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JaneyVee

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11. The guns were legally purchased. NRA defeated a ban on assault rifles in 2011. If the ban was in

Reply to quiche (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 02:09 PM

Dec 2012

place Adam's mother would have had to hand over the assault rifle and high capacity magazines and the gun shops she legally purchased them would never have been allowed to sell such weapons. Yes, this tragedy could have been avoided.

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Armed guards in every school! Video surveillance of every corner! [View all] ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 OP

Rocket launchers under every tree. we can do it Dec 2012 #1

while Michigan is planning on arming drunks and students ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #4

YEAH! Ohio is ahead of the curve again! Ohio allows guns in bars we can do it Dec 2012 #5

oh dear. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #12

Its a bit weird here. Pretty ugly for gays here, too. we can do it Dec 2012 #17

Add to that, where will the funds come from MiniMe Dec 2012 #2

The three P's is how this will be "solved", police, prayer and prisons Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3

Someone going off like Adam Lanza is suicidal quiche Dec 2012 #6

too true. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #7

The guns were legally purchased. NRA defeated a ban on assault rifles in 2011. If the ban was in JaneyVee Dec 2012 #11

It's all for your own good, citizen! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #8

Yay police state!!!! Initech Dec 2012 #9

USA! USA! USA! Earth_First Dec 2012 #10

I'm perfectly fine with Armed Guards in every school. Tax the gun owners to pay for it. Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #13

and what if a security guard had shot Adam dead? quiche Dec 2012 #14

As if schools didn't already feel like minimum security prisons. Matariki Dec 2012 #15

Video survellance of schools sounds like a good idea to me. Skip Intro Dec 2012 #16