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It is such a relief to know that guns didn't kill these kids. December 14, 2012 11:46 am bowser

Authorities are undoubtedly prying candy bars, textbooks, packs and pencils out of these kids cold, dead hands.  They can stack them next to Charlton Heston’s gun.

“Updated at 1:30 p.m. ET: Twenty-six people, including 18 children, were killed when a gunman opened fire in a Connecticut elementary school Friday morning, a law enforcement official said.

“The gunman, who is dead, was a 20-year-old from Connecticut, an official said. He was wearing all black and was carrying two 9mm handguns. Another person who walked into the school at the same time as the gunman was being held by police and questioned, an official said.”

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15907407-26-dead-after-gunman-assaults-connecticut-elementary-school-official-says?lite

  • Two very different statements. But they have the same effect. by RobVG 2012-12-16 11:42:22
    • If we can accept the coming healthcare mandate then seeing your neighbors house searched should be easy. n/t by RobVG 2012-12-16 10:24:37
      • Now there you go: reasonable suggestions. by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 08:54:11
        • As far as I know, by ER 2012-12-16 09:19:32
        • After reviewing all our comments below, methinks we are all missing the obvious. by ER 2012-12-16 07:54:53
          • That post up there? It was meant to be a reply to yours, ER. by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 08:55:51
          • Outrage is very satisfying. by MaryAnne 2012-12-15 05:40:13
            • Well, first, it's dereliction to not express outrage even if a solution can't be seen (yet). by bowser 2012-12-15 09:16:10
              • Sympathy vs. outrage. by MaryAnne 2012-12-15 12:26:20
                • As you point out they are not mutually exclusive. However, outrage can be constructive. by bowser 2012-12-15 21:36:12
                  • When you get your magic wand working, you will have to let me know. by MaryAnne 2012-12-15 22:30:40
                    • We both have the same goal. by bowser 2012-12-16 02:05:25
                      • Please disregard that hiccup. If it's in our genes... by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 05:28:46
                        • You are being uncharacteristically ridiculous. by bowser 2012-12-16 11:39:50
                          • I've waited a long time for Mary Anne to come back. by TB 2012-12-16 14:21:06
                            • We've all waited, and she's usually a delightful voice of gentle reason. by bowser 2012-12-16 16:05:50
                              • Okay... Here is your quote: by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 16:28:36
                                • I stand by every word of that. by bowser 2012-12-16 17:38:42
                                  • You still don't get it: You insult every single member of my family. by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 18:06:01
                                    • And yet, here we are. by FrankC 2012-12-16 18:56:31
                              • Thanks, TB. I know what board this is. ;) by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 14:30:29
                              • Oh, and I wouldn't attempt to psychoanalyze me if I were you. by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 14:17:20
                                • Mankind is the sum of all its parts. I'm sorry you think I was being ridiculous. by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 14:13:36
                              • If it's in our genes, and we by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 04:58:57
                          • Some perspective: by TB 2012-12-15 12:52:34
                            • Doesn't show deaths that were not prosecuted as homicides. by alcaray 2012-12-17 04:04:04
                              • The table doesn't take attempted murders into account, either. by MaryAnne 2012-12-16 05:38:42
                                • Good point on the medical progress factor. by TB 2012-12-16 13:53:03
                                  • One more data point: by TB 2012-12-16 20:16:42
                                • Some context: by Robert 2012-12-16 00:48:25
                          • Stand on Zanzibar-- John Brunner, (1968) by ER 2012-12-14 14:09:15
                            • Second Amendment Pornography. by ER 2012-12-14 12:51:14
                              • My granddaughter's elementary school doors are always locked and we have to press a button that rings the secretary's phone. ... by Jody 2012-12-14 12:31:51
                                • Lots of misinformation at this point by FrankC 2012-12-14 13:32:07
                                  • From latest information, it looks like he broke into the school instead of being let in. by TB 2012-12-15 11:06:03

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