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In response to "I am bracing myself for all the revolting breathless news speculation tying it into Bane or the Joker or whatever villian. nm" by ralph wiggum

I am bracing for all of the references to Columbine, even though we know none of the facts regarding motive -- nm

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jul 20 '12, 05:43

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I'm bracing myself for all the damn gun control freaks to come out of the woodwork - Epiphany Jul 20, 05:54 47
- Sure didn't take long for ST to go there. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 06:59
- Heh, di you expect the damn gun control freaks to come out that fast? ;) -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:39 1
  - well, she *did* bring up the subject... -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 06:49
- Yep, like someone can't just be a NUT, it has to be the fault of something else. Guns, alcohol, drugs, he didn't get an A on his paper....whatever. -- nm - miffed67 Jul 20, 06:14 40
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    - he'd find a way. Nuts find a way. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:21 7
      - strangely it always seems to be the guns, though. -- nm - Reagen Jul 20, 06:41 1
        
        Just once I'd like to see one of these incidents with throwing stars. - Mel Profit Jul 20, 06:56
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        super easy? no way is it super easy. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:34 3
        
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        you have to go through checks, bullets need to go into something. - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:41 1
        
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    - As if somebody this crazy wouldn't think of... another way to accomplish this. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 20, 06:21 3
      - the other ways really aren't as easy though. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:22 2
        
        It's a lot harder to stab 50 people -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:25 1
        
        It has to be the easiest way since it's the one all the nutjobs use... -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:26
  - Well, we can't do nutjob-control in this nation...so we gotta take away the ability of the nutjobs to kill others. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:18 26
    - so then he'd use bombs, he'd use arson/fire, he'd use kitchen knives, he'd still kill lots of people. - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:21 24
      - Sure, he has other tools. But most of those either have significant controls in place, or lack the ability to do massive damage in a short time perio - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:28 17
        
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        An ammo nitrate bomb is not *that* simple to build. And if you try to buy enough fertilizer to build without, you know, being a farmer - Reagen Jul 20, 06:53
        
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        Yes, and a number of control regulations were put in place after that with nary a peep from the National Bomb Association. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 06:33
        
        Sure thing. Let's ban that shit too. This is absurd. "But he could use ammonium nitrate to ... " - Will Hunting Jul 20, 06:32 1
        
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        but that has happened a few times. people get shot in public places *all the time*. it's because guns are easy to get and easy to use that they are - Andie Jul 20, 06:31 10
        
        I don't think anyone is saying it would never happen again, but we do other drastic things to save a few lives, yet better gun control is out of the - Guigue Jul 20, 06:33 9
        
        i agree with you. i am saying, that those 'people will find a way' arguments are true, but they don't take everything into account. - Andie Jul 20, 06:35 1
        
        Oh I was totally agreeing with you! I probably should have replied to someone else, but your post made me think of this -- nm - Guigue Jul 20, 06:38
        
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        because we have the right to bear arms. And they can't make all the guns disappear - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:36 5
        
        We can, we should and I cannot believe that we do not. - Other David Jul 20, 06:58
        
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        we will have to agree to disagree -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:44
        
        maybe that right needs to be modified. seriously. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:37 1
        
        I think its a slippery slope -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:45
      - You control the ones that kill the most efficiently. It's hard to kill twenty people with a knife, no matter how many of them you have. -- nm - Roger More Jul 20, 06:25 2
        
        bombs are pretty damn efficient - he had tear gas - lets make that illegal. Trying to control people who can't be controlled - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:27 1
        
        tear gas should be illegal. bombs are. all the other things you mentioned are illegal. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:28
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        Speaking of, you will be interested in this article about Florida voting laws -- (link) - Roger More Jul 20, 06:51
    - i still like Chris Rock's bit about making bullets cost $5000. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 06:19
- Oh, they are there, as well as the gun advocates. And I need to put money in the jar. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 06:03
- Maybe they'll wait to protest gun violence until the next time there's a flash flood or a tornado and have the - TWuG Jul 20, 05:59 1
  - heh -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 06:02

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