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Apparently you hate guns. Do you believe they create crime? nt jody Jan 2013 #1
they certainly facilitate it. spanone Jan 2013 #2
OK but what guns do you hate and why? nt jody Jan 2013 #4
What guns do you love and why? neverforget Jan 2013 #12
And they can prevent it ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #6
Sure they can, but I'm betting they enable as many, if not more, than they stop. nt white_wolf Jan 2013 #9
I think guns are capable of creating crime and in some cases they do Fumesucker Jan 2013 #3
OK but what guns do you hate and why? nt jody Jan 2013 #5
I don't hate any inanimate object and try not to hate anyone Fumesucker Jan 2013 #11
I think Berserker Jan 2013 #10
Rapists wear condoms? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #14
How else do they not leave DNA evidence? hack89 Jan 2013 #48
So condoms make negligent rape common? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #49
They makes it easier for those predisposed to rape or kill hack89 Jan 2013 #52
So the young woman was predisposed to kill her brother? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #57
I distinguish between crimes and accidents hack89 Jan 2013 #58
Negligent manslaughter carries no criminal penalties? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #59
And there are many things that can kill when used in a negligent manner. hack89 Jan 2013 #60
Nuclear weapons used negligently can kill Fumesucker Jan 2013 #61
Look at just accidental gun deaths hack89 Jan 2013 #62
You still are trying desperately to equate non negligent acts with negligent ones Fumesucker Jan 2013 #63
Is there such a thing as a non-negligent gun accident that kills someone? hack89 Jan 2013 #65
Negligent nuclear weapons use has never killed anyone Fumesucker Jan 2013 #66
The issue with nukes is not negligent use - it is malicious deliberate use. Just like with guns. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #67
I already pointed out that nuclear weapons have killed far fewer people than guns Fumesucker Jan 2013 #68
When a single gun can kill ten million people in a second let me know. hack89 Jan 2013 #69
Only a matter of degree and not of kind between guns and nukes Fumesucker Jan 2013 #70
It is very much a matter of kind hack89 Jan 2013 #71
Hand grenades are not crew served weapons and nukes don't have to be Fumesucker Jan 2013 #72
You will always pick a number that justifies draconian gun control laws hack89 Jan 2013 #73
And you will always pick a number that allows for casual mass slaughter Fumesucker Jan 2013 #74
Hand grenades are not protected by the 2A hack89 Jan 2013 #75
The Constitution does not mention "guns", it uses the more general term "arms" Fumesucker Jan 2013 #80
We have already discussed this hack89 Jan 2013 #81
Agree and the Heller opinion said: jody Jan 2013 #85
Condoms were invented to prevent unwanted pregnancy duhneece Jan 2013 #78
So you hate all guns? Of every kind? Because that lady killed her brother with one? How 'bout knives Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #19
If the gun wasn't there, would the young man now be dead of a gunshot wound inflicted by his sister? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #22
If the kitchen knives weren't there, would that teen's mother still be alive? Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #43
English? Do you speak it? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #44
NO doubt about that madokie Jan 2013 #47
How does a gun "create" crime? Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #50
Negligent manslaughter is not a crime? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #51
And you love 'em nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #7
That's a huge stretch. white_wolf Jan 2013 #8
I can infer anything I wish. OP author can reply or not. nt jody Jan 2013 #13
And the rest of us are free to point and laugh when you make a laughable inference Fumesucker Jan 2013 #16
At least readers know "3. I think guns are capable of creating crime". FBI reports for 2010 jody Jan 2013 #23
This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for shooting, this is for fun Fumesucker Jan 2013 #24
Fumesucker OP linked guns with hunting. True I and others do use handguns for hunting but that's a jody Jan 2013 #26
I know that violence including gun crime has been declining steadily for some time now Fumesucker Jan 2013 #31
OK, we can concentrate on handguns since they are used in about 50% of murders. jody Jan 2013 #34
I'm reminded of an old Yakov Smirnoff joke Fumesucker Jan 2013 #40
LOL those who want to ban all firearms attack those who want no bans and vice versa. jody Jan 2013 #84
Heh! The gun coward rings in! madinmaryland Jan 2013 #15
Bullshit premise. Occulus Jan 2013 #17
Yes I know they create crime by making evil things possible, even glamorous in a sick way MightyMopar Jan 2013 #53
Looks like an NRA talking point to me. rrneck Jan 2013 #64
Why?? Wouldn't much depend on what they want to use them for? jmg257 Jan 2013 #18
Want to see pics of my penis? -..__... Jan 2013 #20
Please proceed, governor n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #25
Message deleted by the DU Administrators -..__... Jan 2013 #27
that's fucked up you'd post that man.... dionysus Jan 2013 #29
Relax... "man"... -..__... Jan 2013 #33
Well that POS got shown the door. JTFrog Jan 2013 #86
:) dionysus Jan 2013 #87
Mitt? Is that you? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #32
The magic underwear chaffs my shaft. -..__... Jan 2013 #35
You sure that's not caused by the pistols in your pockets? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #36
I'm generally opposed to "Mexican carry" for the obvious flaws... -..__... Jan 2013 #37
Well, in your case it wouldn't make all that much difference anyway Fumesucker Jan 2013 #39
Aim small... miss small. -..__... Jan 2013 #41
They must be afraid of getting gored by a buck, moose or wild hog! Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #21
Nonsense. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #28
WTF kind of guns are those? cliffordu Jan 2013 #30
Clearly a coward. Marinedem Jan 2013 #38
Don't worry , most won't even know or care who he is . former-republican Jan 2013 #42
No, a real coward bases it all in hunting. flvegan Jan 2013 #45
I've always said that if you want to impress with your hunting prowess, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #46
I am stupider for having read this thread. Atman Jan 2013 #54
Very well said! nt Pholus Jan 2013 #55
I'm only replying because I want reply duhneece Jan 2013 #83
About 80% of gun owners don't hunt. N/T GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #56
coward or worse samsingh Jan 2013 #76
I find hunting with high powered weapons to be cowardice too.. and-justice-for-all Jan 2013 #77
You and your fancy bows and arrows.. X_Digger Jan 2013 #79
How is it cowardly? nt ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #82
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