# The Newtown shooting was really really bad... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825 "2013-12-08T16:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/261 "2013-12-14T14:23:54Z")
It’s true what they say: Never argue with an idiot (e.g.: **Kable** ) - they drag you down and beat you with experience. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/262 "2013-12-14T14:28:20Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Got so many guns he can’t even keep track? That’s the gun equivalent of the monkeysphere - the gunkeysphere, I guess. If you know what you got then you ain’t got much. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/263 "2013-12-14T14:31:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It’s true what they say: Never argue with an idiot (e.g.: **Kable** ) - they drag you down and beat you with experience. Don’t be so jealous QuickSilver, if you work hard maybe you will be able to afford some guns of your own. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/264 "2013-12-14T14:34:12Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > If you know what you got then you ain’t got much. You must know your IQ, then. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/265 "2013-12-14T14:36:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You must know your IQ, then. 😃 That’s a good one. Did you hear the good news? > **[Another strong quarter for Smith & Wesson](https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/another-strong-quarter-for-smith-wesson)** > > The gun control debate on Capitol Hill has come and gone, but the firearm business is still booming. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/266 "2013-12-14T14:45:20Z")
Heck, after my next RRSP contribution, I might just buy shares in Smith and Wesson and cynically profit off American paranoia, fear and stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/267 "2013-12-14T14:49:14Z")
I’m curious **Kable** , what kind of mental disorder allows you to revel in the fact that virtually every person on the message board you frequent consideres you a complete and unrepentant jackass? To re-phrase, how far up your ass is your head that you don’t realize you’re a laughing stock? I mean, there must come a moment where you look at yourself in a mirror and think… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/268 "2013-12-14T14:51:25Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I mean, there must come a moment where you look at yourself in a mirror and think… “Hur Hur Hur, I’m really pissin’ those guys off! Herpity-derp!” - at least that’s how I picture his thought-process. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/269 "2013-12-14T15:00:02Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Heck, after my next RRSP contribution, I might just buy shares in Smith and Wesson… You really should. > [@](#): > > …and cynically profit off American paranoia, fear and stupidity. You mean profit off American freedom. It’s cool you can profit from it even if you don’t have it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/270 "2013-12-14T15:02:26Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > You mean profit off American freedom. No, I meant American paranoia, fear and stupidity. I guess I should add gullibility, too. > [@](#): > > It’s cool you can profit from it even if you don’t have it. The freedom I have is better. American freedom is something I can exploit. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/271 "2013-12-14T15:02:34Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m curious **Kable** , what kind of mental disorder allows you to revel in the fact that virtually every person on the message board you frequent consideres you a complete and unrepentant jackass? It’s just a healthy self esteem QuickSilver. I think that’s why conservatives are happier people. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/272 "2013-12-14T15:06:38Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > American freedom is something I can exploit. I hope you do. Smith and Wesson is a big supporter of the NRA. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/273 "2013-12-14T15:16:06Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > It’s just a healthy self esteem QuickSilver. I think that’s why conservatives are happier people. [I see what you mean](http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/26479-get-a-brain-morans). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/274 "2013-12-14T15:20:24Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > I hope you do. Smith and Wesson is a big supporter of the NRA. And the NRA nurtures the paranoia that keeps S&W profitable. At some point in telling me things I already know, were you hoping to anger me or something? Not possible. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/275 "2013-12-14T15:27:47Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > [I see what you mean](http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/26479-get-a-brain-morans). That’s funny.😃 But it’s science fuckface. I thought you bleeding hearts were supposed to at least understand science. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/276 "2013-12-14T15:29:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > And the NRA nurtures the paranoia that keeps S&W profitable. And the NRA helps you people, like it did in helping away with your long gun registry. Perhaps some day you people can enjoy the freedoms I do. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/277 "2013-12-14T16:17:16Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > It’s just a healthy self esteem QuickSilver. I think that’s why conservatives are happier people. Of course, many lunatics are happier still, for similar reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/278 "2013-12-14T17:06:20Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > And the NRA helps you people, like it did in helping away with your long gun registry. Perhaps some day you people can enjoy the freedoms I do. We’ve seen the costs of your “freedoms”. We’re good, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/279 "2013-12-14T17:35:35Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > It just a collection Esox. Is there something wrong with that? Best thing about them AK47s is they are worth a lot more now then what I paid for them, thanks to gun grabbers making them SOOO popular! Right, a collection of tools that were invented and designed to kill. What’s the attraction? ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/280 "2013-12-14T21:13:06Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > Right, a collection of tools that were invented and designed to kill. What’s the attraction? Only some were designed to kill, just to shoot targets. They are marvels of engineering, some display very fine craftsmanship. Some are connected to history. Some I just think are awesome, and some don’t appeal to me at all. I just collect the one’s I like. Chicks definitely dig them. Some are so cool that even peace activists have to admit it: [http://www.theonion.com/articles/peace-activist-has-to-admit-barrett-50-caliber-sni,234/](http://www.theonion.com/articles/peace-activist-has-to-admit-barrett-50-caliber-sni,234/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825.md?page=15)