http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/10/today-in-reasonable-intelligent-arguments-against-gun-control Comments On: Today in Reasonable, Intelligent Arguments Against Gun Control by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ndavis]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:43:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by PatrickOMurphy]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:57:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Johnny English]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:46:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by 8952craig]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:39:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ClickBang]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:12:58 -0800 The Stranger
For clarification, a mass-murderer kills multiple people in a single incident (think Colombine and Newtown).

A serial killer murders multiple people, one at a time, in separate incidents often separated by long lapses in time (think Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer).

They resemble each other only in killing more than one person. The motives and criminal profiles are completely different.
Posted by Clayton]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:52:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by scratchmaster joe]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:37:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DisorganizedReligion]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:06:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by catsnbanjos]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:14:08 -0800 The Stranger
Good point.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:12:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:05:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GermanSausage]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:57:28 -0800 The Stranger
And restlessnative, I spent a good part of my long-lost youth in a small town in Nebraska listening to the same old crap about the UN, CIA cloud seeding, communism in the Department of Agriculture, blah, blah, blah. I understand that mindset very well, and I know it's not part of mainstream rural thought. And I also understand the legitimate need for certain kinds of guns in certain situations - especially for rural folks.

Yes, there is a rural/urban gap. But I think it gets magnified in the media, who tends to play the city folks as latte liberals and the country folks as an episode of Hee-Haw. There is a way to talk about guns in society (and mental health, social inequity, and the other issues tied to this) but we have to figure a way to do it without having to listen to morons spouting mythology about the Old West, or drowning out everyone with tired old half-truths about Hitler et al.
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:08:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pridge Wessea]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:16:52 -0800 The Stranger
FWIW James Yeager is nutty enough to be frequently ridiculed in the varies gun blogs.
Posted by restlessnative]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:52:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dirac]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:05:35 -0800 The Stranger
Or: http://gothamist.com/2011/01/19/man_stab…

But hey, you get a boner over talking about dead kids, so a big "fuck you" to you.

Posted by I guess 10 dead is ok]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:04:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pridge Wessea]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:48:01 -0800 The Stranger
In fact, I can't remember the last time somebody around here blamed the gun crime on the criminal, although the guy with the unpronounceable name got preachy about gun owners taking responsibility for their actions...

...no words about criminals being responsible for their crimes, though.
Posted by CPN]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:52:47 -0800 The Stranger I don't support unfettered access to guns. I do support good regulation.

Regardless, the posts and comments made in The Stranger about guns invariably degrades into "gun nuts are like religious fanatics who only want to wank off to NRA commercials."

That's not convincing people through reason, that's just insulting them.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:25:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by smade]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:08:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:50:18 -0800 The Stranger
But, we don't even need to leave our country to see the really positive effects of gun control. Chicago is a shining beacon of working anti-gun laws really keeping the murder rate down. New York, California, both really good examples of criminals not using guns in crimes because they need a permit to own them. The criminals don't carry them around concealed because the powers that be made it so extremely difficult to obtain a concealed carry permit that the criminals just left them at home.

I sure am glad there are people looking out for my best interests. Swell people like Feinstein, who trusts herself to carry around a handgun concealed, but not you or me. Guys like Eric Holder, who bled so many guns over the border to Mexico which were used to murder US Law Enforcement. So many great choices of well balanced and educated people to do what's best for me!


Posted by Probably not a liberal]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:17:53 -0800 The Stranger
I have long thought of you as a pretty reasonable voice on this forum, but when it comes to guns you're just a religious fundamentalist who doesn't apply reason to the situation at all. And what's worse, you don't really care. You just want your guns for no other reason than you just want 'em, that's all. I keep waiting for you to have a flash of lucidity on this topic, but I'm not optimistic.
Posted by smade]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:06:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GermanSausage]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:06:10 -0800 The Stranger