A serious analysis of "Guns don't kill people... people kill people"

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  1. Golem

    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    Absolutely! Send my kids to school without fear there will be a mass shooting.
     
  2. Chickpea

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    Cops will shoot them with the cop's "assault weapons".
     
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    Have you tried just not being hysterical. The likelihood of being killed at school by a madman with a gun is extremely low.

    I think your kids have much more to worry about being struck by lightning.
     
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    Okay, this elicited an actual LOL
     
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    The whole school of mass shooting thing is kind of creepy to me there's things schools could do to make sure that someone with a firearm been done killing as many kids as possible can't just waltz in there and come down a bunch of kids but they don't do it because then it will take away the deaths that people use to try and support gun control.

    So people like golum lick their lips in delight on a tragedy like this happens because then they can emotionally manipulate people into stupidity easier.
     
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    As always, I don’t have a side. That’s also binary thinking.

    When you say poking holes in people is the only REAL purpose it logically follows there are “not real” purposes. Real vs not real. Binary. LOL. Not good at math are you. SMH.

    So called assault weapons are designed for many purposes. Many shotguns that fall under the so called assault weapon “category” are specifically designed for use as fowling pieces. Many rifles are designed specifically for competition target shooting. Some for hunting. Many pistols that are called assault weapons as well are built specifically for shooting sports. As in the barrel, slide, etc. are specifically cut and weighted for that specific purpose.

    You should be thankful so many people use so called assault weapons to keep our society fed and supplied with consumer goods.
     
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    @Golem. Your idea that all people who use guns or own guns or believe the 2A matters must be in agreement and are on a certain “side” is probably the most bizarre display of binary thought I’ve seen on PF.
     
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    Hah!!!! You need an military-style assault weapon designed to kill many people in a short time on your side because you think EVERYBODY... even the government... is out to get you. And you call ME "hysterical"?

    So then why the hell do YOU need to have an assault weapon?

    The likelihood of them being killed at school is HIGHER than of you being killed in your home!

    Even though the likelihood of any particular school being the scene of a mass shooting is low. ALL schools carry on drills, explain to their students that they could be killed at any moment by some NUT. And this is because YOU think that if we take assault weapons designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time should be available to anybody in any neighborhood gun shop.

    What hypocrisy!
     
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    What's an "assault weapon"?
     
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    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    Don't confuse not having rational positions with not having a side. You most definitely have a side. What you don't have are arguments to support it.

    Maybe. But it's irrelevant. It's the REAL purpose that counts
     
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    All you did was use a template to express an agenda that you obviously support.

    That’s just my take on it. Feel free to tell me I’m wrong.
     
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    I doubt it because you are still struggling to understand what "binary thought" means. And here you illustrate by, not only stating something false, but also by misusing the term.
     
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    @Gollum, what is an assault weapon?
     
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    Whatever I did it's obvious you can't rebut it. As this attempt to "analyze" HOW I obtained my conclusions, rather than WHAT I concluded
     
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    LOL. No side. All I have is rational arguments. Unlike you who can’t figure out what binary means.

    What “real” purpose? Orders of magnitude more so called assault weapons are used to supply you with food and consumer items than are used to poke holes in people. When I use a so called assault weapon it’s pretty real. When I kill an animal do you can have your food and consumer items without having to kill anything it’s pretty “real”. Your ignorance of reality doesn’t negate reality.
     
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    And yet you can't even say what constitutes a "military style" weapon.
     
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    Lol… dig a little further up your sleeve for a worthy reply.
     
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    You are the one that claimed there are real and not real purposes. That’s binary. I’ve posted nothing false. Just pointed out your binary thinking. You are forming two “sides” and attempting to put me on one of those sides.

    Next you will be telling folks if they can’t decide who to vote for they ain’t black or some such nonsense.
     
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    It’s about a real world analyst, OP… what is preached by the powers that be - do not in fact play out as described in real life. But then if you want to tote the company line: arguments can be made in their favor. The trick is making them hold water to onlookers.
     
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    Does @Gollum know that the constitution only give limited legislative power to congress?
     
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    No. I only said there was one REAL purpose. The rest is yours. And you will excuse me, as I have no interest in your intellectual masturbation. THAT doesn't save lives. Doing what I propose on the OP (which IS reality) might.
     
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    Is that a trick question :roflol:
     
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    OMG is that hilarious
     

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