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CompanionCubee

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    Comment #46672273

    > Public opinion in Minnesota in particular, is largely in favour of strict gun laws. Many anti-gun advocates claim that developing a militia against the government is futile and e…

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    Comment #46625052

    > "Are there any countries that don't have undercover police?" In what countries do undercover police drive marked vehicles and wear insignia of their agency?

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    Comment #46624997

    >Sounds like a regime worth fighting if that's what you believe, but it seems you've decided it's futile. They both can and can't fight at the same time. The guns are weapons of wa…

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    Comment #43191365

    >Another thing that has changed (which you haven't addressed at all) is that there are communities of mass shooting enthusiasts online who collect data on them, lionize the perpetr…

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    Comment #38730963

    > The PISA assessment by the OECD demonstrates that only 13.5% of American students age 15 were able to distinguish fact from opinion in reading tests. What's the distribution amon…

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    Comment #37365772

    It's just sparkling robbery.

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    Comment #28665933

    But that will only justify more gun control measures. It's a win-win for them.

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    Comment #28488905

    That's kind of how high priced artwork works too.

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    Comment #26763923

    One of the benefits of having only one eye, you only see one side! :)

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    Comment #26763863

    >I’ve seen this a few times on the net and it’s weird quote to me, because the nazis did incrementally come after more groups; Jews, gay, Gypsies, disabled, etc. >Is my takeaway th…

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    Comment #26763688

    >> While the riots of last summer were not characterized as terrorism, >You can see how this destroys anything that you're about to say, right? Not so much, unless you would like t…

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    Comment #23892833

    > Framing protestors as “vigilantes” implies wrongdoing Wouldn't want to imply wrongdoing on the part of arsonists, after all.

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    Comment #23892643

    It's a marketing term for a technique you could probably learn for much less in any wrestling or jujitsu gym for thousands of years, but isn't as defensible in court.

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    Comment #23724855

    She was. The reporting had built up an inaccurate view of reality in her mind.

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    Comment #23724843

    >So the taser is deadly? It can be, depending on how it is used. > How many times can a taser be fired? This depends on the model but ones which can fire multiple shots are issued …

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    Comment #23724812

    You tried to defend the irrationality of someone experiencing fear. Is assuming you're in a vacuum based on reality for someone on Earth who is experiencing symptoms of hypoxia lik…

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    Comment #21719016

    > The eight recruiters allegedly helped create fraudulent records, including transcripts, that students could give to immigration authorities. Authorities said in the original char…

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    Comment #21718738

    Don't forget fire extinguishers! There's no reason for a regular subject to have one of those, better to leave it to the professionals.

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    Comment #21718705

    So you agree with the other poster that is is possible to pull a gun and point it at them without killing them. What a roundabout way of pretending to disagree.

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    Comment #21703767

    That's quite a lot of pot calling. And your last paragraph is just a complete misunderstanding of what the poster said. My comment was not to denounce the rule about where you poin…

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    Comment #21662838

    The degree of planning and preparation that goes into the infamous mass shootings does suggest that they are capable.

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    Comment #21662664

    Or they are parents who believe in supporting the public school system, even at the expense of their kid.

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    Comment #16429530

    There are 664,435 reported abortions in 2013, compared to about 33760 firearms homicides. There is a scale difference but not in the direction you anticipated.

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    Comment #16403186

    >This is a consistant tactic used by gun rights advocates: exclude any gun violence they can to reduce the numbers. "This mass shooting doesn't count, it's gang violence", "These d…