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Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
114. If growing up is to approximate your status, I'll stick with my condition.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 02:29 PM
Jan 2013

You seem very caught up with your DU-sanctified sexual metaphors. You might wish to re-consider what you think is "groin up."

Repeal the second amendment NOW CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #1
Yes to this^^^^^^Every person who owns a gun owns this girls death! Walk away Jan 2013 #6
Writers who abuse hyperbole deserve to be taken out and shot. slackmaster Jan 2013 #16
No, put them on the confiscation team. Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #24
Lots of responses from the Gun Lobby. Even one that wants to shoot me! Walk away Jan 2013 #32
Honestly MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #46
Please look up the word 'hyperbole' eom Maeve Jan 2013 #47
Since I don't own or advocate the use of guns.... Walk away Jan 2013 #65
And now I'm sorry I voted to let your post stand eom Maeve Jan 2013 #85
So, you ADMIT that reply #6 was an abuse of hyperbole. slackmaster Jan 2013 #116
Not at all. Every gun owner has done his or her part in supporting and contributing to.... Walk away Jan 2013 #139
The fact is, that every time you spend a dollar, you vote with that dollar. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2013 #173
while you responded by making a death threat BainsBane Feb 2013 #246
Same to those who believe a non-consequential and visceral reaction is part and parcel... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #75
Tasteless. caseymoz Jan 2013 #122
interesting what outages you BainsBane Jan 2013 #232
Sad. Walk away Feb 2013 #243
No^^^^^^to this. nick of time Jan 2013 #19
What you own is irrelevant to a Constitutional argument. caseymoz Jan 2013 #141
Huh? nick of time Jan 2013 #142
This message was self-deleted by its author caseymoz Jan 2013 #151
Every dollar you spend is a vote for the world you want to live in. So, being a gun owner... dorksied Jan 2013 #226
I see you have enjoyed your stay; greiner3 Jan 2013 #170
So far, yes. nick of time Jan 2013 #172
Your post is one of the reasons that sensible whistler162 Jan 2013 #21
That's a bit over the top MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #23
Yeah, but try alerting on it. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #33
Hate much? Are you a liberal with a free pass to hate? Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #28
Grow up. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #98
If growing up is to approximate your status, I'll stick with my condition. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #114
While his post was somewhat juvenile, I support his position. Guns are a disease. dorksied Jan 2013 #227
Just another opinion.nt Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #237
I own her death? Papagoose Jan 2013 #30
I guess I'm responsible for every person killed by a drunk driver Bonduel Jan 2013 #64
coming out of the woodwork now Skittles Jan 2013 #230
Or maybe it's your fault for living in a country with a 2nd amendment. dkf Jan 2013 #71
One may only imagine then the area surrounding Sandy Hook ES was rampant with gang problems... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #87
That one was not fixable unless someone who knew him turned him in as a threat. dkf Jan 2013 #157
Fact is, if the gangs were operating out in the open, in a upper class white area, WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2013 #179
I bet that is true. dkf Jan 2013 #180
This ^^^^^ strikes me as illogical Blandocyte Jan 2013 #76
No. Everyone who smokes pot owns this girl's death guardian Jan 2013 #156
For real, but the pot smokers will need to take a break from Blandocyte Jan 2013 #159
Sadly, you do have a point. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #161
It ain't Chronic in those chambers BudHardener Jan 2013 #181
You are confusing the issue. Glassunion Jan 2013 #197
Agree with the last bit, only... BudHardener Jan 2013 #200
Whatever helps you sleep at night. Glassunion Jan 2013 #202
Not sure I agree with that dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #207
What you think, and what is reality differ from each other. Glassunion Jan 2013 #220
Sorry that's just ridiculous dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #225
No blood spilled when ya grow your own meds BudHardener Jan 2013 #208
I never mentioned "grow your own". Glassunion Jan 2013 #221
The last I heard this poor child was shot by a bullet. Every single company that... Walk away Feb 2013 #244
+1 patrice Jan 2013 #166
