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vkkv

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15. Where is the anti-TAX crowd? I want to know exactly how much in tax dollars someone's right to bear
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:40 PM
Feb 2015

Imprison the parents for decades at a cost to the TEXAS tax payers - not the rest of the country.

Where is the anti-TAX crowd?

I want to know exactly how much in tax dollars someone's right to bear "ARMS" is COSTING ME.

How much are firearms costing us regarding police hours, gov't mental health care and therapy, prosecutor hours, government vehicles and insurance, gas, police health and injury paid leave, vehicle repairs, prison food, prison clothes, chains, water, court costs, judges salaries, district attorney pay, prison heat & electric, other court employees, jailer costs, court heating & electric, public defenders, hospitalization, welfare to victim's families, property liability insurance, coroner fees, cremation fees and other associated costs relating to gun crime??

I'm guessing the NRA isn't going to bring it up because the costs are way too much per person just so that some idiot can own an automatic or semi-automatic or repeating rounds weapon.

Call your Congressman and demand an economic study on the costs. DO IT.

Tell them to keep your tax dollars from covering the huge costs when some crazy gun owner loses it and shoots an assault weapon or handgun at someone.

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This is not an accident randr Feb 2015 #1
Gunz save lives! mikeysnot Feb 2015 #2
A three year old cannot have an "accident" with a loaded gun.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #3
Minimally criminal negligence, should be depraved indifference HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #5
fixed link thesquanderer Feb 2015 #4
negligent homicide Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #6
Link does not work. N/T Ineeda Feb 2015 #7
Very sad. I find the rationale/emotional disconnect in these shooting cases disturbing. annominous Feb 2015 #8
Ditto! man4allcats Feb 2015 #23
Jesus, Mary and Joseph shenmue Feb 2015 #9
There ya have it Plucketeer Feb 2015 #10
These poor little kids are the real victims of this gun mania. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2015 #11
NRA Slogan Geronimoe Feb 2015 #12
Well, I'll be ! father founding Feb 2015 #13
Well, waddya know! Paladin Feb 2015 #18
parents in these situations need to be prosecuted. negligent homicide. Enough kath Feb 2015 #14
Where is the anti-TAX crowd? I want to know exactly how much in tax dollars someone's right to bear vkkv Feb 2015 #15
Stupidity and fear... freebrew Feb 2015 #16
People Control, Not Gun Control Sancho Feb 2015 #17
Well conceived, sound ideas. Anything less is written to indulge the destructive lunatic fringe. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #19
Thanks. Keep posting this. The more folks that see it, the more LuckyLib Mar 2015 #24
Thanks...it's time to do something. Sancho Mar 2015 #28
Another responsible gun owner who "needs" the gun for "protection." valerief Feb 2015 #20
The parents should be shown pictures of the dead boy every day for the rest of their rotten lives. AlinPA Feb 2015 #21
If only the boy had had a gun............ lastlib Feb 2015 #22
That was my first thought too. Jamastiene Mar 2015 #27
asshole gun humpers are more upset by pricey ammo than dead kids Skittles Mar 2015 #25
I don't see why it is not considered a criminal act to let a baby play with a gun and kill himself. Jamastiene Mar 2015 #26
In many states it is a criminal act hack89 Mar 2015 #32
Maybe it was a boat accident? rock Mar 2015 #29
I still feel sick, yet this happens every day. mimi85 Mar 2015 #30
SECURE YOUR GODDAMN WEAPONS! nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #31
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