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In reply to the discussion: Is this correct? Shooter's mom owned assault rifles??? [View all]Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)93. They do. I think the onus, however, ought to be on the gun owner.
If gun owners choose to own them, they should be made completely responsible, no exceptions.
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If there were unforgiving laws that punished those who let their guns out of their hands
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#72
Laws need to be passed that if you own a gun and someone else gets their hands on it...
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#45
You know what? Many drunk drivers never get into accidents. As Mr. Pitt says, "STFU."
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#19
I agree with you -- the discussion must move beyond who's right and wrong about guns,
Voice for Peace
Dec 2012
#64
Until yesterday, she was just another "responsible gun owner." Like all those other
Squinch
Dec 2012
#104
Automatic weapons in a home? That's not a home. That's an arsenal of war nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#46
Gun lovers and gun owners are a fucked up lot, and get shot routinely. I'm sick and tired of
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#49
No, not all. But MOST ARE. And the NRA is a Republican organization, and pro-gun laws are
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#63
We're talking about ALL gun fetishists, including those whose greed makes them thirsty for blood. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#84
Since I'm not the one collecting human-killing weapons, I find it amusing that you'd compare me
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#94
Me? Where did I wish death on someone? I do think you need a vacation. You've begun reading
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#99
You did suggest mutilation as the price for owning guns in another thread
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#110
Exactly. Gun lovers are so convinced that owning guns will save them, but it does the opposite
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#48
I read a story quoting a neighbor saying she had a large gun collection -- I don't know if that's
fishwax
Dec 2012
#6
Nancy J Lanza and Peter Lanza. Son Adam was the shooter. Other son Ryan in NJ not involved.
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#18
Her hubby (or ex-hubby) was a tax lawyer working for a lucrative firm though PLUS
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#42
What other rights would you require prior mutilation before exercising them?
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#57
That's plenty. I honestly think gun lovers don't have a F clue and live in a fantasy
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#61
Yup. I get sick every time I see the targets these people use - with a silhouette of a human nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#62
Or for the millions -- including DU gungeoneers -- who practice shooting people. Do you train your
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#70
Yes, she brought her son up in the gun culture -- like many gun lovers. This is what happens.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#56
Prepping is getting real popular, but there are many degrees of it.
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#89
I don't care what the hell gun fetishists and right wing nutjobs like to do, or whether or not
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#85
Well, given that there's an estimated 400,000,000 privately owned firearms in the US
Edweird
Dec 2012
#87
Oh, that's published in newspapers far and wide, the sick gun fetishism in the U.S. and the
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2012
#96