Are you saying the main purpose of a gun is for killing oneself? (Reply #25)

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Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:02 AM

Starboard Tack (11,181 posts)

25. Are you saying the main purpose of a gun is for killing oneself?

Maybe that should be used in the ad campaigns of gun manufacturers and the NRA.

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Responsible Gun Owner Shows Off Gun, Accidently Shoots Daughter \| Crooks and Liars [View all]	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	OP
it never ends	olddots	Jan 2015	#1
I wonder if there are other children in the house.	Ilsa	Jan 2015	#2
At least charges are being filed this time. Too many times these accidental shootings result in the	Arkansas Granny	Jan 2015	#3
When I see a gun I see death and misery, the design function, I have no idea what gun loving folks see.	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#4
I agree. In my 68 years on this planet, living alone or with	Arkansas Granny	Jan 2015	#14
Apparently the definition of "irresponsible people" does not extend to storming state	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#15
"Truth has to play some role in any debate"	beevul	Jan 2015	#24
Are you saying the main purpose of a gun is for killing oneself?	Starboard Tack	Jan 2015	#25
Only if one ignores the other 299,980,000+ guns in private hands that aren't used for that.	beevul	Jan 2015	#30
300,000,000 million guns, 30,000 gun deaths, there is no denying math, but there still is all that	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#33
You can't have them fred.	beevul	Jan 2015	#36
Agreed. It is tragic that so few of the killing machines can cause such great carnage..but killing is what they do...	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#38
I see years of fun competitive shooting with my family.	hack89	Jan 2015	#16
When I see a firearm,	GGJohn	Jan 2015	#22
SA/DA is the only way to go IMHO....think Sig / CZ.	ileus	Jan 2015	#5
Hiking? Think Bambi may spring out from the bushes and nibble you? Gunner to English translation required.	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#7
No way pip you turn Bambi into deer chili.	ileus	Jan 2015	#8
Do coyotes also make for some fine stew after a day of hiking? Killing things is fun, right?	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#9
No, but they do like our pets for dinner.	beevul	Jan 2015	#19
"They do like our pets for dinner"?	Starboard Tack	Jan 2015	#27
Never had that problem	gejohnston	Jan 2015	#28
Los Angeles is full of canyons	Starboard Tack	Jan 2015	#29
true, however	gejohnston	Jan 2015	#37
Of course we do.	beevul	Jan 2015	#31
I strongly recommend a behavioral change.	Starboard Tack	Jan 2015	#35
And I strongly recommend you don't make assumptions.	beevul	Jan 2015	#39
I assume nothing	Starboard Tack	Jan 2015	#40
Killing coyotes keeps them from killing our livestock.	GGJohn	Jan 2015	#23
not Bambi,	gejohnston	Jan 2015	#21
What's the difference between a poe and blocked bowel syndrome?	Starboard Tack	Jan 2015	#26
This message was self-deleted by its author	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#6
Why did he have a round chambered?	Adsos Letter	Jan 2015	#10
Folks are forgetful.....having a gun around makes turns memory lapses into death.	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#11
Why does the article headline call him "Reponsible"?	NYC_SKP	Jan 2015	#12
I think it was sarcastic.	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#13
Yes, it was.	Straw Man	Jan 2015	#17
It certainly is propaganda, good thing we do not see much of that in America.	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#18
Propaganda is not a good thing.	Straw Man	Jan 2015	#20
The four rules of gun safety, for those who need to be reminded:	benEzra	Jan 2015	#32
Only rule required.....you do not need a gun. No gun, no checklist, no death.	Fred Sanders	Jan 2015	#34
You are free not to own them; I choose differently.	benEzra	Jan 2015	#41

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