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• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • My focus is on hand guns. And yes, I get your point.

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • The reason people focus on guns and want to discuss it is because guns are the most common murder weapon in the US, 70% of the weapons used in murders in the US are guns, and of those, 75% are handguns.

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • your posts were just as abusive and disgusting. Everybody's a critic.

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Please don't quibble with the fringe stuff. Address the core of my comment.

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Hm, here is the source you cited: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Listen NRA buddy, first of all, no name calling, OK? You already got suspended from Newsvine for one week, for abusive posts. Didn't you learn anything from that?

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • There are about 300 justifiable homicides in the US each year by private citizens. There are about 7,000 people a year murdered by someone using a hand gun.

• Gunman kills 3, wounds 1 at NC lumber company

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Do gun people say that guns make you safer? Are there any statistics to show that gun owners live longer than non gun owners? Because if gun owners live longer than non gun owners, then I'm buying a gun today.

• Slain federal agent was getting dad's cancer meds

  Sun Jan 1, 2012
  • I'm not sure I understand why fewer guns means more homicides. Do you understand this?

• Slain federal agent was getting dad's cancer meds

  Sun Jan 1, 2012
  • Yes, of course if I was faced with an armed criminal who wanted to kill me, I would want to have a gun. Duh! But, I have never been faced with an armed criminal who wanted to kill me, and I don't expect it to happen. So, I'm not going to invest a lot in that scenario.