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Dec. 4, 2012 12:04am Jason Howerton

NRA Executive VP Wayne LaPierre: Anti Gun Arguments Following NFL Players Murder Suicide Are Nonsense

Wayne LaPierre Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Rifle Association (Credit: AP)

In the wake of the horrifying murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre appeared on “The Glenn Beck Program” on TheBlazeTV to discuss the push for gun control following the tragedy.

LaPierre also addressed NBC Sports’ Bob Costas, who used his platform during Sunday Night Football to support gun control.

“It’s just nonsense,” he said. “What Bob Costas lost track of is that fact that this is a crime…There are a lot of ways a criminal would have committed that crime. All you have to do is look at O.J. Simpson.”

LaPierre also said many nations with “complete gun bans” have higher suicide rates than the U.S., debunking the argument that he may have not committed suicide if he didn’t have access to a gun.

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let4570
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:32am
There is one difference between America and all the 3rd world dictator countries! Our citizens are armed! A Tyrant here first has to confiscate all our guns before he can crush us and destroy our Constitution! I hope all you folks out there see the “Hand Writing On The Wall”. Take some of that cash you have saved and go out and buy a good AR or AK rifle, a good handgun, and some ammo! Prepare for the worst and hope for the best! Also take some of that saved cash and buy yourselves a food reserve to feed your family with when the crap hits the fan! Your cash in the bank may become worthless! What good will that cash do you when all the grocery stores are empty? It has been repeatedly predicted that in a National Emergency the Grocery Stores will empty out in 3 days! If that happens what will you do? Do a little research on law enforcement layoffs in every state and you will see where this is heading! 911 Response Times are said to be increased due to fewer cops on duty! That means you and I are own our own at times! When there is no food in the stores people will form gangs and go house to house in search of food! They will kill you to get your food! You had better be well armed when they get there! As we go over the Fiscal Clift it will get much worse! Turn that saved cash into something you and your family can survive on! Some folks say Doomday Preppers are fools! Time will prove who the real fools are!

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Scott_from_Fort_Worth_TX
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:16pm
You can’t blame Costas for what he said. You have to blame the microphone for making him say something so dumb. If we just ban microphones, people like Costas wouldn’t continue to be influenced by their microphones to say dumb things.

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- kenboo1
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:52pm
  I think its time we boycott the NFL… It is a game!!! We place this game, the players and even the supporting characters like costas on a pedestal and pay them well… This game produces nothing but entertainment. The gun produces food and makes everyone equal… If football disappeared tomorrow, what difference would it make in your life??? Not a damn thing different other than less wasted time… If your guns disappeared tomorrow how would that change your life???
  
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- let4570
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:06am
  Two Thumbs Up and High Fives for your statement!
  
  let4570
  
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let4570
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:33pm
I get really sick of the far left liberal nutjobs!
They use any and every excuse to further gun control!
First off i am 60 years old and i have owned firearms since i was 12 years old!
I have never used one in a crime!
No one has been accidently killed in my home!
If we are going to blame a murder on a gun then let us apply that thinking across the board!
If guns cause murders then vehicles cause “drunk drivers” and vehicles should also be banned from us all!
After all if those evil car makers were out of bussiness and not making vehicles there would be no such thing as a drunk driver!
Why is it no liberal wants to blame gm,chrysler,ford, etc. For their evil products that cause drunk driving yet they want to blame guns and gun manufacturers for the misuse of firearms?
Lets not blame the drunk driver let us blame the car/vehicle for the deaths the drunk driver causes on the roadways!

Liberals!
A bunch of morons with absolutely no “common sense”!
“they should not breed!

Let4570

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encinom
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:45am
The conservatives still holding on to their god and guns, no matter how many people are killed. From the cold blooded murder of a teenage in Florida to what happend this weekend it is more than evident to all amble minded individuals that the gun laws need to be reformed. The 2nd Amendment calls for the regulations of gun laws and state control (that pesky sentence before the rights of individuals). The NRA has become an outlaw organization that covers for the blood on the hands of its members.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:05pm
  ENCINOM…
  
  this is why you fail…
  You are guilty of the very same accusations you regularly make because you never qualify anything…
  “Conservatives still” vs “MANY Conservatives still..”
  Be discretionary and you may gain some credibility.
  
  As far as the NRA goes, their rhetoric is only as inflammatory as their opponent’s…
  Ditto Planned Parenthood vs. Pro-Lifers… notice a pattern here?
  All the extremes balance each other…
  Question is… are you, ENCINOM, gullible enough to be extreme? Sounds to me like you are.
  
