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Journeyman

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7. I'm told, immediately after such incidents is not the time to discuss guns or anything about them...

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:39 PM

Dec 2012

The dead aren't buried yet, the wounds are too fresh, not enough is known to draw conclusions, etc. etc.

So, shall we begin instead with a discussion of Charles Whitman and the Texas Tower incident at Austin? . . .

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I don't expect any real answers about why yet another mass shooting has happened [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2012 OP

It's the Behavioral sink pscot Dec 2012 #1

It's guns. nt valerief Dec 2012 #2

*Condescending Laugh* Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #4

Thanks for the ignore name! nt valerief Dec 2012 #5

You're welcome. Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #6

Why do people do bad things? Pacafishmate Dec 2012 #3

I'm told, immediately after such incidents is not the time to discuss guns or anything about them... Journeyman Dec 2012 #7

It's a fair point, really. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #9

Here is the real answer: Sometimes crazy people do horrible, violent shit. Throd Dec 2012 #8

I used to see a lot of gun violence victims where I used to work rustydog Dec 2012 #10