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In reply to the discussion: In Europe, fewer mass killings due to culture not guns [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)24. It's *everybody's* problem- you, me, and everyone else
Bye, this has been my first and only foray into the world-view of DU's gun nuts.
To quote Mel Horowitz: "I doubt you'll be missed"
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Yes part of the problem is allowing all those loners to have access to unlimited firepower...
Human101948
Jun 2015
#4
Take heart Fred. The way you guys have been 'fixing' things lately hasn't gone unnoticed.N/T
beevul
Jun 2015
#5
What kind of "culture" immediately springs to the defence of guns, after a mass shooting?
delrem
Jun 2015
#6
"As if protecting gun rights is the most important thing - in fact the *only* thing."
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#7
"It's more a reaction to attempts to gin up a moral panic by those using tragedy as a cover. "
delrem
Jun 2015
#10
Do you see mass shootings as an opportune time to promote new gun control measures?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#11
It would help the discussion greatly if you had informed yourself...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#22
"Can't you get off your hobby-horse long enough to examine the facts, to examine the general...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#15
"violent racism and stochastic terrorism, not the technical methods used by racists/terrorists"
delrem
Jun 2015
#16
The Charleston attack was undoubtedly an act of violence fueled by racism...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#21
Not to mention the Balkan war of 1912, 1914-1918, the Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1920,...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#14
Yes. I have lived in societies in which hunting was pretty central to the life, and there
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#28
This study should prompt a good discussion about why our culture is different.
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#37