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   Dredpiraterobt$ said, 5 months ago

   Just be glad you are asking “Why?” and not "What if?’
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   Eryx said, 5 months ago

   Because we are a country that fetishizes guns.
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   ODon said, 5 months ago

   Availability repeatedly facilitates the why.
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   dtroutma said, 5 months ago

   Because he could.
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   onguard said, 5 months ago

   Why?? ..Death exists because Life exists. Murder exists because some will always demand ultimate control over others. Wholesale Murder occurs when Government exercise tyrannical power over people for its on purposes.
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   mickey1339 said, 5 months ago

   @Eryx

   I have a close friend in the technical end of the movie business. He answered your comment very succinctly. It’s all about the next violent mega hit with a higher body count than the last, the more gruesome the better. Add in the obsession American youth have with violent video games. Add to that a decaying family structure that leaves our children growing up very insecure. Add to that a mental health system that is often more concerned with drugging their clients rather than resolving their problems. Are these issues going to be realistically addressed, or are we just going to ban assault weapons and figure that will cure the problem?
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   ruff said, 5 months ago

   @onguard

   You got a few screws lose with that last sentence of yours. Get help.
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   mickey1339 said, 5 months ago

   @ODon

   “Availability repeatedly facilitates the why.”

   A most simplistic answer. Because a gun is available, that inspires the core reason of why someone perpetrates this kind of heinous crime? Here’s a . simplistic response: if the kid’s mother had a gun safe for her collection, or a locked closet or gun locks provided by manufacturers free when you buy a new gun, this more than likely would not have happened. Blame is like soft butter, it spreads easy, especially when some responsible (like the mother) are dead. I am actually in favor of tighter NATIONAL gun controls that are fashioned after California’s, which are extremely restrictive.
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   Gypsy8 said, 5 months ago

   @onguard

   You say these kids were murdered because of the Government exercising tyrannical power. Your logic seems breathtakingly stupid, or perhaps you could explain how you arrived at that conclusion.
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    Eryx said, 5 months ago

    @mickey1339

    Well, he did not really answer my comment. I agree that banning any type of weapons is not the cure, but we should be able to close the gun show loopholes, ban magazines over 10 shots, require new (and existing) gun owners to regularly prove their proficiency and control of the weapon they bought, update criminal databases and link them with background checks, and a host of other things that could lower the body count.
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    Eryx said, 5 months ago

    @onguard

    “Murder occurs when Government exercise tyrannical power over people for its on purposes.”? You are a poster child for why not everyone should be able to buy a gun.
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    mickey1339 said, 5 months ago

    @onguard

    “Why?? ..Death exists because Life exists. Murder exists because some will always demand ultimate control over others. Wholesale Murder occurs when Government exercise tyrannical power over people for its on purposes.”

    Huh??? If you are trying to wax philosophically you fail miserably. Aside from that it makes absolutely no sense…
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    onguard said, 5 months ago

    @Gypsy8

    I said no such thing. You have drawn an erroneous conclusion …….again.The comment was philological.
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    Radish said, 5 months ago

    Why? Because your right to live was invalidated by someone elses right to have a military assualt rifle in the house.
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    ODon said, 5 months ago

    @mickey1339

    A locked closet could have stopped this insanity? How about if assault weapons were not available in the first place? Let’s add a degree of difficulty to becoming a mass murderer.
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