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Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 12:36 am
Troglodyte
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm Posts: 22379 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Threat on my kids' school, technically the high school next to his middle school, yesterday. Attendance was only 50% today even with police swarming the area all day.
No shooting.
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Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 11:52 am
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm Posts: 14140
B wrote:
Threat on my kids' school, technically the high school next to his middle school, yesterday. Attendance was only 50% today even with police swarming the area all day.
No shooting.
Terrifying. I'm betting this is going to become more and more frequent in the future.
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Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Wed April 11, 2018 12:58 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32222 Location: Where everybody knows your name
In the county I work, they’ve shut schools down and let them out early 3 times since the Florida shooting due to threats. I think one kid actually had a gun in one case.
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Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Sat April 14, 2018 5:26 pm
AnalLog
Joined: Thu November 21, 2013 10:01 pm Posts: 1840
Here's what I believe to be an example of what I was talking to a friend about last week: the gun owner who is just salivating at the chance to shoot someone. Black kid at the door asking for directions? Grab the shotgun and start shooting as he runs away!
Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Sun April 15, 2018 2:04 pm
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Thu January 10, 2013 2:19 am Posts: 8888 Location: SOUTH PORTLAND
meatwad wrote:
Here's what I believe to be an example of what I was talking to a friend about last week: the gun owner who is just salivating at the chance to shoot someone. Black kid at the door asking for directions? Grab the shotgun and start shooting as he runs away!
Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Sun April 15, 2018 11:14 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm Posts: 14140
elliseamos wrote:
meatwad wrote:
Here's what I believe to be an example of what I was talking to a friend about last week: the gun owner who is just salivating at the chance to shoot someone. Black kid at the door asking for directions? Grab the shotgun and start shooting as he runs away!
What would be a good number for you? 100,000 times a year? 500,000?
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Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Sun April 15, 2018 11:58 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 8:08 pm Posts: 2874
I've said it before, but the main thing having a gun in your house does is massively increase the chances that someone in your household will be injured/killed by that gun.
Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Mon April 16, 2018 12:59 am
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Thu January 10, 2013 2:19 am Posts: 8888 Location: SOUTH PORTLAND
Orpheus wrote:
I've said it before, but the main thing having a gun in your house does is massively increase the chances that someone in your household will be injured/killed by that gun.
Yes, I think that's mentioned in the Harvard link I posted.
Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Mon April 16, 2018 3:52 pm
Site Admin
Joined: Wed December 12, 2012 10:33 pm Posts: 6932
This is why I consistently believe that it is going to take a massive culture change in order to reduce gun ownership. There needs to be more persuasion toward the idea that even if you have the right to own one, it may not be wise to own one if your goal is ownership for self defense purposes.
Post subject: Re: America..why won't you just ban the fucking gun?
Posted: Tue April 17, 2018 11:09 am
Mind Your Tanners
Joined: Thu January 10, 2013 2:19 am Posts: 8888 Location: SOUTH PORTLAND
Green Habit wrote:
This is why I consistently believe that it is going to take a massive culture change in order to reduce gun ownership. There needs to be more persuasion toward the idea that even if you have the right to own one, it may not be wise to own one if your goal is ownership for self defense purposes.
I would say good luck in changing the culture , but its likely that social media and search companies will somehow come up with an algorithm that is 99% effective in blocking firearm related messages while allowing some number of child prostitution links to get through. (you know, priorities)
You can probably change the culture by censoring large swaths of content, at least that seems to be the current strategy.
Can you really call gun owners paranoid if this is your outspoken strategy, especially considering the financing aspect?
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