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In response to "because its not -- nm" by Epiphany

if it were not guns, it would be something else.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Sep 16 '13, 10:47

anthrax, cyanide laced tylenol, bombs, etc....

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shit, drive cars into crowds of people. Americans do not lack creativity -- nm - Epiphany Sep 16, 10:53
then why aren't there regularly happening mass killings using those methods both outside the US and in the US? -- nm - zork Sep 16, 10:53 11
- it is something about the US culture. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 16, 10:54 10
  - ...like a fetishistic gun subculture. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 16, 10:56 3
    - if you have a kid with a fascination for lighting fires you'd take away any matches or lighters from them -- nm - zork Sep 16, 10:58
    - I think this is a true statement -- nm - Epiphany Sep 16, 10:57
    - partly, maybe. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 16, 10:57
  - .... -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:55 5
    - not relating to access to guns. - groiny Sep 16, 10:56 4
      - people get stabbed everywhere. 7 people don' -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:56 3
        
        ..don't die in minutes from a guy with a knife. -- nm - Andie Sep 16, 10:56 2
        
        (Didn't that happen once in Japan?) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 10:58 1
        
        yes. once. with children. horrible. - Andie Sep 16, 10:59
none of which are nearly as easy to get as guns are. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 10:48

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