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In reply to the discussion: Yes, I wish a teacher or other responsible adult had been armed [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)123. You sicken me.
I question your humanity.
Go ahead and alert. I've gotten one locked today already, I'll go for more, at least when it comes to telling gun nuts just how sickening they really are.
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Do me a favor and please do not go about defending the goodness of guns today.
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#1
Guns are not "good", so I will not defend their "goodness." But I do agree with President Obama. nt
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#14
I've known more teachers I would trust with my personal Springfield than security guards...
Lightbulb_on
Dec 2012
#143
Shooters had bulletproof vests - mentally unstable shooters come prepared, apparently.
blm
Dec 2012
#4
But if there had been someone there who also had a semi-automatic weapon, and bullet-proof vest, and
cbdo2007
Dec 2012
#24
You try teaching in a bullet-proof vest. I had enough trouble teaching in a suit vest.
TrogL
Dec 2012
#146
So there goes the "guns save lives" argument, as shooters will just get body armor.
alp227
Dec 2012
#121
Are you trying to say that a lawful person with a gun would have made things worse? n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#137
I still won't put anyone on Ignore but TPaine7 is definitely on my internal 'Who Gives A Shit' list.
randome
Dec 2012
#54
A Sig Sauer 9mm handgun is most definitely not the "Rolls Royce of assault rifles."
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#144
Well using your "logic", if no one was armed, then no one would have got shot.
SomethingFishy
Dec 2012
#49
That's complete horseshit. Not ONCE has that ever happened, despite C/C in 49 states
kysrsoze
Dec 2012
#50
I never alert on posts, but I am curious to see if calling me INSANE would be considered out
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#65
Actually, this is the only time this type of thread is allowed in GD, and the adults running into
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#72
Since we cannot predict which unstable male will open fire, ban men from owning guns.
aquart
Dec 2012
#65
I'm glad that, if my assumption is correct, no one you love got murdered either. nt
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#75
I've already had three family members murdered at once, gunned down in cold blood.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#83
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you find a measure of peace, and I hope that my OP
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#90
Just three more human souls sacrificied upon the altar of The Sacred Second Amendment.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#129
IIRC, he was in a nearby store and had to run to the scene. Also, he never drew his weapon,
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#104
Yes, then could be even MORE dead people when someone shoots the wrong person.
Michigan Alum
Dec 2012
#99
The petulant implication that twenty-seven dead school children are a price we pay for the 2nd Amend
LanternWaste
Dec 2012
#106
So you think having a gun fight in a classroom filled with children is the answer?
cynatnite
Dec 2012
#112
And to keep peddling those pro-NRA talking points on THIS day, of days: your post is SPOT. ON.
apocalypsehow
Dec 2012
#134
Starting to get the hint that you're peddling your NRA bullshit on the wrong website?
Electric Monk
Dec 2012
#127
"Now I am merely curious just how long I can string you along" <- Another Gungeoneer just told me
apocalypsehow
Dec 2012
#135
We are now forced to practically strip to get on an airplane. Time for guard shacks at the entrance
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#138
What a pathetic jury that did not hide this shit....You should be embarrassed
Rowdyboy
Dec 2012
#139
It's disturbing that such a disgusting post is on the "greatest" page. I wish I could unrec this
myrna minx
Dec 2012
#157