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sellitman

(11,745 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2012, 12:33 PM Jul 2012

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RT @bretech2: In one yr, GUNS murdered 35 in Australia, 39 in England & Wales, 194 in Germany, 200 in Canada, &

9,484 in t/United States.

Great Job NRA!

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We're #1! We're #1! JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #1

USA! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! Scuba Jul 2012 #2

K&R 99Forever Jul 2012 #3

Fuck the NRA flamingdem Jul 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #9

Gee, that's weird permatex Jul 2012 #12

Who says only the U.S. government gets to say? Hissyspit Jul 2012 #13

He says it is a terrorist org. permatex Jul 2012 #14

I don't know. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #21

Well... I'd wonder how this stacks up in the homeland security department. calimary Jul 2012 #27

Excellent post. thucythucy Jul 2012 #48

Your arguing from emotion, not from fact permatex Jul 2012 #53

That doesn't mean we'll give up trying, permatex. calimary Jul 2012 #57

Only if you go back to the quill and ink used in that time. permatex Jul 2012 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #39

Just countering you false statements. permatex Jul 2012 #41

Neither have I. But I *do* have an *opinion* on the matter. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #15

God save us from the day stating simple fact is "sticking up for the Right Wing" Bucky Jul 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #40

Why does it sound like a freeper forum there? permatex Jul 2012 #43

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #44

That's it? That's all you got? permatex Jul 2012 #45

Just as I thought permatex Jul 2012 #50

I am surprised it is that high in Germany tandot Jul 2012 #5

Perhaps some of that number were American armed services people. A Simple Game Jul 2012 #7

Germany has 80 plus million people thucythucy Jul 2012 #49

I live in Germany DFW Jul 2012 #63

That is interesting. I didn't know that. tandot Jul 2012 #68

They went too far, too fast DFW Jul 2012 #69

How very, very sad. polmaven Jul 2012 #6

Gun love is akin to another fundamentalist religion in this country. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #8

I agree sellitman Jul 2012 #46

American Exceptionalism ErikJ Jul 2012 #10

God damn. Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #11

Keep up the good work!! ramikin Jul 2012 #16

9,484 gun deaths in the US = "Good Work" to you? Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #18

In the past 20 years it's dropped by half. krispos42 Jul 2012 #25

Wow, look at that big drop in the 90's... Scootaloo Jul 2012 #26

Roe vs. Wade krispos42 Jul 2012 #28

The argument that women have been aborting violent criminals for the last 40 years undeterred Jul 2012 #51

Which is far more plausable than saying the Assault Weapons Ban did anything krispos42 Jul 2012 #61

I'm trying to figure out if you're yanking my chain Scootaloo Jul 2012 #56

Low unemployment rate? Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2012 #54

I don't think you can link the lapse of the assault weapons ban to the drop in gun deaths. Bucky Jul 2012 #22

I dunno... I see some pretty good evidence that it is happening quakerboy Jul 2012 #37

... Bucky Jul 2012 #38

Mathematical proof that we are drowning in Star Trek phasers? chknltl Jul 2012 #55

Maybe we're just better shots than all those other countries. tclambert Jul 2012 #17

Too many guns in the hands of too many idiots magic59 Jul 2012 #19

The stupid, it burns. krispos42 Jul 2012 #23

Try murdering 12 people and injuring 59 with a knife. Just sayin'. nt laundry_queen Jul 2012 #30

A movie theater and an icepick. krispos42 Jul 2012 #31

You're just being silly now MattBaggins Jul 2012 #34

I am being serious. krispos42 Jul 2012 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #42

That scenario would assume one person per row Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #52

I'm saying it could be done. krispos42 Jul 2012 #64

Intentional homicide rate in the US is four or five times that of Europe Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #32

Still, our non-gun homicide rate is as high or higher than their total homicide rate krispos42 Jul 2012 #33

Yes...a rope, the weapon of choice of most mass murderers.... sellitman Jul 2012 #47

A logical leap that I never made. krispos42 Jul 2012 #62

The NRA is so saturated with Fear Freak Overcompensators Berlum Jul 2012 #24

total scardey cats Lex Jul 2012 #59

This makes sense because there are absolutely no other differences 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #29

No one claimed there was no difference. nt Lex Jul 2012 #60

By making a direct comparison and blaming precisely 1 variable 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #65

So your theory is everyone thinks all those countries are precisely Lex Jul 2012 #66

I believe people will conveniently ignore those differences 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #67

Checking the numbers quakerboy Jul 2012 #36