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Peter cotton

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25. It would be extraordinarily difficult to eradicate humanity.

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 11:06 AM

Mar 2013

There are all sorts of things that could wipe out civilization; nuclear war, massive climate change...but violence on a personal level isn't going to cause our extinction.

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Police: 4 people shot, 1 fatally, in Coney Island [View all] baldguy Mar 2013 OP

Details? AWB? Gang violence? Drugs? Skip Intro Mar 2013 #1

One person died out of four shot because the perp did NOT have a mbperrin Mar 2013 #2

you don't need a high powered rifle to kill many bossy22 Mar 2013 #31

So you have no objection to banning rifles of all sorts because they are not any more mbperrin Mar 2013 #32

Criminal gun owners get their guns from legal gun owners. But you knew that. baldguy Mar 2013 #3

I suppose in that area it could be Russian mafia. grasswire Mar 2013 #4

Disarm the criminals first? Tell that to Louisiana. nt SunSeeker Mar 2013 #6

Doing nothing is not the answer AndyA Mar 2013 #7

Thanks to the NRA and the gun nuts... primavera Mar 2013 #13

Wrong, you either didn't read it or are making things up. Lurks Often Mar 2013 #41

Speaking of not reading... primavera Mar 2013 #45

Your point. I read differently. n/t Lurks Often Mar 2013 #47

Can't hug mine. We had a spat, and she's sleeping in a separate box. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #5

Apply a little Hoppes No. 9, and all will be well..... (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #8

That's over doing it. I prefer Remoil. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #24

Who on DU opposes ALL gun control? One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #9

You haven't been paying attention, have you? baldguy Mar 2013 #11

That post is not a call for zero control. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #16

You've already admitted to views so far outside the mainstream that they don't deserve consideration baldguy Mar 2013 #17

So when you asserted that my post was against all gun control, you were incorrect, yes? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #21

Is that a "hamina hamina hamina", or an "I know you are but what am I"? baldguy Mar 2013 #26

So when you asserted that my post was against all gun control, you were incorrect, yes? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #28

It's just a message board dude snooper2 Mar 2013 #39

So they say primavera Mar 2013 #15

+1000 baldguy Mar 2013 #18

100% Background Checks One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #35

Indeed he has primavera Mar 2013 #36

Isn't New York wonderful. 3 people were shot and killed at an IHOP today! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #10

Not just NY BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #12

This must stop!!! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14

It won't. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #22

Mankind's inhumanity will be the end of us all if it does not stop. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #23

It would be extraordinarily difficult to eradicate humanity. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #25

"but violence on a personal level isn't going to cause our extinction." In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #27

I'll be happy to take that bet. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #29

I agree! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #30

I , just five years ago, barbaraj Mar 2013 #19

You could go further bossy22 Mar 2013 #33

perhaps the gangs should be barbaraj Mar 2013 #34

If only it had been raining guns that day. nt valerief Mar 2013 #20

Never answer the door to someone you don't know ileus Mar 2013 #37

You're more likely to be killed be someone you know than someone you don't know. baldguy Mar 2013 #38

So much for NYC's really restrictive gun laws preventing gun crime n/t Lurks Often Mar 2013 #40

Bullshit. You know as well as I do most illegal guns come from states with lax gun laws. baldguy Mar 2013 #42

Yawn Lurks Often Mar 2013 #43

Have you hugged your gun today? baldguy Mar 2013 #44

Not that nonsense again Lurks Often Mar 2013 #46