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Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
Citizens are citizens.
alcaray —
12/18/2012 6:34:32 AM
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250 years of school shootings
- RobVG -
12/16/2012 6:10:08 PM
People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?
- alcaray -
12/16/2012 9:00:49 PM
If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t
- RobVG -
12/16/2012 9:50:07 PM
I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- alcaray -
12/16/2012 10:01:11 PM
Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- RobVG -
12/16/2012 11:01:20 PM
I noticed that
- Robert -
12/17/2012 3:46:40 AM
The pornography analogy is apt.
- ER -
12/17/2012 6:36:36 AM
and
- Robert -
12/17/2012 10:35:12 PM
My girls are all markswomen.
- MaryAnne -
12/18/2012 12:25:52 AM
Mass murderers are almost always men
- Robert -
12/18/2012 2:39:08 AM
"I’m sure you can guess where I think gun violence comes from."
- TB -
12/17/2012 5:11:59 PM
Please proceed.
- ER -
12/17/2012 5:50:49 PM
Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- RobVG -
12/18/2012 12:36:55 AM
Citizens are citizens.
- alcaray -
12/18/2012 6:34:32 AM
I don't consider violent criminals "citizens".
- RobVG -
12/18/2012 3:45:01 PM
"I can’t think of any other reason why blacks would be killing blacks."
- ER -
12/18/2012 9:38:11 PM
My god you are so off base. I expect an apology. Don't care if I receive it. n/t
- RobVG -
12/19/2012 1:37:16 AM
"I can’t think of any other reason why blacks would be killing blacks."
- ER -
12/19/2012 3:07:42 AM
Guess I should have added 'in such numbers'.
- RobVG -
12/19/2012 5:26:47 AM
You're missing the point. Deliberately. Again.
- TB -
12/18/2012 9:41:49 PM
You obviously didn't read my post.
- ER -
12/18/2012 11:14:29 PM
Oh, I read it. I read everything.
- TB -
12/19/2012 3:22:06 AM
So tell me, Tom. What's my motive?
- ER -
12/19/2012 4:16:10 AM
What "motive?"
- TB -
12/19/2012 4:47:59 AM
See above.
- ER -
12/19/2012 1:27:57 PM
Some statistics:
- TB -
12/18/2012 4:13:39 PM
Gangs of New York
- ER -
12/18/2012 2:12:21 AM
See? Thread's already dead.
- TB -
12/17/2012 5:56:46 PM
Maybe the problem is the underlying premise that something can always be "done."
- TB -
12/17/2012 4:21:01 AM
Humans do things to make things better.
- alcaray -
12/17/2012 5:58:41 AM
Licensing surgeons and airline pilots doesn't guarantee they won't make mistakes.
- ER -
12/17/2012 5:50:47 AM
Cooler heads.
- RobVG -
12/17/2012 4:08:10 AM
There are things to talk about
- Robert -
12/17/2012 8:36:04 PM
Tasers figured in a local case of wrongful death, decided against the police.
- MaryAnne -
12/18/2012 1:38:36 AM
Lethality is a statistical concept
- Robert -
12/18/2012 2:45:24 AM
Simple question. Why do you want to bring the 2nd amendment into it? n/t
- RobVG -
12/18/2012 12:33:44 AM
Because it's frequently cited as preventing any attempt to control guns.
- Robert -
12/18/2012 2:43:11 AM
Fair enough
- RobVG -
12/18/2012 4:13:49 AM
Connecticut still has an assault weapons ban.
- TB -
12/18/2012 2:27:51 PM
right you are
- Robert -
12/18/2012 5:24:37 AM
Monster porn
- RobVG -
12/17/2012 4:38:15 AM
There's more to it than just pro and anti gun sides.
- ER -
12/17/2012 5:36:56 AM
And yet, you did.
- alcaray -
12/17/2012 3:44:57 AM
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