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In reply to the discussion: FBI Data Show Gun Background Checks Still Undermined [View all]SGMRTDARMY
(599 posts)41. Again your right
Non-toters are obviously much less likely to shoot innocents, so are CCW citizens much less likely to shoot innocents as you well know as the stats have been posted here many, many times before.
BTW, police shoot innocents many more times than CCW citizens.
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Good post. And a good reason to restrict gun sales. The system is broken and dangerous people are
Hoyt
May 2012
#1
It would be wise to update the background check system as was supposed to happen ...
spin
May 2012
#3
Does the concept of FIXING features of our government that are broken have any meaning for you?
slackmaster
May 2012
#24
The NRA, TParty and the gun culture segment that uses guns to intimidate are right wingers.
Hoyt
May 2012
#38
Exactly, right wingers have mobilized TBaggers, NRA types, etc., to pass right wing legislation that
Hoyt
May 2012
#43
You can actually defend yourself without a gun, as the 96+% who do not carry prove every day.
Hoyt
May 2012
#45
So you leave home prepared to shoot some "young punk." How many times has that happened?
Hoyt
May 2012
#58
Sure, but it's hilarious how common that explanation is here in the Gungeon
Electric Monk
May 2012
#71
Potentially they are. Non-toters are obviously much less likely to shoot innocents.
Hoyt
May 2012
#36
Hopefully police are doing things that you aren't -- hopefully you are not police wannabe.
Hoyt
May 2012
#44
YOU, and EVERY CCW, BETTER care what others think. That insular militant attitude, SHOULD disqualify
WingDinger
May 2012
#68
re: "BTW, police shoot innocents many more times than CCW citizens."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2012
#57
"Swearing and personal insults in all most every post may indicate a person with
rl6214
May 2012
#66