Responsible gun owner protects personal property

[SkinnyBenny]

Dax, man, you are very very angry. Like, all the time. What politician do you even like? Or do you just get off on being pissed off all the time?

Quite the opposite actually.  I guess you just don't see the stupidity and hypocrisy of an administration that on one hand is the worlds largest arms dealer, yet wants to prevent (and some in the administration want to confiscate) law abiding U.S. Citizens from buying guns. 

But, you're good at taking pictures of stadiums but a little dull when it come to politics.  Sorry to have let you on the truth SB, but chin up.

Oh man wait'll you see all the pics I took at SMU last weekend, I even got into their press box and lockerroom

[DQ12]

I'm thinking the majority of gun violence is not really premeditated (excluding suicide), so it's dumb to assume that everyone who ends up shooting another person would have disregarded all other laws leading up to that point.

the mass shootings certainly seem premeditated. 

[catastrophe]

Well if mass shootings made up the majority of gun violence then I suppose you would have a point.

[Emo EMAW]

So we should or should not make gun regulation because of knee-jerk reactions to mass shootings? 

[Dugout DickStone]

So we should or should not make gun regulation because of knee-jerk reactions to mass shootings? 

There is a mass shooting every other week, it cannot be knee jerk by definition.

[Emo EMAW]

So we should or should not make gun regulation because of knee-jerk reactions to mass shootings? 

There is a mass shooting every other week, it cannot be knee jerk by definition.

Knee-jerk meaning:  on the heels of a specific event, not logical, and relevantly inconsequential.

[DQ12]

Aren't the mass shootings our main concern?

[sys]

Aren't the mass shootings our main concern?

people are all over the place with their main concerns.

[DQ12]

well given that gun homicide rates have been declining for some time, I assumed it was the highly publicized mass shootings that were causing most of the outrage.

[sys]

well given that gun homicide rates have been declining for some time, I assumed it was the highly publicized mass shootings that were causing most of the outrage.

a lot of it is just outrage that people may be using guns to feel like their dicks are bigger than they are.

[Emo EMAW]

I think people need other people to be just like them or it makes them uncomfortable.

[star seed 7]

well given that gun homicide rates have been declining for some time, I assumed it was the highly publicized mass shootings that were causing most of the outrage.

ty abortion

[DQ12]

well given that gun homicide rates have been declining for some time, I assumed it was the highly publicized mass shootings that were causing most of the outrage.

ty abortion

isn't the abortion rate also falling?

[star seed 7]

Probably because the aborted would likely get abortions later too. We stopped the vicious cycle

[DQ12]

I, being a statistics expert ("D stands for data"), believe that if abortion rates and gun homicides were inversely correlated, like you suggest, then as abortion rates fall, gun homicide rates would rise.

But I think we're maybe getting a little beside the point.

[star seed 7]

It's like you skipped the vicious cycle part smdh

[catastrophe]

Aren't the mass shootings our main concern?

people are all over the place with their main concerns.

They're separate issues. My comments were in relation to discussion about gun free zones. Mass shootings can never be prevented as long as semiautomatic guns exist. The best you can do there is focus on mental health issues (ideally with corresponding gun screenings). Culture is a big part of it too.

[Dugout DickStone]

So we should or should not make gun regulation because of knee-jerk reactions to mass shootings? 

There is a mass shooting every other week, it cannot be knee jerk by definition.

Knee-jerk meaning:  on the heels of a specific event, not logical, and relevantly inconsequential.

Basically everything is on the heels of our weekly mass shootings. 

[Emo EMAW]

So we should or should not make gun regulation because of knee-jerk reactions to mass shootings? 

There is a mass shooting every other week, it cannot be knee jerk by definition.

Knee-jerk meaning:  on the heels of a specific event, not logical, and relevantly inconsequential.

Basically everything is on the heels of our weekly mass shootings.

McRib is back!  (Thanks to mass shootings.)

[Dugout DickStone]

So we should or should not make gun regulation because of knee-jerk reactions to mass shootings? 

There is a mass shooting every other week, it cannot be knee jerk by definition.

Knee-jerk meaning:  on the heels of a specific event, not logical, and relevantly inconsequential.

Basically everything is on the heels of our weekly mass shootings.

McRib is back!  (Thanks to mass shootings.)

Exactly

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Funk due process!!! #thinkprogress

http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-california-law-lowers-the-bar-for-gun-seizures-1467409616?mod=e2tw

[Emo EMAW]

Hero saves mom and baby

http://www.kmbc.com/news/report-shawnee-walmart-store-locked-down-after-shooting/41618956

[star seed 7]

Pretty crazy story

[Emo EMAW]

From several angles, yes.

1)  appears to be a random attack, robbery probably?  who robs a single mom at wal-mart? 
2)  police initially arrested the wrong guy
3)  the only one that could help them find the right guy is dead

[star seed 7]

My impression was the attack wasn't random, but maybe that's just because I can't imagine anyone randomly beating the crap out of a mom with her baby