# 27 dead, 18 children

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 14, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-dead-18-children/644050 "2012-12-14T18:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-dead-18-children/644050/15 "2012-12-14T19:05:10Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> This is the cost of our gun laws. It’s not going to change, we’ve decided a big pile of dead people every once is a while is not too high a price to pay so that gun fetishist can get their boners.

An extremely tragic event, obviously. But I would rather keep our gun laws exactly the way they are – and put up with the occasional massacre – than enact ultra-strict gun control measures that would guarantee something like this would never occur.

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