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Hoyt

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7. Sadly, our gun culture cares little about the indirect effects of their need for more and more guns.
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 09:13 AM
Aug 2012

As long as an American gun lover can get another gun to add to their collection/cache, that is all that matters -- the heck with Mexico and anyone else.

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U.S. Guns, The Awful, Shocking Truth [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2012 OP
You can't buy full-auto in the U.S GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #1
Correction: You can buy full auto in the US... but it is highly regulated and $$$. OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #5
Nice to know it's all about money. Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #34
What else whould be about? OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #35
"...and submitted for tracing..." slackmaster Aug 2012 #2
Of the men typing at my keyboard, 100% are me! That must be significant, somehow. n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #30
Extremely misleading statistic (re: 70% of mexican guns come from US) OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #3
I'm curious how many of those made in America guns were sold to the Mexican military/police 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #10
The claim use to be 90% of those submitted for tracing were from US -- we're improving nicely aikoaiko Aug 2012 #4
some news organizations can't be taken seriously based on the names gejohnston Aug 2012 #6
Sadly, our gun culture cares little about the indirect effects of their need for more and more guns. Hoyt Aug 2012 #7
Replace the word "Gun" with "Drugs" and you might have a point DonP Aug 2012 #11
You are right, we need to relax drug laws and restrict guns severely. Hoyt Aug 2012 #29
Why is Canada not suffering the same fate? 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #20
Simply put - Canadians aren't into buying, hoarding, carrying guns prized by "cold blooded killers." Hoyt Aug 2012 #21
Ah so it's culture, not gun availability and proximity to US gun-shows 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #22
US gun shows do most of their damage here. Hoyt Aug 2012 #23
Not really 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #24
Lax gun laws enable, and in fact spur, some folks to do bad things. Hoyt Aug 2012 #26
so how do you explain Mexico gejohnston Aug 2012 #27
So we should enact stricter laws, like Mexico 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #28
Do people still buy this lie? ID10TS... ileus Aug 2012 #8
So sharing a long open border with the gun-happy US is the cause of all that violence? 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #9
By the OP's logic, Canada should be a bloodbath. rDigital Aug 2012 #13
You sure are good at copy and post opinion pieces. rl6214 Aug 2012 #12
You sure are good at disrupting threads. SecularMotion Aug 2012 #14
He was just pointing out your bad posting behavior. ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #15
It's a news item that concerns US gun policy. SecularMotion Aug 2012 #16
You have an odd definition of disrupting. ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #17
"Thread Disrupting" is posting off-topic comments in order to steer the discussion away from the OP SecularMotion Aug 2012 #18
Penalty for not actually starting the conversation! ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #19
What have you learned of benefit to society from Colorado shooting? Hoyt Aug 2012 #25
I've been reminded, again, tortoise1956 Aug 2012 #31
Whe going to popular movies: wear a bulletproof vest under my shirt and carry a gun. OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #36
If called upon to stand and deliver HALO141 Aug 2012 #39
If you don't have a comment to make about the article, then don't start the thread. rl6214 Aug 2012 #38
If it bothers you so much, please put me on ignore or don't click on my threads SecularMotion Aug 2012 #40
Oh no, much to fun to watch you spit and sputter rl6214 Aug 2012 #41
It's opinion, not news. HALO141 Aug 2012 #33
Drive-by posts. Simo 1939_1940 Aug 2012 #32
How can it be disrupting your thread, when you made no comments rl6214 Aug 2012 #37
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