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In reply to the discussion: Tweet of the day (Guns) [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)35. I am being serious.
I don't know about you, but when I'm at a movie I'm pretty oblivious to everything except the movie and the girlfriend. If somebody was working their way forward, silently killing people as he went, I wouldn't know about it until far to late.
What I find really curious is that you don't have a real problem with the 44 people murdered per day in this country, but you get upset if they happen in a big chunk instead of a more convenient one-at-a-time.
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undeterred
Jul 2012
#51
I don't think you can link the lapse of the assault weapons ban to the drop in gun deaths.
Bucky
Jul 2012
#22
Intentional homicide rate in the US is four or five times that of Europe
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2012
#32
Still, our non-gun homicide rate is as high or higher than their total homicide rate
krispos42
Jul 2012
#33