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[Knifeboy]

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Land of the free, home of the brave

[AnewKINDofFEELING]

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Land of the free, home of the brave

It is worth noting that only one of the three, and his little sidekick, used a firearm. He did have the highest number, though. Maybe if that guy pumping gas had been carrying a nine....wait, sniper, nevermind. Which is interesting. You could have pulled that off with any decent hunting rifle, which will never been made illegal. They were using a Bushmaster XM-15, though.

[SimpatiK]

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Oh well, it seems it wasn't a murder after all. Just a dead drunk in a stairwell. i did a search and it seems we've had 2 murders in 40 years in our 25K town.

I can understand that USA have more killings by firearms, and the insanity that people are allowed to legally buy them, but I don't get why US seems to have a larger portion of serial killers.

[Knifeboy]

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yeah.. It definitely seems like there's more to it than the gun issue
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Oh well, it seems it wasn't a murder after all.

What a bummer eh?

[AnewKINDofFEELING]

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but I don't get why US seems to have a larger portion of serial killers.

I think serial killers come from stressed out countries, honestly. Baton Rouge had a pretty impressive run, though.
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I have friends who own assault rifles, and most of my friends own handguns, but they aren't the ones I worry about. It's the thugs that break in and steal the guns. One of my friends specifically leaves his AK-47 and AR-15 (I know, I know) locked up in a safe in rural Arkansas. All he has at his house is a coach gun that he keeps in his closet for home defense, which he probably does need where he lives.

[Knifeboy]

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I saw the most stressed out person ever when I visited San Francisco. In a mcdonalds, a middleaged guy behind the counter serving 2 lines at the same time. He looked like Michael Douglas at his worst in Falling Down.

I saw something break inside through his eyes when I ordered 6 double cheeseburgers and 5 mcchickens

[AnewKINDofFEELING]

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I saw the most stressed out person ever when I visited San Francisco. In a mcdonalds, a middleaged guy behind the counter serving 2 lines at the same time. He looked like Michael Douglas at his worst in Falling Down.

I saw something break inside through his eyes when I ordered 6 double cheeseburgers and 5 mcchickens

You should have ordered them with no sesame seeds.

[Knifeboy]

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Haha. If I had I probably wouldn't be alive now

[AnewKINDofFEELING]

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So, my current profession is as an Energy Engineer, right? I'm a Certified Energy Manager (CEM). The group that certifies a person as a CEM is the Association of Energy Engineers. This is the kind of organization that grows huge through pseudo-government activity. Anyway, remember that the word Engineer keeps popping up.

I just got a brochure about upcoming conferences and some of the "Keynote speakers," so-called "Stars of Energy." Who is listed? None other than Ed Begley, Jr. Oh no, I can't miss this opportunity to learn from a true expert on the topics. If I do end up going, I will put on some fake eyebrows and make several fake eyebrow jokes.

[noclevername]

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I hear he's an alpaca.

[Ars Sycro]

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Oh well, it seems it wasn't a murder after all. Just a dead drunk in a stairwell. i did a search and it seems we've had 2 murders in 40 years in our 25K town.

I can understand that USA have more killings by firearms, and the insanity that people are allowed to legally buy them, but I don't get why US seems to have a larger portion of serial killers.

Why is it insane that you can legally buy guns? Should only bad people own them?

Disclaimer: I do not own any guns.

[Gnomad]

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You never know. At some point soon, we might be glad that we can legally buy guns now.

[Knifeboy]

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Why is it insane that you can legally buy guns? Should only *bad people own them?

Disclaimer: I do not own any guns.

*a small percentage of bad people

(referring to how it is in scandinavia)

[AnewKINDofFEELING]

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*a small percentage of bad people

(referring to how it is in scandinavia)

And look at how much damage one guy with a couple of guns was able to do in Norway. Imagine if those campers had been locked and loaded. 7 casualties, including the perp. I do think our laws are lax on assault rifles and some high-powered rifles (there is no legitimate reason for me to own a Barrett M107), but the Right to Bear Arms has a very real importance. The right is intended to protect you FROM the government. When only the government owns guns, you are a very small step away from a military state.
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And Baton Rouge wins again! The Iranian-American arrested in the attempted assassination of the Saudi minister graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge. He did only "graduate" from Southern after just 1 year there.

http://theadvocate.com/home/1061890-64/man-accused-in-bombing-plot.html

[And we'll just put a happy little bush over here.]

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And look at how much damage one guy with a couple of guns was able to do in Norway. Imagine if those campers had been locked and loaded. 7 casualties, including the perp. I do think our laws are lax on assault rifles and some high-powered rifles (there is no legitimate reason for me to own a Barrett M107), but the Right to Bear Arms has a very real importance. The right is intended to protect you FROM the government. When only the government owns guns, you are a very small step away from a military state.

That is absurd.

Also, Columbine.