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Re: You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Dragonsoul Send a noteboard - 26/05/2022 08:36:34 PM


For example why those 3 cities? Why not other cities?


Why not those three cities? I picked three cities at random from what I remember hearing in the news; your other examples are a great illustration of my point: none of those other cities are experiencing murder on a great scale with AR-15s. It's just more proof to my central thesis: selective outrage. Certain political groups freak out when 22 kids are murdered with an AR-15 style rifle, but they don't care about the children killed or maimed daily by handguns, in ALL of those cities you mentioned. So thanks!



And there are about 50 different ways we can reduce gun deaths on the margins. Stuff involving guns but also stuff like locating more hospitals that treat gun related injuries at the sites and cities of high amount of gun deaths.

Please don't tell me your solution to gun violence is to build more hospitals in high gun crime areas? Good point actually, tons of doctors and nurses with expensive cars and high net worth in areas that are flush with violent gun crime; I can't possibly see what would go wrong with that idea.



In sum these conversations are never fruitful, never satisfying, never provide Catharsis with the releasing of tension. For we are talking about inside and outside, with things that penetrate the inside and that is inherently full of tension.

I'm not saying remove emotion from the debate, but hyperbole, which is an entirely different concept.

I'm also saying to address the root cause of so many violent gun deaths: gangs, drugs, cartels and criminals. There will always, always be the lone wolf mass shooter we can't stop. That is something as a society we have to accept.

What we don't have to accept is the daily gun violence and children murdered by criminals and gangs that could be prevented.

