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Alright, Zanne. First, I disagree with your point of view and I intend to refute your assertions; implied or otherwise. Second, I have been raised around firearms and am proficient in their use, maintainence, and basic repair. Ready? Let us begin.
Basic Format Incident: 1.FL: A 13-year-old boy, Bryce Williams, was home with six other family members when Terry Joan Wilson-Poulk, 45, who the teen called his stepmom, picked up a handgun from under the chair where the boy was sitting; the .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol went off, striking Williams in the left side of the head.
Response: No, the gun did not "go off," Ms. Wilson-Poulk had we we know as an "ND" Negligent Discharge. She failed to abide by the basic rules of safe firearms handling, and the consequences were horrendous. Those rules are redundant, and if any two are being followed, this kind of thing has an utterly minuscule chance of occurring. If you are not familiar with the rules of firearms safety, just search around the net. They are everywhere.
2.CT: Joseph P. Simonelli, 60, of East Hampton was arrested after a 9-year-old was shot in the neck when the boy got access to the weapon at a local home.
This is gross negligence, pure and simple, same as the above. However here an unsecured weapon was allowed to fall into the hands of an untrained person, who happens to be a child who apparently was never taught what to do when a firearm is encountered. So: In fact, this is the result of a string of episodes of gross negligence, and those involved should be prosecuted for whatever laws were violated. (This also applies to the first example.)
3.OK: Domestic problems between a man and a recently estranged girlfriend led Arlondoe Carl Jones, 36, to shoot and kill Doris Jean Potts, 40, with a .12 gauge shotgun before ending his own life.
Where I come from we call this murder, it is already illegal, no matter how it is perpetrated.
4.IN: Stephen J. Johnson calmly reported in a 911 call a murder-suicide had taken place and then he killed himself. Johnson, 58, killed his wife, Renee G. Johnson, 49, and his daughter, Rebecca J. Johnson, 14.
See immediately preceding response.
5.MA: Sobbing mother is arraigned in 8-year-old boy's accidental shooting death.
I presume she is the one who was responsible for the death. If not, there is far too little information upon which to draw a conclusion. In the event that my assumption is correct, please see response to 1.
6.NE: The autopsy on Nicholas Marshalek, 16, said the cause of death was an accidental gunshot wound to the chest. Deputies believe that the rifle. owned by his grandfather, had accidentally been stored loaded. Three children were engaged in horseplay with the rifle when it discharged.
HOLY COW. I don't even know where to begin with this one. Allowing people who are obviously not mature/responsible enough to be handling firearms (horseplay!? with a weapon??!!) access to it, again the problem is negligence. All in the chain of custody of that rifle should have racked the action, visually and tactilely verified that the chamber was/is clear....and then done it again.
7.CO: Aurora police are looking for a second suspect in the robbery of a Party City store, after an officer shot another suspect. Officers surprised the suspects as they were coming out of the business, and that one suspect had taken a hostage and appeared to have a gun.
Criminals engaging in criminal activity...I'm not sure what citing this is intended to accomplish.
8.PA: Jason McMurren, now 17, was charged as an adult with rape in the Nov. 29, 2006, robbery in which three men ended up in a different apartment from one they initially targeted. McMurren, then 15, and two adults barged into the apartment with the intent to commit a robbery. The woman, who was home alone, said McMurren held her down and raped her at gunpoint.
See comment immediately above
9.CA: Officer Shot in Chest During Glendale Shooting Recovering.
See 7,8
10. AND THE GUN CULTURE LIVES ON>
Many of these are thug culture, not gun culture. The others are examples of gross negligence, which (it would seem) is not a hallmark of the gun culture. If it were, many MANY ND's with horrible consequences would occur.
11.In case you did not notice, this is DU, this is for DEMOCRATS, not Republicans, you can take that poster over to "Freak Republic" or something...Keep that crap out of here.
Whoops. Sorry, didn't realize this was a capital D democratic site...I'm a Libertarian, but I hope you will welcome me and my comments. I just found out about this place today. :D
12.33. For the love of God, look up the word "analogy"... The right-wingers didn't when they compared the number of American fatalities in Iraq to the number of automobile accidents in this country. Y'know what? That made them sound ignorant; like people who obviously never took the analogy-laden SAT's. If you don't understand the basic concept of analogy, don't use it. It makes you sound the same way the right-wingers did. It also just shows how sorry your excuses are for gun deaths in this country. You'll never be able to minimalize the tragedies caused by gun deaths by accident, domestic violence, rage, insanity or illegal activities. It's sad that you keep trying.
From the outset, this appears to be an ad hominem attack upon somebody else's argument. As such, it is not a logically acceptable argument, and may make it difficult for you to have future credibility in debates/discussions of this nature. This is not meant to be an attack on you, personally, but rather a request that you keep your arguments logically sound in future as it will benefit all involved; especially you.
13.Do you UNDERSTAND now?
See above
14.Also, your analogy to alcohol is false. Alcohol and guns have completely different uses. So do cars. I suggest you get your dictionary and look up "analogy".
I take this to mean you find firearms to have no legitimate, socially acceptable uses. I suggest you consider the vast array of sports and games (which have VERY low rates of accident/injury involved in them, because of HEAVY emphasis on safety due to the use of live weapons) which are played using firearms. These range from pure bullseye shooting, to things such as trap/skeet and informal plinking with your friends/family out in the old field. Also, please note that sports are combat made civilized, at their cores. Suggesting that one such sport is illegitimate because it uses the ACTUAL weapons of war as opposed the watered down ones (as in fencing or lacrosse) seems to be to be a tenuous string upon which to stand.
15.iverglas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-06-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #10 if ... but if you want to put 2 things into a category that you can claim have no benefit to society If wishes were horses ... well, I assume there are a few people who'd be wishing that someone actually wanted to put 2 things into a category that they could claim had no benefit to society ... or that anyone had put even 1 thing into that category ... You must have been reading some other discussion board in some other universe, I'm afraid. The one where everything is made of straw.
iverglas, I have been on this forum for about 30 minutes now, and I have already seen you involved in MANY ad hominem attacks. As such, I feel that it would best benefit all (regardless of your true intentions) to regard you as "trolling" until you begin making real arguments, as opposed to simply looking for clever ways to insinuate that others are stupid. In the event that you respond to this I will show you that this is based upon deductive reasoning.
1. iverglas often likes to paint people he disagrees with as stupid or ignorant 2. This is an ad hominem attack 3. Ad Hominem attacks are not logically relevent Therefore: iverglas's arguments often carry no logical weight and can therefore be disregarded when engaging in legitimate argument.
The conclusion necessarily follows from the premises, just in case you were wondering. Because of this, I will disregard any further comments by iverglas
16.Thoughts and Prayers to the families of the lost. I hope the criminals who committed some of these acts are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. David
David, I concur wholeheartedly
17.iverglas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-06-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #24 26. I am drowning in crocodile tears I'm sorry for whatever has you so worked up And I am fed to the fucking nose with your obnoxious, stupid commentary about my psyche. But hey, I'm sorry for whatever prompts you to make obnoxious, stupid comments about people you know nothing about. And I do know what it is that prompts you to do that.
I lied, and I apologize. But this, just wow. iverglas, perhaps some of us are capable of actually feeling compassion at the hearing of some else's loss and hardship. If you cannot, that is okay, but don't suggest that others cannot. As for your psyche, you seem to enjoy getting people worked up a great deal and that my be a sign of serious, underlying problems. It may be best for you to consult a professional on the matter.
18. Okay I'm done.
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