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Old 12-18-2012, 02:13 PM   #1
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Old 12-19-2012, 12:47 AM   #2
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Great article.
I like to think that he's right.

Gun issues aside, a serious re-evaluation of how we handle mental health issues and accessibility of care is long overdue.
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Old 12-18-2012, 08:09 PM   #3
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That's right, let's just shoot our way out of problems.
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Old 12-18-2012, 09:02 PM   #4
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That's right, let's just shoot our way out of problems.
Do you have a better idea?
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Old 12-18-2012, 09:23 PM   #5
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Do you have a better idea?
A functional mental health system and reasonable restrictions on gun ownership? Just spit-balling here.
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Old 12-18-2012, 10:16 PM   #6
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A functional mental health system and reasonable restrictions on gun ownership? Just spit-balling here.
Would need to fix the insurance acceptance of mental illness as "real" first. It just sucks that our society has gotten to this point.

It has taken us decades to fuck things up. There is no single fix for this.
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Old 12-19-2012, 09:39 AM   #7
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arm the teachers. 1 district already does and the governor of tx recommended it the other day

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/18...xas-officials/

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Old 12-19-2012, 10:22 AM   #8
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Lynyrd Skynyrd said it best: Handguns are made for killin', they ain't good for nuthin' else.

There is no reason a civilian should own a high powered rifle with a 30-rd mag (or more), that can easily have a bump-stock installed to make it as good as automatic.

I just sold my AR-15 about 2 weeks ago because of principle, and I didn't want to be a hypocrite. You know how much paperwork I had to do for that? Zero. In my opinion, that is ridiculous.

I have to do more paperwork selling a car than I do a gun, and that is insane to me. There should be titles associated with guns, like cars, and they should transfer every time a gun is sold, like cars.

And for you all you yippee kiy yi yay cowboy wannabe motherfuckers, guess what. If the US of A wanted to wage war against it's citizens, you could never stop our military. Sorry. So the point you are trying to make by saving up thousands of rounds of ammunition is moot.
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Old 12-19-2012, 10:51 AM   #9
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And for you all you yippee kiy yi yay cowboy wannabe motherfuckers, guess what. If the US of A wanted to wage war against it's citizens, you could never stop our military. Sorry. So the point you are trying to make by saving up thousands of rounds of ammunition is moot.
I disagree...
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Old 12-19-2012, 11:10 AM   #10
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I disagree...
So would the Iraqis and Afghanis. They put up pretty effective resistance for a long time with not much more than light weapons and improvised explosives.
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