Gun Control & RKBA

Remmah2

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16. Great, make life more dangerous for kids.

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 11:41 PM

Dec 2011

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html

Texting while driving fatalities on the rise, firearm fatality accidents on the decline.

FAIL!

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Gun fires from girl's purse in Cheyenne Starbucks [View all] SecularMotion Dec 2011 OP

A father gives his under 18 year old daughter a handgun to carry for protection... spin Dec 2011 #1

Sure -- let's glamorize guns so every kid will want to carry one just like a cell phone. Hoyt Dec 2011 #5

You really need to take a position on training and stick to it. PavePusher Dec 2011 #6

As long as training shows a lot of photos/videos of babies shot, innocent kids shot, suicide, etc. Hoyt Dec 2011 #7

You pay for, I'll watch it. PavePusher Dec 2011 #11

Amen. ellisonz Dec 2011 #13

A fair and balanced discussion? AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #33

Yes. It is important to teach people to be able to feel safe without a gun. DanTex Dec 2011 #20

I think it is more important that gejohnston Dec 2011 #49

You sound like a pro-lifer DissedByBush Dec 2011 #23

Immediately what I thought of as well. Union Scribe Dec 2011 #25

Driver training used to include a lot of gory films. Hoyt Dec 2011 #27

And that obviously worked well. Union Scribe Dec 2011 #36

I saw those old "Suicide Club" movies. Gone! over 50 yrs. ago. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #39

Yeah, I remember those. BiggJawn Dec 2011 #52

Yea, look what all that "training" and gun revelry did to you. Hoyt Dec 2011 #26

What did it do to me? DissedByBush Dec 2011 #29

What did it do to him, hoyt? beevul Dec 2011 #32

...add me as another curious party. nt Union Scribe Dec 2011 #35

Now's your chance, Hoyt: Tell us. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #40

Pro-lifer? You guys sound quite right wing too. In fact, "gun culture" is largely right wing. Hoyt Dec 2011 #28

"Gun culture" is neither wing DissedByBush Dec 2011 #30

Eleanor Roosevelt? "ring wing?" Such powers of conferrence from a .38 nt SteveW Dec 2011 #41

I was thinking like McVeigh, Weaver, KKK, TParty, NRA, compound dwellers, Cheney, Perry, Palin, etc. Hoyt Dec 2011 #43

So you weren't thinking of Fannie Lou Hammer either? SteveW Dec 2011 #44

I'm more concerned about those who have to strap a gun or two on before venturing out. Hoyt Dec 2011 #47

Or the Pink Pistols, the gay gun rights group? DissedByBush Dec 2011 #45

Or the Deacons for Defense and Justice? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #46

And all those people piss, too. BiggJawn Dec 2011 #53

I nominate that one for a GUFY (or at least a DUfus) award. Fair Witness Dec 2011 #51

That's training for ME's, we're talking safe handling and use training. ileus Dec 2011 #38

Not teaching kids about firearms doesn't reduce the glamor... spin Dec 2011 #12

It is an odd moment when you realize the conditioning... Callisto32 Dec 2011 #31

Good points. Most of these games are no Hogan's Alley. nt SteveW Dec 2011 #42

Great, make life more dangerous for kids. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #16

Always room for improvement. Hoyt Dec 2011 #17

By the twisted logic theorem we need to ban cars. nt Remmah2 Dec 2011 #19

No. But we can help next generation realize we are better off without guns, especially in public. Hoyt Dec 2011 #22

More efficient transportation does sound good DissedByBush Dec 2011 #37

What exactly is a more efficient gun -- something that makes it even easier to shoot someone? Hoyt Dec 2011 #48

I for one would like to rid them of powder, or at least clean it up DissedByBush Dec 2011 #50

Naw, doesn't happen according to "gun culture" propaganda. Hoyt Dec 2011 #2

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The only ones who every say it "never happens" are the anti-gun folks. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #9

Holster, Holster, Holster... ileus Dec 2011 #3

Being a Derringer-type pistol did not help any either. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #8

Shouldn't someone lose their right to carry for this for a year or so? Logical Dec 2011 #10

The girl did not have the right to carry in the first place. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #15

Frankly, I'd rather see the father charged with a crime... ellisonz Dec 2011 #14

Sounds reasonable to me. (n/t) spin Dec 2011 #18

What happened here is a criminal offense for the parent in many states DissedByBush Dec 2011 #24

They both committed a crime. AtheistCrusader Dec 2011 #34

rude gun firing itself in public... ileus Dec 2011 #21