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In reply to the discussion: i just counted all my guns...guess I'm a gun nut to some [View all]Squinch
(50,949 posts)123. NICS checks wouldn't have prevented Lanza's "responsible gun owner" mother from buying these guns.
Would have had absolutely no preventative effect on this situation.
And given that they are now saying he used the rifle to kill the children, the handgun ban would also have done nothing to keep those 20 babies alive.
What else you got?
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Excellent question. Cuts through the bullshit and lets us get down to it. -nt
Liberal Veteran
Dec 2012
#6
So he has a mental health "break", grabs 4 kitchen knives and heads to the local school
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#64
NICS checks wouldn't have prevented Lanza's "responsible gun owner" mother from buying these guns.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#123
He had access to all the mental health services money could buy. He still slaughtered 20 babies.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#119
So wait....did you just imply the shooter didn't actually have mental health issues?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2012
#67
That isn't what the poster is saying. The argument the gun nuts always use is that if only we would
Squinch
Dec 2012
#120
How about mandatory secure storage of firearms in homes, with random checks and stiff fines for
Squinch
Dec 2012
#145
no..i think it's time both sides talk to each other instead of at each other
backwoodsbob
Dec 2012
#27
I think its important in the discussion to understand differences in rural culture & suburban/urban
me b zola
Dec 2012
#42
Or "range shooting eats a lot of ammo so might as well hop on bulk sales when they come up." (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#96
What, specifically, is it about this latest gun massacre that gets you so turgid?
Cirque du So-What
Dec 2012
#11
An attention-seeking individual with an arsenal... doesn't usually end well...
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#30
Question: After posting this just after a horrific slaughter of children, do you feel
Katashi_itto
Dec 2012
#38
I would like you to answer the question about which gun you used to shoot the dog.
renie408
Dec 2012
#59
Indeed...backwoodsbob just confirmed precisely the type of asshole he really is
alcibiades_mystery
Dec 2012
#135
Do you support my right to knock you out cold if I ever saw you walking around with a gun? nt
Bonobo
Dec 2012
#89
I would like to know more too. He has at least one special one for shooting dogs
Katashi_itto
Dec 2012
#117
Guess you are a gun nut? Surely not. You're a responsible gun owner. Just like Mrs. Lanza was.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#115
Are you a douchenozzle in real life or do you simply play one on DU? - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#139