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kwolf68

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2. Guns don't kill

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 07:03 PM

Feb 2019

or something. Lets put 1 billion, 2 billion guns into circulation, celebrate them, fetish them, they need to be ubiquitous. Hell, they should be. Because they are guns and we love them so.

Oh, you're concerned for the safety of innocent people? Cliche' coming: I prefer dangerous freedom to safe slavery.

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Multiple people dead in western Michigan shooting, police say [View all] Tripper11 Feb 2019 OP

When will this gun violence epidemic end? ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #1

Guns don't kill kwolf68 Feb 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author ELO_73 Feb 2019 #23

The Republicans are evil incarnate!!! atreides1 Feb 2019 #4

When humans end. Archae Feb 2019 #6

There would be less death with a bat or knife ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #9

A common misconception. ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #15

I don't think that's correct. Do you have a reliable source for ... Whiskeytide Feb 2019 #19

For what my memory is worth, ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #20

From what I've been ... Whiskeytide Feb 2019 #22

Guns allow killing at a distance. maxsolomon Feb 2019 #25

That's quite incorrect. fleabiscuit Feb 2019 #29

you're sadly right. 300 million guns are here. The genie is out of the bottle. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #12

If Trump wins his court cases, Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #30

The problem there becomes the Constitution & specificity. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #32

Probably not one of my best ideas. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #39

Eventually Americas will have enough...and guns will be outlawed and confiscated...I have no doubt. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #36

Unrealistic discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #38

Easy peasy...make the consequences of owning one so severe that now one will risk it... Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #43

FYI: I don't own a gun discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #44

Trust me. they are not. I refuse to live in the wild wild west and I know there are others Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #45

To specifically address a few of your points discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #47

Except too many own one. And an AR15 isnt a weapon of war. It just LOOKS like one. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #41

Nonsense...it is a weapon of war and it will in end be confiscated ....agree to reasonable Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #42

Well, you can look at it that way, but no one in the military has an AR15. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #48

I am not wasting time posting stuff that you know about...read the history of the AR-15. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #49

Outlawing all rifles would prevent less then 400 murders per year. EX500rider Apr 2019 #54

When we do what Australian did after their horrific gun massacre DBoon Feb 2019 #13

Most Americans incorrectly think gun-murder rates have gotten worse, not better ELO_73 Feb 2019 #24

Stupid to have more guns than people, REALLY REALLY stupid. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #27

That's as may be, but how is that a response to the WaPo article? nt ELO_73 Feb 2019 #28

Why does it matter? Too many are too many. uppityperson Feb 2019 #31

Yep. Because of the 24 hr news cycle. We hear about EVERY shooting these days. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #33

Welcome to DU. Thanks to the NRA and its Russian sponsors we have more gun deaths lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #52

Not really, the US is ranked 10th in firearm fatalities. EX500rider Apr 2019 #55

Woohoo, safer than Venezuela, Colombia! DVDGuy Apr 2019 #56

Mass murder will end when Blackjackdavey Feb 2019 #34

One of your proposals would infringe on that right. Jedi Guy Feb 2019 #35

"A domestic violence incident report is not a conviction in a court of law" Blackjackdavey Feb 2019 #37

What you're proposing would be almost instantly struck down as unconstitutional. Jedi Guy Feb 2019 #40

Okay Blackjackdavey Feb 2019 #46

if we only had the wall JI7 Feb 2019 #3

Every day n/t hibbing Feb 2019 #5

#neveragain. riversedge Feb 2019 #7

so tired of this... Canoe52 Feb 2019 #8

It's a Beautiful Fucking Day in the Neighborhood! Darson Feb 2019 #10

We get to celebrate Second Amendment Martyr's Day again today! AllyCat Feb 2019 #11

Horrific. Three victims elementary school age & younger & and an adult woman. catbyte Feb 2019 #14

The article is suggesting murder-suicide by the mother. ManiacJoe Feb 2019 #16

The scariest part is Apollyonus Feb 2019 #17

While the traitor........was golfing this weekend, the country has had this shit.......of fear...... turbinetree Feb 2019 #18

Thanks for the link. Especially sobering when seen on a spreadsheet. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #21

This is the national emergency Trump you f---g moron! nt doc03 Feb 2019 #26

Kick ck4829 Apr 2019 #50

Three children and one adult dead, and there is no search for a suspect. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2019 #51

"may feel good to blame the gun" jcgoldie Apr 2019 #53