Laying blame on the innocent is a despicable guilt tactic davidthegnome Jan 2013 #239
Thank you ellie Jan 2013 #43
REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL! Say it again and again. SylviaD Jan 2013 #66
You say repeal, nick of time Jan 2013 #81
Repeal the 2nd Amendment? MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #82
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Zoeisright Jan 2013 #96
You are most likely correct. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #101
They'd be an insurgency Hayabusa Jan 2013 #129
You mean like Iraq and Afghanistan? nick of time Jan 2013 #136
Continually insulting one's opponents typically doesn't get one very far. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #155
I'm not a gun owner or a fan of guns in general... TroglodyteScholar Jan 2013 #100
Yup MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #105
I thought the purpose of guns were to protect you. caseymoz Jan 2013 #146
That is the most likely outcome. MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #153
All I could say is . . . caseymoz Feb 2013 #245
Please name 38 states whose legislatures could be persuaded to agree slackmaster Jan 2013 #84
Fucking A. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #95
Gun Humpers DainBramaged Jan 2013 #113
Absolutely -Society Should Not Be Held Hostage By Fear cantbeserious Jan 2013 #119
Ain't gonna happen and here is why.. BudHardener Jan 2013 #178
No need to repeal. Just do away with the creative interpretation of it. PSPS Jan 2013 #183
That would REALLY show those drug gangs who's boss. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #192
The city of Chicago already has super-strict gun-control Ter Jan 2013 #206
I'm at a lack of words for this one, sooo totally F'en senseless. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #2
Incredibly sad. It wouldn't be surprising to learn she was targeted because she geek tragedy Jan 2013 #3
It wouldn't surprise me to learn she was targeted by a gun nut intheflow Jan 2013 #13
Seriously? MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #25
you're serious? Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #29
Really? nick of time Jan 2013 #34
That's just plain wacky n/t RZM Jan 2013 #240
Doubtful, though possible MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #14
It's my belief that this poor girl was killed for the very reason you state. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #31
Nope. She was just one person amongst many in one of those marching bands. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #79
Guns and esteem issues BudHardener Jan 2013 #185
Chicago has more than its share of fucked up, violent people for some reason slackmaster Jan 2013 #4
It is predominantly due to the resurgence of gangs frazzled Jan 2013 #26
lead poisoning leads to lead flying mopinko Jan 2013 #54
Leaded gasoline fumes? KamaAina Jan 2013 #70
that lead is still everywhere. and that is just about right. gang leaders are in their 30's and 40's mopinko Jan 2013 #176
So violent crime should be on the way out soon KamaAina Jan 2013 #177
statistics say it is. mopinko Jan 2013 #184
Prisons are bursting at the seams KamaAina Jan 2013 #189
Many of our large cities, and small ones, have problems with gang violence. amandabeech Jan 2013 #27
Change the economic cliamate and... rsmith6621 Jan 2013 #58
Haven't we had gangs since revolutionary times? derby378 Jan 2013 #63
Remember "Gangs of New York?" amandabeech Jan 2013 #68
Never mind the 19th century, the Romans had street gangs. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #233
Gangs since Neanderthal BudHardener Jan 2013 #186
That's a bit of a strecth derby378 Jan 2013 #187
You mean Banks? Big Pharma? War in Iraq? BudHardener Jan 2013 #190
It's a 'sense of belonging'. Most people thrive on being a part of something. Blanks Jan 2013 #205
Lots more decent jobs would help so many problems, amandabeech Jan 2013 #72
you're right but that also means change the drug laws wordpix Jan 2013 #211
How did New York do it? Copy their methods. New York is night and day from 1970s. nt SylviaD Jan 2013 #194
and its still not the most iamthebandfanman Jan 2013 #41
Chicago has had a long and sordid history of this since the St. Valentine's Day Massacre derby378 Jan 2013 #53
... ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #5
hit me the same way Ichingcarpenter Jan 2013 #7
. one_voice Jan 2013 #8
Am I the only one who's tired of our impotence MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #9
What's your "simple, common sense" fix for Chicago's long-standing problem with violent crime? slackmaster Jan 2013 #11
