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Gun Control & RKBA

Nuclear Unicorn

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11. If "estimates" are a problem how is it that you speak with such certainty that offenses

Reply to Matrosov (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 07:04 PM

Jul 2015

outnumber DGUs?

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If gun control really is about sympathy for the victims [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 OP

From another OP discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2015 #1

Don't see any sympathy from the gun control side for people murdered by other then a gun either Lurks Often Jul 2015 #2

And if gun control was truly about sympathy for the victims........ pablo_marmol Jul 2015 #3

Well, it would end at some point shadowrider Jul 2015 #4

"Do they only have moral value if they're raped, murdered, robbed and/or beaten?" Shamash Jul 2015 #5

While there is sympathy Matrosov Jul 2015 #6

If only you could find a reality in which that was true Shamash Jul 2015 #7

The problem is estimation Matrosov Jul 2015 #8

THe US is ranked 108th out of 218 countries for intentional homicide rates worldwide Lurks Often Jul 2015 #9

No, it is not a problem of estimation Shamash Jul 2015 #10

If "estimates" are a problem how is it that you speak with such certainty that offenses Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #11

They hate guns with a passion. MicaelS Jul 2015 #12

I can't help but recommend this, it's very true AuntPatsy Jul 2015 #13

Gun Control is about CONTROL....nothing else. ileus Jul 2015 #14

From what I have seen from some controllers, it is more about taking advantage of tragedy... Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #15

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