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9. The NRA is a Distributor of Radical Domestic Terrorism Tools and Methodology. nt

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DEAR AMERICA: Here's Why Everyone Thinks You Have A Problem With Guns [View all] xchrom Apr 2013 OP

K&R 99Forever Apr 2013 #1

The gun strokers will be pissed as hell when they can't pimp out the car death stats anymore. morningfog Apr 2013 #2

...."is an extremist or a fucking idiot" etherealtruth Apr 2013 #6

Both. And DU is crawling with them. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #18

Yup. The gun nuts are swarming DU. nt SunSeeker Apr 2013 #34

B-but, but, SWIMMING POOLS!! Robb Apr 2013 #3

Yeah, who cares about drowning deaths? sylvi Apr 2013 #81

All the people who pass laws regulating swimming pools do lolly Apr 2013 #94

And yet 137 children sylvi Apr 2013 #96

Okay, 38,000 died in gun homicides BainsBane Apr 2013 #99

"False equivalency"? sylvi Apr 2013 #115

No--people aren't willing to accept it lolly Apr 2013 #118

Let me know when your city requires a six-foot fence around every gun, and we'll talk. Robb Apr 2013 #120

How many concealed swimming pool permits are given out annually? cui bono Apr 2013 #103

Get back to me when a swimming pool is used in a road rage incident to kill someone. Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #136

The daily death toll marions ghost Apr 2013 #4

K&R Progressive dog Apr 2013 #5

k&r... spanone Apr 2013 #7

k/r marmar Apr 2013 #8

The NRA is a Distributor of Radical Domestic Terrorism Tools and Methodology. nt onehandle Apr 2013 #9

There are certainly some easy measure we can take hack89 Apr 2013 #10

Running audits on gun manufactures by the ATF to see who they are selling to. RC Apr 2013 #19

The ATF needs to be quadrupled in size. hack89 Apr 2013 #30

I'm sure those wholesalers and government agencies are the big problem... n/t bobclark86 Apr 2013 #39

Your #4 would also create space in prisons for #2..nt Bigmack Apr 2013 #31

There are too many non-violent people in prison because of stupid drug laws. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #33

So.... what does that have to do with the price of tomatoes? nt rdharma Apr 2013 #46

Go read the post I was answering. I was merely agreeing with it. hack89 Apr 2013 #55

It's not hard to see that you are purposely trying to confuse apples with oranges....... rdharma Apr 2013 #57

And I never said it did. hack89 Apr 2013 #59

Good! rdharma Apr 2013 #60

Getting single payer is not "easy." However, a person can easily get rid of their guns. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #68

Certainly people have the freedom to make that choice hack89 Apr 2013 #71

It's always easier to stomp on a liberty sylvi Apr 2013 #75

And what liberty is being stomped on here? SunSeeker Apr 2013 #76

Sorry, I misread your post sylvi Apr 2013 #77

6. Allow lawsuits against gun manufacturers. cui bono Apr 2013 #104

Lawsuits against gunmakers, and a realistic chain of liability for gun owners av8rdave Apr 2013 #110

You can sue gun manufacturers hack89 Apr 2013 #114

K&R newfie11 Apr 2013 #11

While I Completely Agree Easy Access to Any Kind of Gun is a Real Problem... dballance Apr 2013 #12

We were a much more laid back society back then HockeyMom Apr 2013 #22

We have some of our lowest murder rates in 100 years hack89 Apr 2013 #36

I don't buy that, but I think you're on the right track... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #26

I Think You May Have Mis-Understood Me. I Agee w/ You - I'm Saying We Had Media, Role-Playing... dballance Apr 2013 #35

While I don't believe a videogame or a movie sylvi Apr 2013 #79

Probably a combination of things pipoman Apr 2013 #27

I grew up like you... CanSocDem Apr 2013 #53

They get coordination, critical motor skills, pipoman Apr 2013 #97

America is truly an exceptional nation. Flashmann Apr 2013 #13

Well presented facts and graphs... ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2013 #14

ditto cleduc Apr 2013 #25

Like the photo above, the problem starts with the indoctrination of firearms to children. no_hypocrisy Apr 2013 #15

The only way to solve this problem is to collect all the guns. Too many are stolen every year.... Logical Apr 2013 #16

Gun owners are told here that no one is coming to take our guns. hack89 Apr 2013 #38

You're very perceptive! nt rdharma Apr 2013 #48

So you think you will take away my guns? Ok. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #56

No jack booted thugs are going to take your guns...... rdharma Apr 2013 #58

Gun confiscation will never happen in America. I know that. hack89 Apr 2013 #62

"I agree that gun confiscation will never happen." rdharma Apr 2013 #65

And perhaps you can correct some of the more enthuisatic gun controllers hack89 Apr 2013 #66

Sorry! I just can't find your imaginary bogeymen! nt rdharma Apr 2013 #87

Here, let me help hack89 Apr 2013 #88

Help me find that quote! rdharma Apr 2013 #89

First post in this sub-thread. hack89 Apr 2013 #90

Post #? rdharma Apr 2013 #95

Now you are really being silly. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #107

