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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 4:27 am
It isn't the fault of America. It's the fault of any government that makes public ownership of firearms too easy.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 8:23 am
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2020 at 8:27 am by The Grand Nudger.)
That's probably more the case when it comes to regular old rank and file gun crimes. For nuts who want to go on a rampage, easy or hard..they're gonna get a weapon.
I think that we should keep things like that in mind if we want to consider how to improve our guns laws, anywhere. Some strategies would amount to a whole lot of lost effort for little effect, and it's not as if that effort isn't needed elsewhere within the issue, places where a little effort goes a long way, even.
I can't help but use a gun analogy - you point your rifle at the crowd and aim center mass. Not a single loons head.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 8:45 am
(April 20, 2020 at 8:23 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: That's probably more the case when it comes to regular old rank and file gun crimes. For nuts who want to go on a rampage, easy or hard..they're gonna get a weapon.
I think that we should keep things like that in mind if we want to consider how to improve our guns laws, anywhere. Some strategies would amount to a whole lot of lost effort for little effect, and it's not as if that effort isn't needed elsewhere within the issue, places where a little effort goes a long way, even.
I can't help but use a gun analogy - you point your rifle at the crowd and aim center mass. Not a single loons head.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 9:31 am
I thought our chief export was arrogance and entitlement. I'll add mental illness and psychopathy/sociopathy.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 9:37 am
I didn’t really intend for this to be a gun control thread (my badski - I should have said so).
Rather than addressing availability of firearms, I’ve come to the conclusion that we might be better served by addressing issues of mental health and gun safety.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 9:58 am
Mass shooting nuttery does seem like a communicable disorder, lol.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 12:58 pm
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18 dead so far more to be found 
Including an RCMP office who tried to stop him named Heidi Stevenson
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 1:09 pm
(April 20, 2020 at 9:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I didn’t really intend for this to be a gun control thread (my badski - I should have said so).
Rather than addressing availability of firearms, I’ve come to the conclusion that we might be better served by addressing issues of mental health and gun safety.
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Define "gun safety"...
Does it look suspiciously like gun control?
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 1:35 pm
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Kindof probably does, right? Like, keep guns out of crazy's hands. Maybe give crazy something other than a gun to hold. Maybe meds...who knows.
I've got a wound up little brother who I wouldn't trust with anything more than a weedeater. He's mowing my lawn right now.
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RE: America’s Chief Export
April 20, 2020 at 1:51 pm
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(April 20, 2020 at 1:09 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (April 20, 2020 at 9:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I didn’t really intend for this to be a gun control thread (my badski - I should have said so).
Rather than addressing availability of firearms, I’ve come to the conclusion that we might be better served by addressing issues of mental health and gun safety.
Boru
Define "gun safety"...
Does it look suspiciously like gun control?
Oh, little things like not leaving loaded guns within reach of toddlers. Crazy stuff like that.
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