Attack teachers unions under the fake pretext that there's a budget gap, then MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #50
We don't use the Brady scorecard - try DOJ/FBI statistics instead derby378 Jan 2013 #55
The "gun death" rate is not an accurate measure of how safe a place is. The overall murder rate is. slackmaster Jan 2013 #61
Washington State has far more lax laws than California. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #77
Really? eaglesfanintn Jan 2013 #80
You've indulged in a bit of cherry-picking, which is reasonable considering that I did as well. slackmaster Jan 2013 #83
Sure eaglesfanintn Jan 2013 #86
I think that state is Maryland, not Delaware. geardaddy Jan 2013 #130
Excuse me. California is one of the low per-capita gun death rates states. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #104
The map in my previous post shows that Califonria is not one of the lowest per-capita murder states slackmaster Jan 2013 #107
Gun deaths are the topic at issue. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #204
Overall murder rates peaked in California in 1993 and have generally been on a downward trend... slackmaster Jan 2013 #228
Besides failed economic policies... Bay Boy Jan 2013 #62
Agreed. Nt MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #69
Agree! patrice Jan 2013 #106
Here is how I'd handle it. Shadowflash Jan 2013 #67
Terribly sad....and Wayne LaPierre is now testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.... George II Jan 2013 #10
He would say. iandhr Jan 2013 #49
MORE GUNS!!! Iggo Jan 2013 #12
Sounds like a gang hit, nick of time Jan 2013 #15
Sounds like somebody shot her. Iggo Jan 2013 #37
That's what I meant. nick of time Jan 2013 #38
If you can't be somebody, get notoreity by killing someone of stature. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #39
Now that makes sense, nick of time Jan 2013 #40
This was not a person of stature RZM Jan 2013 #242
Likely political, considering the state of the gun debate. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #74
Don't think so. nick of time Jan 2013 #78
Possibly. But there's lots of crazies out there surrounding the gun issue. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #90
No doubt about that, nick of time Jan 2013 #92
You don't really know the reason why, and the reason is probably stupid, like jealousy wordpix Jan 2013 #212
You're right. nick of time Jan 2013 #214
This insanity has to stop SCantiGOP Jan 2013 #17
Everyone has the right to live slackmaster Jan 2013 #18
Yep. She should've been carrying to protect her rights, right? BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #35
No, it probably wouldn't have made any difference slackmaster Jan 2013 #42
Right. BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #89
You lost me at "Yet according to you..." slackmaster Jan 2013 #102
Unreasonable, isn't it? BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #110
I'd gladly enter into a wager about the nature of the person who murdered the girl slackmaster Jan 2013 #112
In your feverish pursuit of chasing down whatever distraction you can find BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #134
Yes, a gun. One of those things that are BANNED in Chicago. slackmaster Jan 2013 #149
When does this all end? Botany Jan 2013 #20
How sad. What a waste of young talent. athena Jan 2013 #22
... Melinda Jan 2013 #36
When will this senseless violence end? iandhr Jan 2013 #44
. patrice Jan 2013 #45
Tears also. I can hardly believe this. freshwest Jan 2013 #158
You can SEE that she's an angel, trying to do good for her community. Breaks our hearts!!! patrice Jan 2013 #162
Goddamn this world is depressing. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #48
I literally CANNOT stand hearing about these babies being killed. Not a criticism of you, OP. Happyhippychick Jan 2013 #51
All of the guns... slackmaster Jan 2013 #52
That would be the optimal solution, if it could be done IMHO ... brett_jv Jan 2013 #217
Monstrous Ian Iam Jan 2013 #56
Who knows who did this sakabatou Jan 2013 #57
My gut reaction is that the South Side should be razed by bulldozers derby378 Jan 2013 #59
The West side has the same problems. former9thward Jan 2013 #109
Yeah... derby378 Jan 2013 #120
I can hear the Right Wing now claiming Obama had her shot.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #60
Of course they will. It's perfect for them. grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #93
Oh, of COURSE ... brett_jv Jan 2013 #218
Right - every gun crime from now on will be part of the conspiracy! grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #241
That sounds targeted. Who done it? grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #73
