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Gun stores in Maine see brisk business in wake of Lewiston shootings

Discussion in 'Current Events' started by Wild Bill Kelsoe, Oct 29, 2023.

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  1. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    do you consider suicide to be a crime
     
    FreshAir, Nov 1, 2023
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    nope. how about you?
     
    Turtledude, Nov 1, 2023
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  3. Wild Bill Kelsoe

    Wild Bill Kelsoe Well-Known Member

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    Anti-gunners use gun suicides to justify gun control. Ask them.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Nov 1, 2023
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  4. FreshAir

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    I was asking if you thought it was or not, if you don't want to answer, that is fine
     
    FreshAir, Nov 1, 2023
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  5. Wild Bill Kelsoe

    Wild Bill Kelsoe Well-Known Member

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    You're playing rein deer games, is what you're doing. You're doing it it to dodge the fact that anti-gunners use suicide stats to justify gun control.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Nov 1, 2023
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    They also add justified homicide to the total and call it "gun deaths". They eagerly consume whatever their party feeds them.
     
    Doofenshmirtz, Nov 1, 2023
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  7. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    what are you dodging by not answering it?
     
    FreshAir, Nov 1, 2023
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    He wouldn’t just buy a gun illegally?
     
    TheImmortal, Nov 2, 2023
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    Let's legalize all drugs.

    Anyway, junkies buy them on the black market....
     
    Arkanis, Nov 2, 2023
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    Thus,. you agree: He would just buy them illegally.
     
    TOG 6, Nov 2, 2023
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  11. Arkanis

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    That's because a gun owner who buys one for protection is 13 times more likely to commit suicide with it than to stop the commission of a crime.
     
    Arkanis, Nov 2, 2023
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    Firearms are used for self-defense at least 4x more often than suicide, so you must be wrong.
     
    TOG 6, Nov 2, 2023
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  13. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    That worn out statistic is based on bullshit, but thanks for proving my point.

    Do you support making assisted suicide legal?
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Nov 2, 2023
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  14. Arkanis

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    You're a MAGA.

    For you, all statistics are bull***.
     
    Arkanis, Nov 2, 2023
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  15. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    Not all, but definitely the gun death stats are bullshit.
     
    Wild Bill Kelsoe, Nov 2, 2023
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    We probably should The so called war on drugs has lasted 50 years, cost over a Trillion dollars, generated law enforcement contempt for the Constituion, resulted in the more widespread use of hard drugs and ruined a lot of lives. Maybe Nixon should have just let hippies smoke their low grade hemp in peace.
     
    JET3534, Nov 2, 2023
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    well since there are tens of thousands of DGUs a year=perhaps more than a million, I have to call complete bullshit on that. I myself have stopped at least three crimes including B&E and attempted robbery
     
    Turtledude, Nov 2, 2023
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    Arkanis, Nov 2, 2023
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    Turtledude, Nov 2, 2023
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    Nominated for the stupidest question of the year.
     
    Aristophanes, Nov 3, 2023
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    so you don't want to answer the question either... noted
     
    FreshAir, Nov 3, 2023
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    Mostly inner cities.
     
    hawgsalot, Nov 3, 2023
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    Because criminals have guns?
     
    Arkanis, Nov 3, 2023
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    because criminals don't care about laws and are more interested in victimizing other citizens.

    tell us Arkansis--If the almost guaranteed result of committing mass murder is dying during the act or dying in prison , how are the consequences of violating a gun ban going to deter the mass shooters
     
    Turtledude, Nov 3, 2023
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  25. Arkanis

    Arkanis Well-Known Member

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    The basis of the entire pro 2A argument is that guns make the country safer.

    If all criminals had access to guns, they would have the means to defend themselves effectively and their gun mortality rate would be very low.

    Why is this not the case?

    Haven't you yet understood that the objective is to drastically reduce the number of guns in society to make it as difficult as possible for a madman to kill innocent people?
     
    Arkanis, Nov 3, 2023
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