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a geek named Bob

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5. but therein lies the problem...

Reply to rbixby (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:27 PM

Dec 2012

Which people are idiots?

Look, Lanza was mentally ill, as were the Columbine duo. Why were they walking around in public?

There was ample evidence that they had problems...

A violent-prone mentally ill person can skip guns, and go for poisons, bombs, or the ever popular knife/axe/sword...

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Does everyone feel safe now? [View all] Pryderi Dec 2012 OP

instead of blaming the instrument a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #1

Its not about the instrument rbixby Dec 2012 #4

but therein lies the problem... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #5

So then we're completely helpless, eh? rbixby Dec 2012 #6

THis is why I'm for a large scale mental health program... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #8

Umm, people weren't killed because Lanza was walking around in public. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #9

The cause of 28 deaths one week ago today was multiple gunshot wounds. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #7

The CAUSE was the mentally ill person. the INSTRUMENT was the access to firearms... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #10

I don't know. Ask his mother. Oh wait.... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #11

I haven't been tryng to control the conversation... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #12

Who are you, Dennis Miller? Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #13

As I said... A firearm is a sharply defined tool... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #14

So you are saying you are immune from mental illness? Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #15

some of the folks here (jpak) would prefer single revolvers... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #16

If this is about guns, I'm trashing this along with closeupready Dec 2012 #2

How many serial killers have been stopped by firearms? Remmah2 Dec 2012 #3