Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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14. Not to mention the Balkan war of 1912, 1914-1918, the Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1920,...

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 11:27 PM

Jun 2015

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...the Finnish-Soviet Winter War of 1939, and of course the charnel house that was 1939-1945

Granted, Europe has stretches when it's quite peacable- but when Europeans go haywire,
they go murderous in a big way

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In Europe, fewer mass killings due to culture not guns [View all] Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

"...AND NO guns". Fixed it! Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #1

Oh look, a useless provacative comment by Fred Sanders...but I repeat myself Shamash Jun 2015 #2

Yes part of the problem is allowing all those loners to have access to unlimited firepower... Human101948 Jun 2015 #4

Not really, you ignored the third paragraph: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author rainy Jun 2015 #30

Take heart Fred. The way you guys have been 'fixing' things lately hasn't gone unnoticed.N/T beevul Jun 2015 #5

What kind of "culture" immediately springs to the defence of guns, after a mass shooting? delrem Jun 2015 #6

"As if protecting gun rights is the most important thing - in fact the *only* thing." friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #7

"It's more a reaction to attempts to gin up a moral panic by those using tragedy as a cover. " delrem Jun 2015 #10

Do you see mass shootings as an opportune time to promote new gun control measures? friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #11

Yes, thats precisely what it is. beevul Jun 2015 #17

I say you're trying to deny the tragedy happened, delrem Jun 2015 #18

Of course you do. beevul Jun 2015 #19

You won't stop the discussion from taking place. delrem Jun 2015 #20

It would help the discussion greatly if you had informed yourself... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #22

Now you're just being snotty because your spin-doctoring was stopped cold. beevul Jun 2015 #36

Who was first in line to dump the usual gun-ban doctrines? Everytime. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #34

What kind of culture... Shamash Jun 2015 #9

Why are you so hepped about guns? delrem Jun 2015 #12

"Can't you get off your hobby-horse long enough to examine the facts, to examine the general... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #15

"violent racism and stochastic terrorism, not the technical methods used by racists/terrorists" delrem Jun 2015 #16

The Charleston attack was undoubtedly an act of violence fueled by racism... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #21

Of course it's not *your* problem. It's a stochastic problem! delrem Jun 2015 #23

It's *everybody's* problem- you, me, and everyone else friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #24

"Why are you so hepped about guns?" Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #32

Immediately? Hardly. Straw Man Jun 2015 #27

The kind that is responding to immediate cries for gun seizures krispos42 Jun 2015 #31

Europe doesn't have fewer mass killings Man from Pickens Jun 2015 #8

Does that give you a sense of satisfaction? delrem Jun 2015 #13

Why would it cross your mind to suggest that? Man from Pickens Jun 2015 #25

What a sick and insulting thing to say. You should be ashamed. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #33

"That roadsign up ahead! You have just entered the Hide-Proof Zone." Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #35

Not to mention the Balkan war of 1912, 1914-1918, the Soviet-Polish war of 1919-1920,... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #14

Wars are nations and ethnic groups going haywire. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #29

and this, The Cost of letting young people drift. elleng Jun 2015 #26

Yes. I have lived in societies in which hunting was pretty central to the life, and there JDPriestly Jun 2015 #28

This study should prompt a good discussion about why our culture is different. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #37