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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:11 PM Original message |
Puerto Rico Bar Shooting, 7 killed 20 wounded, Despite Very Strict Gun Laws. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you implying that your solution is to ease the strict gun laws? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. AK & VT states don't have that kind of problem. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So I was correct. Thanks. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The 1934 NFA is a good law. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. My my my! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Their gun laws for one. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Which ones? Having concealed carry, but not open carry? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Texas has pretty stringent gun laws, actually. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. God bless Texas. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I suggest you compare the violent crime rate |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. No. Texas needs to loosen the restrictions somewhat.. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Are you implying that strict gun laws prevent criminals from acquiring guns? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Perhaps the implication is that strict gun laws aren't the answer to violent crime |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. And exactly how often does this happen in Puerto Rico? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't know. Perhaps you could do the research and inform us. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Does it matter? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That's about the stupidest statement I've run across yet- and that's saying something |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. So you don't recognize the fact |
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petersjo02 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well then, this was just your lucky day then, wasn't it? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. You sure seem to be happy about it. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good example of why strict gun control laws doesn't stop the bad guys. K&R |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. the critical point people are missing |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. How often do you hear of mass shootings in Puerto Rico? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. how often you hear about them |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. "AND it's an island" LOL -it's in the Carribean! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. poverty does not cause violent crime |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. It's a Caribbean "nation" and there's TONS of smuggling |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. it is not a nation |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 04:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You know exactly what I meant |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. rubbish |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. He claimed gun control in Puerto Rico worked in the other thread: |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
64. iow, he's an intellectually dishonest gun grabber |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I know others (maybe even I) have asked you before |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Thats why you only try to find correlations |
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armueller2001 (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. "Fact is- less guns, less gun violence, and no amount of rationalization changes that." |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You have your facts backwards. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. you just don't have any facts |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I did misword that. Thanks. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Puerto Rico *has* 'US style gun proliferation'. Just like DC, in fact. |
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fireonthemountain (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. I grew up in PR |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Thanks for the help. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. marketing 101 |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Pretty hard to choke off supply. It has failed with drugs. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. if you say it, it will be true. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Yep. I do say it, because I know it to be true. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. yup, after all ... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Sorry your years are dreary, Dearie. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Authorities suspect this was a shootout between drug gangs... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. Puerto Rico Bar Shooting, 7 killed 20 wounded, Despite Very Strict Homicide Laws |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Wow, 200+ kph. He was really moving out. What kind of car? |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. 125 MPH |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. news report |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. and while we're at the CBC |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The the problem with prohibition. A black market always springs up to supply the demand. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. round and round the mulberry bush |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. the monkey chased the weasel |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. as so often happens |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. You're at a loss for words?! |
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TPaine7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Hmm... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. and a 1, and a 2, and a 3, and a 4, |
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TPaine7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Oh my, I left out some unconstitutional and questionable tactics |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. ah, those technical terms |
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TPaine7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Sigh,... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Your 4 suggestions would work marvelously if they were all implementable. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. isn't it just the strangest thing? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. The implementaion of a registry does not garuntee its functionality or effectiveness. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. now now; pick an argument |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. How has my argument changed? |
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TPaine7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. *Pulls jaw up off of floor* |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. We have someone here who claims that gun control in PR both works and does not work |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
61. Wonder if their court system is as lax as this? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. well that's a weird one |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. How would Canada have handled it? - nt |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. probably not a lot differently |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. As a general question, slightly off topic |
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