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haveahart

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39. I can't even talk about this subject withoutmshaking. We can do much better at gun control

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:16 PM

Oct 2017

on so many levels but the very suggestion brings out the crazies. I am done with this subject. As soon as trump rescinded Obama's EO on denying guns to people with documented mental illness you just had to know there is no hope for the US.

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There's no sure way to protect against a lone shooter like this guy. [View all] Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 OP

YES. #1 LuckyCharms Oct 2017 #1

Agree... LovingA2andMI Oct 2017 #2

my prediction... Javaman Oct 2017 #3

"you think I'm kidding?" Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #4

it's so sad. Javaman Oct 2017 #6

Third Option: Create a society that does not provide fertile territory for Doodley Oct 2017 #5

I guess nobody wants to admit this is the fact in the world as it is today. Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #7

Melt them all. NewDem17 Oct 2017 #8

You start by outlawing guns. Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #9

What happens NewDem17 Oct 2017 #12

Look at Australia. Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #14

Different cultures Calculating Oct 2017 #18

Right, a culture where human lives are more important than profits of gun manufacturers. cos dem Oct 2017 #34

First we get rid of the Second sarisataka Oct 2017 #11

Lots reasons not try. Stinky The Clown Oct 2017 #13

If winning means sarisataka Oct 2017 #38

He wasn't alone loyalsister Oct 2017 #10

You can ban assault weapons and have background checks. louis c Oct 2017 #15

I agree! SalviaBlue Oct 2017 #37

I honestly think this is a cultural issue Willie Pep Oct 2017 #16

I think it's all the same from the media Calculating Oct 2017 #19

That is a very good point. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #21

guns/gun owner has gone up, though maxsolomon Oct 2017 #22

That is also a good point. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #23

The easy availability of guns is a huge problem in this country, but I agree with you that there smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #35

#1 will never happen Calculating Oct 2017 #17

THIS IS NOT BINARY OPPOSITION TIME maxsolomon Oct 2017 #20

EXACTLY SHRED Oct 2017 #29

Option 1 isn't going to happen. Crunchy Frog Oct 2017 #24

You could lose the state of Delaware to gun violence... Baconator Oct 2017 #25

Unfortunately it's the desire to kill a bunch of people that is evil, not the guns.. EX500rider Oct 2017 #26

Nah, it's the guns. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #28

What gun did Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel use? Marengo Oct 2017 #31

sigh Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #33

Melt em Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #27

We can start treating gun fetishes as an abnormal behavior. hunter Oct 2017 #30

Been saying it for years... Comatose Sphagetti Oct 2017 #32

No solution as long as you can own and buy guns. Most mass shooters get guns legally. nt USALiberal Oct 2017 #36

I can't even talk about this subject withoutmshaking. We can do much better at gun control haveahart Oct 2017 #39