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cinematicdiversions

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9. gunshots occuring in one's neighborhood????

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Tue Jan 11, 2022, 02:19 PM

Jan 2022

That is a silly bar. I mean, are we talking about yahoos on New Years or 4th of July? Then yes, I guess I live in a state of victimhood. Please.

We do ourselves no favors exaggerating the problem for clicks and outrage. Much rather see honest science.

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Nearly 2 in 3 Californian adults have had at least indirect exposure to [gun]violence. [View all] AndyS Jan 2022 OP

Just 2 out of 3? CountAllVotes Jan 2022 #1

That is too many for anyone. AndyS Jan 2022 #2

I am anti-gun CountAllVotes Jan 2022 #5

And to even suggest doing something about is akin to tyranny and Nazi Germany. Initech Jan 2022 #3

Scary! Xmas shopping Union Square San Francisco. Smash and grab bandits aimed a pistol at my niece MenloParque Jan 2022 #4

I lived near Oakland for two years madville Jan 2022 #10

If they're counting hearing gun shots Zeitghost Jan 2022 #6

Thank you for this timely and important message, Andy. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #7

Punch line from study Lucid Dreamer Jan 2022 #8

gunshots occuring in one's neighborhood???? cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #9

read the study. nt AndyS Jan 2022 #13

Even those of us who have a more liberal view of the RKBA want to see gun violence reduced. SYFROYH Jan 2022 #11

My dad's best friend was murdered. Elessar Zappa Jan 2022 #12

The woman who raised me was gunned down by a 14-year-old carjacker . . . Journeyman Jan 2022 #14

I know no one who has experienced a gun-related violent act. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #15