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NCTraveler

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53. I really don't think it will do much.

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 09:26 AM

Mar 2013

I have no problem if they are released. It is a part of life in this country and may do some good. There are also some negatives involved.

There are pictures of abused and hungry children all over the internet. Yet we don't seem to be dealing with the problem of poverty very well.

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There is only one way we will get massacre control in this country [View all] dsc Mar 2013 OP

This isn't going to work. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #1

let them try to do a massacre with a six shooter which has to be cocked before it is used dsc Mar 2013 #4

You're still not addressing the psychology of these killers. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #8

It doesn't matter what their psychology is if they can't buy assault weapons mwrguy Mar 2013 #10

That's called treating the symptom. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #17

When someone dies of a gunshot wound, sangsaran Mar 2013 #43

Unless they make a bomb, or drive a car through a bus stop, or us a plain shotgun, etc. JVS Mar 2013 #19

If only stricter gun control had existed before the OKC bombing... Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #21

I love when people on your side bring this up dsc Mar 2013 #63

Ever hear of a bomb? davidn3600 Mar 2013 #29

Drugs can be manufactured at home. sangsaran Mar 2013 #44

Actually, you can, and legally. X_Digger Mar 2013 #83

So the US is nuttier dsc Mar 2013 #13

I can't take anyone seriously who calls those with mental health issues "nuts." Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #16

fine call them sick, ill or whatever dsc Mar 2013 #23

They're people. Not "sick" or "ill" but people who have problems. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #26

Of course they are ill dsc Mar 2013 #27

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #30

Um, ah...mental illness is, you know, an ILLNESS lapislzi Mar 2013 #59

It is mental ILLNESS nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #62

Do you have a better suggestion, a better, easier, surer way to stop the bloodbaths? JDPriestly Mar 2013 #33

I don't think an assault weapon ban would stop the mass shootings. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #35

Are you advocating for free mental health care for all? JDPriestly Mar 2013 #36

I support socialized medicine. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #40

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #42

That would do it RobertEarl Mar 2013 #2

That wouldn't do it. The die-hard gun nuts would look at the photos and winter is coming Mar 2013 #11

So what is your idea? RobertEarl Mar 2013 #14

The assumption that people need to be shocked is fallacious. winter is coming Mar 2013 #18

Yes it will. RobertEarl Mar 2013 #22

I don't need to see pictures to know we need better gun laws, and neither do winter is coming Mar 2013 #57

Exactly. Jennicut Mar 2013 #71

I'm wondering if the realization that the NRA backed a lot of losers in 2012 winter is coming Mar 2013 #119

These 'gun nuts' forget that Columbine had armed guards when the shootings went down agentS Mar 2013 #32

If it saves one life..... Crepuscular Mar 2013 #51

swimming pools are highly regulated under the concept of attractive nuisance dsc Mar 2013 #64

Really? Crepuscular Mar 2013 #72

What fucking horsepucky. 99Forever Mar 2013 #87

your swimming pool Crepuscular Mar 2013 #89

Get back to me when a swimming pool ... 99Forever Mar 2013 #97

Kids drowning is Ok, huh? Crepuscular Mar 2013 #100

Like every other Delicate Flower... 99Forever Mar 2013 #103

Kind of typical Crepuscular Mar 2013 #111

Swimming pools aren't designed to kill children. Iggo Mar 2013 #98

Design flaw? Crepuscular Mar 2013 #104

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Mar 2013 #112

Let me just say... Iggo Mar 2013 #113

That's true Crepuscular Mar 2013 #114

Michael Moore Calls For Release Of Sandy Hook Dead Body Pictures To �Finish Off The NRA� Tx4obama Mar 2013 #3

He is right dsc Mar 2013 #5

Sadly I think Moore is correct malaise Mar 2013 #45

That's how the formerly liberal media stopped the Viet Nam War librechik Mar 2013 #73

What if Turbineguy Mar 2013 #6

there literally isn't enough money in the world for the greedy pigs of the NRA dsc Mar 2013 #7

Yeah. Turbineguy Mar 2013 #9

There are hundreds of models Jenoch Mar 2013 #12

I have no problems with increasing penalties for felons possessing guns dsc Mar 2013 #15

There are penalties for selling guns to a felon Jenoch Mar 2013 #58

they exist but are enforced rarely because the NRA makes sure they aren't dsc Mar 2013 #79

