Vegas massacre put in perspective

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by sawyer, Oct 8, 2017.

  1. JakeStarkey

    JakeStarkey Well-Known Member

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    The Roberts will not be allowed to fatally divide this country: flat fact.
     
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    WRONG! This all about the dems winning elections because they have been losing elections SINCE 2010.

    Steve
     
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    You sound skeered. :) They will some more next year. So what?
     
  4. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    General Washington owned hundreds of slaves yet fought for my right to speak my elegant prose. Robert in all his posting era, yea clear back to the era when Clinton was president, promotes your and my human freedom and dignity. I shall not let you down. When Democrats want more and more of our freedom, as proved during Obama, I will slug it out with them and do my best to cover your behind. Help me, don't fight me.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I see your problem. I have watched this going on since I was a teen in the late 40s. Day by day, Democrats act to take your freedom. Were the founders alive today, they would support me, not you.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I am the Robert. I do get it. The gun is not the culprit. The gun was around for perhaps months or could be years even. But the gun has no malice. It was the killer. Even he spent much of his life not expressing malice. This is from those who know the man. The gun dealer said he seemed normal though quiet. Those speaking of him are shocked. They did not see it coming. Laws can't predict this either. Passing a law will not solve this issue.
     
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    No, it's pathetic and disgusting that you people can't see dems are so politically motivated to make a massacre part of their political platform. You or they aren't fooling ANYONE.

    Steve
     
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    Actually one theory leaked by investigators is that he killed himself by accident while he was shifting weapons around before trying to make a run for it. If so then it reeks of irony; careless gun handling.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    We are Americans but what sort of American?

    Do you equate yourself with the Trump Trashers? The TT's of the country? What is the media doing to Trump? Do you suppose the killer saw any news? Do you see anger here on the forum? I am not with the angry crowd. I was not with them when G. W. Bush was president. I was not angry with Obama but felt he was committing harm to this country. I won't waste a lot of time on Obama but when he bowed to rulers of other lands, truly it offended me and alarmed me. That was just for openers.

    I wish we were united as one country. We have posters wanting our borders crossed and a warm welcome to people living in places like Mexico. I have nothing against the Mexicans but our laws do not apply to non citizens. When I caught Obama talking to a Mexican and encouraging her to vote despite her being a citizen of Mexico, it also alarmed me.

    I wish we were united.

    Some approve of the Muslims here intent to kill us. How can we be united?
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That is news to me. Glad you mentioned it.
     
  11. JakeStarkey

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    One, go back and find out who owned most of the slaves.

    Two, you are promoting divisiveness in this country, Robert.

    Three, as in the past, the Dems will come to power. I will do my best to reason with your type and keep you out of trouble.
     
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    Of course. The Founders thought much like the Tories when it came to being afraid of most of the people. Nothing different today by the Far Right.
     
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    No it is gun plus twonk that is the problem

    So either remove the gun or remove the twonk

    Easy
     
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    How do you stick a gun in your mouth by accident? No "investigators" leaked THAT crock.
     
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    Robert, let's try this again.

    Make certain firearms and technology, like that which Paddock acquired, illegal to own, possess, sell, and distribute.

    Then catch the Paddocks who acquire them.
     
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    Vast differnce between posited theory and established fact
    But then the RW is so rabid about finding excuses because this was a white male and not a coloured terrorist that they are clinging to anything
     
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    Gallup had Trump at 36 or 38% today.

    Robert, Steve W., etc.: you all are not going to tell us all what to do.
     
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    Ummmm . . . has someone other than racist leftists been bothered by this fellow's skin tone?
     
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    I have read that currently suicides are the leading cause of death in the USA, followed next by traffic accidents.
     
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    Not sure I get your point here in reference to my previous post. Yes a deaths a death no matter if it's from a mass shooting or a car wreck or a car wreck caused by cell phones or terrorism. What makes terrorism different is it's a war and we have to fight wars or lose them by default.
     
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    It's the Vegas massacre that has people foaming at the mouth right now and wanting to use this tragedy to implement long held political beliefs. As the OP shows, massacres like this are infinitesimal and a rounding error in comparison to traffic deaths and even traffic deaths caused by cell phones. If you want to foam at the mouth and get all worked up over something then get worked up over that instead of coming after our second amendment.
     
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    We get it, you hate Trump.
     
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    What is the perspective you've put this into here? Over 1600 people died from cancer every day in 2015. Does that mean we shouldn't talk about what happened in Las Vegas last week, or we shouldn't worry about cancer deaths?
     
  24. JakeStarkey

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    sawyer is just deflecting questions from his agenda: protect all guns.
     
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    It means we shouldn't run around like chickens with their heads cut off because fifty people got shot by some lunatic. Especially when we sing a merry tune while we load our kids up in the car and head to Grandma's house knowing that over a hundred people die every day doing just that. Perspective is the operative word here.
     

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