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If no one else wants to open this can of worms, I guess I’ll have to do it damookster - 26/05/2022 02:07:18 AM 902 Views
Unfortunately, there's not much to say. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 04:26:10 PM 206 Views
You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:04:55 PM 169 Views
Re: You are not going to get a non emotional discussion about guns, it will never ever be rational Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:36:34 PM 188 Views
There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:03:10 PM 170 Views
Unfortunately every time there is a mass shooting, gun sales spike. damookster - 26/05/2022 09:26:09 PM 205 Views
Yes Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:55:14 PM 168 Views
Re: There are so many (partial)-solutions and no single one is going to solve it. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 09:56:23 PM 177 Views
You understand two things can both be true, right? damookster - 26/05/2022 10:19:56 PM 181 Views
In such a way Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:27:52 PM 180 Views
What Mookie said, Sense and Sensibility with Perspective Roland00 - 26/05/2022 10:29:04 PM 166 Views
Oh yes, everyone is to blame, and hence no one fionwe1987 - 26/05/2022 04:58:37 PM 196 Views
You obviously don't know anything about Canada's gun laws. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 05:20:25 PM 196 Views
Remarkable fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:55:54 AM 180 Views
4% PAL acquisition is, in essence, a ban. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:13:45 AM 175 Views
Well, that was a load of chickenshit fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:08:29 AM 175 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:19 AM 179 Views
He said, running away. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:34:20 AM 168 Views
You are the RAFO poster child for inability to hold a rational discussion that includes disagreement damookster - 26/05/2022 06:50:11 PM 197 Views
No, we're just disagreeing on what is rational, that is all... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 03:42:23 AM 178 Views
You just don’t get it. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:22:55 AM 203 Views
I think the same of you... fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:05:43 AM 192 Views
Article VI, Clause II damookster - 27/05/2022 05:17:40 AM 182 Views
You're like a broken record. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 05:23:52 AM 179 Views
Bro you literally come from a country that plays nuclear chicken with Pakistan. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 11:40:07 AM 182 Views
And? fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 02:24:09 PM 182 Views
Lol Parody account confirmed. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:04:56 PM 177 Views
Your repertoire of insults needs expansion. Keep trying. fionwe1987 - 27/05/2022 04:27:35 PM 173 Views
He said, not coming up with any retort of his own. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:30 PM 166 Views
whooops *NM* Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 09:58:03 PM 117 Views
Oh, fuck off. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:21:45 PM 194 Views
Why is liking the Constitution a binary thing? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:36:12 PM 169 Views
As you point out, it isn’t binary at all. damookster - 27/05/2022 09:16:18 PM 191 Views
*NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 09:55:28 PM 117 Views
Loyalty is to God, Family, Community, and only then State. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 09:55:58 PM 169 Views
The founding fathers have a dream, where dreams start and reality begin Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:39:07 PM 175 Views
This is wonderfully meandering and thought-provoking, but woefully insubstantial for understanding. *NM* TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:10:04 AM 113 Views
It is not fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 07:19:32 AM 171 Views
Re: Oh, fuck off. fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 06:53:38 AM 175 Views
That's a lot of words to say absolutely nothing. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 06:56:05 PM 180 Views
When you shut your eyes, of course you can only see nothing fionwe1987 - 28/05/2022 09:43:13 PM 173 Views
A dead child for freedom is the choice made every abortion. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:16:18 PM 166 Views
Oh really? Then explain to me... fionwe1987 - 31/05/2022 08:41:09 PM 177 Views
That baby isn't a baby, but that man is a woman TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:57:40 AM 164 Views
How would the world be different Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:03:22 PM 170 Views
Yes and if my aunt had balls she would be my uncle damookster - 26/05/2022 07:14:08 PM 160 Views
I do not believe the original thread was made with curiosity or charity in mind. Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:24:20 PM 159 Views
Well isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:33:12 PM 151 Views
Well it is about respectability politics you see Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:38:59 PM 181 Views
You're one of those men. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 08:27:53 PM 173 Views
Hypocrisy Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:42:17 PM 144 Views
I don't know whether English is your first language Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 10:00:04 PM 156 Views
Your attempt at mind reading is an abject failure. damookster - 26/05/2022 07:58:07 PM 153 Views
You started with Foreclosure Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:08:36 PM 144 Views
Foreclosure, huh damookster - 26/05/2022 08:48:50 PM 151 Views
My advice is listen to the podcast I linked Dragonsoul *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 09:05:13 PM 88 Views
