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Maryland Police May Have Prevented Another Aurora: Should We Focus on the Killers or the Guns?

Heisenberg 2012/07/27 19:00:00
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Another Aurora-type shooting spree may have been prevented by Maryland police. Do you think we should focus on the killers or the guns?

Washington Post reports: "Authorities have taken a man into custody who referred to himself as “a joker” and threatened to shoot people at his former workplace in Prince George’s County, investigators said Friday."

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  • Scott 2012/07/27 19:34:27
    The guns
    Scott
    +45
    O so much on the guns. Just the other day I was walking down the street minding my own business and suddenly a hand gun jumped out from the bushes and took a shot at me! And my neighbor was in his own backyard and attacked by a rifle! I'm telling you these guns are getting out of hand? Lock 'em all up and throw away the keys?

    The killers? Well, it probably wasn't their fault in the first place. You know, one parent families, they got bullied in school, and they can't afford a cool car. Jeez - it's no wonder! They should be spoken to very firmly, I mean really let them know that we mean business and asked not to do it again.

    Next problem!

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  • Jim alexis 2012/07/29 23:37:34
    Jim
    Look at the graphs and read page 6 of this. It quite clearly shows guns are the problem.
    In fact read the whole article. It shows where there is a problem, drugs, politics, resentment and such and guns are available they get used. More so in the US than anywhere else.
    http://ije.oxfordjournals.org...
  • GLaDOS 2012/07/29 21:12:21
    The killers
    GLaDOS
    +2
    - .- I swear... if one more person tries to associate themselves with the Joker...

    Idiot plebes.
  • Neonblue120 2012/07/29 21:06:43
    The guns
    Neonblue120
    +2
    Guns don't kill people, people kill people and people with SEMI-AUTOMATIC machine guns with high capacity magazines kill MORE people.

    Please tell me HOW we're supposed to focus on the killer?
    We can track guns and limit the amount of ammo and limit the amount of hands they get into we can't just KNOW someone is a psycho path.
  • Cameryn 2012/07/29 20:50:03
    The killers
    Cameryn
    +2
    There's other ways for killers to kill people, focusing on guns would only solve one way.
  • Jim Cameryn 2012/07/29 23:46:46
    Jim
    So you condone the death of those that got shot because there was an alternative way?
  • charles_1 Jim 2012/07/30 01:52:50
    charles_1
    You do realize that the joker had bombs? So you are suggesting that if he had been forced to load some bombs into his car and detonate it at the theater less people would have been killed. So you condone killing people with the illegal bombs instead? You would be satisfied to know that bombs were used instead?
  • Jim charles_1 2012/07/30 04:37:24
    Jim
    Try reading what is written. Then if you wish, convert your tirade to something understandable in the context of what I have said.
  • Stef and the City 2012/07/29 20:44:55
    The killers
    Stef and the City
    +2
    When someone is stabbed there is no one blaming the knife that was used. A vechile can also be used as a weapon, so can a fork... If you think about it almost everything around us could be used as some sort of weapon. If a person wants someone dead, they'll find a way to do it. Banning or blaming guns isn't going to keep people from getting killed, it's not going to stop anyone with the intent to kill. I do however, think that those who do choose to have firearms in their home should definitely keep them locked up and out of reach of children.
  • Jim Stef an... 2012/07/29 23:51:02
    Jim
    "Banning or blaming guns isn't going to keep people from getting killed" This is not true, look at this particularly the graphs on page 6. Look at the columns for HI and the US.

    http://ije.oxfordjournals.org...
  • jer1five 2012/07/29 20:26:25
    The killers
    jer1five
    +2
    Focusing on the guns is like blaming spoons for making people fat.
  • Neonblu... jer1five 2012/07/29 23:50:20
    Neonblue120
    Yes because if this kid didn't have access to the GUNS, AMMO, PROTECTIVE GEAR, and TEAR GAS he would have STABBED 12 people to death and then wounded another 50 right?!!!
  • jer1five Neonblu... 2012/08/03 03:02:31
    jer1five
    Maybe, but more likely he would have blown them up with some type of home-made bomb, flown an air plane into the building or just set the place on fire. Just like if you took the spoon away from the fat guy, he'd use a fork, chop sticks, his hands, or eat his food like a dog. It's not the object that's the problem, it's the person. But since progressive philosophy has taught us that people are not responsible for their actions, the only thing they can do is to blame inanimate objects. That's why this philosophy allows one to draw enlightened conclusions such as it's the can of spray paint that is to blame for graffiti.
  • Jim jer1five 2012/07/30 00:25:59
    Jim
    We all know its what's on the spoon that makes people fat. Just stirring it up for you.
  • Næthan Æterna 2012/07/29 20:04:02
    The killers
    Næthan Æterna
    +1
    Let's stop blaming in-animate objects for our problems, folks. K thanks.
  • Jim Næthan ... 2012/07/29 23:53:52
    Jim
    +1
    Taking the inanimate guns away wil prevent them becoming animated. It will not stop your problems though it will give a possible perpetrator a second chance to think.
  • Pakki 2012/07/29 19:57:54
    The killers
    Pakki
    A maniac with a machete could wipe out an entire food court without firing a shot.
    A maniac with a truck could drive through a park.

