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In reply to the discussion: Yet another gun tragedy to ponder [View all]L0oniX
(31,493 posts)55. another tread to trash.
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And let's not ponder how the super-rich changed this country and created the conditions which led to
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#1
Not at all. IMO, the conditions led to the mass murder. Timothy McVeigh used a bomb, not a gun,
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#6
You made a false accusation in your other post (#6). And now you are making false accusations in
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#14
And in the wake of his attack, restrictions were passed on the materials he used.
jeff47
Aug 2012
#47
IMO - it was a hateful moron picking up a gun and shooting people that led to the mass murder.
geckosfeet
Aug 2012
#70
When causation is the topic and the anti-gun posters neither express any sympathy
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#52
Absolutely right. Thanks for posting this. Clinton seems to have some expertise in this area.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#83
It's not a "gun tragedy", it's a human tragedy. The guns performed just as they were designed to.
Electric Monk
Aug 2012
#2
Threads like this also prove the point people were trying to sidestep in the last shooting
Reasonable_Argument
Aug 2012
#9
I don't use personal tragedy as an excuse to strip the rights of others
Reasonable_Argument
Aug 2012
#15
Once I put the gun rights defenders on ignore, this thread shortened up fast
DainBramaged
Aug 2012
#28
Right, defending the 2A in spite of the tragedy... who would have thunk it?
DainBramaged
Aug 2012
#24
Just trying to give people who wish to strip our rights some perspective
Reasonable_Argument
Aug 2012
#25
Shame on you. The poster said, "My thoughts go out to all the victims of this tragic event."
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#18
Non sequitur aside, this is a classic example of why these discussions go nowhere.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2012
#72
Actually, this is a perfect example of what I said to you in the other thread,
petronius
Aug 2012
#81
Nope our conversation ends here. I am anti 2A, you obviously are pro paranoia
DainBramaged
Aug 2012
#49
Since we're clearly about to rehash Aurora, let me just throw this back out
Trunk Monkey
Aug 2012
#63
Right, you've been here in this identity since early June and you've seen it time and again?
DainBramaged
Aug 2012
#67