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Old 01-23-2011, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Maryland about 20 miles NW of DC
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ban guns like the UK did. stop the violence, now

This is not an American solution I think WalMart has a real opportunity here. They just get their Chinese associates to whip up a nice looking helmet and flak jacket with marginal protective effectivesness. Then sell it at everyday low prices. All American solution for a All American problem.
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Old 01-23-2011, 08:50 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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ban guns like the UK did. stop the violence, now
Stop the violence now. I guess you didn't read this excellent link from sayareno just a few posts after yours. You must accept the link since it is from an English paper, the Daily Mail.

Culture of violence: Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade | Mail Online

Can you explain all this gun violence in the UK? Oh yeah, i know, all the shooters were Americans.
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Old 01-23-2011, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Marion, IA
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it's four policemen in Detroit. How many have to die before we start tightening up on gun controls?
There's certainly a lot of hatred and vitriol spread on internet forums and blogs.How long before we start tightening up on free speech?
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Old 01-23-2011, 09:03 PM
 
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it's four policemen in Detroit. How many have to die before we start tightening up on gun controls?
It's two more in Miami: Monday funeral set for 2 slain Miami-Dade officers - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com
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Old 01-23-2011, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Unperson Everyman Land
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it's four policemen in Detroit. How many have to die before we start tightening up on gun controls?


And what was different about this shooting?




Give up?



These people are all alive because they had guns. They returned fire and killed this guy. The people who were shoot and killed in AZ did not have guns. They were unable to shoot back and some of them died. If they had guns, most, if not all of them, would be alive today. If anyone has blood on their hands, it's the gun control nuts who want to keep the law abiding public unarmed and vulnerable to the next nut case who goes off.
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Old 01-23-2011, 09:19 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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ban guns like the UK did. stop the violence, now
It didn't stop the violence though did it?
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Old 01-23-2011, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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it's four policemen in Detroit. How many have to die before we start tightening up on gun controls?
Guns aren't the problem. It's the criminals using them and that certainly doesn't justify taking them away from law-abiding citizens who actually have a RIGHT, written in our constitution, to have them.
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Old 01-23-2011, 10:04 PM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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Gunman shoots 4 officers inside Detroit precinct (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110124/ap_on_re_us/us_detroit_police_shooting#mwpphu-container - broken link)
Sounds like a man with a death wish.
Not sure why this would effect law abiding gun owners.
Think I agree. Who but a madman goes into a police precinct on a shooting spree!?
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Old 01-23-2011, 11:00 PM
 
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Think I agree. Who but a madman goes into a police precinct on a shooting spree!?
A suicide by cop person? That is not necessarily a madman. Can one collect on an insurance policy under those circumstances? For all we know, this guy had a family to support and a life insurance policy?
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Old 01-23-2011, 11:34 PM
 
Location: Great Falls, Montana
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detnews.com, the lead story (sorry, I can't copy the link)
4 cops shot in Detroit precinct; gunman killed | detnews.com | The Detroit News (http://detnews.com/article/20110124/METRO01/101240356/4-cops-shot-in-Detroit-precinct--gunman-killed - broken link)
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