I agree.

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I agree.

TAFKASE — 2/15/2008 2:47:56 PM (archived)

I think the "pro-gun" lobby hurts it's cause by using these incidents to say... "If only someone in that room was packing heat"...

If anything, that argument makes these incidents even more about the "guns" and less about the true causes of this kind of stupidity.

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I would swear there have been 8 to 10 mass shootings lately. - Bowser - 2/14/2008 10:13:42 PM
- A handgun has only two reasons for being - James Brown - 2/16/2008 1:09:20 AM
- The easy solution to this problem... - ER - 2/15/2008 2:21:01 PM
  - re: The easy solution to this problem... - Bowser - 2/16/2008 4:35:09 AM
  - re: The easy solution to this problem... - TB - 2/15/2008 4:56:20 PM
    - I don't see the contradiction at all. - ER - 2/15/2008 6:31:28 PM
      - Yes, that is a contradiction. - Lee - 2/15/2008 10:22:30 PM
        
        Oh No! A contradiction! Ya got me now! AAAAAArgh! - ER - 2/15/2008 11:37:04 PM
        
        And to answer your question. - Lee - 2/16/2008 1:51:44 AM
        
        Liquidate? - ER - 2/16/2008 2:49:53 AM
        
        Well then, keep your hands off my guns. - Lee - 2/16/2008 9:20:07 PM
        
        You're wrong. - Lee - 2/16/2008 1:45:42 AM
        
        Of course I'm in favor of banning handguns. - ER - 2/16/2008 2:58:46 AM
        
        re: Of course I'm in favor of banning handguns. - Lee - 2/16/2008 9:27:32 PM
        
        Again... - TB - 2/16/2008 5:47:14 AM
        
        I didn't say "gun homicides", I said "gun crimes" (n/t) - ER - 2/16/2008 3:25:24 PM
  - this is the (nearly unique) american version of a suicide bomber... - TAFKASE - 2/15/2008 2:39:22 PM
    - No, he was someone who hated geographers. (n/t) - ER - 2/15/2008 3:36:33 PM
- How many of these were in "gun-free" zones? (n/t) - TB - 2/14/2008 11:45:44 PM
  - Illinois has pretty strict gun ownership rules. - TAKFASE - 2/15/2008 2:44:22 PM
  - Guns and colleges - dtb - 2/15/2008 2:41:18 PM
    - I agree. - TAFKASE - 2/15/2008 2:47:56 PM
  - No such thing - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2008 5:50:34 AM
    - True. But that doesn't keep them from trying. - TB - 2/15/2008 6:27:14 AM
      - re: True. But that doesn't keep them from trying. - ER - 2/15/2008 12:11:57 PM
        
        Deterrence - TB - 2/15/2008 4:42:07 PM
        
        re: Deterrence - ER - 2/16/2008 12:40:15 AM
  - Irrelevant. But I'm sure it would have been as bad under Saddam. - Bowser - 2/15/2008 12:38:50 AM
    - re: Irrelevant. And we could link it to a graph for aid to women with dependent children. (n/t) - Yeti - 2/15/2008 3:47:12 AM
      - But, there is a hockey stick graph showing the alarming # of these incidents... (n/t) - TAFKASE - 2/15/2008 2:51:09 PM
      - Well, Iraq WAS a welfare state. 'Nuff sed! (n/t) - Bowser - 2/15/2008 5:04:45 AM
        
        By Gawd, Bowser ma'boy! You found it! - Yeti - 2/15/2008 3:49:23 PM

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