RIP Marines in Chattanooga

Josef K · 07-21-2015, 09:43 PM

I don't understand why it matters that they were Marines.

grindy · 07-21-2015, 11:09 PM

So, did the NRA come out and say that none of this would have happened if the victims were armed themselves?
Oh wait...

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 07-21-2015, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

I don't understand why it matters that they were Marines.

you don't think it matters who the target of an attack is?

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Originally Posted by grindy

So, did the NRA come out and say that none of this would have happened if the victims were armed themselves?
Oh wait...

were they armed? i know a lot of the time soldiers are actually unarmed

grindy · 07-21-2015, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

you don't think it matters who the target of an attack is?

were they armed? i know a lot of the time soldiers are actually unarmed

I just assumed they were.
You might be right though.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 07-21-2015, 11:45 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...r-chattanooga/

in this case, i would say the nra rhetoric has some merit to it. it seems military people are desirable targets for terrorists. if there is a specific policy restricting them from being armed at certain military facilities, then they should either beef up security at those facilities or let the soldiers arm themselves.

but when they said the same thing about the black church, i thought that was kind of ridiculous. that seemed like more of a freak incident, and a church isn't really the most appropriate place for people to be carrying guns

grindy · 07-21-2015, 11:48 PM

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Josef K · 07-22-2015, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

you don't think it matters who the target of an attack is?

I don't think it makes sense for people to be more upset about it because they were Marines.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 07-22-2015, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

I don't think it makes sense for people to be more upset about it because they were Marines.

well.. i think the fact that it was people in the military makes it more inflammatory because it would seem to have a political/terrorist agenda

think in terms of the shooting of the black church.. do you think that story would have the same narrative if he just shot up a random taco bell full of people of different races instead?

~~E5I5O~~ · 07-23-2015, 04:56 AM

oh there you go again acting like a bitch.... the taco benders know how to sidestep such occurrences, they only grew up in the projects, *******....

Trollheart · 07-23-2015, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by girth6

always sad to see a marine or any citizen die like this which is why itd be smartest for obama to ban guns, something he will never do because of his islamic ties. sad all around for the usa

This post makes no sense. The reason Obama won't/can't ban guns is because it is totally impossible for any president to do so, due to the gun culture already prevalent in the USA since after World War II. You really think anyone is going to be able to put that genie back in the bottle?

I completely miss your point about why having Islamic ties (which I don't think he has; I'm pretty sure an American president would want to support American industry and that he buys American ties) has anything to do with this??? Also, do you mean "Islamic" or "Islamist", as they are two widely different things?

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Originally Posted by Josef K

I don't think it makes sense for people to be more upset about it because they were Marines.

I would hazard it's a case of "they were defending us and now someone killed them". Maybe. It's obviously awful when anyone is killed but I think it hurts a little more when servicemen are killed, not in combat, but where they should be able to assume they would be safe.

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...r-chattanooga/ in this case, i would say the nra rhetoric has some merit to it. it seems military people are desirable targets for terrorists. if there is a specific policy restricting them from being armed at certain military facilities, then they should either beef up security at those facilities or let the soldiers arm themselves. but when they said the same thing about the black church, i thought that was kind of ridiculous. that seemed like more of a freak incident, and a church isn't really the most appropriate place for people to be carrying guns Last edited by John Wilkes Booth; 07-21-2015 at 11:50 PM.

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~~E5I5O~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 206	oh there you go again acting like a bitch.... the taco benders know how to sidestep such occurrences, they only grew up in the projects, *******....