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43. Guns are a cancer

Reply to heaven05 (Reply #38)

Sat Aug 3, 2013, 09:12 PM

Aug 2013

on our society, and those that carry them in public metastasize the disease.

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3 charged in shooting of 4-year-old girl [View all] onehandle Aug 2013 OP

this heaven05 Aug 2013 #1

How about the Chicago mayor pipoman Aug 2013 #2

How about the wild west mentality engendered by illegal drugs? hack89 Aug 2013 #8

that's heaven05 Aug 2013 #11

I don't associate "Bubba" with inner city gangs hack89 Aug 2013 #22

okay heaven05 Aug 2013 #37

Better background checks and a crack down on criminals. hack89 Aug 2013 #39

I don't really see a difference between "Bubba" and uhh... "insert stereotypical name here" Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2013 #40

As a member of the " New England Educated Professional Culture" hack89 Aug 2013 #42

The problems with "Southern Culture" and "Urban Culture" go far beyond guns Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2013 #48

Yet many here lump me into one big "gun culture" hack89 Aug 2013 #54

Agreed. Reasonable and safe gun ownership is possible and common. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #60

There are some sort of open secrets. Igel Aug 2013 #56

Just to be clear here, Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2013 #70

Bubba? Symbol of Chicago murder culture? not buying it. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #29

not heaven05 Aug 2013 #38

Guns are a cancer billh58 Aug 2013 #43

yep heaven05 Aug 2013 #51

I'll wait til I see the faces of the punks who do the killing... Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #45

well heaven05 Aug 2013 #55

A clear example of the smear and animosity used by controllers. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #64

you're heaven05 Aug 2013 #65

You don't make sense, now. Prejudice will do that. nt Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #69

When you're dealing billh58 Aug 2013 #71

"Cold dead hands?" Like Bill Maher? Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #75

Or the mayor could run on the Guns and Dope Party ticket. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #18

Most of the guns are being funneled in from Indiana gun shows. Chicago sounds like a war zone Heather MC Aug 2013 #50

The majority come from Illinois, followed by Indiana and Mississippi. hack89 Aug 2013 #53

Your picture doesn't match the story. In any event, I'm glad the girl is OK. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #3

to me heaven05 Aug 2013 #10

True. Bubba is (was) a problem, but is only tangentially related to this crime and this story. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #13

You're heaven05 Aug 2013 #16

I never meant to suggest that you, personally, were tying bubba to the crime. I agree with you. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #20

true heaven05 Aug 2013 #36

Bubba??? branford Aug 2013 #33

I guess heaven05 Aug 2013 #35

I have been to some pretty hopeless places in the world, Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2013 #41

This is a case where I hope they are tried as adults. jwirr Aug 2013 #4

Ditto. That was a despicable crime. n/t RebelOne Aug 2013 #6

And this Red Knight Aug 2013 #5

Glad the cops got them Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #7

There is this "Don't snitch" campaign going on in some communities. Archae Aug 2013 #9

Giving the police information can get you killed in some neighborhoods.. KinMd Aug 2013 #46

Poverty Is For Poor People grilled onions Aug 2013 #17

All 3 are probably NRA members and Zimmerman supporters. HolyMoley Aug 2013 #12

Didn't even look at the story, did you? nt dorkulon Aug 2013 #15

No. They are subjects of the 'trickle down' effect of gun nuttery. onehandle Aug 2013 #23

they probably are. samsingh Aug 2013 #26

I doubt it. Read the story next time. 840high Aug 2013 #27

Uh huh.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2013 #32

Definitely did not even click on the link, did they... NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #34

no heaven05 Aug 2013 #74

Wow ...so uhm it's not just Florida huh. When does the Chicago boycott begin? n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #14

Shooting children - that is SOOOOOOOOOO sick. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #19

Carrying guns in Chicago is illegal. HAVING them is illegal. Just like where you live. 7962 Aug 2013 #30

"SO whats different about where you are and Chicago I wonder?" ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #31

Right. So there are NO guns. (for the most part) Just like England 7962 Aug 2013 #44

A difference may be that the laws against gun-carrying gang members in Chicago have been lax. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #59

What I was trying to say ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #62

Including Switzerland? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #63

Switzerland does not have a standing army - it's preparation for defense is a private militia. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #66

Stay on topic. Switzerland has the world�s third-highest number of privately held guns per person, AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #67

"handguns" ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #68

They Used To Call It A War Zone grilled onions Aug 2013 #21

So time to arm kids now? alp227 Aug 2013 #24

GZ defense: "The girl looked suspicious-like. She coulda been wearing a suicide bomb or somethin'. valerief Aug 2013 #25

Yup. Igel Aug 2013 #57

I was thinking more gun-loving vigilanteism. What's the sense of having a gun valerief Aug 2013 #61

guns are enabling this type of crime samsingh Aug 2013 #28

What if Laquan, Tyrese, and Roosevelt had been stopped and frisked prior to the shooting..just askin KinMd Aug 2013 #47

and people want to disarm citizens... ileus Aug 2013 #49

Were they "standing their ground?" tabasco Aug 2013 #52

So "Bubba" is with this story because he's just symbolic for you. Igel Aug 2013 #58

I blame Chicago's gun culture. Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #72

I heaven05 Aug 2013 #73