There have also been thrads in the gungeon advocatign shooting a 14 in the back
Trunk Monkey
Dec 2012
#187
TMonkey, that was a thread about the racist Randy Weaver and his armed 14 yo, inbred son sent out
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#188
The answer according to our "pro gun progressives"* is...moooaarrrr guns!!!
apocalypsehow
Dec 2012
#138
"More Guns, Less Crime" is a book by Professor John Lott. I've read it, and I'll bet you haven't.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#165
I most certainly did NOT claim that no one believes that. See reply #148, in which I wrote...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#169
... Family and friends said they will remember Hunnicutt as full of life despite
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#197