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Gun Control Reform Activism
In reply to the discussion: Guns are designed specifically to kill. [View all]Aristus
(68,357 posts)37. I would ask the "bat, shoestring, and pickle" gun-apologists to show where any of those items
was used in a mass murder.
Or knives for that matter. There have been several stories in the last few years of crazies using knives to attack a large number of people. The results were something like "Thirty wounded, none dead, in knife attack", or "Fifteen injured, one dead in knife attack".
When murderers want headlines like "Fifty-three dead, eighty wounded", they use a gun. Or several guns.
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Note that I agreed with your basic premise that 'guns are designed to kill'.
Stonepounder
Aug 2016
#22
While I agree with much of your argument, that guns are used for hunting and sport,
guillaumeb
Aug 2016
#31
Change the firearm. I always get tons of phishing email and account assaults after posting this...
fleabiscuit
Aug 2016
#33
When I was a boy, we would fill coffee containers with gasoline and shoot them
bluedye33139
Aug 2016
#27