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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:21 PM Original message |
Why all the shootings?? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. "'Cause its more effective than "stabbings". |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wars and unemployment |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. That and folks that |
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liberal_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. I agree |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. guns. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Disagree in part. Guns and ammo, yes. But in their absence, mostly peace and quiet. |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Bring on the knives! |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. swords and maces |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. I dunno - two cases doesn't make a trend |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. well-it's not exactly 2 events |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Last year it would have been: why the trend of pretty white girls being kidnapped? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. All that ammunition stockpiled a year ago isn't going to shoot itself. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. good point. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Best answer yet. NT. |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. All the guns? nt. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Don't know if they're responsible for these shootings, but I certainly think |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. +1 |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. When you have a 'tool,' you use it. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. and when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Obviously, people who shouldn't have guns have them. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yea, like Army Majors. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Good point. Very obviously there are some who shouldn't have guns, |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:51 PM Original message |
At least he handled his gun safely and had the proper certification |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is true. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. War stress? Economic stress? We don't know yet. nt |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. SSRI drugs that are given out like candy. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What are SSRI drugs? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors--class of anti-depressive drugs |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Don't forget suicides, as well |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thanks - I had forgotten what those letters stand for... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not off the wall at all, more likely, EXACTLY why hate radio and shitty GOP pols do what they do |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. People are angry about seatbelt mandates |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Bad economic times+Two wars + turbulent political situation at home = a large increase in stress |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. I don't think the Ft Hood shooting had anything to do with your theory |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Well, one would certainly find plenty of "violent thoughts/crimes" within the military structure |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kind of difficult to say what the guy listened to. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. I agree, totally off-the-wall theory |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Production for use." nt |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fear is easy, and getting easier. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. You forgot Alex "FEMA CAYMPS!" Jones n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Obviously it's all Bush's fault |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think it's a natural outgrowth of war overload. nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. Mass shooting go back to the 60's, right? I think is mentally ill |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. more than just off the wall -- more like off the planet |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And I did call it a conspiracy theory.. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. Perception distorted by mass media hysteria.. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. But these are not normal, everyday events. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Right, which is why they make news. the person who shot themselves up the street |
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