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Stu Spelling Bee

Good thing Australia has such strict gun laws, eh?

Even in a nation whose population is less than 14% of that of the US, mass shootings like this still happen...
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/killed-australia-deadliest-shooting-decades-article-1.3984122

Posted - May 11, 2018
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  • 5835
      May 11, 2018 9:50 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    Only seven killed? And that's the deadliest in decades? Sounds pretty good in comparison to some countries. Seems to me the USA has a mass shooting at least every three months.


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at May 11, 2018 7:01 PM MDT
      May 11, 2018 4:04 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    How many such incidents are needed in a nation of 24 million to equate with those in one of 323 million?
      May 11, 2018 7:03 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    OK, you win, everything about anything approaching any type of gun control is BAD. Australia's gun approach is bad and wrong and unsuccessful. And it's all obviously misdirected.  Guns for everyone! Whatever the size of either country, I still think the number of mass shootings in the USA is bad, with or without whatever we do or not do about guns and mental health and whatever. 

    And I'm simply in a piss-poor mood. I'm sorry. I read your comment at the wrong time. I'm sorry.
    :( 
    I'm angry and depressed about other things in my life right now. Unfair of me to lash out with my comment, Stu Bee. I'm sorry. This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at May 11, 2018 7:33 PM MDT
      May 11, 2018 7:28 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    No worries, Mr. Q.
      May 11, 2018 7:34 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    tHank you,, Stu bee. I appreciate that.
      May 11, 2018 7:35 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    And just to set the record straight, I'm not a big fan of guns. I just believe that gun laws, much like drug laws, are not very effective in preventing access on the black market.
      May 11, 2018 7:45 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    THat's true, too, Stu Bee. Yes.

    Crap, I best sign off. You didin't dewserve my words and I' mfeeling worse. (Not going to correct typos, even, ha)
      May 11, 2018 7:51 PM MDT
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  • 34283
    Not really. Violent assaults and sexual assault have risen.
    And as far as suicide they just switched from firearms to hanging themselves. 
      May 11, 2018 6:14 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i hate guns,wish they would do away with them altogether
      May 12, 2018 5:32 PM MDT
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