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re: True. But that doesn't keep them from trying.

ER — 2/15/2008 12:11:57 PM (archived)

Making guns openly available all the time isn't going to stop that. I own several firearms but I don't carry them around in public with me. Neither do most other responsible gun owners. The type who carry concealed heat all the time, without a specific reason to do so, are more likely to be the problem than the solution.

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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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