sad day for mankind

[Turner]

I cried for most of last night watching the horrific Connecticut murders unfold. I dont know what to feel. I feel like giving up. Poor little innocent children taken from us in such an unfathomable and unneccessary way.
I just cant stop filling up with tears. I wish I could pray for them, but Im not religious. i dont know what to do really. Im feeling real pain and i dont even know them.

It unimaginable horror

What is the f.uckin world coming to.

Turner

[furple]

Horrific to say the least. This will keep happening though if you let deranged individuals have easy access to guns. Let's hope the USA finally wakes up. I'm not holding my breath.

[Blood Angel]

@ Turner: It is an horrendous thing to have happened. Our thoughts must be with those affected by this latest atrocity.
@ Furple: I dont think there is an easy answer is there? I mean if everyone was told to hand there guns in surely only the law-abiding people would do so?

[TwoCatSam]

Blood is correct.

"Well, I'd go rob a bank (and maybe shoot someone), but it's illegal to carry a gun."  Yep, that's reality!

I am sick.  I own a gun.  It is my responsibilty to keep it away from loonies.  If I'm mentally ill, it's some else's responsibility to take it from me.

Right here in my city we had a man douse his own wife and child with gasoline and burn them both.  Mother died; child scarred for life.  I am not for public torture, but I could put my Smith and Wesson between his eyes and send him on his way in a heartbeat.

A devil threw a fruit jar full of acid off a bridge and--well, it was Dr. Phil's sister--you can imagine the horror.

Last week a man threw a dog off a bridge and another kicked one to death.

A man killed his room mate with a hammer.

We had a few knife murders. 

One man beat another to death with his fists.

And let's not forget Timothy and his fertilizer bomb.  Killed 163.  Airplanes and box cutters?  Took down the trade towers.

What should we outlaw? 

Sam
Still proud to be an American!

[rouletteKEY]

Beyond sad for sure

Like Sam said...taking guns away is not the answer though...law abiding citizens will be defenseless against those that are not...

I don't know if this is true but I heard that the Colorado Batman massacre shooter had several theatres closer to his home than the one he selected...but the theatre he went to did not allow concealed carry...all the others did.  Captive targets that can't shoot back...not a level playing field for sure.

Crime is lower in states with concealed carry.

If you know your victim can't fight back its not a fair fight...and the good guys always lose in this equation if you take away their right and ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.

[furple]

Why on earth do you guys need or want guns? A looney with a knife is not likely to kill 20 children within a few minutes. Of course this is not going to stop sick individuals committing horrendous acts but removing the gun factor would have stopped this. You guys need to wake you are killing your children.

[furple]

This is bull. we have loonies in our country too. We don't have easy access to guns here. if we did then these type of mass murders would be happening here as well. They don't for the simple fact due to gun laws.

[furple]

Beyond sad for sure

Like Sam said...taking guns away is not the answer though...law abiding citizens will be defenseless against those that are not...

I don't know if this is true but I heard that the Colorado Batman massacre shooter had several theatres closer to his home than the one he selected...but the theatre he went to did not allow concealed carry...all the others did.  Captive targets that can't shoot back...not a level playing field for sure.

Crime is lower in states with concealed carry.

If you know your victim can't fight back its not a fair fight...and the good guys always lose in this equation if you take away their right and ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.

And this is why your children are being killed.This mentality infuriates me.

[Turner]

furple....please respect the fact that my post wasnt about gun ownership.. it was about the death of these poor children. Please start your own post about Gun law.

[rouletteKEY]

Furple...sorry to have pissed you off...if you're that unhappy with me I sure am glad you don't have a gun now

[iggiv]

Horror. i dont know what to say.

but those things keep happening with horrifying frequency. Not long ago fist time it happened even in Russia where such things had never happened before. But there were only adults involved.
Nevertheless mass murder...

[rouletteKEY]

the world is in decline and it seems to get sicker and more unbelievable with each and every day....unspeakable and unimaginable tragedies just keep snowballing

[iggiv]

that's not true. 2 world wars, Cambodia, Vietnam in 60s-70ss, Afghanistan in 80s, Ruanda in '94 --
all that was much worse.

[furple]

Furple...sorry to have pissed you off...if you're that unhappy with me I sure am glad you don't have a gun now

You didn't P me off. I just can't fathom your mentality I'm afraid.

[furple]

the world is in decline and it seems to get sicker and more unbelievable with each and every day....unspeakable and unimaginable tragedies just keep snowballing

Exactly so why give people legal access to guns. If you are ok with this then why not let your citizens have free access to hand grenades,chemical and nuclear weapons.