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- Metallicat
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:13pm
  you misinterpret the second amendment. it says nothing about the states regulating our rights, its says that our right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. you misinterpret the part that says a well regulated militia,being necessary to a free state. that means for us to remain free,and mount a defense of liberty,we need to be able to form a well equipped militia,not controlled by the state who may be the very tyrants threatening our liberty,our rights to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Well regulated is old speak for well equipped. Our forefathers were wise enough to know that you dont leave the defense of liberty in the very hands of those who could become tyrants after attaining power.
  
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- Paool
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 4:21pm
  You open your mouth (or place your hand on a keyboard to accurate) and I can never quite comprehend how you arrive at your argument. I know WHAT your saying, I just can’t believe you believe that drivel. I think from the pictures we have all seen that Trayvon Martin wasn’t some sweet innocent harmless youth. A gun is a means to an end. It is also the great equalizer. A 100lb woman with a .38 special can fend off 200lb men coming at her, sometimes w/o even pulling the trigger. A tazer or pepper spray does not help if there are more than one, its just gonna really piss of the other guys. Lets not also forget about our protection from the Government, the whole REASON the 2nd amendment was made. As long as a group rules over another (govn’t over the people) there is always a need for the latter to protect itself. No guns – no protection. Also, regulations would not help a situation like this and don’t even pretend otherwise.
  
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Anadara
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:26am
Using liberal logic… We could prevent NFL brain injuries by banning Network Television hosts.

Yeah, sounds like a plan.

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- cathouseumbrella
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 11:24am
  Why are conservatives so bad at satire?
  
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- whater39
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:08pm
  Liberal logic???? I love this website for it’s stupid comments.
  
  This is about gun control, and some how your using a left -vs- right comment.
  
  Something needs to change with gun control. Staying with the status quo isn’t working. I’m jsut waiting for people to say “now is time for healing, not talking about gun control”. Then the story leaves the news, and the status quo stays the same.
  
  Time to wake up.
  
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jungle J
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:23am
He fell into their trap by responding with anything but a loud laugh. Using oj was a mistake. oj is black and maybe innocent. This nra guy should be muzzled…unless he is a progressive operative that infiltrated.

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- ClaudeRains
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 10:20am
  @ Jungle J. OJ may be innocent? And LaPierre is a progressive and should be muzzled? The short bus will be by for you in one hour. Get on it.
  
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Uechi
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:17am
I have owned and used a variety of firearms over 40 years. I have yet to hold up a bank, or shoot anybody. I did have an opportunity to stop a potential break in at 2:00 a.m. when Ilived in an apartment. The mere sight of the handgun was enough to make the potential thief head for the hills. The idea that somehow firearms are inherently evil or that ordiinary citizens are too stupid and incompetent to own them is amazing. The disarming of a citizenry is just one step in the subjugation of the populace .History is replete with numerous examples. Don’t assume that because we live in what is left of a Democratic Republic that it can’t happen here.

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Metallicat
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:48am
Im not giving up my guns because an overpaid neanderthal threw a temper tantrum over his cheating girlfriend staying out all night and shot her. He would have killed her irregardless of the tool he choose to use,because he suffered a moment of temporary insanity. I think the real issue to debate here is infidelity. But that would get the feminists panties all twisted,if you tell them their loose lifestyles lead to situations like this,when involved with an emotionally immature neanderthal, raised from youth to use violence as a tool to advance himself.

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- Metallicat
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 9:13am
  I apologize. I heard the story reversed. My apologies to the lady. She was on the receiving end of HIS infidelity. I wish our “journalists” could get a story straight before releasing it. I heard it one way yesterday and another way today. You cant trust anything you hear being reported anymore.
  
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Deliverance_from_the_left_now
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:46am
I’ve been an NRA member for years and I’m so glade we have an organization that has pledged to stand up for and protect and preserve the constitution…the same constitution that leftist scosialist comunist ignragnt liberal congressmen and elected officials take an oath to protect. Idiot liberals have no idea how much they owe this oranization, we would have been over ran by the UN years ago!!! The UN wants to regulate our guns, health care, and internet in the US…sounds like a take over fokes!!! Only thing left is freedom of religion and we know that the muslim brotherhood has a plan for that as well!!! Prepare to defend yourselves!!!

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- scott4freedom
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:15pm
  Amen brother,The UN is the driving force of equalization with the world, and with a no balls president they will have more access to try thier tatics the next 4 years. Be vigilant and be ready to defend,yourself,your families, and what is left of America.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:16am
You can’t pull a trigger without fingers.
Outlaw fingers!

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- helioquois
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:24pm
  I am reminded of comedian Jeffrey Ross’ epic poem: I Miss Her Sometimes.
  
