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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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9. if he would have used a katana

Reply to Kennah (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:25 AM

Jan 2013

or a machete and killed the same number of kids just as fast, how would that effect you? The mistake the UK made was that they did a duct tape and band-aid that banned the guns used in the previous mass murder. But they didn't do anything to prevent the next one. Then the next one happened. It kind of reminds me of the beat poet William S. Burroughs observation that "After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it."

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Something must change [View all] Kennah Jan 2013 OP

You could always give yours up if you're feeling guilty about them. LAGC Jan 2013 #1

What would you like to see changed? gejohnston Jan 2013 #2

With the NRA? I really don't expect any change. Kennah Jan 2013 #6

even if possible and done gejohnston Jan 2013 #8

I seriously doubt that in my lifetime ... Kennah Jan 2013 #11

good or bad is a value judgement gejohnston Jan 2013 #13

Not many home invasions are stopped by an AR and 200 rounds Kennah Jan 2013 #14

using UK as an example gejohnston Jan 2013 #16

The thing that has to change.. virginia mountainman Jan 2013 #3

Never said I was troubled by the guns I owned. Kennah Jan 2013 #7

if he would have used a katana gejohnston Jan 2013 #9

There are not very many mass knifings, swordings, or machetations that result in 26 dead Kennah Jan 2013 #10

not here gejohnston Jan 2013 #12

Mass shootings are pretty much everywhere in the U.S. Kennah Jan 2013 #15

according to the map I saw gejohnston Jan 2013 #17

Just over 30 years ago, a B grade actor got elected, and I'm betting that was a factor in cause Kennah Jan 2013 #18

agreed gejohnston Jan 2013 #19

Definitely another factor, but one cannot pretend guns are not part of the equation. Kennah Jan 2013 #20

only the means gejohnston Jan 2013 #21

Easy access to guns certainly facilitated Newtown and other killings Kennah Jan 2013 #22

we would have to study gejohnston Jan 2013 #23

Armed response to home invasion is rare Kennah Jan 2013 #24

doesn't have to be that common to top a black swan event gejohnston Jan 2013 #26

Simple instructions for bombs are on the internet. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #25

Bombings tend to be political, and arson deaths are 300-500 per year in U.S. Kennah Jan 2013 #27

You missed the point. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #28

I certainly understand... brindleboxer Jan 2013 #4

We're supposed to be uniters and organizers. DemDealer Jan 2013 #5