DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri You are assuming that domestic gun violence happens in homes "where guns are kept readily at hand like in a drawer or closet etc." You really think that's commonplace? Yep. Anything to back that assertion up? No? Ah. Okay. quote:
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We can all understand Jo Citizen not wanting to confront a perp with heavy firepower but someone going nuts with a knife or club etc? Someone would act and the death vs injury ratio would be much less, regardless. Depends on the level of mastery the person has with the object. FFS...! You're seriously equivacating the overall killing power of clubs and knives etc to firearms???? Sheesh...![font] Firearms are raw power. Not everyone has the technique and training to take full advantage of that power. Any meathead can pick up a club, a bat, or a hammer. A sword or knife will take more experience, but they, too, can be deadly. Or, are you stating that some dead people are okay, but a lot of dead people isn't? quote:
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Shaming us to look at the elephant in the room?!? That's what you did? Sorry, but, no. No you didn't. You essentially said, "I don't accept as valid the solutions you are currently discussing, that you think are valid, so you can't use those. But you still have to present solutions that I will accept as valid." You are essentially giving a limited area for people to find a solution where none of your questionees believes there is a solution. No, not did, it's what I've *attempted* to do. The fact that you're all in denial and paranoid at the prospect of having one gun taken off you is enough for you to close your eyes and put an index finger firmly in each ear and chant ad nauseum, "la la la la....". The only choices you're willing to see are background checks, gun classes (more shooting) and armed security guards (more guns). IE, anything that won't affect *your* right to physically hold on to your personal arsenal. Oh yeah, and the horrendous body count. None of you pro-gunners wanna talk about, acknowledge or even know about that, at all...! So, your not accepting what we see as valid trumps our not accepting what you see as valid. Got it. Glad that was cleared up. quote:
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And, where do you think gangs get their guns? Tazzy quotes ½-million guns are stolen every year (which I believe I've seen on an FBI link, so I'm not questioning it). Do you think that this is the only way they get their guns? Do you think if there weren't guns to steal that they'd kick the dirt, say, "Aw, shucks!" and not source them another way? Please. Stolen? From where or whom? Rhetorical, btw. Have you not yet grasped my meaning of "means and opportunity"? You know, enabled to steal or acquire (and thus use) when there's such a massive pool available! You're making my point for me, for chrissakes...! Focus. ½-million guns are stolen per year. Are you going to make the claim, and stand behind it, that this is where gangs get their guns? Have any evidence to back that assertion?
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What I support: - A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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