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republianmushroom

(22,122 posts)
11. You blame the gun, I blame the person, I will not change your mind and you will not change mine.
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 07:44 PM
Sep 2024

With that said.
Do you own or have you ever owned a firearm (gun) ? Do you know anybody who owns a firearm (gun) ?Have any of those guns, yours (if you have owned one) or those that you have known of ? If you have not known of a gun to have killed a person, why not if 'guns kill and people don't'. When a driver of an auto, drives into a crowd, do you blame the auto or the driver ? A firearm is just an object like an auto, how it is used by a person/people dictates good or bad. There are approx. 460 million firearms in the public hands and more everyday. There are approx. 20 million AR style rifles in the public's hands. That horse in not going to be put back in the barn. You have one political party that advocates ownership of firearms and a supreme court that agrees with them. In your life time you may see some reasonable gun control, but, the gun will still be out there.

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it's the Guns [View all] AmBlue Sep 2024 OP
K & R SunSeeker Sep 2024 #1
Yah, it's the gun markie Sep 2024 #2
No, sorry, it is not the guns, it is people. republianmushroom Sep 2024 #3
Yeah, because there are no people thucythucy Sep 2024 #5
70 years ago, when I was in school, there was never a school shooting, republianmushroom Sep 2024 #6
The notion that there were no school shootings "back in the day" is a myth. thucythucy Sep 2024 #7
There was just lately a killing in Europe of 7 people with a knife, was it the knife or was it the person? republianmushroom Sep 2024 #8
Avoiding the question yet again. thucythucy Sep 2024 #9
Thank you for your clear, concise arguments. AmBlue Sep 2024 #10
You blame the gun, I blame the person, I will not change your mind and you will not change mine. republianmushroom Sep 2024 #11
Yes, the guns will still be out there, thucythucy Sep 2024 #12
People are the deciding factor guns are only the means. republianmushroom Sep 2024 #16
So what's the point of any sort of arms control ever? thucythucy Sep 2024 #18
Answer to your question. republianmushroom Sep 2024 #20
So in fact it IS the guns, or the lack thereof, that has and is making the difference. thucythucy Sep 2024 #22
WTI hatrack Sep 2024 #17
You can kill someone with a fucking frying pan edisdead Sep 2024 #14
Well I agree, but, who's common sense, yours or mine, pal ? republianmushroom Sep 2024 #15
By my measure on this issue you have zero edisdead Sep 2024 #21
That was an AR-15, not a pistol. aocommunalpunch Sep 2024 #13
Of course it's the guns. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2024 #4
Some more about this issue: thucythucy Sep 2024 #19
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