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Kang Colby

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16. We need a ban on in-ground pools.

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 24, 2016, 11:43 PM

Jun 2016

Mr. and Mrs. America fill them up with concrete.

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3-year-old drowns in swimming pool at baby sitter’s home [View all] Kang Colby Jun 2016 OP

Life includes risk. We can't completely eliminate accidents newthinking Jun 2016 #1

Pools offer nothing more than recreation and death. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #2

so do swimming holes, hell, hiking and walking outside offer recreation and potential death newthinking Jun 2016 #11

Look at the statistics. Pools are too dangerous. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #13

Your pool analogy doesn't work. I can't take my pool with me to your house and cause you to drown. newthinking Jun 2016 #17

See post 18. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #20

You could invite people to your home where they could be at risk from your pool. pnwmom Jun 2016 #23

This is a trolling post about guns. newthinking Jun 2016 #25

No it's not. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #34

Yeah, it is. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #54

You're fooling absolutely nobody. (nt) Paladin Jun 2016 #64

I imagine a handful of people may even believe you to be sincere in your allegations. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #73

Pool is the first place I'd look. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #80

Maybe not, in the dead of winter. Everyone had been inside and he didn't pnwmom Jun 2016 #81

I would. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #83

But the visiting family didn't know there was a covered pool in the backyard. n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #84

How awful. That's the problem when you are visiting. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #85

The good news pnwmom Jun 2016 #87

Thanks for telling me that. Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2016 #88

LIFE offers nothing more than recreation and death. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #43

Wrong. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #45

No one forces us to work. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #48

That's true. We do it to thrive and survive. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #49

Pretty much bravenak Jun 2016 #50

Lol, coming from someone who promotes guns! Classic. Nt Logical Jun 2016 #89

I don't think this thread has anything to do with "pool control" PersonNumber503602 Jun 2016 #4

Clearly we need it. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #6

We need backyard pool control? Are you being serious? newthinking Jun 2016 #12

If it only saves one life, it would be worth it. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #19

what about bathtubs ? Angel Martin Jun 2016 #26

Sorry but this is the babysitters fault Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #3

But if she didn't have a pool, this wouldn't have happened. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #5

Nope Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #7

All rifles combined including hunting rifles are involved with less than 400 deaths her year. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #10

so is this a gun point you are trying to make? newthinking Jun 2016 #15

No, but an innocent child can wander into your pool. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #18

This is a silly post newthinking Jun 2016 #21

I'm sure I'll be in good company. Private pool ownership should be banned. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #22

I don't know about your state but mine mandates a fence around your pool... Human101948 Jun 2016 #31

Or increase the liability of homeowners insurance... which it does. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #74

Actually, there are common sense laws for pool control that I would support. MH1 Jun 2016 #36

Yes; I know some places do have laws that you can't have a pool snot Jun 2016 #78

We now design cars around human error. Auto manufacturers used to blame pnwmom Jun 2016 #24

The babysitter needs to be prosecuted. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #8

Exactly bravenak Jun 2016 #51

Agreed; how the heck do you leave 3 and 5 yr olds alone w/ a pool that's taller than they are? snot Jun 2016 #77

is there any group out there that is against any regulations of pools JI7 Jun 2016 #9

Normally the problem pools are the in-ground pools. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #14

We need a ban on in-ground pools. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #16

And until they're banned, we'll rename them "assault pools". Just reading posts Jun 2016 #27

You should begin the movement should your sentiment actually be sincere. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #75

the reason these arguments don't work Enrique Jun 2016 #28

Baby gets eaten by dingo... Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #29

We've had a fairly constructive dialog on it that resulted in OSHA regulations for swimming pools Recursion Jun 2016 #30

Fortunately, there's no "NRA" for pools, so regulation is possible to make it better! Sancho Jun 2016 #32

YOU are the winner today! n/t phylny Jun 2016 #33

That's wrong. Nice try. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #41

There are plenty of regulations for home pools...and insurance policy mandates. Sancho Jun 2016 #46

+1 Raissa Jun 2016 #61

One wonders if a PAC has prevented the CDC from researching pool deaths. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #76

When somebody's pool manages to hunt people down and drown them en masse, we can discuss Heidi Jun 2016 #35

When has an inanimate object ever hunted anything down? Kang Colby Jun 2016 #39

Gun fetishes are disgusting. hunter Jun 2016 #37

No, 65 children die as a result of firearm accidents. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #38

Piss on guns. hunter Jun 2016 #40

Piss in pools. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #42

As I said, gun love is disgusting. hunter Jun 2016 #44

Pool love is disgusting. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #47

Total deaths of children, seventeen or younger, by drowning and by firearms, 2000-2014: struggle4progress Jun 2016 #62

from respecttheblankie.com 9/19/2015 plcdude Jun 2016 #82

Well, aren't you cute? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #52

Tragic story Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #53

Seems to be this poster's MO Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #55

Preciousssssss Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #57

My bad. He actually tried to compare guns with bicycles. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2016 #72

Why not just require locking pool covers? MohRokTah Jun 2016 #56

That time that guy walked into an elementary school and killed twenty 6 year olds with a pool? Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #58

My neighbors have a pool like that. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2016 #59

How dare he have things in his backyard! REP Jun 2016 #66

It's dangerous in this neighborhood . leftyladyfrommo Jun 2016 #71

Is this supposed to offset the harm gun fanciers cause in our society. Sorry, there's Hoyt Jun 2016 #60

Of course it is .... it also ignores local ordinances related to zoning and building etherealtruth Jun 2016 #63

Thanks. The OP is a gun proponent. Hope some day we have as many restrictions for gunz as pools. Hoyt Jun 2016 #67

Yep n/t etherealtruth Jun 2016 #68

Horrible but don't more kids malaise Jun 2016 #65

And, you posted this thread because gunz, not because of swimming poolz Electric Monk Jun 2016 #69

pretty low even for the usual ammosexual shitbaggery. KG Jun 2016 #70

Don't forget that guy who carried a pool into a club and drowned 49 people Orrex Jun 2016 #79

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