ongoing mass shootings thread - Page 9

IWasBored · 12-01-2013, 03:44 AM

Metallica fans are racist!

Irvine511 · 12-01-2013, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

For argument's sake, let's say I am oversimplifying. What are we to do with this data? Is it implying that resistance to gun control is at least partly based on racism?

The data may help us understand why there is, in part, deeply ingrained resistance to gun control. It's not a political recommendation, but it can help inform policy as it is created, as well as help us understand why there is resistance to gun control. It's not that gun owners are stupid, nor is it to say that gun owners are racist, but it is to say that part of the appeal of guns has to do with cultural historical narratives that are racist.

cobl04 · 12-11-2013, 10:24 PM

Gun Laws Passed This Year | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

BoMac · 12-13-2013, 02:07 PM

Reports of shots fired at Arapahoe High School - The Denver Post

PhilsFan · 12-13-2013, 02:37 PM

Sandy Hook anniversary is tomorrow.

PhilsFan · 12-13-2013, 03:00 PM

According to the most recent press conference, the shooter was looking to kill a teacher and shot at least one student who confronted him. The suspect committed suicide.

bigjohn2441 · 12-18-2013, 04:23 PM

Oh boy! Gun ownership = racism. I've heard it all now!

PhilsFan · 12-18-2013, 04:29 PM

bigjohn2441 · 12-18-2013, 05:08 PM

^ I'm sorry you'll have to excuse my inferior pea-brained mind I don't get the ref......oh wait.....I GET IT!!!!!! WOW you are soooooo witty!!!!!!!!!

PhilsFan · 12-18-2013, 05:15 PM

yeah

bigjohn2441 · 12-18-2013, 05:41 PM

Do you give lessons? Cause I always thought I was a pretty capable smartass, but you are clearly on a whole other level. I mean, to take time to find that picture and post it in response to my comment was just GENIUS!!!! I'd love to learn a thing or 2.

Irvine511 · 12-18-2013, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bigjohn2441

Do you give lessons? Cause I always thought I was a pretty capable smartass, but you are clearly on a whole other level. I mean, to take time to find that picture and post it in response to my comment was just GENIUS!!!! I'd love to learn a thing or 2.

you could start by reading a few pages back on the study and the discussion we had around it.

here you go: PLOS ONE: Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions

PhilsFan · 12-18-2013, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjohn2441

Do you give lessons? Cause I always thought I was a pretty capable smartass, but you are clearly on a whole other level. I mean, to take time to find that picture and post it in response to my comment was just GENIUS!!!! I'd love to learn a thing or 2.

i give lessons but it'll cost ya

Popmartijn · 12-27-2013, 08:00 AM

Guns are cool!
The Year in Mass Shootings

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Any way you look at it, 2013 was another killer year for arms manufacturers and armed bullies.

cobl04 · 12-27-2013, 08:05 AM

South Carolina governor certainly thinks so South Carolina governor Nikki Haley tweets the gun she got for Christmas | Toronto Star

cobl04 · 01-14-2014, 07:47 AM

Man Killed During Argument Over Texting at Movie Theater

Pearl · 01-14-2014, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by cobl04

Man Killed During Argument Over Texting at Movie Theater

I heard about this on the news this morning. What a disturbed individual to do that! And it was only texting during the previews.

BEAL · 01-14-2014, 09:25 AM

I'm sorry but why should I trust anyone with a gun?

We keep hearing about good guys with guns is what keeps us safe, but a retired captain of the police would seem like a "good guy".

I am all for protecting yourself and loved ones in your own home. If someone breaks in and you are in danger I get that the cops aren't going to arrive in seconds.

But this business of carrying your weapon around in public, that's putting way too much trust in the public. And we've shown ourselves to be unfit to carry weapons.

BoMac · 01-14-2014, 09:53 AM

I love to travel, but I have to say the United States is the only country that I go to where I modify my behaviour, put my head down, and try to just go about my business without getting noticed. You just never know who has anger management issues and a gun. You want to cut me off on the highway? Sure, go ahead, I'll just smile at you.

anitram · 01-14-2014, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoMac

I love to travel, but I have to say the United States is the only country that I go to where I modify my behaviour, put my head down, and try to just go about my business without getting noticed. You just never know who has anger management issues and a gun. You want to cut me off on the highway? Sure, go ahead, I'll just smile at you.

Do you really feel that way?

I can honestly say I felt far less safe in many, many places in the world than I did when I lived in the US (NYC) or when I visit there. Maybe because I've been to some dodgy places but as much as the US gun culture is insane in my eyes, it's nowhere near comparable for me to some other places I've been.

12-01-2013, 03:44 AM	#161
IWasBored Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 36,784 Local Time: 01:34 PM	Metallica fans are racist! __________________

12-13-2013, 02:07 PM	#164
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 16,900 Local Time: 02:34 PM	Reports of shots fired at Arapahoe High School - The Denver Post __________________

12-27-2013, 08:05 AM	#175
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,143 Local Time: 03:34 AM	South Carolina governor certainly thinks so South Carolina governor Nikki Haley tweets the gun she got for Christmas \| Toronto Star forgive me if that's not my place. just very unsettling given where I'm from.

01-14-2014, 09:53 AM	#179
BoMac Self-righteous bullshitter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Soviet Canuckistan — Socialist paradise Posts: 16,900 Local Time: 02:34 PM	I love to travel, but I have to say the United States is the only country that I go to where I modify my behaviour, put my head down, and try to just go about my business without getting noticed. You just never know who has anger management issues and a gun. You want to cut me off on the highway? Sure, go ahead, I'll just smile at you. __________________

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12-11-2013, 10:24 PM	#163
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,143 Local Time: 03:34 AM	Gun Laws Passed This Year \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source

12-13-2013, 02:37 PM	#165
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 01:34 PM	Sandy Hook anniversary is tomorrow.

12-13-2013, 03:00 PM	#166
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 01:34 PM	According to the most recent press conference, the shooter was looking to kill a teacher and shot at least one student who confronted him. The suspect committed suicide.

12-18-2013, 04:23 PM	#167
bigjohn2441 Refugee Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,593 Local Time: 01:34 PM	Oh boy! Gun ownership = racism. I've heard it all now!

12-18-2013, 04:29 PM	#168
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 01:34 PM

12-18-2013, 05:08 PM	#169
bigjohn2441 Refugee Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,593 Local Time: 01:34 PM	^ I'm sorry you'll have to excuse my inferior pea-brained mind I don't get the ref......oh wait.....I GET IT!!!!!! WOW you are soooooo witty!!!!!!!!!

12-18-2013, 05:15 PM	#170
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 01:34 PM	yeah

12-18-2013, 05:41 PM	#171
bigjohn2441 Refugee Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,593 Local Time: 01:34 PM	Do you give lessons? Cause I always thought I was a pretty capable smartass, but you are clearly on a whole other level. I mean, to take time to find that picture and post it in response to my comment was just GENIUS!!!! I'd love to learn a thing or 2.

01-14-2014, 07:47 AM	#176
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,143 Local Time: 03:34 AM	Man Killed During Argument Over Texting at Movie Theater

01-14-2014, 09:25 AM	#178
BEAL Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 7,265 Local Time: 05:34 PM	I'm sorry but why should I trust anyone with a gun? We keep hearing about good guys with guns is what keeps us safe, but a retired captain of the police would seem like a "good guy". I am all for protecting yourself and loved ones in your own home. If someone breaks in and you are in danger I get that the cops aren't going to arrive in seconds. But this business of carrying your weapon around in public, that's putting way too much trust in the public. And we've shown ourselves to be unfit to carry weapons.