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Old 12-14-2012, 01:37 PM
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I'm keeping a very close eye on this. I've been reading comments to news stories and am amazed at just how fast many were to blame firearms, instead of the moron holding the gun.

More stringent gun control won't stop this from happening...take the guns away, and they'll go for knives. Take the knives away, and they'll go for bats. It doesn't take much for some people to go off the deep end, but there will always be a way for death and destruction to happen.
You think the guy could have killed 27 people in ten minutes with a bowie knife?
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Old 12-14-2012, 01:39 PM
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You think the guy could have killed 27 people in ten minutes with a bowie knife?
China school knife attack leaves 23 injured - CBS News
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Old 12-14-2012, 01:43 PM
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You think the guy could have killed 27 people in ten minutes with a bowie knife?
Chinese man attacks 22 children, 1 adult with knife outside primary school - NY Daily News
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the difference is, none of those people are dead

I agree, its not the weapons, its the crazy person who is the problem here, however, there is definitely an argument to be made for modification of rules which give a crazy person access to the correct tool for the job.

This is a nightmare.
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Old 12-14-2012, 02:54 PM
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the difference is, none of those people are dead

I agree, its not the weapons, its the crazy person who is the problem here, however, there is definitely an argument to be made for modification of rules which give a crazy person access to the correct tool for the job.

This is a nightmare.
Do we yet know if the weapons were even registered to this person? Maybe yes, maybe not. If not, then how did he get them? Was he even within the law to possess them?

To many questions have yet to be answered before you can bring gun control and restrictions into play...
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News reports are claiming that an entire kindergarten class is missing...
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Old 12-14-2012, 01:36 PM
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Sandy Hook, Sandy fricken picturesque Hook. Once of the nicest little spots in state; are you fricken kidding me? This happened in Sandy Hook? It's official, we've hit rock bottom.
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Old 12-14-2012, 01:35 PM
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I'm keeping a very close eye on this. I've been reading comments to news stories and am amazed at just how fast many were to blame firearms, instead of the moron holding the gun.

More stringent gun control won't stop this from happening...take the guns away, and they'll go for knives. Take the knives away, and they'll go for bats. It doesn't take much for some people to go off the deep end, but there will always be a way for death and destruction to happen.
I was watching the History Channel's story of us series (yeah, I know, dumbed down and sped up, but it has value IMO) and they claimed that the Chinese also invented the firearm (long after inventing gunpowder) somewhere in the 1300s IIRC. They used it to drive out the Mongols whose warfare skills bases on horses and archery had long dominated. Also claimed that this invention spread throughout the world faster than any other.

Something with that kind of power to alter the course of destiny is unlikely to be suppressed. There is something about holding a firearm that gives power or a believable illusion of it to the bearer that can be a serious problem, to be sure.

Not sure this genie is going to be stuffed back into the bottle.
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Just heard about this. Horrible.

Please dont let the morons politicize this.

Need to organize a relief fund. Hurts my heart. ( hugs my daughter ).


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Just heard about this. Horrible.

Please dont let the morons politicize this.

Need to organize a relief fund. Hurts my heart. ( hugs my daughter ).
Recored setting moralizing goofball Huckabee is going on about how this is what happens when you take God out of schools.
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Recored setting moralizing goofball Huckabee is going on about how this is what happens when you take God out of schools.
Once again, people don't think. If you believe in God how can you think for a second that people could possibly take God out of school?

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Old 12-16-2012, 01:21 PM
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Once again, people don't think. If you believe in God how can you think for a second that people could possibly take God out of school?

"Dear Lord, please don't let those whiny liberals tell you what to do".
The POS who killed all the kids in the Amish school wasn't slowed down by the issue of religion in schools.
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"Hollywood has responded to the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school by pulling back on its offerings, and one star says the entertainment industry should take some responsibility for such violence.

Jamie Foxx, one of the industry's biggest stars, said Saturday as he promoted Quentin Tarantino's upcoming ultra-violent spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, "Django Unchained," that actors can't ignore the fact that movie violence can influence people."

Read more: Hollywood responds to deadly school shooting | Fox News
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Not once, not twice, but thrice was informed...I think that's a record.
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Can't we allow the grief to subside before we all start politicizing this tragedy. It is a freaking tragedy--not an opportunity!
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