18 Children Among 26 Dead in Conn Elementary School Shooting

Jekyll wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote:

Jekyll wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: Fred can use my source to look up anything he wants...Since he is unwilling, and no doubt unable to look up anything else on his own.

So Dianne's proposed legislation holds no water?

You'd have to ask Fred... I guess if he wants us to know that, he can post a source.

But I'm not asking Fred.

And I'm not asking you...

LadyJazzer wrote:

Jekyll wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote:

Jekyll wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: Fred can use my source to look up anything he wants...Since he is unwilling, and no doubt unable to look up anything else on his own.

So Dianne's proposed legislation holds no water?

You'd have to ask Fred... I guess if he wants us to know that, he can post a source.

But I'm not asking Fred.

And I'm not asking you...

So what? Ohhhhh, cause you don't want to acknowledge Dianne, right? Wrong?
Edit: Oooooor, I throw off your leftist thinking? Really trying to stay mellow here.....

Whatdya knoooow.....

HuffPo hasn't given LJ their talking points on Senator F's proposed legislation yet. The headline will consist of the words " common sense and reasonable" before those unpaid bloggers even read it.

Jekyll wrote: Whatdya knoooow.....

If you want to clean up after Fred, wipe his nose, wipe his butt, and try to cover for his inability to backup the things he says with sources or proof, that's your problem.

I asked two specific questions of the wild, unsourced, garbage from Fred, and what you posted (with the article that Fred is either too lazy or too incompetent to look up for himself), answered neither one of them.

Have a nice day.

And there will be hundreds of people alive next Saturday because they did use firearms to defend themselves from ruffians. (Sorry, no glossy Facebook pic to cut and paste.)

Good point, Fred.

Obviously many people have strong opinions on this topic.

I am curious if anyone has come across any peer reviewed social research on the restriction of gun access in partial ways like are being proposed or the background checks/mental health checks that indicate what kind of effect implementing such methods is likely to produce or has produced in other places, times or countries.

This is different than England restricted guns and now they have less gun murders. I am asking about ANY data on causality or alternative consequences (like increases in knife deaths or something).

Would be interesting. Just feeling that sensible (to reduce access to guns and expect less gun use) and practical (if you take away my gun, I will get hurt more) might BOTH be off.

This question assumes that this issue is going to be resolved based solely on the goal to reduce deaths, not considering liberties and some events that may unfold as a cost of leaving those liberties in place.

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