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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:21 PM Original message |
6 dead, 2 wounded in Wash. state shooting spree |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why do people do these things?? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. One big reason is the ease with which they can obtain guns |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. i had easy access to guns and grenades |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. 80 million other people own guns *right now* (including our family), and don't do stuff like that. |
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2PeiMom (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. For the same reason an AK gov. likes to shoot defenseless wolves from an airplane. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. BINGO! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Because we pretend that mental illness is a random problem |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. There's the BINGO! |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm just heartsick. He drove by my sis's house during the spree. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. OMG - this guy went nuts |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. His mom said |
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Stern21 (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Another senseless tragedy. |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Because (someone here will no doubt tell you) |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Three letters: N...R...A!!! |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Three more G......U.....N..... |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. the same day |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. BOOZE!!! |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. And why did he not have access to mental health care? n/t |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Because someone did not do his job. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. He didn't have _legal_ access to firearms |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Unfettered gun ownership in this country |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Heaven forbid we enforce the laws we already have, or provide mental health care for people |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Your wasting your time slack |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Unfortunately |
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milou (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. And while we're at it, lets ban another unnecessary killer! |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. How about tobacco instead |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Have you been to California lately? |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. sorry |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I've been fighting the "Democrats want to take your guns" meme for years and years |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. You can say that again! |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Alger is the next town from where I live. Very sad. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Alger is the name of the town. As in Horatio Alger? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Another tragedy brought to you by those fine people in the for-profit health-care |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Brought to you by the FOR.PROFIT.GUN.INDUSTRY |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. no shit. the NRA acts like we're wrong for not accepting the gun culture. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "No other country has the carnage we do, and the gun violence." |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. alot of other countries do |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. And the all-too-easy availability of firearms spreads mass death yet again |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. In this case, it appears that mental illness and substance abuse were the root causes |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. And the availabilty of guns exacerbated |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. And how will you curtail illegal guns? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. That's the bottom line |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Not Necessarily... |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Evidently, "this guy" did snap with a knife, it looks as tho deputy's gun... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The obvious solution is to ban ALL guns including ones used by the police |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yup! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hey, this is America. Everybody gets to have a gun if they want to, and don't you ever |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. as long as they arent |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. What would people suggest.... |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Not to mention the ten-bed psychological wing of his county hosp... |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's been all over the tv stations and the papers here in Seattle. |
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