Gun Control & RKBA

VanillaRhapsody

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58. apparently you need a gun to "defend yourself"

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #48)

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 12:39 AM

Nov 2015

I don't....I am not a chicken!

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Gun in hand, 68 year old woman saves boyfriend in attack [View all] Kang Colby Nov 2015 OP

should we just start posting every single gun fatality on that occurs ...on DU? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #1

SecularMotion got that covered....1 pipoman Nov 2015 #2

EVERY single one? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #3

What good would it do you? beevul Nov 2015 #4

Perhaps it would drown out all these desperate posts trying to prove guns VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #6

Nope. It will just strengthen our resolve. beevul Nov 2015 #8

"running the show" VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #10

I don't need to hide behind anyone. beevul Nov 2015 #14

apparently you do...you are afraid of us "running the show" VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #15

Apparently I don't. beevul Nov 2015 #18

Duplicate. N/T beevul Nov 2015 #19

"its just very disrespectful of those that have died" Brickbat Nov 2015 #87

Yes it is....every 4.4 days another toddler dies... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #88

Sorry to hear about your cousin. GGJohn Nov 2015 #93

and you posts DEFENDING those deaths... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #94

What a lie. GGJohn Nov 2015 #95

its the truth and YOU know it! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #96

Well, then, if you're going to go that route, GGJohn Nov 2015 #97

Yeah...but quill and ink... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #98

Really? GGJohn Nov 2015 #99

Yes really.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #100

Take out the suicides and you have appox 8,000 firearm deaths per year in the US, GGJohn Nov 2015 #101

No I wont VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #102

And Australia is vastly different culture from the US. GGJohn Nov 2015 #103

Yeah...it does now... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #104

BOOM what? GGJohn Nov 2015 #105

per capita? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #107

Yes, per capita, GGJohn Nov 2015 #108

Yes and I showed why... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #120

Here you go. GGJohn Nov 2015 #109

Bullshit... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #110

Yet Japan, where it's almost impossible to get a gun, GGJohn Nov 2015 #113

In Japan, if a husband killes his wife and three kids, it is nit recorded as a murder/suicide. oneshooter Nov 2015 #147

BOOM! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #148

actually, they only removed gejohnston Nov 2015 #112

bullshit! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #114

I didn't get that from the NRA gejohnston Nov 2015 #116

oh a cop!!! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #118

I doubt it gejohnston Nov 2015 #123

I don't doubt it... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #127

Cleaning a loaded gun known to mechanically fail? JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #106

Don't we have sooooo many "irresponsible gun owners" in this country??? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #111

The system has failed to educate the public. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #115

Why not reduce firearms and we reduce gun deaths??? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #117

Sounds great. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #119

When they are more expensive and harder to get! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #121

Might take 200 years. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #122

might... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #125

Australia has more to do with gejohnston Nov 2015 #124

Oh right...you just keep telling yourself that... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #126

It DOES NOT! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #9

Yes, in fact it does. beevul Nov 2015 #11

I have the facts... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #13

Facts from the VPC? beevul Nov 2015 #16

beats the shit out of yours from the NRA! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #20

Except I haven't cited anything from the nra. beevul Nov 2015 #21

Its all you got VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #23

beevulhasn't cited, nor posted links from, the NRA. YOU, on the other hand, Ghost in the Machine Nov 2015 #84

Its where the money comes from and you know it VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #90

and... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #24

actually, the NRA might claim that gejohnston Nov 2015 #26

No he is not... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #29

the fact that he gets all of his information gejohnston Nov 2015 #40

How about I just give you the truth instead... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #12

It's been done ... about 8 times and never well or consistently DonP Nov 2015 #17

all 48 children a day... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #22

Boom. You lose. beevul Nov 2015 #25

thats fucking bullshit and you know it! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #27

That which is asserted without evidence, is dismissed without evidence. beevul Nov 2015 #31

denial is not dismissal VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #32

Now its congresses fault that you're a poor debater without any reliable source material? beevul Nov 2015 #35

I am not the poor debater here... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #37

LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #43

im the childish one... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #47

Good for you, GGJohn Nov 2015 #50

He/she is just fishing for hide. beevul Nov 2015 #64

It's so obvious it's funny. GGJohn Nov 2015 #76

You're right, my bad. You aren't debating at all. beevul Nov 2015 #49

hahahahaha Right... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #52

Whats the matter, subject get uncomfortable and you decided it needed a change? beevul Nov 2015 #56

