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Niceguy1

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51. according to the pacifica evening

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 03:09 AM

Jul 2013

News the homicide rate is the lowest in years and trending downward.

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Concealed carry holder shot 17-year old hiding in her bathtub, others in today's mass shooting. [View all] Robb Jul 2013 OP

How wonderful that he had a concealed gun!!! Yay for the 2nd Amendment!!! kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #1

this is so fucked up, and it shows there is nothing fair about this world JI7 Jul 2013 #2

They are all law abiding citizens until they aren't. Shrike47 Jul 2013 #8

Thank you! ellie Jul 2013 #54

We can estimate that the Vargas attaches to a human life is less than $2 struggle4progress Jul 2013 #3

Yee ha Bobby Joe just like the movies olddots Jul 2013 #4

"an irrational act" enough Jul 2013 #5

Are we going to get mad and yell out the window? Neoma Jul 2013 #55

Another permit holder gone bad -- the deniers will tell us it doesn't happen. Hoyt Jul 2013 #6

The more of the incidents that occur, SheilaT Jul 2013 #7

according to the pacifica evening Niceguy1 Jul 2013 #51

Gosh, that's reassuring. SheilaT Jul 2013 #52

Thank you for continuing to post these stories. Pale Blue Dot Jul 2013 #9

This is not true Hugabear Jul 2013 #10

It is, the gundies assure, not relevant that he held a CCW permit. Robb Jul 2013 #11

You feel free to burn that straw man, we'll all get marshmallows and watch. :) n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #13

So gungeoneers have never claimed that CCW permit holders are responsible gun owners? Hugabear Jul 2013 #23

Every single one? Nope. X_Digger Jul 2013 #24

Most of the general public is not carrying a concealed firearm jberryhill Jul 2013 #28

If someone is "homicidally bonkers" (nice term, btw).. X_Digger Jul 2013 #30

But it sure made it easier here, didn't it? jberryhill Jul 2013 #31

Trip on a crack in the sidewalk and fall down "homicidally bonkers" much, do they? X_Digger Jul 2013 #32

Do you still run with scissors? jberryhill Jul 2013 #35

Do you still drive on the interstate? No telling when one driver might up and go.. X_Digger Jul 2013 #37

Well thank God they don't run interstates through bathtubs jberryhill Jul 2013 #38

I'll take my chances with bathtubs, thanks. X_Digger Jul 2013 #39

When I trip on the sidewalk, people don't die jberryhill Jul 2013 #41

You never know.. if going "homicidally bonkers" is so easy.. ("as anyone - can go nuts at any time") X_Digger Jul 2013 #42

How about this instead... jberryhill Jul 2013 #43

Ahh, but we're not talking utility, we're talking going "homicidally bonkers". n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #58

That phrase seems to have really struck a chord with you jberryhill Jul 2013 #59

I'll admit, the phrase offends me, as does the idea of mental illness causing homicide on a whim. X_Digger Jul 2013 #60

Oh, come on. You must, in your heart of hearts, know that this isn't a straw man, and that Squinch Sep 2013 #63

Read further down the subthread. X_Digger Sep 2013 #65

And again, it's not about being perfect angels. Its about the argument that gun owners Squinch Sep 2013 #66

99.8% of all gun owners and 99.5% of all guns are never involved in crime. X_Digger Sep 2013 #68

I like to sail. If I learned that somehow a very small number of sailers were suddenly Squinch Sep 2013 #70

Two in a thousand? Somehow I doubt your sincerity. X_Digger Sep 2013 #71

And again, the denial of the need to regulate your hobby puts a lie to any claims to responsible gun Squinch Sep 2013 #72

Hobby for some, protection for others, food on the table for yet others. And a right for all. n/t X_Digger Sep 2013 #73

Nevertheless, the denial of the need for significant gun regulation puts the lie to any claims of Squinch Sep 2013 #74

One in five million as impetus? Yeah, I'm calling bullshit on your appeal. n/t X_Digger Sep 2013 #75

Call bullshit all you like. Deep down, as a thinking person, you know this is crazy Squinch Sep 2013 #77

If we applied that same level of risk aversion to everyday life, we'd be wrapped in styrofoam. n/t X_Digger Sep 2013 #79

You know, we both know how this goes. You quip, I quip, the same old arguments Squinch Sep 2013 #81

G'night. X_Digger Sep 2013 #82

Thank you for the laugh. Squinch Sep 2013 #83

I read a report somewhere Jenoch Jul 2013 #33

Could have been a lot worse Orrex Jul 2013 #12

Or a car BainsBane Jul 2013 #15

I will never forget the Jenoch Jul 2013 #34

I guess that means you have forsaken cars? BainsBane Jul 2013 #36

Absolutely not. Jenoch Jul 2013 #40

Gun control opposers often use the argument that cars kill more people than guns. Squinch Sep 2013 #64

Go back and re-read the posts to which I have responded. Jenoch Sep 2013 #67

In response to one of the arguments that gunners trot out with dulling regularity, Squinch Sep 2013 #69

Again, I DID NOT bring up auto fatalities. Jenoch Sep 2013 #76

I am not saying you brought up auto fatalities. I am saying it is reasonable for the poster to Squinch Sep 2013 #78

"Because it always does." Jenoch Sep 2013 #84

Bathtubs and showers ought to all have shotguns installed. Then that 17 year old girl TransitJohn Jul 2013 #14

maybe she was suspicious arely staircase Jul 2013 #16

she was arming herself with the bath tub JI7 Jul 2013 #17

Pinning him down and pummeling him with fear alone NoOneMan Jul 2013 #26

"An armed society is a polite society." eppur_se_muova Jul 2013 #18

So I guess he felt threatened by society? Rex Jul 2013 #19

He's dead; the police shot the POS. NickB79 Jul 2013 #20

Oh, good. Rex Jul 2013 #22

America ... Number 1! woo-hooooo! napkinz Jul 2013 #21

Guns kill PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #25

The guy obviously had some sort Jenoch Jul 2013 #27

No, we must ban mental breakdowns! jberryhill Jul 2013 #29

yes more guns. okieinpain Jul 2013 #46

"yes more guns." Jenoch Jul 2013 #47

more guns my man, that is the answer to all of our problems okieinpain Jul 2013 #48

If guns get any Jenoch Jul 2013 #50

lol. when me and my son went to see the movie "the purge" okieinpain Aug 2013 #61

Here's one Politicalboi Jul 2013 #44

seriously fucked PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #49

yes more guns, bigger guns, bigger bullets, more, more okieinpain Jul 2013 #45

You do know that this began when he torched $10,000 which he withdrew from the bank malaise Jul 2013 #53

MOHR GUHNZ! nt Evasporque Jul 2013 #56

Shoppers! The Blue Light Special today is more hate. So stock up now! Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #57

kick Squinch Sep 2013 #62

wow it's just gotta stop gopiscrap Sep 2013 #80