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In reply to the discussion: Quite aside from the debate on gun control, what the fuck is wrong with people [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)58. You stated the accidental child death rate from guns is "appalling"
I simply pointed out that .00001%, while each is tragic, isn't any more appalling than most any other recreational activity..the death rate for kids in residential swimming pools is nearly 10 times that number..many if not most of those could have been avoided by simply putting in a fence with locking gates..
Of coarse you are welcome to eulogize and philosophize and hold your own convictions..just people believe these tragedies are far more common than they are because unlike most other childhood accidental deaths, we hear about every one of these..
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Quite aside from the debate on gun control, what the fuck is wrong with people [View all]
cali
Apr 2013
OP
They believe that they're not like everyone else. Thye're the rare *good* gun owners.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#2
Since more than 30,000 die in auto accidents then as a group they are irresponsible.
former9thward
Apr 2013
#9
Where's the National Drivers Association* to campaign against seat belts, licenses & speed limits?
baldguy
Apr 2013
#17
The NRA sets the agenda - and you follow them right along to promote their propaganda.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#19
"NRA sets the agenda" and the poster follows "to promote their propaganda." Important, if true.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#26
NRA needs to step up and, for all those reponsible gun owners, do the responsible thing
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#53
If you hadn't already established a reputation for bashing the NRA (of which I am not a member),
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#54
All the NRA is doing is contributing heavily to those who support their gun agenda
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#55
People don't secure their guns because they are not nearly as "responsible" as they tell us.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#3
Guess you forgot all the other shootings by so-called law-abiding/responsible gun cultists.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#15
Why waste time, you and your buddies have indicated you'll carry/accumulate guns no matter what.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#22
Question, If Eleanor Roosevelt supposedly carried Bushmaster.223, would Eleanor223 be your username?
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#24
Gave you a simple solution. What is problem with it and why don't gun cultists step up?
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#36
Your using data base would be invasion of privacy, no accountability, sloppy record keeping, etc.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#44
And I said if FFL refuses, have all the gunners tell the store they ain't coming back
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#52
Why sit on one's ass until the law is passed. You can force them to do it, assuming they won't.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#62
Three factors: 1. Basic stupidity. 2. Lack of training. 3. A false sense that their children...
slackmaster
Apr 2013
#16
As a gun owner, I consider proper security to be intrinsic to that ownership.
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2013
#25