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In reply to the discussion: States look to gun seizure law after mass killings [View all]awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)39. I don't think the sports car is necessarily...
My wife and I saw a 55 year old (or so) man get out of a new Vette the other day. She asked why men like that buy cars like that. Thinking about it a minute- a lot of men grow up wanting something like a Vette. In your 50's the kids are out of the house, the house is paid off, and you are at the peak of your earnings. 50+ year old men can afford to buy the Vette. Personally, I will be building a killer library, but that's me.
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Gun rights advocates advocate for domestic terrorists, who are also a danger to themselves or others
onehandle
Jul 2014
#1
if this were the only kind of victim, the matter would take care of itself in short order
yurbud
Jul 2014
#83
... it seems like trying to win at Whac-A-Mole. Guns are so pervasive, it seems one would
RKP5637
Jul 2014
#2
'Temporarily seized' is adequate. It's a safety measure like roping off a flooded street.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#5
Suicide is killing oneself, one being a human, hence the word "homicide"
Starboard Tack
Jul 2014
#55
Apart from removing guns from the equation, I can't think of any. Can you?
Starboard Tack
Jul 2014
#68
"It may be typical of the anti-gun side, which I do not belong to."
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2014
#64
I've seen many court decisions where they are NEVER allowed to possess a firearm again, LOL.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#30
No, I suggest from the stories here, that his mother was on the verge of having him involuntarily
freshwest
Jul 2014
#85
It's not ownership in that case. It's access. He would be removed from the guns.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#87