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In reply to the discussion: Weapons common on Oregon college campus despite 'gun-free zone' [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)4. suspect?
decades of studies in peer reviewed criminology journals and replicated as being valid vs the tweets of a former Monstanto PR executive who happens to be on the payroll of a narcissistic, authoritarian, and racist billionaire.
You can pretty well guess which claim is I think is suspect.
http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#crime
What we never get are reports of some active shooter somewhere, another person has a gun, and BANG! The original shooter is now dead.
They don't make the national news because there is no sensationalize. They do show up in local news. If you go by national news, you would think that gangs in places like Chicago and DC don't kill that many people a weekend, but we both know that isn't true.Edit history
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It was a video, not a tweet- but she still said it *and you know it, as you replied to it*:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#42
Also, Shannon Watts is demonstrated liar and a poor excuse for a Democrat...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#43
I believe my examples met your criteria. Whether *you* agree or disagree is not my concern n/t
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#54
Shannon Watts is a proven liar and a piss-poor excuse for a Democrat
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#51
Don't take the shouting and handwaving too much to heart- we're dealing with a version of these:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#61
Respectfully, carrying a weapon is for self-defense, not strategic law enforcement...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#8
I believe one of gejohnston's graphics best describes the situation:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#58
That should be changed. No reason to coddle terrorists on university campuses.
stone space
Oct 2015
#9