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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,578 posts)

19. Advances in society...

Reply to spin (Reply #18)

Sat May 13, 2017, 06:46 PM

May 2017

...favor the rich. Technology, finance, communications, medicine, entertainment...

As all of these advancements are made, it is the rich who can take best advantage and it is the rich or at least richer who motivate development. Is anyone looking to underwrite curing diseases that affect only the poorest areas of the world?

The cash price for an iphone 7 rivals what I've paid for cars a few years ago. My family's monthly cell bill (4 phones and a tablet) is about the same as my car payment on my last (2001) new car.

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'Hero' stopped mass murder by crazed bar patron who was armed to the teeth, police say [View all] sarisataka May 2017 OP

There are a few instances where this is true. Ligyron May 2017 #1

Screw the "hero" bs Get Off Of My Cloud May 2017 #2

Very true but we know how the NRA will say it is a hero narritive... riversedge May 2017 #3

That'll work... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #4

It doesn't appear sarisataka May 2017 #5

Yes but... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #6

By Texas Law this was not a "bar" it is a restaurant. oneshooter May 2017 #7

So your opinion is people who go out to commit murders.. EX500rider May 2017 #9

Legally, it wasn't a bar... S_B_Jackson May 2017 #10

Do you seriously believe the shooter would have been deterred by a law ... spin May 2017 #11

And there's another question that will never be answered discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #15

When I was growing up back in the 1950s and 60s I was living in a ... spin May 2017 #18

Advances in society... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #19

And this will not show up in statistics used for this sort of stuff. krispos42 May 2017 #8

hot zone sports bar jimmy the one May 2017 #12

So, can I get drunk yagotme May 2017 #13

sports bar, their words not mine jimmy the one May 2017 #16

"Three. One shoulder, one hip and one down here, right next to Mr. Wally... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #17

Yes, their words. yagotme May 2017 #20

Seung-Hui Cho "only" had two handguns hack89 May 2017 #14