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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:20 PM Original message |
It's not the guns, it's the U.S. culture to kill with guns. It goes back to the "old west". |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's the guns and the gun culture. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. True. One doesn't work without the other. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. No it is the drug gang banger culture. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. as opposed to what with guns? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. The problem with our gun policies today is, everyone has to trust everyone else. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You nailed it. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. cars |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. the "car isa deadly weapon" analogy is as tired as Godwin's law |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. if the truth is tired, i'll take a nap |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. here's why that analogy is specious |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. the only reason |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. i already live in one: it's called America. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. fair enough |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Do you trust the felon's to turn theirs in??? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. You forgot Zombies |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. The NRA says, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," but ... |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Actually having a discernable, cogent point is our friend. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not the guns, it's the German culture to kill with guns. It goes back to...... |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Just like in America. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The Old West? |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Like the U.S., today. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. which old west? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I could be wrong, but I have the impression that "Old West" mythology is rather |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't feel this way about all gun owners |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Of course its not all gun owners. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Actually, I think the large majority stems from poverty. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wish I could dissagree with you. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The Zombies have learned how to use guns! |
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NewMoonTherian (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Absolutely unfounded claim. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. POser |
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yagotme (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Zombie Fires Gum |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Well, sex and violence is the main themes is most movies... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Kill Bill mostly used Swords. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. I think it's safe to agree on this point |
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yay (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sounds like someone watches to many movies, and |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm not talking about "the gun culture", I'm saying that America has a culture of |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. redundant flamebait - nt |
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Furyataurus (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. We should go back to the ways of the "old west" |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. What? |
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jknappsax (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. So, it's better to let them get close in! |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Why are you sterotyping gun owners? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. You are ignoring the stupid and crazy American culture completely. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. I blame Hollywood |
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