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07-21-2012, 05:22 PM | #31 (permalink) | |
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07-21-2012, 07:29 PM | #33 (permalink) | |
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07-21-2012, 07:53 PM | #34 (permalink) |
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I'm a grad student and I can safely say that I'm surprised the stress doesn't drive more people to go insane and do something like this. It isn't a setup, I'm sure the guy was genuinely disturbed.
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07-21-2012, 08:28 PM | #35 (permalink) | |
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07-21-2012, 08:46 PM | #36 (permalink) |
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Shootings are definitely on the rise, and it's been awhile since I've actually bothered to look at the data so it very may well be flipped around now. I can't speak for the rest of the country (or at last not until "the device" is completed) but a lot of the gangs in B.C. are getting their weapons from the U.S. through pot trading. We've definitely had some big time shooting stories, like last year's killing of Jonathan Bacon or the previous 2009 gang war that saw a big increase in gang violence.
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07-21-2012, 08:50 PM | #37 (permalink) |
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I was a bit curious about gun related deaths here in the U.S., so I decided to Wiki it. We're 17th in homicides, but we're 2nd in suicides. So, I guess we're more apt to point a gun at ourselves than at another person.
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07-21-2012, 09:21 PM | #38 (permalink) | |
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Well since the subject has already been changed...
I am not for gun control. Make guns illegal, how is that going to stop anyone from being killed? It's against the law to kill someone, does that stop criminals from doing it? Do laws stop criminals from doing anything? Of course not. Whether or not guns are legal or illegal, people will still get them, mostly criminals, and this puts more power in the hands of criminals... and cops. And since when aren't there corrupt cops? Make guns illegal and that keeps the honest American from protecting his family when some criminal breaks into their house with a gun, or any other situation of the same nature. I really don't see what's so difficult to understand about it. Quote:
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07-21-2012, 09:22 PM | #39 (permalink) |
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I don't know why this would lead to a conversation on guns when its not going to lead to a conversation on tear gas, gas masks, hair dye, or grad school.
Someone who was mentally disturbed did something illegal. If anything, we should fund more greatly mental health facilities and options, and we should have a reference check (with reference provided) for these individuals. I remember applying for a job once where we had to provide references, one of which was a family member, because (this was a job with children) family members were more inclined to raise a red flag if they felt it was wrong. Well, why not with guns and these people? Most of them don't have 10 friends to write down anyway.
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07-21-2012, 09:56 PM | #40 (permalink) |
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I am so disturbed by this, but as Alfred said it's not surprising. I teared up when I heard a guy shielded his girlfriend and her brother from being killed but died himself. Such heroism, even when his life was at stake.
In terms of gun control, I think some common sense is needed here. Being from New Zealand I have no experience living in an environment full of guns but I think if there was a law against civilians owning guns that could be used in mass murder, it might get better. But it's none of my business really and I'm certainly no expert.
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