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more guns deaths. samsingh Feb 2013 #1
How many more? Botany Feb 2013 #2
I just turned on CNN, no mention of it sasha031 Feb 2013 #3
Don't know, but if "gang related", not as "newsworthy?" Eom elfin Feb 2013 #11
It's the price of keeping King George off our asses. onehandle Feb 2013 #4
Actually not. Remmah2 Feb 2013 #12
Just another typical day in gun crazy America. Light House Feb 2013 #5
And look at these American "Freedom Fighters" getting weapons to help keep us all free. Botany Feb 2013 #6
I went to a gun show one time just out of curiosity Light House Feb 2013 #9
I can relate. Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #13
Did the gun candles scare you? Bay Boy Feb 2013 #85
Sure is interesting that they're never around Myrina Feb 2013 #16
the total # of public shootings that have been stopped by a civilian who was packing in America is Botany Feb 2013 #22
How are you defining "public shootings"? hack89 Feb 2013 #23
not one case of what they call a mass shooting* .... either shooting strangers or co-workers has ... Botany Feb 2013 #26
Mass shooting are extremely rare hack89 Feb 2013 #27
"Mass shooting are extremely rare" Botany Feb 2013 #28
Compared to everyday violent crime it is . hack89 Feb 2013 #29
oh for the love of dog Botany Feb 2013 #31
So hard facts and actual statistics are of no use for you? hack89 Feb 2013 #32
Look how safe the baby from Newton, CT is inside his or her coffin. Botany Feb 2013 #34
Neither VPC nor the NRA are "honest brokers" derby378 Feb 2013 #38
Except more guns have not led to more killings hack89 Feb 2013 #93
Actually, I have been safer... primavera Feb 2013 #80
There are many places in America just as safe as Europe hack89 Feb 2013 #89
Irrelevant primavera Feb 2013 #113
It is not if those pockets are persistent hack89 Feb 2013 #114
So do you think their social, education, employment and healthcare policies played a role hack89 Feb 2013 #91
"or was it just guns?" Botany Feb 2013 #96
So what laws do you want to see? hack89 Feb 2013 #97
I, for one... primavera Feb 2013 #103
e.z. my laws Botany Feb 2013 #104
Ok nt hack89 Feb 2013 #105
Certainly, very few problems in life are the result of just one single cause primavera Feb 2013 #102
Yes!!! goclark Feb 2013 #68
If you are armed (because you want to guard against mass shootings) and you are kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #55
Only a fool with a concealed gun would try to take on a mass shooter hack89 Feb 2013 #57
What are you protecting them against, then? IveWornAHundredPants Feb 2013 #62
Muggers and other street criminals mainly hack89 Feb 2013 #65
I have to ask mokawanis Feb 2013 #70
Only once and I didn't have to shoot hack89 Feb 2013 #71
Somebody cut in line at the bank, did they? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #81
LOL! n/t bitchkitty Feb 2013 #83
Attempted robbery. nt hack89 Feb 2013 #87
Did you draw down on the perp and hold him/her for the police. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #106
That would be illegal- CCW holders are not cops friendly_iconoclast Feb 2013 #108
So someone "attempts" a robbery and you can't hold them for the cops? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #109
Once they turn to run, what do you do? Shot them in the back? hack89 Feb 2013 #112
If someone attempts a felony on my person and I'm armed, I'm drawing the weapon., Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #115
Of course you would. You are nothing but predictable. hack89 Feb 2013 #116
I'm not calling you a liar. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #117
So because I was not acting like a cowboy or a vigilante hack89 Feb 2013 #118
I flashed my gun hack89 Feb 2013 #110
Don't forget how they're going to protect us from tyranny Doctor_J Feb 2013 #73
Reprehensible, but why? sofa king Feb 2013 #7
Armchair guess here, but it seems likely that it's a (sick & twisted) way to assert control Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #10
The gun nuts took away the dead Americans' freedom. The freedom to live. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #8
Off this topic but... Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #14
Thanks! Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #15
That is a Charlie Brown Penquine. lol --on topic--> these shootings eilen Feb 2013 #66
Authorities: 4 dead in California shooting spree FarCenter Feb 2013 #17
Thank you, all you RW moron gun nuts. baldguy Feb 2013 #18
Where were all the goodguyswithguns? Iggo Feb 2013 #19
Not allowed in California. krispos42 Feb 2013 #59
Damn near. Iggo Feb 2013 #63
If only it had been raining guns, this could have been prevented. valerief Feb 2013 #20
wild wild west goclark Feb 2013 #21
Gun violence is actually at a 30 year low hack89 Feb 2013 #24
Yet, the gun culture still promotes more guns in more places.. Hoyt Feb 2013 #54
And what happens when gun violence continues to decline? hack89 Feb 2013 #56
Fortunately, vast majority don't need them or accept the bad things that happen because of them. Hoyt Feb 2013 #58
You keep believing that if it makes you feel better. hack89 Feb 2013 #60
Both the gun rights groups and the gun control supporters push the misconception .... spin Feb 2013 #82
Why not ban "assault" type weapons? If one is truly law-abiding and gives a dang about society, Hoyt Feb 2013 #84
We could argue about this all day but the simple fact is that ... spin Feb 2013 #100
And yet... Dakotacrat Feb 2013 #61
But it continues to decline hack89 Feb 2013 #64
It just shows how grossly disproportionate we were and still are. morningfog Feb 2013 #77
We have cut our murder and manslaughter rate in half since 1992 hack89 Feb 2013 #90
The difference is that now goclark Feb 2013 #67
The biggest issue is mental health care hack89 Feb 2013 #69
And yet we lead the world by a wide margin Doctor_J Feb 2013 #74
There are many countries with higher levels of gun violence hack89 Feb 2013 #75
Sorry. I meant the civilized world Doctor_J Feb 2013 #76
We have cut our murder and manslaughter rates in half hack89 Feb 2013 #92
We're not "getting" anywhere Doctor_J Feb 2013 #98
So what is your solution? hack89 Feb 2013 #99
You threw a lot of uncited stats out. morningfog Feb 2013 #78
Just making stuff up again I see Botany Feb 2013 #79
20 shootings is a bad weekend in Chicago. hack89 Feb 2013 #86
So what are your solutions? hack89 Feb 2013 #94
It is possible more people were shot at because some people may have chased the shooter, Kanoti said midwest irish Feb 2013 #25
Fuck guns and anybody who defends them Hugabear Feb 2013 #30
+10.000 smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #72
Need to read the manifesto before I pass judgment. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #33
+1 EOM Purveyor Feb 2013 #35
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I care about people who are murdered Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #37
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Show me where I said everyone. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #40
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Here is the quote for people with better reading and comprehension skills than you: Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #42
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No, it sounds like what you're really like. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #46
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It's Democratic Underground, not Bully People I Don't Like Underground. nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #50
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hah nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #52
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That isn't exactly a quote to be proud of....and spreading around. Ash_F Feb 2013 #95
Knock it off, both of you derby378 Feb 2013 #43
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Not all of DU. But clearly "all" vs "some" Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #47
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+1 treestar Feb 2013 #88
Alas, if only the shooting spree had guns!!!! valerief Feb 2013 #101
Ashamed of my country ... yet again. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #107
Another Manchurian Candidate on Prozac...... lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #111
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