I have a question about Mr. Webster gejohnston Nov 2015 #77

Bunk.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #86

So with respect to the first paragraph TeddyR Nov 2015 #91

if the gun is used by a "law abiding citizen" it does.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #92

Excellent work. I enjoyed reading the exchange. n/t Kang Colby Nov 2015 #51

You really need to calm down and find a better source for your claims DonP Nov 2015 #28

How about the CDC and the FBI??? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #30

None of which has anything to do with defensive gun usage. beevul Nov 2015 #33

statistics......you mean the statistics the NRA controlled REPUBLICAN CONGRESS VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #36

Poor you, the world is just so full of facts you disagree with. beevul Nov 2015 #38

i know damn well that dgu does not outnumber the deaths VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #42

And now the personal insults. GGJohn Nov 2015 #46

No. You BELIEVE that that dgu does not outnumber the death. beevul Nov 2015 #53

My statistics? I didnt cite any, try again DonP Nov 2015 #41

its coming believe that VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #44

"its coming believe that" GGJohn Nov 2015 #54

Oh yea... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #55

... GGJohn Nov 2015 #67

thats whats coming... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #68

LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #72

fantasy huh? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #74

No, we won't. GGJohn Nov 2015 #75

CDC? Straw Man Nov 2015 #83

The CDC has been prevented FROM making their studies public... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #129

Well duh! That post just cited a recent gun control related CDC study ordered by President Obama DonP Nov 2015 #133

Well DUH VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #134

Yes Double Duh!, because you were just shown a recent CDC gun control study!!!!! DonP Nov 2015 #139

triple DUH! and I just showed YOU how the NRA runs Congress AND then the CDC VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #140

So President Obama made them publish a gun control study he didn't like? DonP Nov 2015 #141

it wasn't one AGAINST gun control was it? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #142

Well, I teach concealed carry classes and use a keyboard too DonP Nov 2015 #143

another hour goes buy... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #145

You write this like it's a bad thing. beardown Nov 2015 #144

Yes I do...because IT DOES VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #152

Really? Straw Man Nov 2015 #151

Yes....because THAT one doesn't make claims AGAINST guns... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #153

You obviously didn't read the linked article. Straw Man Nov 2015 #154

what do YOU call a child? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #34

Why yes, I was allowed to reproduce, how about YOU? DonP Nov 2015 #60

You are the one wanting to define a child... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #61

Prove what? Good night and better luck next time, with your "approach" to discussion you need it DonP Nov 2015 #69

every 4.4 days...another baby DEAD!!! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #71

More exclamation points and all CAPS doesn't make you sound any less desperate or foolish DonP Nov 2015 #79

I expect to see a panic induced post by you in GD then... beevul Nov 2015 #80

yep every one in the same sense that the op posts every single dgu pipoman Nov 2015 #82

DGUs are much more common by any measure. n/t Kang Colby Nov 2015 #5

bullfuckingshit! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #7

My My, someone is very defensive. GGJohn Nov 2015 #39

and i dont need a pea shooter VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #45

Good for you, GGJohn Nov 2015 #48

apparently you need a gun to "defend yourself" VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #58

Where in this thread did I say that I needed a firearm to defend myself? GGJohn Nov 2015 #62

And you sound like a typical gunner VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #66

Again the insults. GGJohn Nov 2015 #70

You carry your guns...I carry my insults! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #73

That doesn't even make any sense. GGJohn Nov 2015 #78

False on both counts. n/t Kang Colby Nov 2015 #57

really? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #59

Link? Kang Colby Nov 2015 #63

easy VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #65

Let me ask you an honest question. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #81

Yes I do.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #85

Those like DGU ones just serve to reinforce the idea to CC. ileus Nov 2015 #89

disgusting... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #128

Vanilla, in a hurricane of gun-banner postings of killings, you found a fetid breeze? Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #131

Rather be ironic... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #132

I wonder. Is gun-control where good liberals go to hate with impunity? Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #135

Nearly 10,000 American children are injured or killed by guns every year VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #136

"Children under the age of twenty." Really. Why not thirty? Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #137

why not??? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #138

Have a good one, Vanilla! Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #149

May you loose your fear of living life... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #150

I'm more impressed that the 68 yo lady has a boyfriend! nt procon Nov 2015 #130

K & R edgineered Nov 2015 #146

It doesn't say he 'retreated' because he saw that she was armed. louis-t Nov 2015 #155

Yeah, the guy probably had a sudden attack of conscience DonP Nov 2015 #156