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In reply to the discussion: Mass Shootings Reignite U.S. Gun Control Fight [View all]Reasonable_Argument
(881 posts)8. The costs of disarming society
Greatly outweigh the occasional tragedy, sad as they are. Remember, gun ownership is at record high levels yet crime is at a 40 year low. That doesn't fit your agenda though so I understand why you choose not to talk about it.
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For a second I thought you were talking about Chicago, but you mean the mass shootings
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#1
Nah. Shows hypocrisy in action. No one cares about Chicago, but let it happen somewhere else
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#6
Of course gun sales are up --lots of yahoos out there, mostly buying another gun for their cache.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#4
Fine, you get to keep your be-loved guns at society's expense. Fine position to take - "Reasonable"
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#7
Re: Forty-seven percent of American adults currently REPORT that they have a gun in their home
Trunk Monkey
Aug 2012
#16
I'm in favor of Mayors being able to govern their cities without interference from the NRA.
SecularMotion
Aug 2012
#34
Are you implying that you fine "law-abiding" gun owners wouldn't turn yours in or pare down to a
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#15
So the law abiding gun owning jews in the Warsaw Ghetto should have just turned 'em in? NT
Trunk Monkey
Aug 2012
#18
Get a life, this is not pre-war Warsaw except in minds of right wingers and a few misguided souls.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#21
Funny how all the newcomers are willing to admit they really aren't so law-abiding.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#22
Yea, I bet a lot of gun culture have leather copies of "The Turner Diaries" in their reading room.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#38
If you've actually read Thoreau, did he promote taking up guns against society or government?
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#39
A self confessed former robber has the balls to question whether someone is ""law abiding" ? NT
Trunk Monkey
Aug 2012
#28
If a law was enacted requiring me to turn in or sell any or all of my guns...
krispos42
Aug 2012
#27
SB 249 was DOA in the Cali legislature. There is no appetite for gun control. nt
rDigital
Aug 2012
#10
Ain't you heard? We're supposed to elect politicians who're willing to stand up the the NRA
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#12
It is too bad that the Mass Shootings are NOT reigniting the focus on the fact that Our
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2012
#13