  “I ran into my old girlfriend in the parking lot yesterday. Then I backed up, and ran into her again.
  I miss her sometimes.”
  
  So when this happens and death results, who do we ban from society with a jail sentence…the car or the driver?
  
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Weaponx9104
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:46am
Where was Bob Costas when Steve McNair was shot and killed by his wife? That was hardly a story.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:08am
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Why don’t we just Ban Black People with Guns?……………..

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:10am
  Yeah!
  And make them use different water fountains, too!
  
  idiot.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:28am
  Here is what the MSM will not tell you, nor will the multiculture education system (public schools), if African Americans had the same murder rate as white Americans, we would drop our national murder rate by almost 40%, making us have one of the lowest rates in the free world.
  
  Blacks make up 12% of the population, but do half of the nations murders. That is what makes our murder rates so high.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:44am
  True, RANGER, but it is a self-propagating cycle…
  
  Many blacks live in neighborhoods where people shoot at each other on a regular basis… so it only makes sense that they arm themselves and shoot back…
  
  The welfare/ housing project culture established by the government to “help them out” is the primary failure here… i think the people are reacting to their environment in an understandable way.
  
  Everyone is, of course, responsible for their own decisions but, i’m not sure they are fully aware of their options…
  
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- Deliverance_from_the_left_now
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 8:51am
  Actually not a bad idea…they’re the ones that can’t seem to handle the responsibility of owning a firearm, it seems they can’t handle much responsibility…even with affirmative they can’t get ahead, they’ve only brought the country down. Look at the idiot sitting in the White House!
  
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- RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:08pm
  Finally, the Truth! GO SPANKY!!!
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:57am
We should ban Rocks too! Wait… it’s okay to STONE a woman to death… nevermind.

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TruufWarrior
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:32am
Hum, cars kill more people than guns. I guess we should outlaw them. Or maybe even knives, but then, how would I cut my steak? No, how about we ban bad behavior. This argument shoes just how stupid and ignorant people like Costas is. I am so sick of these spinners. All they want is attention. They couldn’t care less about these people.

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Hawk69
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:20am
I want the liberal moron that thinks this pro football player couldn’t kill this woman without a gun to respond to me.

I’m sure he could beat this woman to death with his fists. He could choke this woman to death. He could stab her to death or beat her to death with any random blunt object. And he could also take his life with a rope like millions before him have.

The shame is that this weak defenseless women didn’t have a gun to defend herself with.

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- c.parker
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:23am
  Thank you HAWK69!!! Your post is almost word for word what I was getting ready to post! My Daddy taught me how to correctly use a firearm and I would have several in my house right now but I am currently living in England and that type of thing is not allowed. All we have over here to defend ourselves with is harsh words and prayer.
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 6:06am
What about Bob ? LOL.

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Diane TX
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:47am
If the Idiots who voted for Obama believe that he was a better choice than Romney, then there isn’t anything that can be done. The idiots want their “free stuff”, and they don’t care who pays for it, as long as it isn’t them. The USA has become a nation of idiots.

I’m talking really dumb and stupid people. These would be people who have no idea who their State Senators are. It’s laughable to even think that they know who represents them in the House of Representatives. Really, they don’t know!

These idiots were gifted by advanced technogly, but they have no clue on how it works. A “problem” to them is when their smart phone isn’t working.

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- December4
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 5:27am
  All the left’s arguments against guns are based solely on emotion and not rational thought. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 5:55am
  All that’s necessary to refute the arguments for taking away our guns is to recite all the nations who have done so and the horrendous repression that resulted.
  
  The Jews gave up their right to bear arms along with all the other German citizens between the wars. How’d that work out?
  
  More recently, Britain, Australia and others have experienced spikes in home invasions and armed robberies once citizens can no longer respond with legal, lethal force.
  
  What the hell! Maybe a big push by Obama / Holder to seize our guns is exactly what is necessary to get this country back on track? Know what I mean?
  
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- seek.the.truth
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:07am
  @johnpaul
  I know what you mean and I agree 100%.
  
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nzkiwi
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:37am
As a result of the SE Cupp article by Mr Howerton, I did a bit of digging.

It immediately became clear that this is an organised strategic play on behalf of the gun-control organisations.

Foremost amongst them are Johns Hopkins University Centre for Gun Control and the Brady Campaign. These organisations and their supporters have said in public that they will keep presenting the bills to congress again and again without end until they get what they want.

And what they want is the disarmament of the American population. They do not really care about the lives of innocents, but a political agenda. As Sarah Brady of the Brady campaign said:

“Our main agenda is to have ALL guns banned. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn’t matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.”