Huh? Jenoch Mar 2013 #118

Everything you just said is false. premium Mar 2013 #121

Oh really? dsc Mar 2013 #122

As long as guns are legal, MicaelS Mar 2013 #20

Just imagine RobertEarl Mar 2013 #24

Do you drive a car? Homerj1 Mar 2013 #28

Yeah, i have a license RobertEarl Mar 2013 #31

over 10000 children Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #34

We have laws against drunk driving RobertEarl Mar 2013 #37

We have laws against shooting a bunch of people too JVS Mar 2013 #41

Absolute bullshit dmallind Mar 2013 #60

Then we agree Homerj1 Mar 2013 #38

It's a right to bear arms RobertEarl Mar 2013 #39

Using dead kids to further your political goal is just as sick and twisted as shooting them up davidn3600 Mar 2013 #48

Wanting Children To Live Is A Political Stunt? HangOnKids Mar 2013 #75

Your agenda has nothing to do with wanting children to live. You just don't want people to own guns. slackmaster Mar 2013 #91

My agenda? HangOnKids Mar 2013 #105

It's obvious from everything you have posted that you are a prohibitionist slackmaster Mar 2013 #108

Everything I have posted? HangOnKids Mar 2013 #110

We'll get gun control when one of these massacres happens on Wall Street. /nt Marr Mar 2013 #25

Clearly, you do not understand people very well. beevul Mar 2013 #46

How about gun "enthusiasts" who like to shoot melons, water jugs, etc., to simulate heads exploding. Hoyt Mar 2013 #47

false presumption Crepuscular Mar 2013 #55

Graphic pictures worked so well for anti-choice groups ... oh wait. hack89 Mar 2013 #49

have you tried to get an abortion in most counties in america dsc Mar 2013 #66

Yet public attitudes towards abortion has held pretty steady hack89 Mar 2013 #69

actually that is an impressive victory on their part dsc Mar 2013 #76

But in the context of the OP hack89 Mar 2013 #78

preventing a swing that otherwise would have occured is a swing dsc Mar 2013 #81

Hard to prove a negative. hack89 Mar 2013 #82

they likely deserve some credit dsc Mar 2013 #84

You'll notice not *one* of DU's Progressive Gun Squad(tm) agrees with you. Robb Mar 2013 #50

We can recognize desperation as well as anyone else hack89 Mar 2013 #65

FORCE them to watch ala "A Clockwork Orange". That should do it. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #52

I really don't think it will do much. NCTraveler Mar 2013 #53

No. Just no. HappyMe Mar 2013 #54

It isn't them who need moving dsc Mar 2013 #67

I still say no. HappyMe Mar 2013 #68

really? they don't? dsc Mar 2013 #77

I have no idea. HappyMe Mar 2013 #80

My decision not to smoke did not require seeing graphic photos of the damage caused by smoking. slackmaster Mar 2013 #93

apparently both sides of the smoking debate believes for some people it is necessary dsc Mar 2013 #95

The Astute Reader(TM) will note that smoking is still legal, and few if any people are seriously... slackmaster Mar 2013 #99

but smoking in public, the part which affects others, pretty much isn't dsc Mar 2013 #101

Shooting in public is pretty well restricted too. slackmaster Mar 2013 #102

they can smoke them in their houses dsc Mar 2013 #106

But you wouldn't allow people to keep their own firearms in their homes. slackmaster Mar 2013 #107

ordinary guns yes dsc Mar 2013 #109

What's the difference between an "assault weapon" and an "ordinary gun?" slackmaster Mar 2013 #116

You're overly optimistic about what would happen here RZM Mar 2013 #56

Exterminate all the Humans? One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #61

I don't know, I live in CT. Jennicut Mar 2013 #70

You can get the most horrific murder photos on the internet yourself. Start your own website. Throd Mar 2013 #74

how will that stop anything? alc Mar 2013 #85

no guns no massacres dsc Mar 2013 #86

Message auto-removed Sneetches Mar 2013 #88

No guns, no massacres? slackmaster Mar 2013 #92

again go ahead and bring up OK city as it prove my point in spades dsc Mar 2013 #94

That's not true. Nitrate fertilizers are still unregulated. DHS has proposed an Ammonium Nitrate... slackmaster Mar 2013 #96

I doubt that the families of the victims would appreciate that, and it wouldn't change anything. slackmaster Mar 2013 #90

A site to help you sarisataka Mar 2013 #115

Your lack of compassion is disturbing. cali Mar 2013 #117

Looking over this thread, those most opposed to your proposal are the most "pro-RKBA" (see sig) apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #120