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In reply to the discussion: States look to gun seizure law after mass killings [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,210 posts)80. I just consider it childish.
Many people get offended over many things. We've had many discussion on word choices on DU and some words will get a post hidden; Which is rightfully so. The penis jokes don't offend me personally, I just think the use makes the anti-rkba folks look immature.
Oh, 99.9% in statistics is a very good scientific basis. If you were a scientist, you'd understand 3 sigma standard deviation. Obviously you do not. And you don't want to regulate, you want to eliminate. You want to regulate guns like the right wants to regulate abortion clinics. They claim they are doing it for women's safety, but it's obvious what the goal is.
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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