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In reply to the discussion: Guns in America: For every criminal killed in self-defense, 34 innocent people die [View all]SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)20. You'll notice that AC commented on the article without making any personal attacks
or whining about the content.
It's too bad more gunners can't conduct themselves in the same manner, instead of disrupting threads.
My personal opinion is that the most disruptive people on this website are certain long-termers with tens of thousands of posts. I kind of wish we all expected greater accountability and responsibility from ourselves.
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Guns in America: For every criminal killed in self-defense, 34 innocent people die [View all]
SecularMotion
Jul 2015
OP
The pro-gun side can't *not* attack the messenger. It's part and parcel of the personality matrix...
villager
Jul 2015
#7
OK. Well, in a thread where *that's actually the topic being discussed*, I may list the guns/models
villager
Jul 2015
#87
You are totally oblivious to the irony of your meta-whining posts, aren't you?
SecularMotion
Jul 2015
#4
You'll notice that AC commented on the article without making any personal attacks
SecularMotion
Jul 2015
#20
One fact ties together all the intentional and unintentional gun deaths & injuries.
SecularMotion
Jul 2015
#35
Writing X number of anti-gun screeds within X amt of time is a job requirement at WaPo.
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#28
How many times were guns used defensively without the attacker being killed and why
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#41
maybe they wouldn't have died if they had a gun to defend themselves with?
the band leader
Jul 2015
#89