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ticklishmusic
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"You're petulant child" | ||
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Leporello
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And Trump's answer: "if Paris had guns pointing the other way"? WTF does that even mean? Soccer arenas and concert halls should have mounted machine-guns? | ||
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On January 15 2016 12:01 Leporello wrote: It's mind-numbing, these arguments. The problem isn't guns, it's people? So Americans are just more violent than the rest of the world, that's why we have more gun violence? That's essentially what Rubio was saying. And Trump's answer: "if Paris had guns pointing the other way"? WTF does that even mean? Soccer arenas and concert halls should have mounted machine-guns? If the Paris terrorists had targeted a concert hall around my area with a similar capacity as the Bataclan, they would be outnumbered roughly 5 to 1 by people with concealed carry licenses. It took the police 15 minutes to respond to the Bataclan shootings...and the initial response consisted of one armed officer. All of the killings were done prior to the armed response. | ||
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On January 15 2016 12:02 acker wrote: If the Paris terrorists had targeted a concert hall around my area with a similar capacity as the Bataclan, they would be outnumbered roughly 5 to 1 by people with concealed carry licenses. Maybe he thinks everyone will carry a gun if they're allowed to. | ||
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On January 15 2016 12:03 The_Templar wrote: Maybe he thinks everyone will carry a gun if they're allowed to. Or enough people. I don't think even the majority of off-duty officers can carry guns in France. | ||
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On January 15 2016 12:02 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Cruz just insulted the the entire Northeast. Trump is ripping him apart for it now, god I love Trump just because I dislike him less than the others <3 | ||
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On January 15 2016 12:04 acker wrote: Or enough people. I don't think even off-duty officers can carry guns in France. Having random people shoot weapons in a packed concert hall, what could go wrong | ||
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Leporello
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On January 15 2016 12:02 acker wrote: If the Paris terrorists had targeted a concert hall around my area with a similar capacity as the Bataclan, they would be outnumbered roughly 5 to 1 by people with concealed carry licenses. It took the police 15 minutes to respond to the Bataclan shootings...and the initial response consisted of one armed officer. All of the killings were done prior to the armed response. I don't believe anywhere in America this is true. You're not allowed to bring guns into sports arenas, and if such an incident occurred in America, I would expect the police to resolve the issue. Someone with a concealed-carry outside the arena isn't going to storm in and save the day. Look, what happened in Paris could happen anywhere. These fantasies of self-protection and vigilantism are just narratives compared to the fact that we have a large amount of gun-violence. Why is it so hard to admit that the country that imports and manufactures the most guns, also has the most gun-violence as a rather direct, plain, simple, obvious correlation. The problem with gun-violence isn't mental health, or ISIS, it's guns. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
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On January 15 2016 12:05 Nyxisto wrote: Having random people shoot weapons in a packed concert hall, what could go wrong Just aim for the people that look different from you, things'll get sorted out | ||
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acker
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On January 15 2016 12:05 Nyxisto wrote: Having random people shoot weapons in a packed concert hall, what could go wrong Relative to the alternative? Literally nothing. | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On January 15 2016 12:06 jcarlsoniv wrote: There's some kind of sweet irony in Trump saying "that was a very offensive statement" He's taking the GOP playbook and tossing out any semblance of common decency and Republicans are eating it up. | ||
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On January 15 2016 12:06 Leporello wrote: I don't believe anywhere in America this is true. You're not allowed to bring guns into sports arenas, and if such an incident occurred in America, I would expect the police to resolve the issue. Someone with a concealed-carry outside the arena isn't going to storm in and save the day. This is not a federal law; state law varies by the region. It's quite legal to carry into concerts depending on your location in the United States. Hell, you can carry into schools with a permit in most states. | ||
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GreenHorizons
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On January 15 2016 12:09 acker wrote: This is not a federal law. State law varies by the region. It's quite legal to carry into concerts depending on your location in the United States. The NFL won't let you in any of their stadiums, not sure about the other leagues though. | ||
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