This comment is so damning that the Brady Campaign has tried to call it a made-up quote. A fraud put forward by their opponents. A lie.

Unfortunately, the verification is there, and I found it.

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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:21am
  These are the sources for the Brady quote;
  
  http://www.aim.org/wls/disarming-america/
  
  It now seems to me that they have originated with the National Educator. I should have checked this more closely before I added it to my stuff. I’ll keep digging, but it looks like I’m wrong with regard to this quote.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:44am
  Hi NZkiwi,
  
  Nice work…. : )
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:55am
  Not that nice, Monk, I feel a bit cross with myself. I should have checked that more closely before sailing in with all flags flying. I assumed that because it was from “Accuracy in Media” that it was credible. I went back to their homepage and searched forward again and it didn’t come up.
  
  Bugger!
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:02am
  Here is a clip which shows their strategy of continuing to push bills forward until they get what they want. In this case Virginia…
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Vhqd7RlKs
  
  Note to self: Be more careful.
  
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- DMENTED
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 3:36am
  Many of them will be killed attempting that task regardless of what they say, do or whatever ‘laws’ they pass, and they know it. Personally, I can’t wait.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:56am
  NZKIWI…
  
  Very nice post…. but as an American i demand that you start spelling “organized” with a “Z” instead of an “S”! ;)
  
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dancing bear
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:38am
I don’t think the people are going to give up there guns any time soon.Too bad that hard work and toil means nothing to almost half of our so called tax payers.Nothing can save us now except our guns and food storage. Good luck and may god save us.

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ZAP
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:37am
If you want to stop murder-suicide,you can start by putting the bible and prayer back in schools.People need the hope and love God gives us.

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- banjarmon
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:44am
  Amen!!!
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:30am
  Well as Mr. Charlie Daniels puts it;
  ♪ ♪ ‘Well you know what’s wrong with the world today
  People done gone and put their Bibles away
  There livin’ by law of the jungle not the law of the land
  Well the good book says it, so I know it’s the truth
  An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
  You’d better watch where you go
  And remember where you’ve been
  That’s the way I see it I’m a simple man♫
  
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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:18am
  Schools shouldn’t teach religion. There’s no way to really know if any of it is true. No school should ever teach a kid to take anything on faith. There’s nothing wrong with learning about religion as something that some people believe, so they can understand how the people who believe in it think, but telling them to pray is telling them that it’s what they should believe. You shouldn’t tell them to believe anything except facts that you can prove.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:49am
  “If you want to stop murder-suicide,you can start by putting the bible and prayer back in schools.People need the hope and love God gives us.”
  
  That makes no sense. The Bible has many glorified instances of both murder and suicide.
  
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UseTP2wipe
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:36am
And we are to trust the statements of LaPierre, head of the NRA on this matter of gun control and the 2nd Amendment, as being accurate and truthful? That’s like trusting the judgement of Charles Manson, if he gave a statement about following the letter of the law.

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- 502_eagle
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 1:12am
  Your right….we should trust goverment. After they take our guns away then we will be safe. We have the police to protect us. It will be a utopia of peace and harmony.
  
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:28am
If you take their guns, murderers will use knives. Take away knives and they will use rocks. Without rocks, they will use sticks. A murderer is a criminal. Don’t give him the courtesy of blaming his tools.

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- Texaslockstar
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 2:49am
  You are so right. The gun didn’t kill , the person did. If he didn’t have a gun I am sure there was a house full of stuff he could have used to kill.
  
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- c.parker
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 7:27am
  Yup! Anyone without an agenda, who lives in reality, and has an IQ higher than that of your average piece of wood should be able to understand this.
  
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COFemale
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:26am
The hardest concept for Liberals to follow is logic. Don’t ask them to use logic, because they will short-circuit their brains that are already short-circuited from existence.

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- CatB
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:40am
  Logical thinking is “hard” … progressives don’t do hard. They do easy feel good.
  
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SUNTZU
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:19am
There is so much BS on here I dont know why I keep coming back.
hold on got to pour another cup of coffee.
Be right back.

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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:17am
If there wasn’t a gun, they both would be alive, or he would have beat her to death, maybe used a knife, and then killed himself. But if we simply get rid of any object harder than a liberals head, what a wonderful world this would be. No crime, no heartache, and no heartbreak of psorisis. Unicorns and Pixies will heat our homes and we can all sing the praise of Obama.

Nah, get rid of guns and only criminals and the Govt. will have them, and tit’s hard to tell which is which.

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 12:25am
  Dont know about your tit’s,but me epples are a little hard
  Check your ammo.
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on December 4, 2012 at 5:20am
  When guns are outlawed, only NFL players will have guns.
  
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