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passiveporcupine

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60. No response to the second question

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 10:17 PM

Jun 2016

Do you think it is necessary to have a vehicle in America, considering it's size and lack of public transportation? Is it just as necessary to own a gun?

I guess I could walk to and from town to shop. I'm 66, disabled, and shopping round trip is 20 miles. Other than paying for a taxi (it's still a vehicle) it's my only way to get to town. I've have a few scares out here in the woods, living alone...some animal, some people, but my dogs always protected me. I've never needed a gun.

I sure do need a car.

90% of American households own a car. Why do you suppose that is? Only 1/3 of American households own a gun, and that number is declining. Seems they just aren't as necessary to our way of life as a vehicle.

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90,000 since Sandyhook?? [View all] yuiyoshida Jun 2016 OP

The Culture of Death is loved by way too many gun humpers. Rex Jun 2016 #1

Yes but look... yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #3

Get ready for all kinds of excuses...3...2...1 Rex Jun 2016 #6

Didn't take them long Rex yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #8

Nope and notice they are trying to rationalize gun culture by saying those that killed themselves Rex Jun 2016 #10

67% of those deaths you cite are suicide. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #2

Wrong King Kang yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #5

No, you are wrong oberliner Jun 2016 #14

okay fine...STILL A BIG FUCKING STADIUM yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #20

Yes, it's a lot of people and a depressing statistic oberliner Jun 2016 #22

90,000 dead... yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #24

For people that pulled the trigger and ended a life? Yep, she is using accurate numbers. Rex Jun 2016 #55

2/3 are suicides Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #4

90,000 is just a drop in the bucket for you yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #7

It is very sad Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #16

you are going to compare this to drunk drivers?? yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #17

So those victims are not just as dead? Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #21

And how many of them are suicides? yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #23

I don't drive an AR 15 to work each day. yallerdawg Jun 2016 #31

I am more scared of your car Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #33

51 dead today - so far? yallerdawg Jun 2016 #37

I have empathy Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #39

You do understand... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #42

I do not need a license or background check to own a vehicle. Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #45

We can't talk about deaths from gun violence unless all deaths from all other causes are stamped out Major Nikon Jun 2016 #44

Oh we can talk about them Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #46

Who even brought them up? Major Nikon Jun 2016 #57

What do you suggest we do? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #49

I am waiting for self driving cars myself. Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #50

So you never ride in a vehicle, or drive one? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #54

Oh I drive Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #59

No response to the second question passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #53

Ever considered that the suicide rate might be lower without guns? Zynx Jun 2016 #19

People who try to commit suicide with poison or cutting there wrists etc, usually back out. LiberalArkie Jun 2016 #27

I just had a good friend hang himself last week Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #36

I'm sorry for your loss. Suicides happen by other means, yes, but guns do make it easier. Zynx Jun 2016 #40

Thank you Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #47

So all hunters with depression should have our guns taken away? Odin2005 Jun 2016 #61

Across states, more guns = more suicide passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #48

210,000 injured by guns since then. Rex Jun 2016 #9

That's one huge stadium of dead bodies. yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #11

That is several wars combined! Rex Jun 2016 #13

Interesting but the number seems kind of high to me. craigmatic Jun 2016 #12

It is all gun deaths oberliner Jun 2016 #15

90k yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #18

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ LiberalArkie Jun 2016 #28

To say nothing of the injured. alarimer Jun 2016 #25

And yet we can track the average attendance for the SUPERBOWL! yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #26

We can track gun violence, too. yallerdawg Jun 2016 #32

I am sure some individual can yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #35

GUN HUMPERS ARE THE BIGGEST COWARDS ON THE PLANET Skittles Jun 2016 #29

Agreed, the NRA is a terrorist organization. Initech Jun 2016 #41

I did a calculation in an argument with someone ... that's 4.5 hrs of world oil consumption ... brett_jv Jun 2016 #30

Not to mention the fact that Stonepounder Jun 2016 #34

but, but, but but...up thread someone said.. yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #38

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #56

Just to mention a few. Stonepounder Jun 2016 #58

KnR Hekate Jun 2016 #43

Something must be done there is no other option. Wayburn Jun 2016 #51

I'm not going to insult those who own guns or anything retrowire Jun 2016 #52

Exactly. AirmensMom Jun 2016 #62

And people wonder if I'm afraid to go to Mexico... a la izquierda Jun 2016 #63