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