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Gun Control & RKBA

GreenStormCloud

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6. 50 of those 80 were suicides and would have commited suicide some other way.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Oct 13, 2012, 04:57 PM

Oct 2012

In the other 25 that were murders, the murderer would have used something else, like a knife or club. The victim would still be dead.

Three of those deaths are from either law inforcements or an armed citizen defending themselves from violent criminals, and I don't mourn the passing of a thug.

Two of those were accidents. Sad, but with a nation of 312 million there will be some accidents.

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The Human Cost of the Second Amendment [View all] SecularMotion Oct 2012 OP

there is a logical fallacy for that. gejohnston Oct 2012 #1

Many a prohibitionist movement was given birth in the emergency room. Then died there. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2012 #3

didn't you read? That's the risk we take for owning things. ileus Oct 2012 #13

from The Opinionator ? Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2012 #4

Gun fans simply don't care. WHen humans get in the way of sacred bullets, it's the humans' fault. MotherPetrie Oct 2012 #5

Would you want some cheese with that wine???? nt virginia mountainman Oct 2012 #7

The Whaaaa-mbulance will arrive shortly after the Thought Police. PavePusher Oct 2012 #11

50 of those 80 were suicides and would have commited suicide some other way. GreenStormCloud Oct 2012 #6

It's a cost I'm not willing to take, that's why I carry. ileus Oct 2012 #8

Spare me . . . Surf Fishing Guru Oct 2012 #9

+1. Good smackdown to a whiny appeal to emotion there. friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #14

Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools slackmaster Oct 2012 #10

I see nothing in the Second Amendment or the rest of the Constitution.... PavePusher Oct 2012 #12

This just in: "People die from guns!" Story at 11. Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #15

The Human cost of NOT having a Second Amendment Francis Marion Oct 2012 #16

+1000 Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #17

Some people think all that stuff is made up and fabricated. Remmah2 Oct 2012 #18

guns don't kill people, criminals kill people and criminals don't obey gun laws, be they old or new. trouble.smith Oct 2012 #19