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TeddyR

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14. So what is your solution?

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 07:16 PM

Nov 2015

I'd like to see fewer murders as well. How do we accomplish that?

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Waffle House waitress shot, killed after telling customer not to smoke [View all] Tab Nov 2015 OP

When he's not shooting people... RichGirl Nov 2015 #1

Yet another reason that the Founders wrote the Second Amendment. guillaumeb Nov 2015 #2

Typical NRA member. FUCK THE NRA. nt madinmaryland Nov 2015 #3

+ infinity NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #21

Very sad. louis-t Nov 2015 #4

In the entire digital world, I don't think there is a font big enough... lastlib Nov 2015 #13

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one Nov 2015 #50

A-Fucking-Men 47of74 Nov 2015 #54

gun owner murders woman nt msongs Nov 2015 #5

Disgusting POS. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #6

Up until the moment he shot that woman in the head ... Martin Eden Nov 2015 #7

Standing his ground, perhaps? LiberalElite Nov 2015 #8

Smoking in a restaurant is prohibited because it's bad for the health of others... tk2kewl Nov 2015 #9

Oh, Gawd... Fairgo Nov 2015 #10

its the height of absurdity tk2kewl Nov 2015 #11

The height of abnormality! chervilant Nov 2015 #12

It defies understanding! AlbertCat Nov 2015 #19

Emphatic thread win!! KamaAina Nov 2015 #47

So what is your solution? TeddyR Nov 2015 #14

reduce the number of guns Enrique Nov 2015 #16

First of all, don't let people walk around anywhere they like passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #18

How do we know it was a legal concealed weapon? hack89 Nov 2015 #22

concealed weapons just increase the odds. passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #24

So you have no idea whether he was legally carrying or not. hack89 Nov 2015 #37

WTF difference would that make? Don't even bother to justify the absurdity. nt Hekate Nov 2015 #43

I thought we were talking about legal concealed carry? hack89 Nov 2015 #53

It doesn't matter passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #44

The point is banning concealed carry would not make the world a safer place hack89 Nov 2015 #56

Yes, it would make the world a safer place passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #63

By that logic we should have no laws. whopis01 Nov 2015 #58

It illegal to shoot someone hack89 Nov 2015 #60

Well, the first thing we do is get rid of "mean people" - after that it's easy...nt jonno99 Nov 2015 #32

Folks like you need to quit feuling gun mania, as a start. Pass it on to gungeoneers. Hoyt Nov 2015 #33

Another good guy with his gawd-given right to a gun. valerief Nov 2015 #15

What was that propaganda "An Armed Society is a Polite Society"? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2015 #17

polite somehow. AlbertCat Nov 2015 #20

It must have been impolite to ask him to put out his cigarette passiveporcupine Nov 2015 #27

Perhaps it was state law or municipal bylaw. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2015 #29

This is why I don't want students bringing guns into my college class perdita9 Nov 2015 #23

Tragic and horrific.. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #25

I agree. Having a gun handy makes it much too easy to use the gun rather than one's brain. TryLogic Nov 2015 #45

Here's a better, more truthful headline bearssoapbox Nov 2015 #26

Gee,... MarianJack Nov 2015 #28

Here's the asshole, lest other assholes say he was probably black. valerief Nov 2015 #30

Poster yahoo for the concealed carry crowd. Hoyt Nov 2015 #34

Just what I expected. hifiguy Nov 2015 #46

You saying he looks meaner, makes him seem tuff. I diagree, nothing more than a punk juxtaposed Nov 2015 #48

His gun makes him a Big Man hifiguy Nov 2015 #59

Never forget: EVERYONE'S a law-abiding citizen . . . cer7711 Nov 2015 #31

I bet he's a misogynist. I hope he gets put away for a long time.nt raccoon Nov 2015 #35

If qwlauren35 Nov 2015 #36

Obviously he is defending his right as a US citizen to smoke. Maraya1969 Nov 2015 #38

Makes this shit so easy yeah but guns n' stuff Person 2713 Nov 2015 #39

We have a serious gun problem in this country liberalnarb Nov 2015 #40

Call it what it is . . FairWinds Nov 2015 #41

You can't cross anyone these days, they may be paking liberal N proud Nov 2015 #42

I can already see the NRA's solution: Would not have happened NCjack Nov 2015 #49

If she had a gun in her apron this could have been avoided. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #51

No, if she had a gun drawn and pointed and cocked at every customer she talked with... randome Nov 2015 #55

Yes, I was using sarcasm.. how often have we heard the RW wingnuts use that reasoning. EndElectoral Nov 2015 #61

Can we all take a breath for a moment and stop talking about the shooter? eggplant Nov 2015 #52

How horrible. nt MADem Nov 2015 #57

I've been to all those Waffle Houses on that stretch of 90 BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #62

Locking... Spazito Nov 2015 #64