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Amish School Shooting

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fukeneh
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how horrible is this shit

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4230718.html

if you havent heard about it already
Oct 2 2006 6:44PM
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SkierX
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Depends on the state you live in.

I know New York passed a state law banning auto weapons that is permenant. Not sure on PA law though.


Banning all guns will accomplish nothing. Unless you can rid the streets of all weapons, murders will still occur. It's just another law for the murdered to break. Do you really think that the murderer is going to give 2 shits that he broke the law saying that he can't have a gun when he has already slaughtered someone?

All you would do is make criminals of good citizens, and add another mark onto the record of an already-criminal murderer.

Plus, take all the weapons away from citizens, and it would be very easy to in the future for atrocities to happen in this country. It could happen. Not saying it would, but the possibility would be there because people couldn't fight back. it's happened all throughout history i other nations where a corrupt government instilled fear and committed atrocities. Imagine a world where the only people with firearms are the government, and imagine how easy it would become to instill fear if someone so choosed.

Look at why we were given the "Right to bear arms" in the first place. The united states was forged on the revolution and won with yes, firearms. Now imagine if the colonists didn't have weapons...

Would be the most assanine idea ever to take away weapons from the public.
Oct 2 2006 9:03PM
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JaphyRyder
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the solution is simple...IMPEACH BUSH
Oct 2 2006 9:05PM
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skiEER
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that shit is so fucked up

i think there are way to many guns but its to late to try and ban guns and there is no way to prevent crazy fuckers from getting guns and the sickest part is all these people seem normal until they do shit like this
Oct 2 2006 9:15PM
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skidemon22
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u prob dont even know what we are talking about

i dont think that would help in any way. yes, we've had better presidents and he could of made much better choices when we we were dealing with Iraq. but dont blame this on one person.
Oct 2 2006 10:55PM
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french_fry
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ok, here is a more direct view of why I think banning firearms could be a good thing: I am standing 30 feet away from a man, holding a gun. Pressing the trigger will do the deed. Throwing a knife would be a lot harder, and I think firearms (and gunpowder) are so fucking terrible for that reason, that a push on a trigger takes no effort whatsoever and can end someone's life. Sure, hunting is nice, not everybody is crazy, and if firearms were banned illegal trafficking would develop (already exists), but your average milkman, like in that story, might not go through the trouble of getting a weapon illegally.

The right to bear a weapon, sure, a firearm, not necessary...
Oct 2 2006 11:11PM
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forfun
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Seek rastafari strength
don't tek dem bad influence
you don't go bring no guns to the town
you shoulda left dem at home
you shouldn't bring no guns to the town
spread the joy around

Warrior King

Guns are bad, this just proves it even more. fucking americans are so gun crazy gotta take dem away
Oct 2 2006 11:27PM
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kingarthurs
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Guns dont kill people. Dangerous minorities kill people.
Oct 2 2006 11:36PM
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Ghst
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There's been too many school shootings lately, this is sad.
Oct 2 2006 11:52PM
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fukeneh
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and it is because when one happens, the thought goes back into the mind of unstable people and you end up with like 5-10 in a 2 month period like we've seen
Oct 3 2006 12:02AM
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Mod
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That's a reason guns should be banned. Kid's are too fucking stupid to realize that being made fun of is an excuse to KILL sombody? Maybe they should stop being pussy's and work out if they are sooo scared.
Oct 3 2006 9:53AM
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mntelebumper
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that is so fucked up. what the fuck is wrong with people in this country.
Oct 3 2006 10:47AM
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JaphyRyder
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i no dude i realize the solutions not that easy and that this inst really his fault but im just ranting
Oct 3 2006 5:10PM
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SkierX
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This guy was NOT your average man. it has turned up that he had alledgedly molested young girls (relatives) when he was 12 or 13. He was having dreams of committing those acts again. He was a timebomb waiting to happen.

Yes, guns are bad. We all know that, but since the chinese invented gunpowder and started the whole firearm thing, we are doomed to them forever. There is no way to eliminate firearms from society while still allowing proper checks and balances to occur.
Oct 3 2006 6:42PM
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oakjewlery
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the ignorace level of this thread is way up there

with the execption of a few


people please think before you post
Oct 3 2006 6:56PM
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4frntSkier
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what the hell is goin on with the world
Oct 3 2006 7:18PM
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720laxskier
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good question. thats why we need to stick together as skiers. stay safe and hug trees
Oct 3 2006 7:25PM
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NFproductions
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the shooting was literally 10 minutes from my house, and like 5 minutes from my school, so we were all really freaked out when they told up about it in class. we had alot of moments of silence. R.I.P
Oct 3 2006 7:47PM
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*i<3snow*
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it deff happened like 30 min from my house. that's so rediculous....whta a sick dude. He was seeking revenge for something that happened 20 years ago. bahhh!! the amish dont deserve that. they never hurt anyone.
Oct 3 2006 7:53PM
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Skipig25
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it is a tragedy, and first I just want to say that I am very sad.

Now.. OUTLAW GUNS? are you retarded. that won't do shit but make it so we can't hunt, and only criminals have guns. Weed is outlawed, but does that stop you guys? Didn't think so. And lets look at prohibition. remember that time in history when alcohol was illegal? there were more alcoholics then, than in any other time in history. It the cookie jar syndrome. When mommy says that you can't have cookies before dinner, it makes you want one even more, until you just have to steal that cookie. Mommy says no guns, all the naughty little boys go and get some on the underground market
Oct 3 2006 7:53PM
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Rajna
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today at around 7:40 in the mourning to kids were late to class and headed back out to there car to get there books and a black guy wearing a bandana try to jack their car at gun point. The kids ran away and they guy didnt even get the car. There were cops fucking everywhere looking for him.Here's the news story:

http://http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061003/NEWS99/61003009
Oct 3 2006 8:41PM
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Rajna
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bad link
http://http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061003/NEWS99/61003009
Oct 3 2006 8:42PM
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Rajna
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fuck it

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061003/NEWS99/61003009

Oct 3 2006 8:42PM
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Jessbuff
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Yea, that's fucking bullshit. I mean honestly, of all the schools to go into, don't go into an Amish school. They are the most trusting and passive people on the planet. Hope the fucker rots in hell.
Oct 3 2006 8:43PM
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JaphyRyder
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do u live in lititz or near there?
Oct 3 2006 9:15PM
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CLang518
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i just read the newspaper story on it...they said he lined all the little girls up at the chalkboard and shot em in the head...and that he was planning to molest them. if that dude didnt kill himself i mighta gone and done it myself
Oct 3 2006 9:39PM
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