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Dr Adequate
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Message 4660 of 5179 (776452)
01-13-2016 5:56 PM
Reply to: Message 4659 by RAZD
01-13-2016 3:36 PM


Re: Another Isolated Incident, absolutely Isolated
OK, RAZD, I'll admit that occasionally guns are useful. But one or two cases like this don't disprove the general point.

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Message 4687 of 5179 (777145)
01-26-2016 5:49 PM


Oh Look, More Isolated Incidents
In an isolated incident, an eight-year-old boy shot his seven-year-old brother to death when their Responsible Gun Owner Parents left them in the car with a loaded gun.
In another isolated incident, an intoxicated Responsible Gun Owner opened fire because he was stuck in traffic ... behind a snow plow In a blizzard. Damn fools should have let him pass, I guess.

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Message 4693 of 5179 (777645)
02-04-2016 11:24 PM
Reply to: Message 4688 by Percy
02-02-2016 3:15 PM


Re: A Well Designed Gun
Adding electrical shock capability to a reasonably-sized handgun may be a bit advanced for current technology, but detection of unauthorized users is already possible and getting better. Any objections out there to guns that only fire for authorized users?
Yes, I mentioned this a few months back, but apparently gun nuts object to anything that might reduce gun deaths, whether it involves legislation, gun design, or just the application of basic common sense. Perhaps they'd be willing to consider a gun that can only be fired by drunks and toddlers.
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

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Message 4812 of 5179 (779920)
03-09-2016 12:22 PM


Responsible Gun Owner Shot In Isolated Incident
Pro-gun Jamie Gilt is shot by her four-year-old son in Putnam County, Florida | Daily Mail Online
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

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Message 4817 of 5179 (779929)
03-09-2016 3:03 PM
Reply to: Message 4815 by NoNukes
03-09-2016 2:33 PM


Re: Kansas This Time
Taking away guns simply because a fight occurred at a house really is not an acceptable idea.
Yeah, just because the police have been called out to prevent one person from hurting another, that doesn't mean it's a bad idea to leave them alone together with a lethal weapon. If anything, that would help them to settle their differences.

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Message 4827 of 5179 (780061)
03-10-2016 3:42 PM


Pennsylvania This Time
5 dead, 3 injured in a mass rat-poisoning, I'll read that again, it turns out that guns were involved.

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Message 4830 of 5179 (780304)
03-13-2016 11:39 PM


Responsible Rat-Poison Owner Accidentally Rat-Poisons Six People In Isolated Incident
Wait, no, it was a guy with a gun accidentally shooting people. My bad. It's just there's been so many isolated incidents of accidental rat-poisoning lately that I got all confused.
2 men, 4 children hurt at Ocala shooting range, deputies say

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Message 4862 of 5179 (780698)
03-19-2016 11:11 AM
Reply to: Message 4855 by ringo
03-18-2016 11:51 AM


Re: Responsible Rat-Poison Owner Accidentally Rat-Poisons Six People In Isolated Incident
I'm glad you asked. It means that it isn't the constitution that restrains the government from wielding unlimited power.
Your next question is, "Then what does?"
It depends. For example, why did Hitler get away with seizing unlimited power in Germany?
Because they amended the constitution.

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Message 4924 of 5179 (782390)
04-22-2016 4:36 PM
Reply to: Message 4922 by New Cat's Eye
04-22-2016 3:28 PM


Re: New study debunks NRA arguments
About twice as many people defended themselves against violent crime with a firearm than people who died from a firearm.
Now try comparing people defending themselves from crime with a firearm against people perpetrating crime with a firearm.

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Message 4928 of 5179 (782870)
04-29-2016 7:50 PM


This Year's 10000th Isolated Incident!

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Message 4935 of 5179 (784746)
05-22-2016 12:38 PM


Texas stepdad shot and killed 3-year-old for jumping on the bed
You know what we need to protect children from? Transsexuals!

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Message 4957 of 5179 (786722)
06-25-2016 9:12 PM


Responsible Gun Owner Of The Week
"It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away", wrote responsible gun owner Christy Sheats on her Facebook page this March.
Guess what she just murdered her daughters with?

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Message 4961 of 5179 (787105)
07-04-2016 12:35 AM
Reply to: Message 4960 by Coyote
07-03-2016 10:17 PM


Re: 113 and counting
There is no such thing as dangerous weapons, only dangerous people.
And yet it turns out that the dangerous people are more dangerous when they have guns than when they point their fingers at people and shout BANG.

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Message 4966 of 5179 (787140)
07-05-2016 9:45 AM
Reply to: Message 4960 by Coyote
07-03-2016 10:17 PM


Responsible Gun Owner Of The Week
There is no such thing as dangerous weapons, only dangerous people.
Florida father accidentally shoots and kills his 14-year-old son at ‘world’s safest’ gun range.
But I guess if he hadn't had a gun he'd have accidentally beaten his son to death with his bare hands.

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Message 4968 of 5179 (787144)
07-05-2016 11:30 AM
Reply to: Message 4967 by NoNukes
07-05-2016 10:46 AM


Re: Responsible Gun Owner Of The Week
That's very ... responsible ... of him.

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