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Botany

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79. Just making stuff up again I see
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 12:28 PM
Feb 2013

"Gun violence is concentrated in urban areas with high levels of poverty, drugs and gangs."
Just because we have shootings in urban areas does not make rural or suburban areas
immune from the hideous disease of gun violence which takes 30,000 lives per year.

Newton, CT. 12/14/12, Webster, NY 12/24/12, & Hazard, KY 1/16/13 (all non urban areas w/recent
mass public killings)

Owning a gun does not make you or your family safer. The more guns a population has per
capita the more gun deaths they have per capita.

http://www.vpc.org/press/1302gundeath.htm

20 babies were killed w/a military assault weapon that shoots a .223 round @ >3,000 ft/sec
and is made to tumble after hitting a human which in turn causes massive trauma and if
if not treated shock and then death ... and yet gun nuts keep talking about their 2nd amendment
rights and freedoms?

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
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #44
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
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #45
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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