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bambu.

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Re: News in General
« Reply #7710 on: February 26, 2024, 06:24:12 AM »

In 'FBI Files' on my tv...

"In southern Louisiana a vicious killer is on the loose, slaughtering his victims in their own homes.
....a sadistic murderer."

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Another perfect example of why good people need guns big and small.
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Yankguy1

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« Reply #7711 on: February 26, 2024, 07:02:20 AM »

From 2021----

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm



COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!!!! Though I concede that chart doesn't make any distinctions between "good" and "bad" people and certainly doesn't tell us how many times such firearms were used as defense against "sadistic murderers" that were "slaughtering....victims in their own homes."

Just pointing out that your "guns are great" fetish has practical implications as well.
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« Reply #7712 on: February 26, 2024, 10:45:05 AM »

From 2021----

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm



COLLATERAL DAMAGE!!!!! Though I concede that chart doesn't make any distinctions between "good" and "bad" people and certainly doesn't tell us how many times such firearms were used as defense against "sadistic murderers" that were "slaughtering....victims in their own homes."

Just pointing out that your "guns are great" fetish has practical implications as well.
Your guns are great has quote marks.  I never said that.  Who did?
I only concluded that the overwhelming number of gun owners are good people.
Nearly half the population owns a gun, 150 million or so. If you lump all gun incidents together in a year the total is, maybe 100 THOUSAND, and that includes suicides, accidental shootings, etc. That is information much better than a poll.
It also does not include incidents where a gun owner prevented a crime  but there have been estimates at over a million a year.
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« Reply #7713 on: February 26, 2024, 10:57:26 AM »

Bambu says "guns are great" frequently.  And I was responding to him.

If you want a gun, buy one.   Believe it or not, nobody's stopping you.  I'm sure you are a "good" person who would never use one irresponsibly.
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« Reply #7714 on: February 26, 2024, 11:30:42 AM »

Bambu says "guns are great" frequently.  And I was responding to him.
your editing skills need work.
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If you want a gun, buy one.   Believe it or not, nobody's stopping you. 
I do not need a gun. If I do there are a number of steps to be made before a sale is done.  I have no problem with the red tape as I am a good  person, as are the overwhelming number of gun owners.
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« Reply #7715 on: February 26, 2024, 11:33:21 AM »

Bambu says "guns are great" frequently.  And I was responding to him.
your editing skills need work.
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If you want a gun, buy one.   Believe it or not, nobody's stopping you. 
I do not need a gun. If I do there are a number of steps to be made before a sale is done.  I have no problem with the red tape as I am a good  person, as are the overwhelming number of gun owners.

Editing.  What are you talking about?  I responded to Bambu's post directly above mine.  I think your reading and logic skills need some work.
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Yankguy1

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« Reply #7716 on: February 26, 2024, 11:34:49 AM »

And I'm perfectly fine with you as a "good" person owning a gun.

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« Reply #7717 on: February 26, 2024, 11:49:08 AM »

As for not "needing" one, talk to Bambu about that.  "Good" people need guns for those times that "vicious killers are on the loose." 
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« Reply #7718 on: February 26, 2024, 11:56:32 AM »

As for not "needing" one, talk to Bambu about that.  "Good" people need guns for those times that "vicious killers are on the loose."
That is well documented in America.
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« Reply #7719 on: February 26, 2024, 11:58:13 AM »


Bambu says "guns are great" frequently.  And I was responding to him.
your editing skills need work.
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If you want a gun, buy one.   Believe it or not, nobody's stopping you. 
I do not need a gun. If I do there are a number of steps to be made before a sale is done.  I have no problem with the red tape as I am a good  person, as are the overwhelming number of gun owners.
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Editing.  What are you talking about?  I responded to Bambu's post directly above mine.  I think your reading and logic skills need some work.
Obviously not.
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« Reply #7720 on: February 26, 2024, 12:07:03 PM »

Repeating "your editing skills need work" doesn't make it any less idiotic.
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« Reply #7721 on: February 26, 2024, 12:14:53 PM »

Bambu seems like the kind of person one stands ones ground against. For better or worse, his local gun laws are keeping him safe.
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jmmengel

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« Reply #7722 on: February 26, 2024, 01:17:07 PM »

Good people with guns.
The overwhelming majority.

In the past few years, the percent of gun deaths from suicide has been 54-60%.  Guess the good people get pretty depressed.
A statistic gun opponents rarely recognize.
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« Reply #7723 on: February 26, 2024, 01:18:29 PM »

Repeating "your editing skills need work" doesn't make it any less idiotic.
No you do that by your posts by not including what you are responding to.
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« Reply #7724 on: February 26, 2024, 01:22:40 PM »

Your response (that you, in turn thought I was responding to) was made yesterday to a post that I made on February 14th.  If you think I still care about your response two weeks later, (full disclosure though: I don't care about your posts ever) then you're sorely mistaken.  That you're too dumb to figure out that I was actually responding to a post directly above mine isn't my problem. 
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