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Gun Control & RKBA

arendt

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9. So your solution is to wait 20 years after a change that hasn't happened.

Reply to beevul (Reply #8)

Wed May 11, 2016, 02:20 PM

May 2016

Must be great to be able to blow off the predictable statistics of the suicide of children in our country with some ideological boilerplate.

This year, children in the US killed more people than real adult murderers did in any other first world country.

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5 Year Old Finds Grandma's Gun On Bed - The End [View all] SoCalMusicLover May 2016 OP

That's just the price of freedom EdwardBernays May 2016 #1

I'm not your Straw Man. Straw Man May 2016 #3

I've never ever ever EdwardBernays May 2016 #12

Never ever ever. Straw Man May 2016 #14

This surprises you? beevul May 2016 #18

"That's just the price of freedom...Says most gun nuts." Bullshit. friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #11

If you only noticed this EdwardBernays May 2016 #15

It's an obvious observation, seeing as your claims *are* generally clumsy propaganda... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #22

People on DU who support the Second Amendment TeddyR May 2016 #2

I dont think one has to be pro 2A to agree with what you posted. bunnies May 2016 #5

Very tragic. Fortunately, such incidents are going down... Eleanors38 May 2016 #4

Teach gun safety in High school. beevul May 2016 #6

This helps five year olds how? n/t arendt May 2016 #7

If this kids parents and grandparents had learned gun safety in high school... beevul May 2016 #8

So your solution is to wait 20 years after a change that hasn't happened. arendt May 2016 #9

And your solution is to do what? Nothing? beevul May 2016 #13

No, beevul, you can post stuff on the 'tubes! It's cheap & EZ. Eleanors38 May 2016 #17

This is true... beevul May 2016 #19

Old people shouldn't be allowed to own firearms. ileus May 2016 #10

Or drive lawn mowers. :( nt jmg257 May 2016 #16

How old... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #23

Around here they would only let you own a firearm until 45. ileus May 2016 #24

Ah - who was that guy? Remember the Venn diagram? Some half-ass blogger. nt jmg257 May 2016 #25

Ven Halen? JonathanRackham May 2016 #27

some spammer from Italy mike2002b or something like that. ileus May 2016 #31

We called him "mikebunchanumbers" when I was still active at the DailyKos. theatre goon May 2016 #32

Ahh yes, sharesunited. beevul May 2016 #33

There is no excuse for leaving firearms unsecured. ManiacJoe May 2016 #20

Or Draino, or sharp objects, or swimming pools, or ladders for Chrissakes! jonno99 May 2016 #21

Jeez smh Ohioblue22 May 2016 #28

An unlocked gun with three young children trumps all of those. peace13 May 2016 #30

I did not read the article... deathrind May 2016 #26

Such a beautiful child. peace13 May 2016 #29