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Gun Control Reform Activism

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)

13. yes you did

Reply to slackmaster (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 05:43 PM

Mar 2013

"I think the only realistic approach to preventing that kind of thing is education. Many states already have laws that make it a crime to fail to prevent a child from getting and using a firearm to injure or kill someone, but punishment after the fact doesn't prevent the event."

So there should be no punishment? Or were you merely pointing out the obvious - that punishment doesn't change the past. If the former, why? If the latter, why even bring it up?

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Cops in door-to-door manhunt for two young boys after Georgia baby murdered in cold blood [View all] wyldwolf Mar 2013 OP

OMG BainsBane Mar 2013 #1

I say hmmmmm! rdharma Mar 2013 #2

yes, hmmm. But we have to give the mother the benefit of the slightest doubt. wyldwolf Mar 2013 #3

That's why I only said...... "hmmmmmm"! rdharma Mar 2013 #5

If only the baby had been packing a gun! nonoyes Mar 2013 #4

I think the only realistic approach to preventing that kind of thing is education slackmaster Mar 2013 #6

"Will always be stupid. . . ." Hardly an endorsement of more guns, and less control. Hoyt Mar 2013 #7

you can't even support a law about arming minors? CreekDog Mar 2013 #8

So you're saying there should be no punishment for crimes... wyldwolf Mar 2013 #10

No, I didn't say anything like that. slackmaster Mar 2013 #11

yes you did wyldwolf Mar 2013 #13

Saying punishment doesn't prevent the crime is not the same as saying there should be no punishment slackmaster Mar 2013 #14

300 million guns in homes, what could possibly go wrong. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #12

UPDATE: Two youths arrested in shooting death of Georgia baby Tx4obama Mar 2013 #9

Thanks, Tx4obama. So much for the Susan Smith angle. freshwest Mar 2013 #15