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aikoaiko

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14. I guess those deaths don't count to you. But public mass murders were in the news in those days.
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 08:56 AM
Jul 2015

You may say that everyday people don't have to worry about getting killing, but most of the people getting murdered and assaulted are not first ladies of the United States, are they?

And sometimes schools were targeted for violence, albeit not always with guns.

For example, thirty-eight elementary school children and six adults
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
Eleanor Roosevelt, gun owner [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2015 OP
. Duckhunter935 Jul 2015 #1
Civil rights liberals may carry guns to protect themselves from conservatives. Good to know. Thanks. Shamash Jul 2015 #2
The entire premise is wrong pipoman Jul 2015 #3
Eleanor Roosevelt's pistol. Hmmm. Vinca Jul 2015 #4
fascinating history but it doesn't have any relevance to our situation with guns today. CTyankee Jul 2015 #5
Dutchess County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Elisa Sumner doesn't know her history. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #6
I can just see Eleanor Roosevelt caught in a gangland murder spree... CTyankee Jul 2015 #9
What a strange imagination you have. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #12
Um, I'm sure you believe what you have stated but you see, Eleanor Roosevelt CTyankee Jul 2015 #15
Why would you mock JFK's death like that? aikoaiko Jul 2015 #19
thank you! you got my point!Or at least I think you did. CTyankee Jul 2015 #21
Yes, a lawful person carries a pistol for when it is justified to use it. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #23
'Gangland murder sprees' Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #10
I guess those deaths don't count to you. But public mass murders were in the news in those days. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #14
I like your link. So tell me, how would pistol packing teachers (or kids) Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #16
Did someone make that claim? Or is this a conversation you've been having with someone not here? aikoaiko Jul 2015 #18
It will in a moment. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #20
non sequitur doesn't mean what you think it means. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #22
"Where were the 'Sandy Hooks' of those days? They weren't." Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #28
I remember this from the PBS series on the Roosevelts. sufrommich Jul 2015 #7
That little bit of extra information... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #8
I'd rather not see the gun lobby attempt to paint Eleanor as a sufrommich Jul 2015 #11
. MerryBlooms Jul 2015 #13
Except she was. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #17
somehow I missed my latest edition of "Ammoland." CTyankee Jul 2015 #25
+1. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #26
Its not like DKos or Slate or Brady Campaign likes to admit such things about a Democratic hero. aikoaiko Jul 2015 #27
"At the time, you weren’t having mass shootings." Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #24
Locking cbayer Jul 2015 #29
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