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In reply to the discussion: The risk of having a gun in the home [View all]Uzair
(241 posts)20. I'm copy and pasting your reply
Here is the reply above me, just in case it gets self deleted:
Appox. 30,000 a year, over half of which are suicides, the majority of the rest are in the inner cities because of the ongoing drug war, poverty, urban decay, lack of jobs, etc., fix those problems and the homicide rate would drop like a stone, also, better mental health care, which would then decrease the suicide rate.
But my point still stands, you don't get to tell us what we can or can't have in our homes, or decide what's good for us and not good for us.
You're no better than the repukes with your authoritarian pronouncements and all your cute little insults of legal gun owners.
This person above me is justifying the effectively nonexistent gun laws in America by dismissing 15000 people who kill themselves, and "the rest" as being an "inner city" problem.
Now you're edging ever so closer to that line, that thing that you REALLY want to say, but can't say it out loud, as it may be a TOS violation. Go ahead, tell us what you REALLY think.
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I haven't seen this poster post about anything else, and never in anything less than an agressive
cherokeeprogressive
May 2013
#5
Ohhhh, *such* the AUTHORITARIAN attitude, huh? Not to mention the name-calling... ""gun nuts",
Ghost in the Machine
May 2013
#8
I appreciate food inspections and appropriate liscensing for proffesionals.
GreenStormCloud
May 2013
#68
Why would you increase rather than minimize the number of dangerous things
IveWornAHundredPants
May 2013
#55
I worked in PD for 15 years. We were taught that most home intruders do not carry weapons. I
appleannie1
May 2013
#51
I think a great deal depends on how guns and ammunition are stored in a home...
markpkessinger
May 2013
#78