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Roland99

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3. Kennesaw, GA...home of just about the most lax gun laws in the country

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 07:57 AM

Apr 2014

Conservatives just *love* to spout off about how awesome and violence-free Kennesaw is.

Who could have predicted something like this?

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Multiple shooting in Kennesaw, Georgia at FedEx location [View all] KeepItReal Apr 2014 OP

here's a link groundloop Apr 2014 #1

50 emergency vehicles? maddezmom Apr 2014 #2

Kennesaw, GA...home of just about the most lax gun laws in the country Roland99 Apr 2014 #3

This isn't the first incident groundloop Apr 2014 #4

another shooting just a couple of weeks ago Voice for Peace Apr 2014 #12

Still...a virtual paradise compared to south Chicago Roland99 Apr 2014 #19

Kennesaw had a "must have a gun" ordinance in the 1970s jmowreader Apr 2014 #44

So everyone around him was armed? KamaAina Apr 2014 #45

They have a law requiring gun ownership, in fact Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #54

Which is not enforced, IronGate Apr 2014 #55

I guess the NRA will say they're not lax enough nt LiberalElite Apr 2014 #61

Cue gun humpers in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. . . Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #5

Okay.... PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #16

tired of not. . .it is accurate. Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #18

+1 Aristus Apr 2014 #24

Not offended PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #43

As is GUNHUMPERS defending assholes that use guns to shoot people tenderfoot Apr 2014 #66

I'm afraid my sympathy must lie with what you said, Aristus. calimary Apr 2014 #53

Tired of not? PasadenaTrudy Apr 2014 #42

Thank you for proviing to me exactly what my post wanted to prove Nanjing to Seoul Apr 2014 #59

MEME? It's a f***ing REALITY in America Skittles Apr 2014 #63

This town has a mandatory gun ownership law. nt EmilyAnne Apr 2014 #6

Could have been mutual simultaneous self defense jberryhill Apr 2014 #8

You can imagine a scenario in which... Helen Borg Apr 2014 #13

Like a chain reaction pile up jberryhill Apr 2014 #15

Quite possible Plucketeer Apr 2014 #23

I have never understood . . . Brigid Apr 2014 #11

It's not enforced. Brainstormy Apr 2014 #20

Interesting. Thanks for adding your insight. EmilyAnne Apr 2014 #22

In the days of Draft Cards, that is all any one had to do happyslug Apr 2014 #21

I still don't see how this could be constitutional. Brigid Apr 2014 #25

I am just pointing out, nothing in the Constitutions makes such a law illegal happyslug Apr 2014 #34

Your lengthy posts defending this nonsense don't convince me. Brigid Apr 2014 #38

I am NOT asking you to own a Weapon, I am just saying such laws are Consitutional happyslug Apr 2014 #60

The way I would approach a constitutional challenge... Dale Neiburg Apr 2014 #65

And you would be correct, BUT the Federal, State or Local Government COULD pass a LAW mandating such happyslug Apr 2014 #68

I would imagine that if the Federal government called it a tax . . . . toopers May 2014 #73

That's right, but it is not enforced. RebelOne Apr 2014 #41

Second Amendment Remedies. nt onehandle Apr 2014 #7

Update: Shooter found dead KeepItReal Apr 2014 #9

Gawd, just do the self-inflicted shots BEFORE you take out other people. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #57

Fox local news just announced shooter found dead smartphone Apr 2014 #10

6 wounded and then the he shot himself Botany Apr 2014 #14

Guns everywhere YEAH!!!!!!!! mikeysnot Apr 2014 #17

And scarred. KamaAina Apr 2014 #46

Hehehe thanks... mikeysnot Apr 2014 #69

Wait hey gunners if everyone was armed why did upaloopa Apr 2014 #26

Right now, gun fanciers are trying to determine what kind of gun he had, to make sure they have one Hoyt Apr 2014 #27

Unless you can name every gun in the murder's arsenal accurately, there can be no background checks! villager Apr 2014 #30

and to make sure the article is accurate. Doctor_J Apr 2014 #62

No idea, Brown Coat Apr 2014 #28

I never heard that one. upaloopa Apr 2014 #29

Then why do we need more LEO's on the street to combat crime? Brown Coat Apr 2014 #31

There is a difference between LEO and citizens with guns. upaloopa Apr 2014 #33

Yes, they shoot more unarmed people and dogs. Brown Coat Apr 2014 #47

So I should not be concerned with citizen shooters upaloopa Apr 2014 #48

Not CCW holders, Brown Coat Apr 2014 #49

I wouldn't expect you to be. upaloopa Apr 2014 #50

Yeah, CCWers like Zimmerman, Loughner, Stawicki, Hasan, McLendon, Alexis, Dunn, etc., don't exist. Hoyt Apr 2014 #52

I think most of these losers intend to do that when they set out. Would love to see a citation Hoyt Apr 2014 #32

Of the top of my head. Brown Coat Apr 2014 #40

They plan on doing that when they leave home. The fact they shot themselves does not mean some yahoo Hoyt Apr 2014 #51

Because very few people actually walk around with guns? hack89 Apr 2014 #35

How soon you change your tune upaloopa Apr 2014 #37

I have never advocated arming everyone. hack89 Apr 2014 #39

Yup. If everyone was armed, no crime. All shootings will be self-defense. The last one standing... freshwest Apr 2014 #36

This is just America's exceptionalism . What other country has a mass shooting every month ? geretogo Apr 2014 #56

$100 says the shooter was obsessed with Columbine Rocknrule Apr 2014 #58

Or Virginia Tech or Sandy Hook or Killeen or San Ysidro or Edmund or Fort Hood or ... Nihil Apr 2014 #64

I said Columbine because even now, it seems to be considered the end-all-be-all shooting Rocknrule Apr 2014 #67

Another day, another shooting ... the hypotheses about the "cause" are mere trivia really. Nihil May 2014 #70

Identified as 19 y/o Geddy Kramer Blue_Tires May 2014 #71

Heartbroken friend of shooter says ‘yesterday I was just in shock’ Blue_Tires May 2014 #72