Does the right to bear arms include Surface to Air Missiles? I'd really like to take down those pesky planes that keep flying around my house. I just know it's Obama up there spying on me.
I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.
I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.nocoolnamejim
Mhm, a kid died in my high school cuz they were fooling around with a shotgun one day
[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"]I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.Bane_09
Mhm, a kid died in my high school cuz they were fooling around with a shotgun one day
Natural Selection at it's finest. The dumb never survive long, especially if they kill themselves with their own weapons.
I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.nocoolnamejim
You need to rely on statistical inference to get to the conclusion that presence of guns makes death by guns more likely?
Obama thinks that kid shouldn't have been able to defend himself and his sister.Laihendi
More likely Obama thinks that you have to play the percentages and while high profile one-off events like this get conservatives wet, statistically they're FAR MORE RARE than the times when kids accidentally kill themselves because they find a loaded gun in their home. So you play the odds.
[QUOTE="Laihendi"]Obama thinks that kid shouldn't have been able to defend himself and his sister.nocoolnamejim
More likely Obama thinks that you have to play the percentages and while high profile one-off events like this get conservatives wet, statistically they're FAR MORE RARE than the times when kids accidentally kill themselves because they find a loaded gun in their home. So you play the odds. If someone accidentally kills himself then that's his own problem. Obama shouldn't be forcing the entire country to give up its liberty and means of defending itself from thieves and murderers just because there are some stupid kids that will die if the government doesn't protect them from themselves.
I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.nocoolnamejim
Shush with these ancedotal made up statistics using 1000 housholds ot of 300 million. I know it's BS because it's the exact opposite in the UK and yet they have guns in their house the chances are slimmer. So what invisible factor makes us higher?
I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.nocoolnamejim
I love how we keep getting pro-gun control people coming into stroies like these and saying they don't matter, and coming up with stuff that doesn't matter to the story. With responable owndership of weapons and tearching kids how to repect and use the weapon will almost negate accidentally shootings. It is the same with having a swimming pool. Kids can fall in and drown, and STATISTICALLY you are more likely to drown than accidentally shoot your self.
Also for the stories weapons being used to stop crime as being rare, alot of the time the media doesn't report them. The media doesn't like good news, and reporting a story of some would be robber being chased off by an armed homeowner wouldn't sell.
maybe the parents shouldnt be leaving their kids home alone, especially when the two houses next to them had been broken into recently but muh guns you're in america, why dont you just distract burglars with mcdonalds or something
[QUOTE="cheese_game619"]maybe the parents shouldnt be leaving their kids home alone, especially when the two houses next to them had been broken into recently but muh guns you're in america, why dont you just distract burglars with mcdonalds or something Maybe the parents have, idk, jobs? 15 years old is definitely old enough to be left alone at home. :|
Maybe we need better security systems. I don't know why everyone always looks to justify violent solutions to problems first.
VendettaRed07
Are you willing to wait up to 5 minutes (or more if you live in a rural area?) for the police to show up when someone is breaking into your house or apartment? Crime on the climb, Response slowsChicago police response time is down in 2012Police Average Response Time for Priority One Calls in the Rural AreaPolice response time to emergency calls slows
[QUOTE="mems_1224"]Maybe the parents have, idk, jobs? 15 years old is definitely old enough to be left alone at home. :|cheese_game619
so i can assume you believe this decision the parents made was correct? Why not? they're old enough to be left alone and obviously they taught them how to protect themselves should they ever have to.
[QUOTE="nocoolnamejim"][QUOTE="Laihendi"]Obama thinks that kid shouldn't have been able to defend himself and his sister.Laihendi
More likely Obama thinks that you have to play the percentages and while high profile one-off events like this get conservatives wet, statistically they're FAR MORE RARE than the times when kids accidentally kill themselves because they find a loaded gun in their home. So you play the odds. If someone accidentally kills himself then that's his own problem. Obama shouldn't be forcing the entire country to give up its liberty and means of defending itself from thieves and murderers just because there are some stupid kids that will die if the government doesn't protect them from themselves. In this post: fvck statistics, Obama is wrong.
[QUOTE="mems_1224"]Why not? they're old enough to be left alone and obviously they taught them how to protect themselves should they ever have to.cheese_game619
why is this such an amazing story if this is normal behaviour for american children Who says shooting at burglars is an everyday thing?
[QUOTE="cheese_game619"][QUOTE="mems_1224"]Why not? they're old enough to be left alone and obviously they taught them how to protect themselves should they ever have to.mems_1224
why is this such an amazing story if this is normal behaviour for american children Who says shooting at burglars is an everyday thing?
Who says shooting at burglars is an everyday thing?mems_1224
well according to the story it was a very likely event in this case, seeing as how the neighbours had been broken into not long before the incident. the way you talk about it makes me think you see this story as an 'everything went to plan' kind of situation. as if leaving your kids at home with a gun was the best option here.
[QUOTE="mems_1224"]Who says shooting at burglars is an everyday thing?cheese_game619
well according to the story it was a very likely event in this case, seeing as how the neighbours had been broken into not long before the incident. the way you talk about it makes me think you see this story as an 'everything went to plan' kind of situation. as if leaving your kids at home with a gun was the best option here. people can't tell the future. just because someone's house in the neighborhood got broken into doesnt mean anything.
I love how we keep getting gun rights advocates coming in with stories like this, but none of them ever bother bringing up that STATISTICALLY, having a gun in your home, ANY home, makes you more likely to die from a gun related death and stories like this never include how often those brave kids accidentally shoot themselves, their family members, or their friends.nocoolnamejim
Owning a car STATISTICALLY makes you more likely to die in a car. :roll: See what I did there?
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