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In reply to the discussion: Sunday Shooting Review [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)29. After of all of these shootings...
According to the cartoon on the other page after the 19 incidents; (statistically) that wasn't quite enough mayhem for even one single incident where someone successfully averted a home invader (1 in 22).
I can't help but wonder how many of the surviving family members wished they'd risked being unprotected from home invaders instead of suffering the consequences of having a gun laying around.
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Preacher, wife and 3 children dead, many guns including assult weapons in home
Care Acutely
Jan 2013
#96
Why is gang violence of such a pressing concern to you? Unless of course, you are in a gang
Number23
Jan 2013
#61
Maybe your neighbors hate you and are trying to get you to move by breaking into your home
Number23
Jan 2013
#73
Yes, but at least I can read those volumes. Which is far more than I can say for you.
Number23
Jan 2013
#78
I wonder is this is a record. I've never seen so many hidden by one person on one thread
Katashi_itto
Jan 2013
#99
I'm pretty sure the 2 and 4 year olds were part of rival gangs. Thanks for your concern. n/t
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#24
A question that seems to be a constant NRA talking point to minimize the lives of urban victims
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#35
I was snarkily pointing out that I don't think it matters how, who, where,
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#36