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sylvi

(813 posts)
5. You mean a dozen bystanders weren't mowed down in the process?
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:03 AM
Apr 2013

That's what I keep hearing - you can't use a gun in a public venue without it turning into a Quentin Tarantino movie.

Not only is this a guns-as-solution-to-guns story Loudly Apr 2013 #1
removing guns doesnt mean something like this wouldn't happen with other weapons bossy22 Apr 2013 #3
Repeat: This story doesn't happen. Loudly Apr 2013 #4
No, without a gun, no one gets shot. Straw Man Apr 2013 #32
Apparently he's one of the chosen few. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #41
Hammers at ten paces? nt rdharma Apr 2013 #6
Sure. Hammers can kill. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #63
How would you suggest Jenoch Apr 2013 #8
Treat them like we treat child pornography. With intolerance. Loudly Apr 2013 #11
there would be no call to ban cameras gejohnston Apr 2013 #12
The contraband is the thing which is dangerous in and of itself. Loudly Apr 2013 #13
not how it works gejohnston Apr 2013 #15
Contraband and contraband. Loudly Apr 2013 #17
guns sole purpose is to kill - cameras have a purpose other than porn DrDan Apr 2013 #26
A camera records an image of whatever is in front of it. petronius Apr 2013 #29
play with your rhetoric all you like - the purpose of a gun is to kill DrDan Apr 2013 #30
The purpose of a camera is to capture images kudzu22 Apr 2013 #64
you are making the "good" vs "evil" claim - not me DrDan Apr 2013 #65
You're implying that all killing is evil kudzu22 Apr 2013 #66
you are just reading into my posts what you want to read - I know there DrDan Apr 2013 #69
but an individual using a gun for defense is what? gejohnston Apr 2013 #70
is it good or evil? DrDan Apr 2013 #71
since the trial hasn't happened yet gejohnston Apr 2013 #72
agree - however the truth seems to often be stretched to justify "necessity" DrDan Apr 2013 #75
not in the police investigation gejohnston Apr 2013 #80
Killing isn't always bad. N/T GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #67
I never claimed it was DrDan Apr 2013 #68
That was your implication. GreenStormCloud Apr 2013 #73
well - you know what "assume" means - and I appreciate you not putting words in my mouth DrDan Apr 2013 #74
So is the solution to child pornography to ban digital cameras? spin Apr 2013 #23
almost right Duckhunter935 Apr 2013 #27
I should have said, "banning digital cameras with a tripod or an external flash." (n/t) spin Apr 2013 #38
You don't need to own a camera or have access to children Loudly Apr 2013 #31
So do you feel all guns are evil? ... spin Apr 2013 #37
So you reserve the right to engage in armed rebellion. Loudly Apr 2013 #45
Yup, you're Shares. Straw Man Apr 2013 #48
Look inward, friend. Why do you walk the earth? To advocate convenient murder? Loudly Apr 2013 #50
I look inward daily, friend. Straw Man Apr 2013 #51
I'm not alerting on that blatant name calling. Loudly Apr 2013 #52
You're not alerting ... Straw Man Apr 2013 #55
You called me names. Ignorantly, I might add. Loudly Apr 2013 #57
Not frustrated. Straw Man Apr 2013 #58
I understand that you want to clear the field of opposing arguments. Loudly Apr 2013 #59
why zombie instead of reincarnate? gejohnston Apr 2013 #53
Wouldn't a more effective analogy equate the images to a corpse? Bazinga Apr 2013 #39
Contraband. Straw Man Apr 2013 #33
"Just make guns and ammo generally unavailable." Lizzie Poppet Apr 2013 #9
Wasn't it you who used to pipoman Apr 2013 #14
Do you think this story supports an argument favoring guns and ammo in the hands of the public? Loudly Apr 2013 #16
I don't think it is a very good arguement against it.. pipoman Apr 2013 #19
You could have stopped with the observation that Loudly Apr 2013 #21
So a criminal without a gun is no threat to others? pipoman Apr 2013 #22
Begone, zombie. Straw Man Apr 2013 #35
Can I use this when I respond to Loudly/Shares United going forward? CokeMachine Apr 2013 #42
Feel free. Straw Man Apr 2013 #44
The father neither stopped the robbers nor captured them...gun immaterial JoeBlowToo Apr 2013 #28
Zombie. Straw Man Apr 2013 #34
That's the Shares that I know and love!! CokeMachine Apr 2013 #40
The person who would have been the next victim of this criminal probably appreciates it fredzachmane Apr 2013 #60
No doubt. But it sounds very much Loudly Apr 2013 #61
Hear's guessing the robber ... holdencaufield Apr 2013 #2
You mean a dozen bystanders weren't mowed down in the process? sylvi Apr 2013 #5
I "LOVE" Tarantino movies! holdencaufield Apr 2013 #10
Check out the donut shop scene in "Boogie Nights." Loudly Apr 2013 #18
I guess they ended up going to Krispy Kreme that night. sylvi Apr 2013 #20
Yes. Straw Man Apr 2013 #36
Sounds like you're entirely familiar with the scene to which I refer. Loudly Apr 2013 #46
Begone, zombie. Straw Man Apr 2013 #47
If you're out of arguments, I'll take that as admission of defeat. Loudly Apr 2013 #49
I already gave the arguments the last time ... Straw Man Apr 2013 #54
This is your fallback? Movies? AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #62
What, can't you read???? Revanchist Apr 2013 #24
Very good!! CokeMachine Apr 2013 #43
that's awesome. Good for him. nt bubbayugga Apr 2013 #7
what's not to like? quadrature Apr 2013 #25
I've been to that Burger King. No more. mia Apr 2013 #56
"headed for the door" HockeyMom Apr 2013 #76
I was about to ask the same thing. If the robber was headed toward the door, how was he madmom Apr 2013 #77
I doubt SYG would apply if the suspect was leaving. kudzu22 Apr 2013 #78
has nothing to do with Florida's SYG gejohnston Apr 2013 #79
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