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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:55 PM Original message |
No, it's not a "gun problem", it's a "mental health" problem, and "an enforcement of laws" problem |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. We should allow individuals to build nuclear weapons |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah, and allowing same sex marriage would open marriage up to dogs and other sorts of animals |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. A nuke is an "arm", is it not? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. ! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. ? nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Nope |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. delete |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Regulations cover the handling and ownership of base materials |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Why not deregulate HEU? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Get real. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Now I'd like to hear you formulate your argument |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:33 PM Original message |
I know a waste of time when I read it. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's like apples and bigger apples |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. HEU and Firearms are regulated. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Nope |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Ask Pantex |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. We as a country said we didn't want nuclear weapons |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Then we should have a constitutional amendment |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. If they find you doing it you will go to jail. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. The law contradicts A2? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. if you think that clinton would have ever gotten rid of them completely- |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. delete |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Our society has been conditioned from cradle to grave to fight. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. My brothers were in the military and fought in Vietman. |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. But the conditioning was all around them. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It wasn't conditioning it was war. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ronnie Raygun put the mentally ill on the streets with drugs |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. If it is in fact true that "guns don't kill people, people kill people", then... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You may die of murder..but |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. If you are drunk or irresponsible....drugs and someone dies, |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. In that case, it wouldn't be the car responsible, but the DAMN PHONE! |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. If it is in fact true that "cars don't kill people, people kill people", then... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Would tens of thousands less die if guns weren't available? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Thanks for helping make my point |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I didn't help you make any point about gun ownership |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Now I remember why I had you on ignore... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Wow, a blow hard |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Yes, you certainly *are* a blowhard... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Why are anti-gun people so concerned about the size of gun owner's penises? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. The best research I could find on this |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. especially if the gun owner doesn't have one |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Ban GM tomorrow |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. No, it's what this particular tool was designed to do that is offensive. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think it's an all of the above problem |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. Right you are |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Recent studies of gun violence support your arguments... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. It is a mental health, enforcement, education, parenting, poverty, cultural AND gun problem n/t |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. USA leads all industrialized nations by multiples in murder and gun crime |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Geneva is awesome. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Blaming violence on the media is sooooo 1990's. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Save your strawman for your garden, you'll get better use out of it |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. You're the one who claims media violence instirs violence in people, so it's up to you... |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Strawman once again.... |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Actually the wild west was pretty peaceful, better crime rates then most cities today (guns and all) |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Blaming GUNS was so 1990's - ya know the whole "assault weapon" myth? |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. I play alot of first person shooter games. |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. "First Person Shooter Games" |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. If you want to escape people that play first person shooter games |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. So you must be one of those lemmings who by's into that crap? |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. The Word You're Looking For Is "Buys," Not "By's" |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. No, I don't think you would go shoot up a mall... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. No one can ever answer that question, nor could I |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yeah... Violence with Guns has Nothing to do with Guns |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Violence has to do with violence... period... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. According to the DOJ, the murder rate for Americans |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. I Get Tired Of Hearing The Same Old Crap, Too. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
56. No it's not about guns themselves |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Exactly. |
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