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16. Yes and people could get a nuclear bombs and anthrax and death ray guns so let's ignore

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:18 PM

Dec 2012

REASONABLE action we could take to save lives.

I know many people who work in the mental health field and thy will tell you that it is IMPOSSIBLE to accurately predict who is capable of this level of violence. So cling to your guns and pathetic excuses and pray that no one you love will be the target of such a senseless crime.

And those 20 children and 6 adults who are dead are not "anecdotal".

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On this day Dec. 14, 2012, both of these incidents happened... [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP

Fingers don't kill people, bullets do n/t AndyA Dec 2012 #1

No point in using logic with gun owners. It's like saying to Gollum: Aristus Dec 2012 #31

They're starting to look like Gollum too. SummerSnow Dec 2012 #38

It's Almost As If . . . cer7711 Dec 2012 #2

K&R berni_mccoy Dec 2012 #3

Yeah, and what happens when guns are banned and some nut-case BOMBS a school instead? LAGC Dec 2012 #4

Anything to protect your guns BainsBane Dec 2012 #5

+1. n/t. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #7

"There are strong correlations between gun ownership and violence" former9thward Dec 2012 #9

here BainsBane Dec 2012 #12

Thanks. These are really useful links. And thanks for standing up to bull shit too! nt Walk away Dec 2012 #18

Worthy of its own post. Scuba Dec 2012 #23

Well done. daleanime Dec 2012 #26

DanTex provided the gun research in another thread BainsBane Dec 2012 #29

Thanks for the link... daleanime Dec 2012 #50

The Washington Post, a paper which supports total gun confication, disputed these type of 'studies'. former9thward Dec 2012 #32

these type of studies? BainsBane Dec 2012 #43

Yeah, using subscriptions to Guns and Ammo as a parameter is real academic. former9thward Dec 2012 #44

its basic BainsBane Dec 2012 #45

But there does seem to be a correlation between mass shootings and mental illness. nt Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #47

Access to mental health care needs to be improved but PA Democrat Dec 2012 #11

What action do you think would have really made a difference in this case? LAGC Dec 2012 #13

Large capacity magazines should be banned. Body armor piercing bullets should be banned. PA Democrat Dec 2012 #14

There are millions of law-abiding Americans who own those types of guns. LAGC Dec 2012 #15

Yes and people could get a nuclear bombs and anthrax and death ray guns so let's ignore PA Democrat Dec 2012 #16

These massacres aren't anectodotal and there were 8583 gun murders in 2011 neverforget Dec 2012 #17

And many, many more will be killed with their own guns. (nt) harmonicon Dec 2012 #30

There are millions of law abiding citizens who might have their guns stolen intaglio Dec 2012 #37

The point is, LAGC, those types of guns aren't necessary. What are they good for except to catbyte Dec 2012 #39

Yeah, yeah, blah, blah. secondvariety Dec 2012 #46

Nope. Can't do that. At least not here in Florida. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #40

She didn't need all those guns brush Dec 2012 #20

Don't you think that his mother was negligent in not securing her guns? olegramps Dec 2012 #25

The mother being restricted in her gun ownership intaglio Dec 2012 #33

That must go down like logic in the Gungeon. nt Walk away Dec 2012 #19

The tools are most definitely the fucking problem here. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #22

They are not fucking tools! cynatnite Dec 2012 #35

Kick & Rec. n/t. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #6

At a Michigan elementary school 38 kids die plus 6 adults. former9thward Dec 2012 #8

I remember reading about that school in Bath Superbot Dec 2012 #10

As a defence of guns this post win the "least logical argument ever" award! Walk away Dec 2012 #21

So if something is illegal then it won't happen. former9thward Dec 2012 #36

So you contend that if bombs were legal and as accessible as guns.... Walk away Dec 2012 #41

If guns disappeared tomorrow morning we would see a big uptick in explosions. former9thward Dec 2012 #42

Isn't a fact that as a result laws made it far more difficult to obtain explosives? olegramps Dec 2012 #27

No. former9thward Dec 2012 #34

I am talking about dynamite etc. olegramps Dec 2012 #49

This is not the movies. former9thward Dec 2012 #51

Is there a source for that Chinese story? Renew Deal Dec 2012 #24

Here.. Little Star Dec 2012 #28

K&R! Lawrence O'Donnell just said the exact same thing... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2012 #48