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bigmonkey

(1,798 posts)

14. It's a tried-and-true deflection.

Reply to TheFrenchRazor (Reply #13)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 06:20 PM

Jun 2016

Very effective over the years. The huge death toll, and the continued disabling of any effective method of reducing that death toll, is a testimonial to its effectiveness. If you find it convincing, that'a a clear indication the death toll means absolutely nothing to you. Are you proud of that?

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I can't believe people are still saying "guns do not kill, people do" [View all] katmondoo Jun 2016 OP

I agree with your family members. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #1

I'm taking a 24 hour break from facebook gwheezie Jun 2016 #2

Why are your relatives hard to believe? Guns, like knives, can't kill people by themselves. BlueNoMatterWho Jun 2016 #3

Without a gun can you kill so easily? katmondoo Jun 2016 #9

Take away the person and what happens Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #12

...but this specific gun... spanone Jun 2016 #4

Yeah. No excuse for that. You know, that gun comes with a "Man Card." Isn't that cute? Squinch Jun 2016 #5

But DustyJoe Jun 2016 #6

I quit going there except for a few minutes a day Different Drummer Jun 2016 #7

It's more like Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #8

It's more like guns don't kill people, psychos with no legal obstacles to obtaining guns kill people Lord Magus Jun 2016 #10

"Guns don't kill people--but they sure help" Freddie Jun 2016 #11

did it stop being true? nt TheFrenchRazor Jun 2016 #13

It's a tried-and-true deflection. bigmonkey Jun 2016 #14

I usually reply back Eko Jun 2016 #15