Lance wrote:Nah, it was the lib-dems. They want to get he assault rifle ban reinstated.
Damn Commies!
I will give up my gun when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
Bill_Thompson wrote:Oh, and it was one of those 9mm hand guns not an assault rifle.
Bill_Thompson wrote:
Anyway, according to the department of vital statistics, In the US there were about 110,000 firearm homicides from 1990 to 1997 (yes, data's a bit old, but I'm guessing they haven't changed by an order of magnitude.)
That works out to about 13,700 homicides per year or more than 35 homicides per day. (Approximately 80% of the homicides were from handguns.)
I do not wish to downplay the seriousness of today's tragedy, but looking at the statistics, such a tragedy happens every day, but spread out rather than in one place.
Enzo wrote:Meanwhile just a couple miles from my home:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
Bill_Thompson wrote:This is clearly a neocon conspiracy to divert attention away from the Iraqi war.
Arneb wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:This is clearly a neocon conspiracy to divert attention away from the Iraqi war.
And I thought that this was too terrible even for Bill to use for one of his trolling rampages. Silly me. And that has to happen just after lunch, of course.
Bill_Thompson wrote:We shouldn't rush to judgement on this issue or on the shooting insident iteslf. It might have all been a misunderstanding or even an accident.
Bill_Thompson wrote:or even an accident.
umop ap!sdn wrote:Of course. "A gunman accidentally got up, walked into a campus building, and accidentally shot 30+ people." Makes perfect sense to me.
Enzo wrote:You had me there for a moment KOS. You mean THE SOMEONE was outraged. At first I thought that you meant the gunman was outraged that he had been beaten to death. If someone beat me to death, I'd be mad too.
I was thinking earlier - yes, actually thinking about something BEFORE commenting upon it - about the comments from some folks who think that if all the students were armed with their second amendment handguns, then they would have "taken care of" this shooter.
Aside from thoughts of bullets just flying every which way as emotionally charged people do something they are not accutomed to doing, let's say you hear shots down the hall, or for that matter, across the room, and being a good second amendment citizen, you draw your gun and run down/over there to help. You see two guys shooting at each other. One must a bad guy, and the other must be a fellow 2nd Am guy. WHich one is which and whom do you shoot? Act fast now.
OR
Three guys are shooting at one guy. Is he a bad guy shooter and the other three good guys helping us? Or are the three heroin dealers there to shoot the other because he testified against them in some court? Who do you shoot?
umop ap!sdn wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:or even an accident.
Of course. "A gunman accidentally got up, walked into a campus building, and accidentally shot 30+ people." Makes perfect sense to me.
Enzo wrote:You had me there for a moment KOS. You mean THE SOMEONE was outraged. At first I thought that you meant the gunman was outraged that he had been beaten to death. If someone beat me to death, I'd be mad too.
I was thinking earlier - yes, actually thinking about something BEFORE commenting upon it - about the comments from some folks who think that if all the students were armed with their second amendment handguns, then they would have "taken care of" this shooter.
Aside from thoughts of bullets just flying every which way as emotionally charged people do something they are not accutomed to doing, let's say you hear shots down the hall, or for that matter, across the room, and being a good second amendment citizen, you draw your gun and run down/over there to help. You see two guys shooting at each other. One must a bad guy, and the other must be a fellow 2nd Am guy. WHich one is which and whom do you shoot? Act fast now.
OR
Three guys are shooting at one guy. Is he a bad guy shooter and the other three good guys helping us? Or are the three heroin dealers there to shoot the other because he testified against them in some court? Who do you shoot?
Bill_Thompson wrote:He just didn't know where the shooting range is and the kids just got in the way.
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