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So...your plan to combat gun violence is a eugenics program. jeff47 Oct 2015 #1
I didn't know I was thinking along those lines or even to go that far. I think you know that I'm ancianita Oct 2015 #8
You said people should not be able to reproduce if they "create gun culture". jeff47 Oct 2015 #10
Not fair. Quoting out of context, which also included... ancianita Oct 2015 #11
To the other poster's credit, I read the same thing. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #12
I admit to the impulse, but the civilized side of me prevails. I'm still trying to get at the source ancianita Oct 2015 #13
No, for the most part I agree with the concept of "Gun culture" and what's wrong with it. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #14
If you reread the OP, you'll see that I'm not at all talking about taking away the tool. At all. ancianita Oct 2015 #16
Again, I'm with you in spirit, but what you're proposing will never end rampages like Oregon. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #18
Never? You'll really never be able to claim that until a parent gun training course is nationally ancianita Oct 2015 #20
Well, yes, I can claim that fairly reliably. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #29
To list one NRA training course, I'm sorry, but that doesn't support your claim of "hundreds" of ancianita Oct 2015 #33
What I was getting at, rather in a roundabout way, was that each range runs their own. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #37
I'm talking about the training of tool use morality for children. If no one can train morality into ancianita Oct 2015 #41
Sorry, ancianita. I have to bolt. Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #43
Thank you for all your thoughtfulness here. ancianita Oct 2015 #44
Great post. nt Mojorabbit Oct 2015 #26
Shame I somewhat misinterpreted the OP when I read it. ~.~ n/t Decoy of Fenris Oct 2015 #30
wow lancer78 Oct 2015 #49
No right to reproduce because ______ is eugenics. jeff47 Oct 2015 #60
We've been through this. I implied that having total freedom doesn't mean that any of the free ancianita Oct 2015 #61
Actually, I wouldn't have a problem with that. smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #56
You could make a list... TipTok Oct 2015 #58
This should befun to watch! Kilgore Oct 2015 #57
Recommended. Hoyt Oct 2015 #2
My father taught us how dangerous firearms can be and how to use them safely. Throd Oct 2015 #3
I owned and learned how to use guns, too, but we didn't play with or have portraits done with them. ancianita Oct 2015 #9
So did mine. nt Mojorabbit Oct 2015 #34
And the hysteria keeps getting more and more absurd. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #4
Speaking of parents... moondust Oct 2015 #5
He's British. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #6
My father taught me gun safety. I did the same to my kids hack89 Oct 2015 #7
My brother has taught gun and hunting safety training for the DNR for 27 years. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #19
I worked shipping ammunition for a while IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #15
I'm not optimistic about such a message, either. ancianita Oct 2015 #17
35% of convicted people who've used guns got them from family or friends. ancianita Oct 2015 #21
Gun deaths can't even be considered a public health issue?? THAT is part of gun culture, too. ancianita Oct 2015 #22
Yet, the government still both conducts and sponsors significant amounts of research branford Oct 2015 #23
Fair enough. I wasn't aware. I still think it's been a public health issue, not just a criminal ancianita Oct 2015 #24
"Well regulated", as you use it, is a false premise. beevul Oct 2015 #25
Constitutional words are either descriptive or prescriptive.Lawyers can argue the prescriptive here. ancianita Oct 2015 #27
One needn't be a lawyer, it isn't that complicated. beevul Oct 2015 #31
As I indicated, I am indeed a lawyer. branford Oct 2015 #32
Sorry I missed your qualifications. Yes, the popular support part is what I'm concerned with here. ancianita Oct 2015 #35
My profession, apart my my personal knowledge of the research conducted by branford Oct 2015 #36
Your description is clear. An indisputable truth. That said, gun culture as part of American culture ancianita Oct 2015 #38
In fairness, and admitting than any violent crime, with or without firearms, is a tragedy, branford Oct 2015 #40
It takes dwarves 1/100th the time to tear down a building it takes architects and skilled workers ancianita Oct 2015 #46
I would simply note that there's nothing that prevents academics outside the government branford Oct 2015 #28
NO ONE IS TEACHING KIDS TO NEVER USE A GUN AROUND OR AMBUSH AN UNARMED HUMAN TipTok Oct 2015 #39
No. But I was just mad. Mass killings, even from such slight numbers of gun users, is soul killing. ancianita Oct 2015 #42
Thank you ancianita footinmouth Oct 2015 #45
Thank you, too! ancianita Oct 2015 #47
Few, particularly pro-gun rights Democrats on DU, are against any gun regulations at all. branford Oct 2015 #48
We HAVE to keep trying to implement regulations that do have demonstrable effects. We have to. ancianita Oct 2015 #50
Minimum gun safety and proficiency training is something that I personally support, branford Oct 2015 #51
That is, indeed, the tedious framing. My framing concentrates on national, law-based policy. ancianita Oct 2015 #53
Hmm. As a parent who has never owned a gun,q SheilaT Oct 2015 #52
I'd be stupid to think that. But the sloppy minority spoil it for the careful majority, don't they. ancianita Oct 2015 #54
Good golly... Kang Colby Oct 2015 #55
So I'm looking at the 3rd pic of all the little kids holding a gun & I'm wondering, CrispyQ Oct 2015 #59
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