    Taking away Americans right to bare arms would just give the government more power over you and the criminals would have less to worry about.

    How many shots would this Aurora Murderer have fired in a Texas movie theater before he was shot to death??
  • Jim Pakki 2012/07/29 23:57:46
    Jim
    As each person grabbed for a gun to shoot some who had a gun in their hand there would have been mayhem.
    Think about it. Go on dare to. The idea of having more guns to shoot back would have had the morgue full.
  • Pakki Jim 2012/07/30 00:45:31
    Pakki
    A person carrying a gun should know how to use a gun.
    I did not say hand out guns to teenagers.
    Would you have preferred the Aurora maniac to have unloaded his weapon and casually walk to the parking lot as it happened in CO or a few seconds of "mayhem as he was gunned down by a few trained guns?

    If guns are outlawed then law breakers are the ones with the guns.

    This maniac attacked a crowd of defenseless people in a movie theater because he knew they were not armed. He did not go down the the trooper barracks or an Army base and start shooting. He was a coward and if guns are outlawed cowards such as this will be given all the more room to hurt people that follow the law.
  • Pakki Jim 2012/07/30 00:58:17
    Pakki
    the morgue was full
    return fire would have had less casualties then the unrestricted firing of this maniac
  • Grandpa 2012/07/29 19:49:24
    The guns
    Grandpa
    How about the gun dealer in charge of the department of justice and the one who CYA his behind with an excuitive order to hide the turth and a MEDIA that helps cover it up >>. Guns don't kill people , people do
  • us Grandpa 2012/07/29 22:18:49
    us
    gun dealer have to do back ground check before buying. They also have fill out paper work. I believe after you buy a gun you also have to register it at the police station, you have so many days to do this.
  • Red Ruffansore 2012/07/29 19:25:05
    The killers
    Red Ruffansore
    My guns have been notoriously peaceful and law abiding so staring at them for hours on end would seem to be a waste of valuable law enforcement resources but then liberal idiots thrive on moronic processes that run through cash like a stripper on cocaine.

    The shooting occurred in the liberal mecca of Aurora Colorado in one of their vaunted "gun free zones" or as i like to call it, a target rich environment. The only thing that was lacking here was everyone owning a gun. Criminals and even most loons are cowards and a room full of armed people would not be conducive to their wet dream fantasies of unrestrained violence.

    The other question was asked was how did this tender little California flower obtain all these weapons? Why the same way liberals obtain most of their things, with OPM (other people's money) in this case it was a government grant.

    As for the pimple faced loon below, they rightly focused on his unhinged threats to injure or kill co-workers. The only reason liberals even talk about gun bans is because they want job security. The second amendment was not for us to protect ourselves from each other, it was to protect ourselves against an oppressive government.
  • Pug For Huck 2012/07/29 19:13:06
    The killers
    Pug For Huck
    Eliminate the killer and all you have left is an inanimate object.
  • Broddy 2012/07/29 18:25:11
    The killers
    Broddy
    simple common sense.
  • Simi Dave 2012/07/29 18:04:33
    The killers
    Simi Dave
    One of the big, big problems that we have in America is lack of personal accountability. We don't punish pele for their crimes. We give slaps on the wrist and tell ourselves that we are doing something to stop the offense. In the case of "Wackjob Will" in Aurora - I refuse to dignify him by using his name - we will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, maybe millions if he goes to prison for life, to see "that justice is served". Big deal. So he sits in a teeny room where he can eat 3+ meals a day, watch cable tv, and study any subject he wants from his prison cell. for dunk drivers, we don't suspend licenses on the first offense, "because people have to goth work". We don't arrest people for possession of small amounts of drugs on first offenses, or, we don't hit them with very heavy fines and jail or HUGE community service fines.

