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Gun violence/Media & the word "motive"OP/ED
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RE: Gun violence/Media & the word "motive"OP/ED
June 14, 2017 at 1:41 pm
(June 14, 2017 at 1:31 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Politically motivated violence -of any kind-  is a statistically negligible portion of violence, and even less so gun violence....but don't let me interrupt you when you're feeling totally vindicated.

I agree political violence and not even religious violence constitute the majority of gun deaths. My point is in all cases of gun deaths no matter the motive, they got access to firearms. 

"Other bad shit happens so do nothing about this" is not an argument.
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RE: Gun violence/Media & the word "motive"OP/ED - by Brian37 - June 14, 2017 at 1:41 pm

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