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Mass Shooting in Oregon Mall

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by da_juice, Dec 11, 2012.

  1. Northside Storm

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    This is an intensely ironic statement from a pro-gun advocate.

    I can't think of anything more concrete of a statement of fear selling than a gun being sold as something one must have to protect one's family.

    Crime has continued to decrease, but it looks like fear will always sell.
     
  2. Svpernaut

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    Being cautious and being fearful are two different things. I don't have fear when I walk to my car in the middle of the night, but I am cautious how I do it. It's called using your brain. I also ENJOY shooting guns.
     
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  3. Northside Storm

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    Oh, so people reading and researching about a massacre of elementary school children in the media are letting their plump little brains go hyper-sensitive, and you're being the cautious one by trying to stifle debate at this issue, and letting your logical reasoning guide you to a "safer and funner" outcome?

    http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199310073291506

    Besides, enough of this media red herring crap. Mass shootings peaked in 1929, decades before the 24/7 news media cycle, and before there were at least some reasonable restrictions on guns in America.
     

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