    No. Instead, we sue the restaurants that serve the drinks. We want to ban guns. We legalize drugs. It's always everyone else's fault. Punish the idiots who commit the crimes. Heck, as for banning guns, why not ban cars, because idiots like the Bozo from Aurora had to drive a car? And, people kill other people every day with cars. Maybe we should ban the,too???
  • dantheman 2012/07/29 17:41:31
  • William Weber 2012/07/29 16:02:42
    The killers
    William Weber
    +2
    Forget about the Guns, this guy needs weight watchers!
  • Bill William... 2012/07/29 22:13:46
    Bill
    Don't say that, the liberals might get upset. Don't you know obesity is a "disease" and it's "not his fault". You sound mean spirited and I think you're a bully like the guy who owns Chick-Fil-A.
  • William... Bill 2012/07/29 22:36:05
    William Weber
    Now, I'm boycotting Chick-Fil-A, but I do agree with the fact that OBesity is not a disease, but rather a lack of self control. The man from Chick-Fil-A is allowed his opinions, yes, just as I'm allowed to boycott his opinion.
  • Barbi Rose 2012/07/29 15:31:04
    The killers
    Barbi Rose
    +1
    Lots of nutz and good gun laws problem is the enforcement of the laws. Also the press makes these guys into cult heros and movies of the week...bad taste they breed more of this crap then guns. Like I said a can of gasoline and a match can cause as much problems and kill as many or more people. Report it and let it go! Why weeks of coverage and his picture on the news until you want to puke.
  • caius madison 2012/07/29 15:08:40
  • Twinky 2012/07/29 14:57:31 (edited)
    The guns
    Twinky
    +2
    Why not both?
  • DuncanONeil 2012/07/29 14:52:00
    The killers
    DuncanONeil
    +1
    Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Catita 2012/07/29 14:49:41
    The killers
    Catita
    if the laws we already have in the books were enforced, it would be difficult for these kind of people to acquire them.
    Not only for the mentally unstable but also for the people who kill, rob, assault etc.,
  • Big Bird 2012/07/29 14:37:12
    The killers
    Big Bird
    Yeah, all these inanimate "guns" (they are "firearms" or "weapons", not "guns"), just "go off" with no human "at the controls"!
    It's way past time that we just take away all the firearms, and all other "deadly" weapons, knives, clubs, hammers, etc. because they have this uncanny ability to kill/maim/injure people without someone there to control where, when, etc., they are used to kill/hurt people!!

    It's really not about the weapon, it's about the individual in possession of and/or wielding it!!! But yeah, why don't we just make it about the mere possession, whether lawful or not of the weapon, firearm, etc.!!!

    "There are NO dangerous weapons, ONLY dangerous people"!!!-Robert A Heinlein (emphasis added)
  • gunner 2012/07/29 12:58:37
    The killers
    gunner
    +1
    I praise the police. What I also would like to see is headline and documentary on the FBI stats listing the numbers of homicides, rapes, robberies, etc. that are prevented by private citizens with guns.
  • TasselLady 2012/07/29 12:35:35
    The killers
    TasselLady
    +1
    It's people who kill people, although guns make it much easier. They have to focus on those who are using them to kill other people.
  • firebird 2012/07/29 12:30:12 (edited)
    The killers
    firebird
    Guns are not the problem its the KILLERS...... a more in depth background check and new criteria on who can own or buy a gun needs to go into place.. Banning guns would be a great mistake. Then only the criminals , mentally ill, insane, unstable, abusive , prone to violence and drug cartels and pushers would have guns.... GUN OWNERSHIP IS THE ONLY ONLY ONLY REASON THE USA HAS NOT BEEN ATTACKED IN MASS !!!
  • jackola... firebird 2012/07/29 13:44:42
    jackolantyrn356
    aNTI GUN BEGAN IN 1929 Soviet Union tHE NAZI PICKED UP THE RANT AND CRY. AND 6 MILLION PEOPLE WERE GONE FROM THE Earth AND INTO THE CREMATORIUMS. FOREVER/ AND INTO THIS DAY COULD YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BECOME JUST ANOTHER EXECUTION NUMBER?????????????
  • Big Bird jackola... 2012/07/29 14:45:43
    Big Bird
    "Anti-Gun" has been around since the first crude "firearm" was manufactured, sold and used, whether the first use was "target practice" or to kill!!!!
    As for the "6 million killed" by the NAZIS of Germany that figure probably is LOW, especially if you count everyone who was killed, whether or not they ever participated in combat, whether "for" or "against" the "Third Reich"!

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