So what are you saying? (Reply #54) - Democratic Underground

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Mon Jun 18, 2012, 10:27 AM

54. So what are you saying?

Are they trading in their bank accounts for handguns to protect their empty wallets? Makes no sense. Why would the working poor not have bank accounts? I know lots of working poor. I don't know anyone over the age of ten without a bank account.

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79 replies	Author	Time	Post
Gun Culture May Contribute to Suicide Rate in Rural America [View all]	SecularMotion	Jun 2012	OP
Time to ban rural gunz...	ileus	Jun 2012	#1
The OP says "MAY"	Hangingon	Jun 2012	#2
Yea, who cares how many teens kill themselves with readily available guns, as long as you keep yours	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#4
Why should I be punished because of the actions of other people?	Atypical Liberal	Jun 2012	#34
Oh, your poor, pitiful gun plight is so tough.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#39
So that means you can not answer the question?	oneshooter	Jun 2012	#40
I note that you did not answer the question.	Atypical Liberal	Jun 2012	#42
If you look at the rural suicide rates of other countries	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#45
This is a scumbag anti-gun appeal!!!	Hells Liberal	Jun 2012	#3
Guns enable suicide. Agree with other aspects of your post, but the same right wingers who back	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#5
So do broken beer bottles	Hells Liberal	Jun 2012	#6
I will when you guys quit using false imagery of "thugs" as an excuse to strap a gun or two	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#8
So says the one of the most prolific users...	Clames	Jun 2012	#9
At least my imagery doesn't spur me to run out and buy more guns and ammo.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#11
Your imagery has you running down the street	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#17
Hey, I walk slowly down the street without worry, or weapons to comfort me. Try it, if you can.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#22
You would shit your pants half way down the block I work on all day, every day!	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#29
I thought his imagery had him confronting lawful CCW permit holders...	Clames	Jun 2012	#28
No your imagery just spurs you to spit on the Consitution and the rights it enumerates.	Atypical Liberal	Jun 2012	#35
The ass wipe that tried to rob me wasn't wearing a suit and tie!	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#16
Did he shoot you? If not, and I hope not, a gun would not have made things better.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#23
My gun did make things better!	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#24
Great. He probably just shot the next person in the head before saying anything.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#25
And if he did "shoot the next person in the head"	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#27
More folks that arm up, the more desperate criminals will become. They'll arm up and shoot sooner.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#30
"More folks that arm up, the more desperate criminals will become."	Spoonman	Jun 2012	#31
But we aren't seeing that.	Atypical Liberal	Jun 2012	#36
If you have a chip on your solder, your iron isn't hot enough.	crayfish	Jun 2012	#61
They deserved it because of so much rude totering going on. If only criminals had gunz...	ileus	Jun 2012	#33
I would have absolutely no compunction over shooting someone trying to take my wallet.	crayfish	Jun 2012	#43
That's really fucked up.	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#46
Why do you trust criminals so much?	hack89	Jun 2012	#47
Did I say you should give anyone your wallet? I think not.	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#49
Yet you support laws that would take away that means of self defense	hack89	Jun 2012	#50
given that losing the wallet could cause great harm to his family	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#48
Oh, come on GE. Put him on the street?	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#51
A lot of working class	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#52
So what are you saying?	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#54
no, but	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#55
We don't have too many Walmarts out here, thankfully.	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#56
the average meth head doesn't really think that hard	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#57
Absolutely. You can defend your stuff your way, I'll defend mine my way.	crayfish	Jun 2012	#59
Maybe because I love life, especially my own	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#62
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2012	#63
You need to move on Awipe. Alert on me, I don't care.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#64
I wouldn't dare, I want everyone to see what and who you are.	crayfish	Jun 2012	#65
We know exactly what you are.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#67
Care to elaborate?	crayfish	Jun 2012	#68
Nope, I questioned your attitude, use of words like "effete," and hope to kill in post above.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#69
My attitude is none of your fucking business. You can object to my facts or my opinion, though	crayfish	Jun 2012	#70
I did.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#71
+ 100000000000000000000x100000000000000	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#66
The person stealing or robbing should consider if the contents of the wallet are worth dieing for.	Remmah2	Jun 2012	#75
I have no problem with you or anyone being a gun owner	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#58
Good point, I've wondered about that when I hear somebody say "white pride" or "black pride".	crayfish	Jun 2012	#60
Do you think parents are proud of their kids because of an accident of birth?	Starboard Tack	Jun 2012	#78
In that case, a great solution...	NewMoonTherian	Jun 2012	#10
Sorry, I don't buy that. Guns are a health, budget, moral, etc., problem.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#12
Then again.	Remmah2	Jun 2012	#76
So do bridges, high roofs, Valium, and sharp objects.	cherokeeprogressive	Jun 2012	#41
Of the people I've known who have comitted/sttempted suicide only one by gun.	Remmah2	Jun 2012	#77
The Article Recommends Locking Up Your Guns	AndyTiedye	Jun 2012	#18
People who commit suicide don't want to die.	rrneck	Jun 2012	#7
True, quite true.	jeepnstein	Jun 2012	#13
I don't think it's about demonizing so much as about education and awareness	petronius	Jun 2012	#15
I support these people in their right to die	Bill O.Rights	Jun 2012	#14
plus in the long run it's better for the earth.	ileus	Jun 2012	#21
So we're claiming guns make people want to commit suicide?	ileus	Jun 2012	#19
I believe that easy access to the weapon could easily cause more	ladjf	Jun 2012	#20
Maybe you should work to get a law passed to that effect.	jeepnstein	Jun 2012	#26
I wasn't suggesting the that all suicidal people could be forced to	ladjf	Jun 2012	#32
it seems to be higher in rural areas across the board	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#37
Many studies have shown that gun availability contributes to suicide rates.	DanTex	Jun 2012	#38
which are also rural areas	gejohnston	Jun 2012	#44
In contrast, alternate Harvard study.	Remmah2	Jun 2012	#72
LOL. That's not a "Harvard Study".	DanTex	Jun 2012	#73
Do you know what a barrel shroud is? nt	Remmah2	Jun 2012	#74
not a 'Harvard study', by two men who have nothing to do with Harvard	John718	Jan 2013	#79
A lot of my family lives in rural areas.	Dr_Scholl	Jun 2012	#53

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