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Guns kill, they're designed to kill, they have no other use (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 OP
Death spewers.....beans and bike wheels are all you need. ileus Feb 2016 #1
I've moved the seasonal decorations and out of season clothes... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #2
Cops have them rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #3
Cops have them to defend themselves, not to kill people. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #4
Lol whut? rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #6
Cops aren't trained to kill, they're trained to shoot until the threat is neutralized. GGJohn Feb 2016 #9
How many videos would you like me to link for you? daleanime Mar 2016 #30
You can link to your heart's desire, GGJohn Mar 2016 #31
So the killing doesn't matter? daleanime Mar 2016 #40
Not what I said, and you know that. GGJohn Mar 2016 #42
and not just cops Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #48
True, GGJohn Mar 2016 #49
You seem a bit angry discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #5
Me? You think? rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #7
I don't recall... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #8
You focus on mass shootings? Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #17
Geeeez, Calm down and cheer up DonP Feb 2016 #10
LOL, GGJohn Feb 2016 #11
!!! pablo_marmol Feb 2016 #14
My handguns were designed to save lives. ileus Feb 2016 #12
More likely to take mine than save it. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #22
You really need to talk to somebody about those unfounded fears of inanimate objects DonP Mar 2016 #23
Will you call out the person I responded to about the idea that inanimate objects will save his MillennialDem Mar 2016 #24
Easy; He's right, you're wrong DonP Mar 2016 #25
I bet I never meet you. ileus Mar 2016 #26
That's also likely that I never meet you. Do you plan on attacking me or my family? MillennialDem Mar 2016 #27
You stated my PDS would harm you in some way. ileus Mar 2016 #28
I merely said it was more likely you would hurt me than help me with it. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #29
Anyone who is honest with themselves... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #34
Yeah right. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #35
FYI Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #32
I see that our anti RKBA&GC alert squad is out in force today. GGJohn Mar 2016 #33
Efforts to squelch... of any kind, speak for themselves discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #41
I didn't alert, FYI. I've never alerted a single post here. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #36
Just for the record... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #37
I think duckhunter thinks I did, but could be wrong. That said, what I said MillennialDem Mar 2016 #38
Opinions should always be respected... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #39
what a hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate alert. ileus Mar 2016 #47
Could you please... Puha Ekapi Feb 2016 #13
Must not be designed very well. beardown Mar 2016 #20
"I let my subscription to Angry Ammosexual lapse last year. " beergood Mar 2016 #21
My guns must be broken. All they do is shoot paper targets. Waldorf Feb 2016 #15
A wide spread problem discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #16
My gun works perfectly... CompanyFirstSergeant Mar 2016 #18
Yeah....so were bows and arrows, spears and swords Press Virginia Mar 2016 #19
are you sure? it may be broken... n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #45
5 of us went to the neighbors farm this evening....not one person was killed. ileus Mar 2016 #43
no deaths would indicate... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #44
Oh no...do I have to have the death chip installed? ileus Mar 2016 #46

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
2. I've moved the seasonal decorations and out of season clothes...
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:22 AM
Feb 2016

...and I'm hiding in that closet from all the GUNZZZZ!

 

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)
3. Cops have them
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:34 AM
Feb 2016

to kill people.

Your point is illogical. Handguns in particular are designed to kill people.

That's why every ammosexual moron middle aged male emasculated angry MRA type wants to carry one in Walmart.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
9. Cops aren't trained to kill, they're trained to shoot until the threat is neutralized.
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:53 AM
Feb 2016

You really have no clue whatsoever about police training.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
31. You can link to your heart's desire,
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 10:28 AM
Mar 2016

the fact is that in the academy, cops are trained to shoot until the threat is neutralized, not trained to kill.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
42. Not what I said, and you know that.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 12:26 PM
Mar 2016

I said cops aren't trained to kill, they're trained in the academy to shoot until the threat is no longer a threat.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
49. True,
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 06:39 PM
Mar 2016

I should have added that, but the controllers won't believe it, they think we're just a bunch of yahoos waiting to kill someone.

 

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)
7. Me? You think?
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:51 AM
Feb 2016

Sandy Hook
Tucson
San Bernadino
Santa Barbara

And a few hundred more dead innocents.

