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In reply to the discussion: We shouldn't talk about Ferguson without talking about guns | Vox [View all]Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)36. Guns are "rude"? Stop it, you are killing me, your silliness is more dangerous than any "implement".
I would add: 4. useful for psychopaths of all kinds, school shooters take comfort!
5. To shoot your parents accidentally
6. To kill yourself easily
7. To take pictures of and post on line to show your manliness
All kinds of total useless and totally deadly uses for killer weapons, I get it.
This rude implement works exactly as intended by the manufacturers, kills real good.
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We shouldn't talk about Ferguson without talking about guns | Vox [View all]
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
OP
Yes, every thing is a "threat" in some folk's world, the cult of victimization is attractive to some
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#6
What's really sad is restricting gun ownership is classically a right-wing viewpoint
NutmegYankee
Dec 2014
#12
I often call that the Reagan paradox. He did so much damage to the country -
NutmegYankee
Dec 2014
#15
So, you say you did not read the article and have totally missed the point?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#5
A sad attempt to not admit you did not read the article and now refuse to do so, more like it.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#10
I don't care for this rhetoric because Mike Brown was unarmed, had no gun and the cop had a gun
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#20
What? Please translate from gunner-talk to English, please. I hate the police. I love the police,
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#24
Implement? Like a combine? You outdo yourself with your machinations in defence of killer weapons.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#34
Guns are "rude"? Stop it, you are killing me, your silliness is more dangerous than any "implement".
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#36
Police are not even in the top 10 jobs with the most fatalities at work, roofers, garbage collectors
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#22
Per capita is not the same as total, and accidental deaths not the same as criminal acts. Just ask
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#25