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re: These shootings are shaking me up...
Posted on 8/4/19 at 3:52 pm to Peepdip
Posted on 8/4/19 at 3:52 pm to Peepdip
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There are no measures we can take to prevent violence.
Wrong. You can't really believe this.
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As long as conservatives keep sending thoughts and prayers, we'll all be ok in the long run
Why does everything have to have a political agenda?
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Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:22 pm to Damone
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Also, your efforts to compare gun ownership to driving a car is a total miss, as there is no right to drive contained in the Bill of Rights.
He’s not comparing gun ownership to driving a car dummy.
He’s criticizing the pro 2a crowd that says “ban cars” because cars kill more people than guns.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:25 pm to munchman
Aw youre confused. Liberals are the ones who want people to take mental health seriously
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:26 pm to TexasTiger08
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At the same time, it’s impossible to just dismiss this shite as more violence in the USA. Simply put, we aren’t safe anymore
The chance of you being shot in a mass shooting scenario is minuscule. Your chance of getting in an accident in your car is greater by a large margin. So are you also afraid of driving to work, class or to go out?
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:30 pm to TexasTiger08
Probably already posted but congratulations on being a pussy
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:43 pm to Scruffy
I don’t know. It seems like more mass killings are occurring than when I was growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. There have always been your isolated serial killers but random kids and young adults shooting up movie theaters and schools doesn’t seem like a normal trend. When I was in HS (1981-1985) nobody feared such a thing. You beat someone up with your fists and make up the next day. Does anyone remember school shootings back during the 1970’s and 1980’s ? I don’t.
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:45 pm to TexasTiger08
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You can’t go anywhere without having to keep your head ona swivel.
Actually, you probably live in one of the safest time periods in recorded history. Even in recent history, the murder and violent crimes rates are significantly lower than they were in the 70’s and 80s
Crime rates per 100000
1960 violent crime - 160.9, murder - 5.1, rape - 9.6, robbery - 60.1, aggravated assault - 86.1
1980 violent crime - 596.6, murder - 10.2, rape - 36.8, robbery - 251.1, aggravated assault - 298.5
2016 violent crime - 386.3, murder - 5.3, rape - 29.6, robbery - 102.8, aggravated assault - 248.5
2016 was closer to 1960 than 1980 and a couple of things may have skewed 1960 lower, one being the stigma associated with rape probably kept more women from reporting it in 1960 than 2016. I also suspect some of what is now prosecuted as aggravated assault wasn’t reported as such and just written off by the victims or even the police as an arse whoopin (just speculation in my part,).
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:51 pm to Peepdip
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There are no measures we can take to prevent violence.
As long as conservatives keep sending thoughts and prayers, we'll all be ok in the long run.
No doubt you have had a penis in your mouth, and enjoyed it
Posted on 8/4/19 at 4:55 pm to 632627
No he’s not, dummy. He’s equating a limitation on guns akin to limitations on driving.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 5:38 pm to Commander Data
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Why does everything have to have a political agenda?
the El Paso shooting was an act of political violence if the shooters manifesto is genuine and to be believed. In this particular case you can not evaluate the event without evaluating the politics of it
Posted on 8/4/19 at 5:42 pm to PearlJam
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Pure hyperbole
Is it? I mean... these people in these recent shootings (and every other mass shooting) felt they were perfectly safe at the time. When it happens on the news, it's just a statistic, when it happens to you it's everything (and potentially fatal).
Posted on 8/4/19 at 5:52 pm to Klark Kent
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you’re right, we have to stop burying our heads in the sand that a very specific group of less than 6.5% of the US population commits over half of the gun related homicides.
We should have an open conversation and someone take responsibility for this overwhelmi
Over 9,000 shootings so far this year in Chicago.......
Not a peep.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 5:59 pm to TexasTiger08
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These shootings are shaking me up..
quote:By all means you should ask Congress to take away your best most effective means to protect yourself.
We have elected officials who are too wrapped up in political agendas to take steps to slow these disasters down.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 6:00 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:how can there not be a peep when I hear it here everyday
Not a peep.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 6:04 pm to castorinho
there’s a difference between having a difficult conversation anonymously on the Internet vs publicly in person. And I mentioned previously, having that conversation doesn’t exactly get you votes...
Posted on 8/4/19 at 6:13 pm to TexasTiger08
You wouldn’t make it in Israel very long and they live happy vibrant lives, notwithstanding being hunted for centuries.
I am going to keep on living my life. These ephers will not impact my life. Flew today and went to a mall. Only thing I complained about was lost luggage and cost of shoes, not a mass shooter. Going to a ballgame tomorrow night. I hope the only thing I worry about then is 8.00 beer and 7.00 hotdogs. If it’s my time then it’s my time, but I am not going to live a miserable life staying locked up in my home because of these whack jobs. And our military, intllegence agencies and LEOs are pretty amazing at their jobs.
I am going to keep on living my life. These ephers will not impact my life. Flew today and went to a mall. Only thing I complained about was lost luggage and cost of shoes, not a mass shooter. Going to a ballgame tomorrow night. I hope the only thing I worry about then is 8.00 beer and 7.00 hotdogs. If it’s my time then it’s my time, but I am not going to live a miserable life staying locked up in my home because of these whack jobs. And our military, intllegence agencies and LEOs are pretty amazing at their jobs.
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 8/4/19 at 6:29 pm to castorinho
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how can there not be a peep when I hear it here everyday
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Posted on 8/4/19 at 6:59 pm to PrivatePublic
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Yeah, the exponential growth of humanity is no evidence at all that we're safer than we've ever been.
It’s not. There are no reliable statistics for violent crime throughout history, however you want to define it. Or even for murder.
This post was edited on 8/4/19 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 8/4/19 at 7:03 pm to TastyJibblets
You sound like such a good Christian
Posted on 8/4/19 at 8:41 pm to Klingler7
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Does anyone remember school shootings back during the 1970’s and 1980’s ? I don’t.
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