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laundry_queen

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Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #24)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:43 PM

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My great uncle, his wife and son were all gunned down in cold blood back in 1963. [View all] Ikonoklast Jul 2012 OP

i'm so sorry. barbtries Jul 2012 #1

The shooter told police there was a long-standing fued between them. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #4

That's a classic symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. closeupready Jul 2012 #49

No words.... nt nanabugg Jul 2012 #2

I am so sorry! (nt) Tumbulu Jul 2012 #3

:-( Odin2005 Jul 2012 #5

K&R Fumesucker Jul 2012 #6

So what is the poinnt? No way any gun reform that's ever been on the table in the USA would've Lionessa Jul 2012 #7

Get rid of the guns. baldguy Jul 2012 #8

A childish, feel-good sentiment. Daemonaquila Jul 2012 #10

Are you seriously saying that someone... Blanks Jul 2012 #22

Needs and wants.... jaysunb Jul 2012 #26

Now when I was a member of the 'well regulated militia' Blanks Jul 2012 #37

I will not give up my guns. Not happening, where I go and how my life is just now, Lionessa Jul 2012 #12

no one is looking to take your gun annm4peace Jul 2012 #31

The person to whom I was responding doesn't have your opinion. Lionessa Jul 2012 #33

when you report it annm4peace Jul 2012 #55

How? Archae Jul 2012 #34

And your touching display of compassion is part of what endears bluerum Jul 2012 #9

The OP appears to be making a statement on guns rather than requesting compassion. Lionessa Jul 2012 #11

"requesting compassion" - is that when you give compassion? Lex Jul 2012 #14

Actually it explains nothing at all along the lines you suggest. Lionessa Jul 2012 #16

You've nailed a cold and selfish person to the wall alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #24

+1 nt laundry_queen Jul 2012 #56

+1 AllyCat Jul 2012 #39

How about a six shot clip instead of 100 shot canister? xtraxritical Jul 2012 #17

In this OP it was a 6 shot cylinder. So exactly my point which was Lionessa Jul 2012 #20

Its a tragic story, but the OP is the one who started the conversation on gun control. Travis_0004 Jul 2012 #27

+1 Chorophyll Jul 2012 #28

LOL!!...n/t whathehell Jul 2012 #51

actually the uncle was bob dsc Jul 2012 #18

He said great uncle, OH......DUH! He may have meant a great guy who's his uncle, not Lionessa Jul 2012 #23

It isn't all that hard for a great uncle or aunt to have kids about the same age as their dsc Jul 2012 #29

A gun reform that kept guns out of the hands of crazy people would be a good start. pnwmom Jul 2012 #19

The only animosity was in the mind of the shooter. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #21

I don't see that in the OP and I don't read every entry. Lionessa Jul 2012 #25

I'd like to see an example of someone wielding a machete and killing... Blanks Jul 2012 #38

Here you go, I think instead you just need an education. Lionessa Jul 2012 #44

Wow, one guy killed all those people? Blanks Jul 2012 #45

Answers bongbong Jul 2012 #53

Pretty callous comment, don't you think? eom mrmpa Jul 2012 #35

Reality is callous. Lionessa Jul 2012 #36

No only you are callous abelenkpe Jul 2012 #48

I interpreted the OP a different way as more of the "guns don't kill people" argument AllyCat Jul 2012 #42

You sure read way more into a post than is there, Lionessa Jul 2012 #43

a killer claiming an ongoing feud is not evidence of "animosity between neighbors" magical thyme Jul 2012 #50

I am truly sorry for your loss. Go Vols Jul 2012 #13

1963 was when I saw my first real gun Art_from_Ark Jul 2012 #15

Tragic, but fortunately, rare. Atypical Liberal Jul 2012 #30

You never get over that and I am sorry Tsiyu Jul 2012 #32

du rec. nt xchrom Jul 2012 #40

I am very sorry Irishonly Jul 2012 #41

How horrific Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #46

To all of you that expressed their regrets, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #47

I'm sorry for the horrible death of your family members lunatica Jul 2012 #52

My family had a run-in with guns bongbong Jul 2012 #54