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[KanakoVoWG]

G-pop, on 07 January 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:

Alright, so I heard from a friend who lived in Brownsville and knew a lot more about this.

Apparently the kid just did this entire thing only hoping he'd be sent into detention (as he only pulled the gun at the principal), just so he could be with his girlfriend there. Of course, the outcome became much more tragic from his idiotic decision.

So it kinda makes you feel more apathetic about this entire thing, but of course, you know the news are leaving out details.

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Fuck your "eye for an eye", Peregrin, This is DEFINITELY reaping what he sowed.

I mean, really, BRINGING A GUN for the sole purpose of going to DETENTION? Duuuuuuude...

[peregrin]

KanakoVoWG, on 08 January 2012 - 09:15 PM, said:

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Fuck your "eye for an eye", Peregrin, This is DEFINITELY reaping what he sowed.

I mean, really, BRINGING A GUN for the sole purpose of going to DETENTION? Duuuuuuude...

EDIT: I'd rather not turn this into a public forum spectacle. If you can't see why what you just said is inappropriate, feel free to PM me and we can have a nice, long talk about it. For now, I won't say anything else on the matter apart from reasserting that I strongly dislike the tone of almost everything you've posted in this thread.

[pegasaurus]

G-pop, on 07 January 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:

Apparently the kid just did this entire thing only hoping he'd be sent into detention (as he only pulled the gun at the principal), just so he could be with his girlfriend there. Of course, the outcome became much more tragic from his idiotic decision.

What...?

I'm sorry, my brain can't handle this level of illogicalness at such a late hour.

[peregrin]

pegasaurus, on 10 January 2012 - 08:57 AM, said:

What...?

I'm sorry, my brain can't handle this level of illogicalness at such a late hour.

Well, it's Texas, no? Us Californians don't tend to have the same views about firearms as people in the Southern US. I'm willing to bet that the kid didn't have the same societal views about guns as people raised in areas that don't sell rifles at Walmart.

[Hlrest]

You mean that they don't sell rifles at Wal-Mart where you live?

Also, I really am getting sick of this "LOL TEXANS AND GUNS" stuff. Only the truly backwards areas are filled with stanch gun-wielders. And what the hell is so bad about being able to own a gun in the first place?

[Kirei]

Guns kill people.

[Automatic Cat]

Well there is many hunting enthusiats in the central south. At walmart, you can get your hunting tags at the same time where an entire section is devoted in sporting equipment for hunting.

Throwing "southerner" stereotypes isn't really relevant.

[Hlrest]

Kirei, on 10 January 2012 - 11:36 PM, said:

Guns kill people.

No. Guns are machines that only work when operated by a human.

People with guns kill other people.

Unless you're making fun of that stance.

[Kirei]

Guns still kill people.

[Super Saiyan Swagga]

Kid is still an idiot by any standard, considering that he brought a gun where armed police officers are around. Not to mention they probably told him to put the gun away but he didn't listen.

So yeah, he reap what he sow.

[dragonkid11]

Kirei, on 11 January 2012 - 12:43 AM, said:

Guns still kill people.

Oh,knife,nail clipper,scissors,finger nail,lamp,dog,bacteria and the ground itself can kill people

Should we ban em?

[peregrin]

Hlrest, on 10 January 2012 - 11:34 PM, said:

You mean that they don't sell rifles at Wal-Mart where you live?

Also, I really am getting sick of this "LOL TEXANS AND GUNS" stuff. Only the truly backwards areas are filled with stanch gun-wielders. And what the hell is so bad about being able to own a gun in the first place?

Try growing up in an area where the majority opinion is that all guns should be banned, then ask me that question. But that's the point I'm getting at here: you can't assume that the kid would've felt the same way about wielding a gun as, say, a kid from Canada given the political culture surrounding guns and gun ownership in the South. I'm not saying that southerners are all gun-toting warlords, I'm just saying that the culture around guns in the South is more pro-gun than in most other places in the US. I also think people are forgetting that just as it makes sense for police officers to panic when a gun is pointed at them, the same probably applied to the kid. When you're panicking, it's kind of hard to do things that other people would consider "reasonable," no?

Also, guns are a tool to facilitate killing, whether it's the killing of people or the killing of animals. Saying either "guns kill people" or "people with guns kill people" doesn't speak at all to the issue. The question is about whether or not people should be allowed access to tools that make killing as easy as it is with a gun. It's really a lot easier to kill with guns than it is to kill with most other things. That's why people don't tend to like them unless they plan to kill things.