One more thing Roland00 - 26/05/2022 07:25:22 PM 160 Views
And I guess this post proves my point, lol. Dragonsoul - 26/05/2022 07:34:48 PM 156 Views
Did I trigger you? damookster - 26/05/2022 07:50:02 PM 141 Views
You screaming get off my lawn is inherently causes an urge to egg your house *NM* Roland00 - 26/05/2022 08:05:48 PM 92 Views
~soaks Roland with the jet nozzle as I hose the egg off my front porch~ *NM* damookster - 26/05/2022 08:50:22 PM 98 Views
Never owned a gun, but I support gun rights. But... TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 02:51:26 AM 177 Views
I pretty much agree. damookster - 27/05/2022 03:18:38 AM 187 Views
Yep, what Tyr said *NM* Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:27:33 AM 87 Views
The NY Yankees are now tweeting about guns. Roland00 - 27/05/2022 03:26:45 AM 152 Views
Bah damookster - 27/05/2022 04:25:25 AM 152 Views
Baseball twitter is bad Roland00 - 27/05/2022 04:29:15 AM 144 Views
UPDATE on the shooter, Salvador Ramos damookster - 27/05/2022 03:27:59 PM 180 Views
Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 04:05:58 PM 157 Views
Re: Can't be more of a disgrace than waiting an hour to go in and kill him. damookster - 27/05/2022 04:15:22 PM 167 Views
I disagree. Dragonsoul - 27/05/2022 10:02:23 PM 151 Views
And if one of the fathers went in and accidentally killed another child and not the shooter? Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:46:17 PM 150 Views
Thats a good point, and something I didn’t consider when I wrote my response. Dragonsoul - 28/05/2022 12:08:48 AM 156 Views
Understanding with Madness and all that stuff Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:50:35 AM 148 Views
It's funny how the left thinks only cops should have guns, but also ACAB. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 06:15:23 PM 164 Views
They already lost their balls. damookster - 27/05/2022 06:52:52 PM 162 Views
I am glad you protect your family Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:46:05 PM 145 Views
But see, this is why the death of community and religion is bad for America. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 10:12:49 PM 160 Views
Charles Whitman took his rifles to the tower at UT Austin in 1966 and killed 14 random people. damookster - 27/05/2022 10:21:42 PM 162 Views
And in May 1928, a maniac bombed a school in Michigan, killing 44. TyrReborn - 27/05/2022 11:46:34 PM 151 Views
I think the presence of visual imagery provides a mimetic response Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:52:32 PM 160 Views
Reasonable, but even then, that's merely another condemnation for the modern world. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:06:30 AM 166 Views
I agree Roland00 - 28/05/2022 12:56:10 AM 157 Views
I haven't said "bAn GuNs!1" Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:33:43 PM 163 Views
This is taken from the late Justice Scalia’s majority opinion in 2008’s DC vs. Heller damookster - 27/05/2022 11:50:40 PM 162 Views
Please do not relitigate Heller with me Roland00 - 27/05/2022 11:59:21 PM 168 Views
I wasn’t and will not. damookster - 28/05/2022 01:01:59 AM 158 Views
We would scare them off that is what Roland00 - 28/05/2022 01:43:11 AM 155 Views
You chose wisely damookster - 28/05/2022 02:59:47 AM 167 Views
You did not. My apologies. TyrReborn - 28/05/2022 12:03:43 AM 161 Views
Why not 'harden' all schools and kindergartens with armed guards ? AgentApple - 30/05/2022 03:40:06 PM 159 Views
You're completely right and I hate it. TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:24:29 PM 143 Views
Another podcast I enjoyed Roland00 - 27/05/2022 08:26:56 PM 159 Views
This thread is reminiscint of the classic Wotmania debates from the aughts. damookster - 29/05/2022 12:22:47 AM 180 Views
Nobody would like my idea, but personally, I think Korea's 2 year mandatory service would do us good TyrReborn - 30/05/2022 08:30:37 PM 146 Views
Yep there is zero chance that will happen. Roland00 - 31/05/2022 10:32:06 PM 160 Views
Interesting damookster - 31/05/2022 10:56:53 PM 165 Views
Re: Yep there is zero chance that will happen. TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 01:50:37 AM 148 Views
Believe it or not I am not always a Grump Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:38:16 AM 163 Views
Hot damn, Moolin Rouge was fantastic! *NM* entyti - 01/06/2022 09:36:04 PM 151 Views
What about trans-men entyti - 31/05/2022 10:07:21 PM 167 Views
an intriguing question damookster - 31/05/2022 10:34:39 PM 178 Views
It's all tongue-in-cheek, and isn't that dumb? TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 02:01:04 AM 158 Views
Can the 21 year olds Roland00 - 01/06/2022 03:44:08 AM 164 Views
You know, fair enough. If they're old enough to smoke, and they have a doctor that'll rx it, sure. *NM* TyrReborn - 01/06/2022 03:59:17 AM 98 Views
Something tells me this won't factor in anyone's favor... entyti - 01/06/2022 09:08:31 PM 175 Views
Wait, the *late* conservative Justice Alito? fionwe1987 - 01/06/2022 03:56:19 PM 160 Views
my bad damookster - 01/06/2022 05:09:22 PM 161 Views
The Uvalde Police Department and the Uvalde Independent School District police force are no longer Roland00 - 31/05/2022 11:45:32 PM 186 Views
The Uvalde police incompetence is totally indistinguishable from a cover-up at this point Roland00 - 04/06/2022 07:50:04 PM 163 Views
Until the existing gun laws are actually enforced, I am not willing to entertain any new ones HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 09:55:41 PM 190 Views
Oh yeah, and I am sick of the hyperbolic gaslighting by both sides HyogaRott - 09/06/2022 10:02:25 PM 193 Views
Anarchy, the State, and UTOPIA ! Roland00 - 10/06/2022 08:25:05 PM 160 Views
It gets darker and darker Roland00 - 22/06/2022 02:10:08 AM 156 Views
It's so bad dude. So bad. Those poor souls... *NM* TyrReborn - 30/06/2022 05:04:56 PM 90 Views
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