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Squinch

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3. There is a reason for this: all of our DU gun lovers, and gun lovers everywhere, buy lots

Reply to LuckyTheDog (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 06:34 PM

Dec 2015

of guns from people who hire lobbyists, who in turn buy politicians who ensure that we don't study it.

All those who assure us after each of our weekly massacres that they are "responsible gun owners" are the lynchpin of this system.

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Studying gun violence is the only way to figure out how to stop it – but we don’t [View all] LuckyTheDog Dec 2015 OP

We should be... deathrind Dec 2015 #1

Data are more fatal than firearms gratuitous Dec 2015 #2

There is a reason for this: all of our DU gun lovers, and gun lovers everywhere, buy lots Squinch Dec 2015 #3

Every gun owner is a "responsible gun owner"... LuckyTheDog Dec 2015 #4