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ellisonz

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13. And there's lots of real world evidence to support the opposite conclusion
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 02:35 AM
Mar 2013

We frankly don't have adequate study to make a correct determination. Thanks NRA

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Another day in the (gun crazy) U.S.A. [View all] Bjorn Against Mar 2013 OP
I drove by the vehicle procession today for the VPSO killed. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #1
This is the country we live in ellisonz Mar 2013 #2
Christ on a cracker! What is wrong with this country? jeffrey_pdx Mar 2013 #3
Damn! Hoyt Mar 2013 #4
Guns make us safer, remember? SheilaT Mar 2013 #5
Guns only make you "safer" if you have one in your time of need. ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #8
Do you have any evidence to actually back that up? ellisonz Mar 2013 #9
Lots of real-world evidence being reported by the mass media all the time. ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #10
So in short ellisonz Mar 2013 #11
You have been here long enough to have adequate ... ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #12
And there's lots of real world evidence to support the opposite conclusion ellisonz Mar 2013 #13
At this point I have to ask: ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #14
That a gun even in "a time of need" may very well make you less safe... ellisonz Mar 2013 #15
When you say ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #16
Maniac Joe is a gun nut abelenkpe Mar 2013 #18
Why are you arguing with someone abelenkpe Mar 2013 #19
Practice. ellisonz Mar 2013 #26
OK :) You're doing good. abelenkpe Mar 2013 #27
I would expect gun advocates to post a daily list, too nonoyes Mar 2013 #20
As a group at DU, we don't find the media listings that useful. ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #21
You speak for the entire group? What "group"? nonoyes Mar 2013 #22
My interpretation of the group behavior and posts. ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #23
^^^^ ellisonz Mar 2013 #28
Wrong. DanTex Mar 2013 #24
Sure, and the bad guys won't train because Progressive dog Mar 2013 #25
Thanks, gun toting death fetishists. mwrguy Mar 2013 #6
More than 1 million Americans have been killed by guns BainsBane Mar 2013 #7
'Now, don't go all emotional hyperbole on us - that only leads to feel-good laws'. jmg257 Mar 2013 #17
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