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yea, but theres other more lethal ways.. he could have made some bombs or somethn like this kids at Columbine did.
True.
But it's also much easier to purchase a gun... then to make a bomb.
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True True.. I just don't understand why some young kid would just snap like that... and start shooting up a university..
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True.
But it's also much easier to purchase a gun... then to make a bomb.
Is it? Have you looked into making explosives before? There's probably a long list of explosive mixtures that can be made from common, cheap stuff. A little creativity and I'm sure one could come up with something...
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yea, but It's much easer to walk to a store and simply buy a gun.. But, if guns were illegal, who's to say the guy wouldn't just make a couple of bombs and kill a lot more people?
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If you want compassion, talk to George W. Bush.
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IMHO Bush is a fool.

And in relation to the post on drugs, they have that in (switzerland?) - drugs are legal and subsidised by the government. Crime dropped nearly 40%.
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IMHO Bush is a fool.

And in relation to the post on drugs, they have that in (switzerland?) - drugs are legal and subsidised by the government. Crime dropped nearly 40%.
really? Wow...
Yea, Bush is a damned idiot.. I have no frikn clue how that man was elected twice by the American public! He's a complete dumbass! ...And this is coming from Republican. I dunno what yall think, but in '08 the dems are taking over
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yea, but It's much easer to walk to a store and simply buy a gun.. But, if guns were illegal, who's to say the guy wouldn't just make a couple of bombs and kill a lot more people?
I'd say it's easier to buy some household chemicals and mix them up a li'l. I'm not a chemist though, and detonators would likely be the hardest part. Buying a gun will often (if not always) involve some paperwork and a background check. And a bomb could be much more discrete. Most of these people who commit crimes like this one save a bullet for themselves; they obviously have issues. If only we could catch those issues before they happened. We had a shooting here at my school two weeks ago where some jerk (it censored the first word I put ) killed his ex, then himself. The gal had already gotten a court protection order, but obviously the law can't stop a determined psycho.
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IMHO Bush is a fool.

And in relation to the post on drugs, they have that in (switzerland?) - drugs are legal and subsidised by the government. Crime dropped nearly 40%.
I'll reply to the drug bit with the oldest comeback in the book: if you make less things illegal, you'll have less crime. Amazing how that works.
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really? Wow...
Yea, Bush is a damned idiot.. I have no frikn clue how that man was elected twice by the American public! He's a complete dumbass! ...And this is coming from Republican. I dunno what yall think, but in '08 the dems are taking over
Unfortunately, Bush did mismanage quite a few things. On the one hand, I'll openly admit that. On the other, I worry what would happen if we'd had some pussyfooted democrat in office with a Republican congress. As we can already see with the Iraq legislation, things just aren't getting done like they used to. And I don't agree with lots of the typical Dem platform, so I'll be freaking when they have both the executive and legistlative branches again. And I'll be looking to move if the Clinton dynasty returns... (I would totally vote for Obama if it came to that)
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