Gun Control & RKBA

intaglio

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32. Guess what? The Finnish attack was a school shooting

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 01:01 PM

Feb 2013

Their only school shooting.

Any school shooting has the potential to be a massacre. Or do you only count it after a certain number of bodies have been reached? Is one enough? Or 5? Or 15? or 20? Come on, how many lives have to be lost for you to take notice?

How about if I counted the school shootings since 1900?

How about if pointed out that there have been in excess of 250,000 Americans killed in their homes by forearms since November 2001? Is that insignificant because that happened by ones and twos? What about the in excess of 1,500 deaths by firearms since 14 December 2012? Oh and both these figures are likely to be on the low side because the NRA has stopped central collection of gun deaths statistics by your government, I wonder why?

Do you care about your compatriots or do you only care about carrying guns?

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British gangs use flare guns now because they can’t find real ones [View all] jpak Feb 2013 OP

Ahh, good ol' Knife Crime Island. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #1

so, how come it isn't working in Jamacia? gejohnston Feb 2013 #2

Because Jamaica isn't the UK jpak Feb 2013 #4

murder rate is still the same or worse gejohnston Feb 2013 #5

a rose by any other name~ discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #17

"This despite the adage, 'When guns are illegal, only criminals will possess them.'" ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #3

Hmmmmm... krispos42 Feb 2013 #6

Hmmmm... sensible gun control reduces gun murder jpak Feb 2013 #7

The British homicide rate went up after the 1986 ban, and the 1997 ban. krispos42 Feb 2013 #8

Not good at reading graphs are you? intaglio Feb 2013 #10

I made the graph. krispos42 Feb 2013 #11

Up 30%!!!111!!! intaglio Feb 2013 #12

Ummmm.... there's an OP today posted about how criminals in the UK are using flare guns krispos42 Feb 2013 #13

An OP where gun apologists are attempting to show "gun control doesn't work" intaglio Feb 2013 #15

I love seeing somebody from the opposite side fall into discoherence. krispos42 Feb 2013 #20

It's embarrassing that DU has this person as a host: you should see the immature "Ibid" thread apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #14

I personally feel the host has been doing an excellent job and has been extremely fair ... spin Feb 2013 #16

Perhaps they should make you Host - I'd trust that arrangement. I have always found your posts apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #22

Thanks for your support ... spin Feb 2013 #26

And the person that was responding, of course, wasn't being childish or immature. krispos42 Feb 2013 #19

SSDD + TL;DR. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #21

I know krispos42 Feb 2013 #29

That's nice. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #33

"this poster engaged in, like a childish little baby, all so he could get the precious "last word"" krispos42 Feb 2013 #35

That's nice. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #36

I noticed that your #84 & #87 responses to Krispos' rebuttal are -- what was it? -- "ibids?" nt Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #41

With 41 replies (now 42) in this entire OP, that's quite a hat trick I pulled. Math: apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #42

The host is doing an excellent job in the face of the hateful language of controllers... Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #40

That's nice: apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #43

Perhaps you should use "ditto." Can't understand why you don't. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #44

That's nice. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #45

Per capita. Straw Man Feb 2013 #24

At least 160 shool shootings in the USA since 1950 intaglio Feb 2013 #28

Moving goalposts? Straw Man Feb 2013 #31

Guess what? The Finnish attack was a school shooting intaglio Feb 2013 #32

One of three. Straw Man Feb 2013 #34

The FBI collects figures that are reported to it intaglio Feb 2013 #37

that isn't true either gejohnston Feb 2013 #38

Not one to let facts ... Straw Man Feb 2013 #39

They obviously lack clarity of vision. SayWut Feb 2013 #9

Looks good. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #18

That's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, and reminds me of something my Ex-BIL did... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #23

4 to 1? in england jimmy the one Feb 2013 #25

The number of guns doubled? krispos42 Feb 2013 #30

Interesting what a flaregun can do dizbukhapeter Feb 2013 #27