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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

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6. "A shooting over a cheeseburger tells us a lot about America's gun problem"

Reply to MillennialDem (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 12:33 PM

Jun 2016

A shooting over a cheeseburger tells us a lot about America's gun problem

It isn't a gun problem, its a behavior problem.

If the guns were the problem, you'd have millions dead, rather than 10 thousand-ish homicides involving a gun.

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Guns Make Killing Easy [View all] SecularMotion Jun 2016 OP

They also make protecting life easy...remember if it just saves one life it's worth it...right? ileus Jun 2016 #1

And cheeseburgers and tacos MillennialDem Jun 2016 #5

"A shooting over a cheeseburger tells us a lot about America's gun problem" beevul Jun 2016 #6

It's both. But I'd rather two people get in a fist fight over a cheeseburger than shoot each other MillennialDem Jun 2016 #7

Thats not my decision to make, nor is it yours. beevul Jun 2016 #8

That's a crock. If every gun fight ended up in a fist fight instead, would more or MillennialDem Jun 2016 #9

Whats a crock, is that that isn't going to happen. beevul Jun 2016 #10

Said in the 1990s: lol gay marriage MillennialDem Jun 2016 #11

Apples and oranges are neat... beevul Jun 2016 #12

We're 1-2 supreme court justices away... MillennialDem Jun 2016 #13

Uh huh. beevul Jun 2016 #14

Will gun law enforcement officials carry guns? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #2

I hear the secret service is stocking up... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #3

Guns make target shooting easier as well discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #4