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15th December 2012, 06:26 #21
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One poster said crime is down in the US. Compared to what? Where on this earth do we see on such a regular basis so many mass shootings. Children are being killed and idiots are still defending the ownership of assault weapons and sales without background checks.
The news tonight stated that people that came to pick up their children a little later than the one's that had survived were met with the news that their little ones were dead. God help those poor kids and their parents.
Bob Costas was correct. There is no excuse for this heavily armed society.
If owning guns made the US safe then it should be the safest place on earth. Unfortunately, it is not and this argument will go on until these cowardly politicians put stringent laws on the books. Both sides of the aisle are to blame.
Little kids may be the one's that had to pay the price to have this country wake up.
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15th December 2012, 07:08 #22
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We had another school shooting here that happened two weeks ago that I don't know if anyone heard about. The college is across the street from my house and the second crime scene was across the street from my work. Kid used a bow and arrow on his father and a knife on the other victim
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15th December 2012, 10:00 #23
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Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Of course, you run the risk of lots of other shootings with Testosterone fuelled adolescents wandering around with loaded weapons; not something I personally relish the idea of.
But, as I say, it i for America to decide whether the cost of allowing guns to be endemic in society is acceptable and I thank you for your dismissive comments on my previous post
As for explosives, you are correct. If someone is detirmined enough, I'm sure they can get their hands on explosives but correct me if I'm wrong but aren't explosives subject to control. You cannot go into an explosive shop and walk out with 5kg of C4. This is the difference. You actually have restriction in place and therefore it rarely occurs.
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15th December 2012, 11:35 #24
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Originally Posted by Knock-on
But, as I say, it i for America to decide whether the cost of allowing guns to be endemic in society is acceptable and I thank you for your dismissive comments on my previous post
To many Americans, protecting the spirit of a two hundred year old rulebook (never mind that it was always a work in progress) is more important than tackling the insane homicide (not to mention suicide) rate.Useful F1 Twitter thingy: http://goo.gl/6PO1u
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15th December 2012, 11:37 #25
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Originally Posted by Knock-on
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15th December 2012, 11:47 #26
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Originally Posted by Knock-on"Old roats am jake mit goats."
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15th December 2012, 11:50 #27
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"Today is not the day to talk about gun control. There is, I am sure, will be, rather, a day for discussion of the usual Washington policy debates, but I do not think today is that day."
- Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary.
Mr Carney is right, that day should have been the day before this happened. The fact that it didn't happen is incredibly disappointing. America will take 3 weeks to flagellate itself, make crying noises, boo hoo hoo and all that, forget about it and then wait another six months when another massacre will occur (in which time another 5750 people will have died because of guns) and we can all go around the merry go round again.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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15th December 2012, 12:00 #28
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Originally Posted by loowisham
Bob Costas was correct. There is no excuse for this heavily armed society.
Unfortunately, it is not and this argument will go on until these cowardly politicians put stringent laws on the books. Both sides of the aisle are to blame."Old roats am jake mit goats."
-- Smokey Stover
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15th December 2012, 14:47 #29
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Originally Posted by race aficionado
That's nothing around here it's '0', and we are doing fine.Michael Schumacher The Best Ever F1 Driver
Everything I post is my own opinion and I\'ll always try to back it up! :)
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15th December 2012, 14:49 #30
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Originally Posted by Roamy
You lot should stop sitting on your hands when such things happen regularly. Bunch of hypocrites.Michael Schumacher The Best Ever F1 Driver
Everything I post is my own opinion and I\'ll always try to back it up! :)
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