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Loudly

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7. It's Texas. The big rock candy mountain of guns and ammo.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 12:54 PM

Jan 2012

All I meant by red herring is that his motivation or the exact route by which the gun found its way into his hand are equally irrelevant distractions from the core issue.

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His access to a gun and ammo made this outrage possible. Loudly Dec 2011 #1

What was the motive though? oberliner Dec 2011 #2

His subjective "reasons" don't really have any public policy implication. Loudly Dec 2011 #3

Have you heard anything about how he got his weapons? oberliner Jan 2012 #4

Another red herring. It came from the factory as a supposedly "good" or "morally neutral" product. Loudly Jan 2012 #5

Red herring? I was just curious to know if you knew more details oberliner Jan 2012 #6

It's Texas. The big rock candy mountain of guns and ammo. Loudly Jan 2012 #7