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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:45 PM Original message |
Why are people calling the owner of the gun shop and telling him he is a murder. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, it isn't helping a bit. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because people are always trying to find someone to blame |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:50 PM Original message |
You're correct. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yes! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. BINGO |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. I heard him on Amy Goodman today. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Damn right. He could join the Air Force and kill THOUSANDS. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. Sounds like he would be comfortable there |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Without stating my position on gun ownership, he isn't breaking any laws. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. But we aren't talking "legal." We're talking "responsible." |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I see the distinction. I simply don't see how this man is a murderer for following the laws set by |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. You know, maybe we ought to start calling *ALL* of the murder shops. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. how would you determine if someone was "responsible" enough to buy a gun |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No, gun dealers don't profile their customers |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
57. That's the point I was trying to make by asking the poster I was responding to |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #57 |
75. Good point. I misinterpreted. Sorry. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:15 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. It's cool! It's been a busy week, huh? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Oyoyoy you can say that again! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
61. But how is he responsible |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I know he didn't break the law |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, yeah. I don't see myself setting up shop selling guns anytime soon. |
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rebecca_herman (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Wow |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Out of 160,000 guns he sold - I bet bartenders have sold more |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Thank you! You saved me a lot of typing.... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. No kidding - and bartenders have a better insight to their customers! |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Yup. n/t |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. And what about the car manufacturers? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. The number of murders/rapes PREVENTED is probably much higher. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
64. Are those Fords sold for the sole purpose of injuring people? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #64 |
85. Well, the guns sure weren't |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
58. As long as he did the required checks how is it his fault? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
60. None of them are his fault |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Put car lots and liquor stores on your list, those bastards. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. What is the primary purpose of cars and liquor? |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Who's responsible for more deaths in the US? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Nice strawman |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. If anybody is to blame it is the republican population in Virginia |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, MY answer is, because the buyer's mental health didn't clear the seller's screening? n/t |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. It did. The sale was legal. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. His background check passed |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. given that we now know of relatively recent hospitalization |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Agreed -- a court-ordered commitment over a year ago |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Court ordered committment |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
68. Bingo! |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. No mental health issues. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:32 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Didn't a judge rule that he |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Judge |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
78. thanks |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Oh please. Drop the name calling. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. The fact that he was committed... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Committed |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's a free country doncha know. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I do know. I didn't say no one should be allowed to call him whatever they want. |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. You put your finger on the problem. |
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reformed_military (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Yes, but... |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
84. Understood. Accepted. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Actually, no. It's called slander.... |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. it might make him consider getting into another line of work |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'm not an advocate of everyone arming themselves to the hilt, not by any means, |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. i'm listening to the countdown rerun and heard that a court declared |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Federal NCIS DOES check for this: |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Wasn't Homeland Security created to fix problems like this? |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
72. let's make no law that checks for this kind of shit |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. I agree that calling this guy and calling him a murderer is pointless. |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. He's not reconsidering - not by a longshot |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. Do you feel the same about Liquor stores, car lots and bars? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. No, but it allows the raving Brandy Bunchers the feeling that they have made a contriution. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-18-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I'd identify myself more with the "Brady Bunchers", but I certainly think they are going after |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. seems to me |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Calling this guy a murderer is like calling doctors who perform abortions murderers |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Five murders before with guns he sold... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. When his name came out I knew it was only a matter of time |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Exactly. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
47. How about accessory to murder? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. 32, out of how many sold? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. No, the logic is not the same. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. The lawful uses of a car do not include drunk driving |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. Blame the electorate. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
55. OK, that's wrong. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
66. Well if that is all true |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
79. Uh.... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
59. It sounds like some want the dealers to "size up the customer" to determine |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
62. Why did people call those young college basketball players and |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
70. People always try to distill difficult subjects down to a single issue |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
81. As if the outcome of the last 2 elections weren't enough proof: |
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