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baldguy

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73. Deaths by lightening per year: 63. Deaths by guns per year: 30,000.

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 10:50 AM

Dec 2012

Let me know when you find the manufacturers of lighten bolts spending millions of dollars advocating their use, and millions of dollars lobbying for laws against lighten rods.

Thank you for presenting the standard RW NRA lies, but nobody is buying them anymore.

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No matter if we stopped all gun sales tomorrow... [View all] kentuck Dec 2012 OP

sadly true-- the cows are out of the barn now NoMoreWarNow Dec 2012 #1

so if gun owners threw bullets instead of shooting them from guns....yeah right nt msongs Dec 2012 #2

Then stop ammo sales n/t Blaukraut Dec 2012 #3

Brilliant! Or, TAX the hell out of ammo........ TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #10

That would be great IF... GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #28

So, make the tax retroactive................ TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #50

Good luck with that. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #58

I'm sure there are other ways to get things done - I'm just saying that we should DO something TheDebbieDee Dec 2012 #64

I agree something needs to be done, but I'm not optimistic that it's possible right now. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #68

The Chris Rock Solution Renew Deal Dec 2012 #76

so make a law that legal gun owners have to surrender all but one of their guns Fresh_Start Dec 2012 #4

It's a common maxim among military officers... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #6

Are you saying "law-abiding gun owners" won't abide by the law? baldguy Dec 2012 #31

Are you saying that people should always obey they law, regardless? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #40

The community of gun owners have proven they are incapable of keeping their weapons secure. baldguy Dec 2012 #41

That's an assertion I think you will be hard pressed to factually support. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #43

In the last 30 yrs there have been 61 shootings across the country with 4+ people killed. baldguy Dec 2012 #46

you realize thats about the same # killed by lighning rdking647 Dec 2012 #72

Deaths by lightening per year: 63. Deaths by guns per year: 30,000. baldguy Dec 2012 #73

Not really Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #62

That's bound to end well. nt Codeine Dec 2012 #7

How about at least making all gun sales go through a license dealer doc03 Dec 2012 #5

My state has done that - but it has to be done at the state level hack89 Dec 2012 #54

Why? n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #70

The Feds only have jurisdiction over interstate commerce hack89 Dec 2012 #74

Well in that case how do they get away with making you do the paperwork doc03 Dec 2012 #75

Dealers are involved in interstate commerce hack89 Dec 2012 #77

The gun lobby always has an excuse to not do anything. What if I open a gun shop and doc03 Dec 2012 #79

It is not the gun lobby that is interpreting the Constitution hack89 Dec 2012 #81

I think you are full of NRA bs. Something can be done n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #82

The law is the law hack89 Dec 2012 #83

Eventually, all of the guns will be Ilsa Dec 2012 #8

Our lack of laws sets a certain attitude about what is "normal" BlueStreak Dec 2012 #9

Hold up theKed Dec 2012 #23

And you know that how? BlueStreak Dec 2012 #39

Google is a very useful tool theKed Dec 2012 #48

There is certainly some research that shows a correlation between violent games and real violence BlueStreak Dec 2012 #65

And a whole bunch that doesn't theKed Dec 2012 #69

That is absurd BlueStreak Dec 2012 #71

Video games and tv/movies theKed Dec 2012 #78

With our modern technology... kentuck Dec 2012 #11

This makes sense TomClash Dec 2012 #14

Anyone arrested? Angleae Dec 2012 #18

Just use Homeland Security's No-Fly List JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #34

arrested, or convicted? Union Scribe Dec 2012 #61

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #12

maybe if we started after Columbine we could have avoided this one JI7 Dec 2012 #13

ever since they closed the mental hospitals marlakay Dec 2012 #15

Single shot weapons only Comatose Sphagetti Dec 2012 #16

Lifetime in prison without parole. Panasonic Dec 2012 #17

The guns... sendero Dec 2012 #19

wrong the world doesn't end tomorrow. aandegoons Dec 2012 #20

When you have a foolproof method of identifying... 99Forever Dec 2012 #21

Bite me. Savannahmann Dec 2012 #22

I'm sorry you misunderstood my post. kentuck Dec 2012 #26

Your avatar is an infant with a gun pintobean Dec 2012 #27

Not a "gun" problem, a "nuts with guns" problem quaker bill Dec 2012 #24

'nut' and 'types of people' are not legal terms, for good reasons tiny elvis Dec 2012 #25

Sorry, we do have a gun problem. And I don't believe we are doomed to live in an armed madhouse. baldguy Dec 2012 #29

Perhaps my point was not well made? kentuck Dec 2012 #32

Yes, exactly. nt Raine Dec 2012 #36

Yes. That's exactly what we do. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #45

Do you truly believe that the American people Codeine Dec 2012 #47

The "right" to own a gun is akin to the "right" to own a slave. baldguy Dec 2012 #49

Your argument is 100% correct. Many just cannot realize that you cannot stop a lone nut when.... Logical Dec 2012 #60

Confiscation and buyback Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #63

Ammo tax. Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #30

Unconstitutional hack89 Dec 2012 #56

4th&10th Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #57

Silly. So this NUT who wants to shoot up a school will worry about a little higher cost? Logical Dec 2012 #59

Totally Agree. nt Raine Dec 2012 #33

Attack me if you wish... kentuck Dec 2012 #35

Whatever you do DON'T TAKE retread Dec 2012 #37

+10000 kentuck Dec 2012 #38

The problem is the GUNS that the "nuts" get. So yeah, guns are the problem. nt Lex Dec 2012 #42

Completely fucking wrong. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #44

Best to do nothing, right? Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #51

Time to define "well REGULATED militia" Glitterati Dec 2012 #52

"A journey of 1000 li begins with one step." Lao Tse Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #53

It can't hurt to start now. That's a lame excuse to allow folks to continue arming up. Hoyt Dec 2012 #55

BOTH PROBLEMS are EQUAL.... n/t KoKo Dec 2012 #66

It would probably take thirty years ... surrealAmerican Dec 2012 #67

You have to start somewhere, defeatist attitude is arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #80