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07-18-2010, 06:52 PM | #16 |
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You kill a lot less people when all you have is rocks.
Nice point, Mr tw.
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07-18-2010, 07:13 PM | #17 |
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Oh, in a regular battle or something, I'd much rather be on the side which has guns, rather than the side which has rocks.
My bias comes from a terrifying incident in my own life when an ex-boyfriend went psycho on me and tried to strangle me with his bare hands. That boy didn't need a gun - no siree. I almost ate the big cookie that time. Although, then again if he'd had a gun I might not be here for sure. I can see both sides of the question, I guess. I feel so sorry for Brenda. She must have been absolutely terrified. And I wonder if she'll ever be able to work again after her injury. I feel scared just having been the next door neighbor. |
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How awful Sam... I feel bad for both of you. I'm trying to decide if it would be more/less traumatic to be attacked by a random stranger instead... I guess it doesn't matter.
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Sam, that shit is scary. Prolly the good news is in terms of randomness, that's all the closer you'll get.
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07-18-2010, 09:45 PM | #22 |
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I was referring to the two posts which are virtually identical.
I'll have to go look for the article that I read earlier this week countering the "less guns less violent crime" theory. Sam, I am so sorry for you. At least the son is in custody and will hopefully never see the light of day again, if not worse.
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For now . . .
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Yep. We are in agreement on this issue, Classic. (Lets not risk discussing it on the politics forum, though. Might break the spell!)
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I think tw might have been thinking of Germany's gun laws which are fairly strict:
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07-18-2010, 10:18 PM | #26 |
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How is she now?
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I don't know how she's doing at this point. The police came and questioned me, but they didn't tell me anything except that she was airlifted to Grand Junction which is like 300 miles away. I couldn't tell the police much either - just that I could hear the two of them arguing. The irony is that I was actually going to call 911 myself, but then all the shouting suddenly stopped, so I thought it was OK. Firecrackers! Boy, was I nieve or what?
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07-19-2010, 12:55 AM | #28 |
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07-19-2010, 07:35 AM | #29 |
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So this local guy, church-going man, goes into apartment of wife, a teacher, he is separated from: they were all to go swimming, they had attended marriage counseling. Something happened, and he didn't kill the wife, but his 21 (?) year old stepson. Took his 7 year old son and went on the run. Eventually he dropped the kid at relatives and returned to the area. After a chase he was arrested. At court, film shows him to be pretty lacksadaisacal (hi, have a nice day) in spite of the fact he and his glock put a few rounds in a now-dead and by all reports (my ex plays music at these people's church) a very nice young man. This apartment was above my nephew and nephew's fiancee's apartment.
What the hell is wrong with people? Same things that have been wrong since the beginning of time, same things that will be with us forever. Small town is not immune, never has been...it's just so much less than urban areas (like where I work.) I hope your neighbor recovers and with time it doesn't seem so scary. Terrible when something happens so close because it does, in a way, happen to you too.
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07-19-2010, 09:45 AM | #30 |
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Agreed......but the degradation of society values is also a big factor to be taken into account. Sure there would have been lesser domestic violence I guess had there been guns back in days of just rocks.
(I can't help imagining Alexander standing with an automatic rifle though)
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