Sorry, even dksuddeth is setting a better example than I am here, but I just have one response to this...
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Originally Posted by samcol
We need more responsible citizens carrying weapons to stop these shootings whenever possible.
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Are you suggesting that if the five children killed by this man:
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Originally Posted by highthief
A father is suspected of having shot dead his five children at a trailer park in Washington state, then himself, after hearing his wife was leaving him.
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... should have been carrying weapons, and ought to have been expected to defend themselves in that manner? Or the 90-year old residents of the nursing home who got shot down? Seriously? I guess I just cannot fathom a world in which that would be a remotely good idea.
... I realize we don't want to let the thread get out of hand. Feel free to send me a PM in reply, if that's the case. I just had to get that question off my chest, because it's been bothering me ever since I heard about this latest slew of shootings.