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Walleye

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4. I know when I was young 2 young guys would have a fistfight, years later would laugh about it

Reply to LastDemocratInSC (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 11:20 AM

Feb 2022

They get a good workout, somebody would eventually stop the fight. They’d settle the argument. And they’d have a good story they could exaggerate about in the bar when they were middle-aged. None of that happens with a gun.And if somebody shoots somebody they haven’t really proven their strength or stamina at all

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I am so sick of all of this violence, gun violence in particular Walleye Feb 2022 #1

I think we should all recognize the new, perverse normal. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2022 #3

I know when I was young 2 young guys would have a fistfight, years later would laugh about it Walleye Feb 2022 #4

It's weird how nothing ever gets done, isn't it? gratuitous Feb 2022 #5

That is a good summation Walleye Feb 2022 #6

Meantime, the gun gremlins are coming up with shit like this BeyondGeography Feb 2022 #2

There should be an update ChazII Feb 2022 #7

According to ABC 15 news ChazII Feb 2022 #8

There was also a massive shootout in Providence, RI (Hundreds of rounds) NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #9

These police officers will be in my prayers LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #10