20 children hospitalized each day with gun injuries

[Defiant1]

What the fuck is wrong with you peoples reading comprehension.

A 5 yo who finds Dads gun and shoots themselves accidentally is not a criminal. And has no idea what a "law" is or does. Dad or Mom is not a criminal. (but I would make them one)

But some gun nutter link me to the law that says a parent responsible for the accidental gun death or injury of their child or someone else's child, can never own a gun legally again.

Or goes to jail for their negligence.

I want to read that law.

Does the 5 yr old have to be their kid or just any kid, for you to take away their civil liberties?

Their kid or any kid that is in their house and under their supposed protection from harm.

And fuck the gun owners "civil liberties" who is negligent in a child's death by their gun.

So the husband and wife are both responsible? What if there are other adults that live in the house?

If the 5 yr old is just visiting do you prosecute his/her parents too for not watching the child?

Are there lesser offenses if the child fires the weapon but doesn't hit anybody?

what if they just SEE a weapon or touch it?

How about if the parents are sitting around talking about weapons in the child's presence.

 

[RDD_1210]

LOL, you can't grasp any argument, can you RW?

The point is that:

1) Liberals are jacked out of shape that 3 kids a day go to hospitals for gunshot wounds.

2) Liberals are OK with 3,000+ kids a day being aborted, mostly for the convenience of the mother.

Conclusion, you don't care about "children" you are just using them as political fodder. It's an iron clad case.

Now I'm pro-choice, but I'm pro-gun freedom. You're either, you're just socialist.

LOL, what does "socialist" have anything to do with any of the crap you just posted?

You people literally just equate anything you don't like as Socialist. LOL.

Socialist has everything to do with it. You recognize clearly that the best way to protect your beloved government is to have yet another government controlled monopoly. Guns.

This doesn't make sense no matter how many times you read it. Give it a try.

 

[Bumberclyde]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Their goal is not protecting children, it's eliminating guns. So they are doing that, they are just using a different list.

If there was a fingerprint scanner on the bottom of the gun handle, and you needed to use the scan to make it work for say, 24 hours, then guns that children find wouldn't be armed (by the scanner), and therefore wouldn't fire. Stolen guns would be useless as well because they wouldn't work without the fingerprint being scanned. Nobody is talking about eliminating guns altogether, that's a NRA strawman argument.

 

[RDD_1210]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Nope.

Guns provide no other service to society. Those other items do.

 

[rightwinger]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Nope.

Guns provide no other service to society. Those other items do.

No other service?

Guns keep us safe........the kids are just incidental damage

 

[bodecea]

Those guns were sold to a known continued criminal enterprise who's violence is renown! Holder was complicit, but denied it!

Holder shot someone? How odd that you do not want to blame those who used the weapons but SUDDENLY it's the supplier. Do you hold gun shop owners to the same standards?

So out of curiosity, since you didn't know what "complicit" means, why didn't you Google it rather than demonstrating you don't know what it means?

Complicit, eh? Maybe you should look up the word. Did Holder pull the trigger on any of those guns? Yes or no. Did Holder tell anyone to pull the trigger on any of those guns? Yes or no.

 

[martybegan]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Nope.

Guns provide no other service to society. Those other items do.

No other service?

Guns keep us safe........the kids are just incidental damage

If guns don't keep us safe, then i guess the police should be the first two give up thiers.

 

[Theowl32]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Nope.

Guns provide no other service to society. Those other items do.

Yeah, you keep on thinking how you form your own opinions.

Just that all your opinions just so happens to coincide with every lefty wing opinion.

The hilarious part is how you lefties always talk about education being such a critical factor. Yet, it is the NRA that provides the best access to educating people on proper gun use.

You ever notice how a large majority of the gun related crimes are committed by people that would never consider joining the NRA? You ever notice the large majority of people committing these crimes with guns, are......Obama supporters?

Every fucking notice that?

The interesting thing too with the liberal media is how focused they are in their agenda to only attack one aspect of these violent acts. GUNS. Why? Cause they do not advertise on their networks. Ever notice one common thread on almost every incident? From Columbine to VT, to Newtown, to Colorado theater? All of them that committed these acts were on some anti-depressant. Not a factor eh?

Of course not. Not to a person that brags that they "form their own opinions."

Now, why don't you tell us your little plan on getting the 300million guns in America? I am really interested in seeing how you go about banning all guns like you want.

You actually think your opinions are your own?

 

[martybegan]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Nope.

Guns provide no other service to society. Those other items do.

and that statement alone shows how much of an idiot you are.

 

[martybegan]

Solid spin.

Its not spin, its the answer. Rights belong to the individual, not to the masses as a whole.

Interesting. So do you think we should judge each individual separately and whether or not they should be able to possess a gun?

a citizen should be able to own a gun unless a court decides they shouldn't, either through conviction of a felony by a jury of thier peers, or by a judicial determination of mental defect, both events that the accused is able to defend themselves, with counsel.

The normal state of a citizen is the right to be armed. Its takes a criminal action of said citizen, or the determination by a court that they are incompetent to take that right away.

 

[Wry Catcher]

20 children hospitalized each day. Those guns make us so safe.
Twenty U.S. Kids Hospitalized Each Day for Gun Injuries: Study ? WebMD

And they mostly all come from dimocrap scum-controlled Inner Cities.

Here's a thought..... Have the Police in those Cities do their fucking jobs.

Great idea. Let's have LE around the nation monitor this message board and others like it; decide which persons who post angry comments are most likely to commit a crime of violence and then get a warrant of arrest for the thought crime (clearly you hold violent thoughts) and confiscate all of their weapons.

 

[Defiant1]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Nope.

Guns provide no other service to society. Those other items do.

Screw society. Society is not going to keep, me, my family, or my property from harm.

 

[Wry Catcher]

20 children hospitalized each day. Those guns make us so safe.
Twenty U.S. Kids Hospitalized Each Day for Gun Injuries: Study ? WebMD

Aren't there already laws that make it illegal to assault people?

And our brain-dead OP is too stupid to think about how many of those guns were legally owned by law-abiding, licensed people.

I'd say somewhere near zero. Maybe .01%

The vast majority of the guns used to shoot those kids are illegally owned by felons illegally using and carrying them.

They ALREADY don't care about the law, but dimcrap scum want to take guns away from law-abiding people who only want to protect themselves from these scumbags.

dimocraps are just simply stupid. But mostly, they're just scumbags

Angry people are the ones who should not have guns; your comments from day one on this forum suggest you are a danger to yourself and others. You need a good therapist whose office has soft padded walls and a liberal supply of sedatives. Clearly, you're on sick puppy.

 

[zeke]

Does the 5 yr old have to be their kid or just any kid, for you to take away their civil liberties?

Their kid or any kid that is in their house and under their supposed protection from harm.

And fuck the gun owners "civil liberties" who is negligent in a child's death by their gun.

So the husband and wife are both responsible? What if there are other adults that live in the house?

If the 5 yr old is just visiting do you prosecute his/her parents too for not watching the child?

Are there lesser offenses if the child fires the weapon but doesn't hit anybody?

what if they just SEE a weapon or touch it?

How about if the parents are sitting around talking about weapons in the child's presence.

What else (besides guns) can people readily buy in easy fashion that is made specifically for the purpose of easily, quickly and efficiently killing? An item that is the great equalizer in a fight. Size don't matter. That anyone can use if they have a finger. Anybody?

Take your shopping cart for instance. Is that made to specifically, indiscriminately be able to kill young uns? No, but the retailer providing those carts has insurance in case someones kid gets hurt in their cart. Because accidents happen.

Are cars made specifically to kill? No, but accidents do happen and sometimes it is vehicular homicide and insurance companies pay out big bucks. And drivers go to jail for their negligence. But it wasn't the car or the drivers intent to kill.

But a gun. That serves one purpose. To kill. You can have fun with targets. Get good. But you are practicing for when you have to shoot someone or something. Having a gun on you is having the power of life and death. It is what they are made for.

Could go on.

But the idea that a legal gun owner is not going to suffer under the law, for their negligent use or possession of a firearm in their home, resulting in the death or injury of a person under 14, that doesn't seem like responsible gun ownership is being served.

Many or some of you seem to think it funny or at least acceptable, leaving a loaded gun within reach or search by a young person.

You that think like that are fucked in the head. IMO.

Kinda like I've said before; you all are all against abortion. But after the kids here and growing up, they're shit out of luck if things go bad.

One thing, a few folks in jail for the way they owned a gun (negligent homicide), and taking away their ability to own guns in the future, would cause a lot of guns to get locked up safe and secure from kids. And other thieves.

Which made sense to me. Like I said, I got guns and kids.

 

[Defiant1]

Their kid or any kid that is in their house and under their supposed protection from harm.

And fuck the gun owners "civil liberties" who is negligent in a child's death by their gun.

So the husband and wife are both responsible? What if there are other adults that live in the house?

If the 5 yr old is just visiting do you prosecute his/her parents too for not watching the child?

Are there lesser offenses if the child fires the weapon but doesn't hit anybody?

what if they just SEE a weapon or touch it?

How about if the parents are sitting around talking about weapons in the child's presence.

What else (besides guns) can people readily buy in easy fashion that is made specifically for the purpose of easily, quickly and efficiently killing? An item that is the great equalizer in a fight. Size don't matter. That anyone can use if they have a finger. Anybody?

Take your shopping cart for instance. Is that made to specifically, indiscriminately be able to kill young uns? No, but the retailer providing those carts has insurance in case someones kid gets hurt in their cart. Because accidents happen.

Are cars made specifically to kill? No, but accidents do happen and sometimes it is vehicular homicide and insurance companies pay out big bucks. And drivers go to jail for their negligence. But it wasn't the car or the drivers intent to kill.

But a gun. That serves one purpose. To kill. You can have fun with targets. Get good. But you are practicing for when you have to shoot someone or something. Having a gun on you is having the power of life and death. It is what they are made for.

Could go on.

But the idea that a legal gun owner is not going to suffer under the law, for their negligent use or possession of a firearm in their home, resulting in the death or injury of a person under 14, that doesn't seem like responsible gun ownership is being served.

Many or some of you seem to think it funny or at least acceptable, leaving a loaded gun within reach or search by a young person.

You that think like that are fucked in the head. IMO.

Kinda like I've said before; you all are all against abortion. But after the kids here and growing up, they're shit out of luck if things go bad.

One thing, a few folks in jail for the way they owned a gun (negligent homicide), and taking away their ability to own guns in the future, would cause a lot of guns to get locked up safe and secure from kids. And other thieves.

Which made sense to me. Like I said, I got guns and kids.

Well good for you and I'm sure you handle your family and your guns in your own personal manner.

Leave other people alone. You aren't responsible for their children.

If you are concerned about you or your family being around them, stay away.

If people come to my house, I tell them which rooms they are allowed in because most of my weapons are ready and loaded all the time.

If they don't like it they can leave.

 

[kaz]

LOL, what does "socialist" have anything to do with any of the crap you just posted?

You people literally just equate anything you don't like as Socialist. LOL.

Socialist has everything to do with it. You recognize clearly that the best way to protect your beloved government is to have yet another government controlled monopoly. Guns.

This doesn't make sense no matter how many times you read it. Give it a try.

Hmm...overnment is safest when government is the only one with guns. What exactly do you find confusing about that statement?

 

[kaz]

Why are accidental gun injuries more egregious than any other accidental injury?

There are far more children hurt and killed accidentally by many other means than there are by guns.

Shouldn't you people maybe start at the top of the list and work your way down?

Their goal is not protecting children, it's eliminating guns. So they are doing that, they are just using a different list.

If there was a fingerprint scanner on the bottom of the gun handle, and you needed to use the scan to make it work for say, 24 hours, then guns that children find wouldn't be armed (by the scanner), and therefore wouldn't fire. Stolen guns would be useless as well because they wouldn't work without the fingerprint being scanned.

And guns would cost $10K apiece and that technology isn't perfect for the owner who may not be able to use their own gun if it doesn't.

Nobody is talking about eliminating guns altogether, that's a NRA strawman argument.

So unless you want to eliminate guns altogether, I can't complain. Got it.

What you said was a strawman argument. You are essentially eliminating the ability to own and use a gun. There is no practical difference.

 

[kaz]

Holder shot someone? How odd that you do not want to blame those who used the weapons but SUDDENLY it's the supplier. Do you hold gun shop owners to the same standards?

So out of curiosity, since you didn't know what "complicit" means, why didn't you Google it rather than demonstrating you don't know what it means?

Complicit, eh? Maybe you should look up the word. Did Holder pull the trigger on any of those guns? Yes or no. Did Holder tell anyone to pull the trigger on any of those guns? Yes or no.

Saying he's complicit does not mean that he pulled the trigger. In fact, if you say someone was "complicit" in a crime, that typically implies they did not directly commit the crime. Seriously, look up the word since seriously, you don't know what it means.

 

[jknowgood]

And you know the gun nutters argument is weak and shaky when all they can do is bring up cars and shopping carts and any fucking thing else they can come up with.

Anything to deflect from the problem. Anything. As long as they are not forced to recognize their complicity in the killing of kids.

Funny your kind doesn't care how many babies are killed daily through abortio Let me tell you. It's aliot more than 20.

 

[Warrior102]

What else (besides guns) can people readily buy in easy fashion that is made specifically for the purpose of easily, quickly and efficiently killing?

Besides abortions…

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Acid: LSD

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Coke: street name for cocaine
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Crank: street name for methamphetamine

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Crystal-meth: street name for methamphetamine

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Dexies: street name for amphetamine

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Glass: street name for methamphetamine

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Go-fast: Street name for methamphetamine

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Meth: street name for methamphetamine

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