Schism in the Democratic Congress over the Second Amendment

[dgsevier]

I just can't resist putting up this link. I'm sure these guys believe that they are part of the whole "well-regulated militia" thingy.

BTW- I am a gun owner too, but I'm not nearly this whacked-out.

 

[Bob]

angry,white, blue collar wannabees all convinced they are straight shootin republicans. could not be admitted to a membership at a putt-putt golf course, most likely posess more bullets in their homes than books. all car radio presets tuned to limbaugh, and the tv remotes were thrown away when the set was tuned to fox news. what say you.....fair and unbalanced heartland knuckleheads???

 

[Winnie]

angry,white, blue collar wannabees all convinced they are straight shootin republicans. could not be admitted to a membership at a putt-putt golf course, most likely posess more bullets in their homes than books. all car radio presets tuned to limbaugh, and the tv remotes were thrown away when the set was tuned to fox news. what say you.....fair and unbalanced heartland knuckleheads???

This makes you sound bigoted.

 

[Lynnie]

Just dropped in for a minute.

C ya'!!

 

[InletBchDweller]

angry,white, blue collar wannabees all convinced they are straight shootin republicans. could not be admitted to a membership at a putt-putt golf course, most likely posess more bullets in their homes than books. all car radio presets tuned to limbaugh, and the tv remotes were thrown away when the set was tuned to fox news. what say you.....fair and unbalanced heartland knuckleheads???

I dont really know what to think by this.

Are you are calling me a knucklehead?? (although I DO have more books than bullets )

 

[scooterbug44]

I would say that it is more people under a great deal of stress and pressure whose easy access to guns making a sad situation a major tragedy or upping the body count.

Unfortunately, I think we will see more and more shootings until the economy recovers.

 

[Winnie]

I would say that it is more people under a great deal of stress and pressure whose easy access to guns making a sad situation a major tragedy or upping the body count.

Unfortunately, I think we will see more and more shootings until the economy recovers.

I do hope you are correct that when the economy improves there will be less shooting.
But, I doubt that causality.

 

[hnooe]

angry,white, blue collar wannabees all convinced they are straight shootin republicans. could not be admitted to a membership at a putt-putt golf course, most likely posess more bullets in their homes than books. all car radio presets tuned to limbaugh, and the tv remotes were thrown away when the set was tuned to fox news. what say you.....fair and unbalanced heartland knuckleheads???

...just when I suddenly feel I cannot understand the world we live in.....along comes bob! TGFB!

 

[traderx]

I would say that it is more people under a great deal of stress and pressure whose easy access to guns making a sad situation a major tragedy or upping the body count.

Unfortunately, I think we will see more and more shootings until the economy recovers.

Yet another way the press abuses the truth. There is a story today on MSN.com describing how the recent killings around the country were caused by the recession. Link is to study that concluded there is no correlation between economic conditions and crime rates. Graph that puts it all together is on page four.

http://www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pubs/Crime_Economy.pdf

 

[scooterbug44]

I was not talking about crime in general, but shooting sprees like the recent one in Alabama - sorry, realize my post wasn't very clear on that point.

My theory was that as despair, unemployment, and stress grows, so will the incidence of shooting sprees.

The article you mentioned seems to agree with that, and I thought was rather balanced in presenting both sides - loved the guy who said reading the stats was like tea leaves - you can see anything if you try hard enough.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30108899/?GT1=43001

"Experts agree that most mass murderers share one trait: a traumatic event such as a layoff, divorce or separation that sets off an internal rage and a desire for revenge. "It could be the loss of a job, the loss of a lot of money in the stock market, the loss of a relationship as in a nasty separation or divorce, the loss of a child who is in a child custody battle," Levin said. "There are just simply more catastrophic losses than there were when the economy was in good shape."