^this (first sentence). It seems almost TOO obvious to point out.
Also Coxxy, how can you not see the abundance of guns (legal or not) leads to situations like this....again & again....? This doesn't happen over here.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:20,
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I think the argument could be against the causal link between guns and the crime
We could say knives cause sliced bread and it would have the same problems.
Personally I believe that the cause of these problems are more complex: the violent hero culture held up by hollywood; a mainstream culture with very shallow and unfulfilling values; a media that focuses on easy to tell stories and lowest common denominator entertainment; a political system that leaves many feeling disengage with policy makers... I could go on. These things are perhaps the bigger problems, and they are harder to communicate and to solve, so we are drawn to the easy answer - Ban guns!
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Don't forget
North Hollywood 1997
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejD1Gml-ZGc
400 cops with hand guns against 2 robbers with assault rifles. So where does it end, Coccy? Permits to carry rocket launchers to overcome the baddies with the armor? Then I can apply for my missile silo when the baddies one up me again...
(, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 17:13, Reply)
And that would never happen in a place without legal gun ownership
Shootings in Israel were daily until they passed a law allowing people to carry automatic rifles. Guess what? The shootings stopped. Then the crazies started sending rockets. It is the crazy that is the problem.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 17:33,
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