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Re:Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat by pessimizer on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:13PM (#8459939)
>"Gun Owner Openly Carries Gun To Little League Game Without Incident" doesn't make for nearly as sensational a headline as "Thirty-Seven Massacred At Redbox Dropoff" and newspapers exist to tell us about sensational events.

I wish that 'Seemingly Responsible Gun-Owning Ex-Policeman/Soldier Accidentally Leaves Gun in Movie Theater Seat' informed the debate a little more. Happened twice to me while working as a movie theater usher in Arkansas.

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Re:Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat by hga on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @01:20PM (#8460019)
And this a great danger because ... what?

It is of course a danger, but so is crossing the street.

What did you do when you found those weapons?

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Re:Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat by pessimizer on Wednesday October 15, 2014 @05:27PM (#8461881)
>And this a great danger because ... what?

It's a great danger because a 10 year old could have picked them up and shot someone.

>It is of course a danger, but so is crossing the street.

And so is kissing an ebola patient. What's your point?

>What did you do when you found those weapons?

The boring, responsible thing, and the occasions passed without incident.

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