It gets rather confusing OwnedByCats Apr 2013 #116

If ANY legislator proposes to CONFISCATE GUNS, please send me a DU mail........ rdharma Apr 2013 #132

I don't know if it's actually "in the works" OwnedByCats Apr 2013 #133

I'll await your DU mail when/if that happens! rdharma Apr 2013 #134

With all due respect - OwnedByCats Apr 2013 #135

psssst DeadEyeDyck Apr 2013 #54

No. It's a FACT! rdharma Apr 2013 #91

Define qualified and define what happens WRT the "unqualified". Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #112

Fm 4473 nt rdharma Apr 2013 #131

BURGLARS are Coming For Your Guns When You're Not Home AndyTiedye Apr 2013 #63

I have two sturdy safes. One for guns and one for ammo. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #64

Naturally the take away from learning 339,000 BainsBane Apr 2013 #98

I support gun control with the exception of gun bans. hack89 Apr 2013 #108

I said precisely what I meant BainsBane Apr 2013 #109

So it is a purity test you are looking for hack89 Apr 2013 #113

Well we just love our freedom more than everone else. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #17

And I find it bizarre pipoman Apr 2013 #20

we can force car manufacturers to put seat belts and air bags in cars mountain grammy Apr 2013 #21

Double Amen gopiscrap Apr 2013 #40

I don't see how a "safety feature" would help... bobclark86 Apr 2013 #43

Yes, no doubt medicare for all would help, but guns are still a problem. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #52

Amen brother! justhanginon Apr 2013 #23

This is what happens nineteen50 Apr 2013 #24

All facts first mentioned in Bowling for Columbine BUT needed to be restated/updated diabeticman Apr 2013 #28

I wonder if these numbers include death by WAR GUNS. nt valerief Apr 2013 #29

They do include pipoman Apr 2013 #41

Yeah, but do they include WAR? Just wondering. nt valerief Apr 2013 #74

No, this is on US soil...pretty sure.. pipoman Apr 2013 #80

Makes sense. So it's even MORE Americans dead/injured from guns. nt valerief Apr 2013 #84

Depends on the context of the word "from".. pipoman Apr 2013 #86

Those are other crimes usually of oppression. Guns kill. Killing is a separate crime. nt valerief Apr 2013 #119

People kill...for many reasons... pipoman Apr 2013 #127

If you want to change America's gun violence, see this thread. aikoaiko Apr 2013 #32

Uggh. If you want to see gunners whine go there. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #42

Cooperation =|= bending over aikoaiko Apr 2013 #45

Manchin and Toomey did a shitload of cooperation, all for nothing. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #67

Manchin and Toomey was too little too late. aikoaiko Apr 2013 #69

OFFS. Reid never pushed the AWB. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #72

The AWB was voted on as an amendment and failed. aikoaiko Apr 2013 #78

Exactly. The AWB was not inextricably linked to background checks. Which proves my point. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #82

That is dishonest bullshit BainsBane Apr 2013 #111

And yet the gun control legislation failed and you think its just the NRA to blame. aikoaiko Apr 2013 #117

Gun owners aren't the problem BainsBane Apr 2013 #122

LOL. aikoaiko Apr 2013 #124

Sure, laugh BainsBane Apr 2013 #126

Who's your model of compromise and good will? Wayne LaPierre? (nt) Paladin Apr 2013 #128

Evidently it's claiming the bill in congress failed BainsBane Apr 2013 #130

Good will BainsBane Apr 2013 #129

K&R SunSeeker Apr 2013 #37

Hey, why no cars cvoogt Apr 2013 #44

first, you must take self inflicted deaths DeadEyeDyck Apr 2013 #47

Here you go.... HOMICIDE WITH GUNS IN US..... rdharma Apr 2013 #49

"Unintentional" deaths in US with guns rdharma Apr 2013 #50

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Zoeisright Apr 2013 #61

Why? What difference does it make? BainsBane Apr 2013 #101

These people don't even care about their own kids Most people won't let their kids play with matches judesedit Apr 2013 #51

cars are safer than ever before, humans are still emotional creatures. yawn. nt galileoreloaded Apr 2013 #70

The Democrats really need to take a stand against guns. Apophis Apr 2013 #73

K&R Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #83

Find it most curious indeed that firearm deaths trended upward from the gipper's early reign indepat Apr 2013 #85

There's a correlation between violent crime and Republican social/fiscal policy Recursion Apr 2013 #105

And because teachers are such lazy asses and haven't taught us how to read... VPStoltz Apr 2013 #92

This just reminds me of EC Apr 2013 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Apr 2013 #100

Yeah, but other countries probably give you your chicken wings when you order them. cui bono Apr 2013 #102

The majority of violent deaths are drug related as well madville Apr 2013 #106

1,100 is not the majority of 11,078. Robb Apr 2013 #121

Two America's One_Life_To_Give Apr 2013 #123

i think gun violence is also a womens issue -- a big one. xchrom Apr 2013 #125