Yes I'm angry. The interesting question is why some people love guns and killing so much. Anger is a proper response to mass killings that could be prevented by making it harder to get guns.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
17. You focus on mass shootings?
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 05:47 PM
Feb 2016

Despite them representing a rather minute fraction of homicides? Interesting...

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
10. Geeeez, Calm down and cheer up
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:00 AM
Feb 2016

I hear that Bloomberg is creating a special spa for all the frustrated gun grabbers.

Someplace where they can all go and relax after losing time after time in the courts, in Congress and in the state legislatures.

A place where they can relax, take mud baths, attend group therapy sessions to deal with the repeated waking at night and screaming out Wayne LaPierre's name over and over and never hear about the NRA again.

Shannon Watts is going to be the Concierge and towel person.

He wanted to put it in a state with no concealed carry for safety, but ... since there are none ... he's decided to move it to "gun free" and safe Mexico instead, with only one gun store for the entire country.

I bet he offers discounts for "online activist" gun control supporters too.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
23. You really need to talk to somebody about those unfounded fears of inanimate objects
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:13 AM
Mar 2016

Maybe some nice green tea and easy listening jazz would help too.

 

MillennialDem

(2,367 posts)
24. Will you call out the person I responded to about the idea that inanimate objects will save his
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 01:16 AM
Mar 2016

life?

I thought not.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
25. Easy; He's right, you're wrong
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:30 AM
Mar 2016

I prefer to call out stupidity when I see it.

According to the CDC there are far more defensive gun uses than murders every year.

So the odds that his PSD will save his life or someone in his family are far better than the odd idea that he'll randomly shoot a complete stranger or you.

Now, try not to sound so clueless next time you want to rant about evil guns and gun owners in the gun group.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
28. You stated my PDS would harm you in some way.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:46 AM
Mar 2016

So my assumption was you planned on attacking/harming myself or family member. Otherwise it will be virtually impossible to harm you....ever.


 

MillennialDem

(2,367 posts)
29. I merely said it was more likely you would hurt me than help me with it.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:54 AM
Mar 2016

Basic math for you: 0.00001% > 0.000000001%

And cumulatively, once you add all you gun owners up, it's still unlikely, but starts to get in the realm of reasonably possible that one of you will hurt me with your gun, either accidentally or on purpose.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
34. Anyone who is honest with themselves...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:31 AM
Mar 2016

...can hear the words of ileus in their heart. It is your words that are not heard.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
32. FYI
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:09 AM
Mar 2016


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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
37. Just for the record...
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:50 AM
Mar 2016

...I never thought you alerted. You're discussing issues. I don't agree with you but you are participating.
There are some who participate mostly via alert.

 

MillennialDem

(2,367 posts)
38. I think duckhunter thinks I did, but could be wrong. That said, what I said
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:54 AM
Mar 2016

is accurate. Ilieu's guns endanger me more than they help me. This is factually true.

beardown

(363 posts)
20. Must not be designed very well.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:25 AM
Mar 2016

USA has 300 million guns. 30,000 deaths a year. Numbers may be out of date as I let my subscription to Angry Ammosexual lapse last year.

And don't even get me started on javelins, discus, shot put, and the hammer ball and cord. All designed to kill and nothing else and yet they hardly bring down a fatality every several years. Swords are the worst. In every pawn shop and advertised on TV nightly and only a trickle of fatalities and those mostly only happen while they are being cleaned.

beergood

(470 posts)
21. "I let my subscription to Angry Ammosexual lapse last year. "
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 12:03 PM
Mar 2016

you should renew. this months centerfold is a Chiappa Rhino. gets my heart racing just thinking about it.

 

CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts)
18. My gun works perfectly...
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 08:14 PM
Mar 2016

...and it has never killed anyone.

It was designed to protect my family.

And that it has done flawlessly for 25 years.

It never even had a tune-up.

 

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)
19. Yeah....so were bows and arrows, spears and swords
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 08:38 PM
Mar 2016

My gun has yet to kill anything and seems pretty happy about it

ileus

(15,396 posts)
43. 5 of us went to the neighbors farm this evening....not one person was killed.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 09:20 PM
Mar 2016

We did kill several pieces of paper, a few diet cherry coke cans and some stumps.


Good time had by all, now I have 5 pistols to clean.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
46. Oh no...do I have to have the death chip installed?
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:56 AM
Mar 2016

No wonder banners want smart guns, all these "drone" guns aren't killing enough people to suit their needs.


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