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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Jul 20, 2012 - 03:26pm PT
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Les
I have NOT read the article yet
And I do practice in stress/hectic simulation...
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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Jul 20, 2012 - 03:32pm PT
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For all you haters, if you have never been a victim, then you should really just STFU.
Once you have, your entire world changes.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Jul 20, 2012 - 03:46pm PT
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ok, thanks for clarifying that Ron
I did not realize that Chicago had any National Parks
so yeah, I can now see the pay off
my bad
carry on
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Jul 20, 2012 - 03:48pm PT
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hey how about some civility on this post. lets use this post to speak our sorrow to the death that this person has brought to Aurora, Colorado and the USA.
if you want to rant the pro's and con's of guns start a post just for that.
ks
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:00pm PT
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Poor people. RIP and condolences.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:01pm PT
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Friday that the shootings that took place in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater hours earlier were a result of "ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs" and questioned why nobody else in the theater had a gun to take down the shooter.
During a radio interview on The Heritage Foundation's "Istook Live!" show, Gohmert was asked why he believes such senseless acts of violence take place. Gohmert responded by talking about the weakening of Christian values in the country.
"You know what really gets me, as a Christian, is to see the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then some senseless crazy act of terror like this takes place," Gohmert said.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:19pm PT
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That guy is crazy. (Shooter and numbnuts rep from Texas.)
If someone did in fact have a gun in the theater, they'd know:
A. He's got a bigger gun.
B. He's got armor.
C. He'll keep shooting, at me.
Better to play dead then to be a dead hero.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:22pm PT
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Yeah! SOMEONE GOT SHOT! LETS PICK ON THE NRA!
The NRA gives a bad name to gun owners. Make us all seem bat sh#t insane.
They f*cked up, but they didn't know about the shooting. You can't blame them...
The media and intrawebs are blasting the NRA for that silly mistake for no reason.
For f*cks sake, CNN posted that Gotye had shot himself.
He thought it was awesome, and didn't come out. His agent told him he should at least send a tweet.
People f*ck up.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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A 100 years ago, this gunman would have been taken down in seconds by law abiding armed citizens.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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"My gun pleads insanity"
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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Pandora's gun cabinet was opened long ago and is still propped open by the NRA and their puppets in the GOP. Get used to it...it ain't gonna close anytime soon. What good is a gun fetish if you don't act on it?
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Defense-Trainer
Social climber
East LA
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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I'd a taken that gun and beat the sh#t out of em.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:24pm PT
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The NRA and the GOP did it.
Vote obama!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:25pm PT
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A gun is a machine. That's all.
Gun control won't control knowledge. You can't uninvent the wheel.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:25pm PT
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Gas pedals cause drunk drivers.
Jus' sayin.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:28pm PT
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And I do practice in stress/hectic simulation... Have you ever actually been shot at, at close range, by someone who was skilled and motivated to kill you, with a real gun? Just curious.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:33pm PT
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Interesting background on the shooter in that there really is no background.... going for his PhD in some pretty heady stuff. No priors.
All the arguments over being able to kill the guy and how good a shot you might be are absurd. I'm an awesome shot on the range with decades of practice in all sorts of firearms. Does that translate to a dark urban battlefield scenario with screaming friendlies and the confusion of an AR being rapidly fired inside with a smokescreen to boot?
No.
Again, I always carry a firearm on the slight chance I might be able to help someone someday but that has nothing to do with this tradgedy.
Gun laws do not prevent crazy people from doing crazy sh#t. It's that simple. To everyone that thinks "America" is soooo violent you need to open your f'ing eyes a bit. Really? Everytime I hear that I wonder if anyone else has access to the same news I do.
Humans are savages all over the world. They do horrible things to each other every day, in every country. What tools they use are irrelvant. Try to get past that point.
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:35pm PT
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Humans are savages all over the world. They do horrible things to each other every day, in every country. What tools they use are irrelvant.
agreed. man is his own worst enemy.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:41pm PT
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Yeah, wait til we start blowing each other up.
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