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yagotme

(2,848 posts)
47. Hmmm,
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:39 PM
Feb 2018

"The police union had previously claimed an officer in Melbourne was shot in the leg while reloading a revolver during a shoot-out in 2008."

That's a neat trick. Wonder how he managed to do that? And you're going to give the same guys semi autos????

There is a god awful waste of humans in this country efhmc Feb 2018 #1
Tragic but keep an open mind NorenForSenateNY Feb 2018 #2
Yes! If the policeman only had a gun he would not have died! sharedvalues Feb 2018 #3
Yes. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #4
thank the evil NRA and the weak thinking of their followers. demosincebirth Feb 2018 #6
Actually it looks more like there is no correlation: EX500rider Feb 2018 #22
Perhaps we should strive to compare the US to other modern economies. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #23
Since the entire US homicide rate by any means is under 5.. EX500rider Feb 2018 #24
LOL fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #25
Perhaps you would like a state by state view? fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #26
which includes suicide by firearm, gejohnston Feb 2018 #30
Ya, that's not gun violence at all. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #31
so the other half is rope violence? gejohnston Feb 2018 #32
I think I"m mostly agreeing with you. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #33
Again, homicide and suicide are different things that will require different solutions. EX500rider Feb 2018 #34
Go with what makes you feel better. nt fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #35
Inflate the numbers if it makes you feel better. EX500rider Feb 2018 #41
If jumping off a bridge isn't bridge violence and hanging yourself isn't rope violence.. EX500rider Feb 2018 #42
WHO, nt fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #43
Love this chart. The NYT did it too. sharedvalues Feb 2018 #37
+1 nt Canoe52 Feb 2018 #11
If all guns were locked away in militia buildings as the Constitution suggests Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #16
If this was the original intent, can you provide examples where it was enforced? Marengo Feb 2018 #17
Got an Encylopedia Britanica handy? You'll have finished reading it before you get an answer... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #18
Would you please show me what passage of the Constitution that is in? n/t oneshooter Feb 2018 #36
Yup. As they do in other countries. sharedvalues Feb 2018 #38
Which countries would that be? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #45
As typical with that one, no answer when challenged... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #46
I was held at gun point. My though wasn't 'why don't I have a pistol', but 'how did the 16yr old... marble falls Feb 2018 #20
Shouldn't police officers be on the forefront of gun control - and why aren't they? demosincebirth Feb 2018 #5
They often are but are not listen to. efhmc Feb 2018 #7
The rank-and-file tend to be very pro-2nd Amendment ... SeattleVet Feb 2018 #9
A small price to pay so a subset of Americans can have fun shooting up cans and signs. Kablooie Feb 2018 #8
The shooter was a 4 time felon who illegally had a gun. Hangingon Feb 2018 #15
If you familiarize yourself with the OP's, ahem, "body of work", a question naturally arises: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #19
But they vote for the more gunnnnz people NCDem777 Feb 2018 #10
No. Bad apples need to be punished sharedvalues Feb 2018 #13
There's a few things I can agree with. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2018 #14
Nope. They brought this on themselves NCDem777 Feb 2018 #21
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2018 #12
Meanwhile they hold gun-raffles to push more guns into the population. DetlefK Feb 2018 #27
Some of them do. Many police are good people. sharedvalues Feb 2018 #39
Not just police lives. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #28
Could this fact be one of the reasons why the federal government is pushing municipalities no_hypocrisy Feb 2018 #29
Yes that's exactly the justification given. If we banned handguns and semi-autos we could sharedvalues Feb 2018 #40
Ahem: Australian cops upgun: "(Victoria) Police set sights on faster reloading guns" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #44
Hmmm, yagotme Feb 2018 #47
Your proof that we need more gun control is proof that gun control doesn't work. Always Right Mar 2018 #48
Fewer guns, fewer deaths. sharedvalues Mar 2018 #49
A label isn't an argument n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #50
...nor is rote recitation of simplistic platitudes and appeals to emotion friendly_iconoclast Mar 2018 #51
Proof here. NRA afraid of data. That's why they banned govt from collecting it. sharedvalues Mar 2018 #54
Proof here. NRA afraid of data; they know it will show gun control works. sharedvalues Mar 2018 #55
You need to tap the base of the turntable a few times, the record keeps skipping... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2018 #56
I'll let that comprehensive study speak for itself. n/m sharedvalues Mar 2018 #58
A lie isn't an argument discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #57
I'll let that comprehensive study speak for itself abt effects of NRA fed funding ban. n/m sharedvalues Mar 2018 #59
You keep up talking about bans discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #60
Proof that NRA/GOP is afraid of data; they know gun control works sharedvalues Mar 2018 #53
Citation appreciated Always Right Mar 2018 #61
Stop misrepresenting. RAND study shows GOP blocks fed research on guns. read my cite. nm sharedvalues Mar 2018 #62
You need to work on your reading comprehension Always Right Mar 2018 #63
Helen? Puha Ekapi_2 Mar 2018 #52
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