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5. In America, it's easier to get a gun than get help

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 12:05 AM

Nov 2017

These events will continue to occur with great regularity. The Columbine shootings, which so transfixed the nation, don't even make the top 10 deadliest events anymore.

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Texas shooter's ex-wife: 'Demons ... hatred' consumed him [View all] n2doc Nov 2017 OP

There are lots of armed people in this country consumed by demons/hatred. Yet, gun manufacturers, Hoyt Nov 2017 #1

And Devin is the exact kind of mind that the NRA attracts. Initech Nov 2017 #2

Exactly. As one of the lower-kill-rate mass shooters put it -- "Guns make me feel powerful." Hoyt Nov 2017 #3

But since the government cant unlock his phone, lets pretend we dont know what halpened jberryhill Nov 2017 #4

In America, it's easier to get a gun than get help gratuitous Nov 2017 #5

I heard she went back and forth with him LeftInTX Nov 2017 #6

You must be talking about the second wife, the OP refers to the first wife. cwydro Nov 2017 #7

OK....thanks! LeftInTX Nov 2017 #10

Knew they would find a way to blame the woman for his brutal actions. boston bean Nov 2017 #8

I'm surprised it took this long. yardwork Nov 2017 #9