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compcons

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Maybe one of the most racist things I’ve read in a while. :-\
You could not be more incorrect. I am simply pointing out that it is not a rampant problem across the state or even the city of 2.7 million or the megalopolid of 9+ million. This is not the average Joe out to get a coffee getting into a gun fight. It is caused by the gang wars where very specific groups of people are waging violence on one another or (in the more rare instances) during the commitment of a crime.

Gang violence is another topic and it really sucks. Especially since it destroys communities that could and should be able to contribute to the common good of the country. Just don't let the gun nuts try to use the data to diminish the need for gun controls. The data is severely skewed and should not be used in any conversation other than we need gangs to go away.

No racism here at all.
 

compcons

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Yup, why does the placement of trash warrant the bringing of 2 guns?, if they felt he had illegally put the mattress in the dumpster then call the police to report a crime.

Um, in a civilized society, protecting trash is actually tied as most important with protecting handicapped parking spots. You had best be armed when you go out to make sure there is no abuse happening. Violators often belong to a gang of abnormally large, agrrssive people.
 

Jaskalas

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Humans are angry and irrational animals. You give them a trigger, something as simple as twitching your finger, to kill someone with... guess what? They're FAR more likely to use it and to kill a person than if they had to do it another way.
 
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Humans are angry and irrational animals. You give them a trigger, something as simple as twitching your finger, to kill someone with... guess what? They're FAR more likely to use it and to kill a person than if they had to do it another way.

I mentioned earlier in this thread that had they not been armed there would be no threat to the family and it's highly unlikely that they would have walked out there to confront him in such a manner that he felt threatened in the first place.

Now a guy is dead because two morbidly obese half naked yokels didn't like how he disposed of his trash so they threatened not only him but his entire family with firearms. Remove the firearms and it's unlikely that there would even be a confrontation in the first place.