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7 dead, 7 wounded in Santa Barbara shooting rampage

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by mpcincal, May 24, 2014.

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  1. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    There's more, of course.

    "Responding to his attack absolutely is. He is one of the exploiters."

    "Guns don't kill people. Democrats kill people."

    "Libs want gun control for safety but threaten to kill me. They want my wife to be respected but scream nasty names at her. Liberalism is BS."

    Dude is performance art. He wants the attention and throws up whatever he thinks will get the most clicks.

    Or the same thing he accuses the "media" of doing ...

    "The media causes mass murders by sensationalizing them and stoking political controversy. The media does this for money: ad clicks, ratings."

    In the meantime, he has a link embedded in his profile for a kickstarter on a book he wants to write.
     
  2. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Show me the rubric or GTFO.
     
  3. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    It's really tough for you to say that this generation will not crave the guns like their parents.

    As soon as sales start to drop, we will see the NRA start rebranding themselves.
     
  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    If the rubric ain't focal, you better buy local.

    If the rubric don't fit, it's the paradox of thrift.
     
  5. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Never saw you as the joking type.

    But I think the view of guns will be slow and take time.
     
  6. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I wasn't aware Ann Coulter changed her name.
     
  7. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    More from Todd:

    "Responsible news outlets need a policy against publishing details about mass killers that might motivate future killers. No more manifestos."

    Gee, I didn't know YF was a former GOP chairman.
     
  8. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Guns will go away when abortion goes away.

    Not to conflate the two but both sides are equally passionate and both believe that any restriction or limitation will lead to the right going away.

    The issues are wildly different but the passion and logic or lack of, depending on perspective, are all there.

    A mail order gun has killed an American president. Guns, sadly, may kill your kid when he's at the gas station minding his own business. Or a gun or guns might kill a classroom of kindergartners, again.

    And you'll still be able to buy a gun.
     
  9. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    He's not wrong on this point.
     
  10. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Debatable point at best. At least he isn't calling for such policies to be forced on news outlets. What he is doing is trying to shove the blame onto the media and away from guns, the NRA and politicians such as himself.
     
  11. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    You can buy a gun in Massachusetts, but it's harder to do than in many other states, more hoops to jump through. As a result, a resident here has a much smaller chance of being shot to death by accident, suicide or homicide than in those other states. But the right to own guns has not been infringed.
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Isn't the main reason the First Amendment is important is because it's a check on government, right?

    Isn't that the main reason for the Second Amendment as well, and really the entire bill of rights?

    Is the First Amendment more important than the Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments?
     
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