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In response to "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" by miffed67

Well, we can't do nutjob-control in this nation...so we gotta take away the ability of the nutjobs to kill others.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka Joemetz) Jul 20 '12, 06:18

we're told guns are a tool to use for whatever purpose...

if you can't control the people using the tools (and the NRA won't by opposing many registries), then you're left with controlling the tools.

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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

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