The 2nd amendment angrychair Jan 2013 #88
It says 'keep and bear' ... which are terms associated with military usage ... brett_jv Jan 2013 #222
I agree with you davidpdx Jan 2013 #229
A bullet through the heart of the nation. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #91
We need to treat guns like a new panademic. And the vaccine is putting a ring around it graham4anything Jan 2013 #94
Check points at the state??? former9thward Jan 2013 #152
. Paulie Jan 2013 #97
How sad!!! Beacool Jan 2013 #99
... Police said 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was taking shelter from the rain under a canopy struggle4progress Jan 2013 #103
Yep. nick of time Jan 2013 #108
Such a vibrant, pretty girl AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #111
I weep for Chicago, and more importantly Lifelong Protester Jan 2013 #115
Another "message" sent by the disgusting right wing harrose Jan 2013 #117
Not true at all. nick of time Jan 2013 #118
It can't be, because they we can't blame our political enemies for it. hughee99 Jan 2013 #121
No, no, no. nick of time Jan 2013 #123
No, I don't think it was anyone public like Hannity or Limbaugh... harrose Jan 2013 #125
I'd actually be somewhat surprised to find that out. hughee99 Jan 2013 #154
Just a week or so after the inauguration? harrose Jan 2013 #126
WGN and police have already said that it was a case of her nick of time Jan 2013 #127
I wouldn't put it above the reich wing harrose Jan 2013 #131
Maybe, but not in this case. nick of time Jan 2013 #133
You might be right... harrose Jan 2013 #135
Fair enough. nick of time Jan 2013 #138
Things that "seem random"... harrose Jan 2013 #143
True, nick of time Jan 2013 #145
What are you talking about? Beacool Jan 2013 #215
this is terrible!! hue Jan 2013 #124
i feel like crying samsingh Jan 2013 #128
Jesus Christ damnedifIknow Jan 2013 #132
sigh.... Marrah_G Jan 2013 #137
I am sick of this. Not Me Jan 2013 #140
When the extremists on both sides are silenced nick of time Jan 2013 #144
lol - your slip is showing. TBF Jan 2013 #164
My slip is showing? What does that even mean? nick of time Jan 2013 #167
That is your framing - TBF Jan 2013 #196
Indeed so.....n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #175
Yeah, we should shoot them BudHardener Jan 2013 #188
Huh? nick of time Jan 2013 #209
omg how sad! please, about all the BICKERING... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #147
Why have we let it get so out of hand? WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2013 #148
This was going on before Chicago's gun laws were declared unconstitutional askeptic Jan 2013 #150
So terribly sad. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #160
lapierre is puking it up RIGHT NOW on tv. what a despicable scumbag farminator3000 Jan 2013 #163
AWESOME!!! Leahy just handed WAYNEY his sorry scummy ass on a plate farminator3000 Jan 2013 #165
You'll find that most of the gun humpers..... llmart Jan 2013 #199
i liked the hawaiian lady @ the end too farminator3000 Jan 2013 #236
the Chief from MD is pretty damn cool too farminator3000 Jan 2013 #168
also AWESOME, i think feinstein made wayney BLUSH!!! farminator3000 Jan 2013 #169
THE BEST WAY OF STOPPING A BAD GUY IN THE FIRST PLACE IS A GOOD BACKGROUND CHECK!!! farminator3000 Jan 2013 #171
Only cowards use guns on unarmed persons WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2013 #174
This is DU? A girl gets shot and people worry if the gun is okay? Scootaloo Jan 2013 #182
I don't recall seeing this hue and cry after 7 people were murdered on Saturday Dreamer Tatum Jan 2013 #191
Another way to look at it, 87 gun accidents a day. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2013 #193
So sad shenmue Jan 2013 #195
This is just so heartbreaking Danmel Jan 2013 #198
R.I.P. southern_belle Jan 2013 #201
Goddamit to fucking HELL! How long are we going to tolerate this? eridani Jan 2013 #203
I've been asking that mimi85 Jan 2013 #210
As long as we let lobbyists buy our congress people wordpix Jan 2013 #213
Very sad and it continues to drive home the need for gun control davidpdx Jan 2013 #216
For sure ... see my post above ... brett_jv Jan 2013 #219
Rest in Peace, Hadiya. mia Jan 2013 #223
Let's not kid ourselves, Chicago is out of fucking control. Send in the troops. bubbayugga Jan 2013 #224
Send them in to do what, precisely? (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #234
Another victory for La Pierre and his friends BainsBane Jan 2013 #231
What a beautiful child BeyondGeography Jan 2013 #235
There is a straight line between our state's budget woes and the surge in murders AngryAmish Jan 2013 #238
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