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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
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