# 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:** 15
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/281 "2013-12-14T21:51:58Z")
> [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > Right, a collection of tools that were invented and designed to kill. What’s the attraction? Same as a museum full of old swords and polearms? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/282 "2013-12-14T21:52:50Z")
So Kable dates high testosterone chicks? I think they may not be chicks. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/283 "2013-12-16T02:56:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Same as a museum full of old swords and polearms? Sort of. Who doesn’t want an Samurai sword? ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/284 "2013-12-16T02:59:05Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > So Kable dates high testosterone chicks? I think they may not be chicks. Low testosterone chicks don’t put out so much. Didn’t you know? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/285 "2013-12-16T03:02:43Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > Another good one, almost makes me want to sell my guns and become a dork like you. Do so. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/286 "2013-12-16T04:32:42Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > Sort of. Who doesn’t want an Samurai sword? Wording is an tough to doing. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/287 "2013-12-16T04:43:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Do so. You know I thought about it, and then I thought about how they really piss off you gun grabbers, so I decided to keep them. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/288 "2013-12-16T04:44:09Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Wording is an tough to doing. What? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/289 "2013-12-16T04:57:00Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > Low testosterone chicks don’t put out so much. Didn’t you know? Kable knows all there is to know about the crying game. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/290 "2013-12-16T04:58:24Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > What? Exactly. . ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/291 "2013-12-16T05:01:43Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Kable knows all there is to know about the crying game. Are all you liberals so homophobic? ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/292 "2013-12-16T05:04:20Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Exactly. > . OK. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/293 "2013-12-16T06:01:28Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Heck, after my next RRSP contribution, I might just buy shares in Smith and Wesson and cynically profit off American paranoia, fear and stupidity. I wouldn’t do that, as their shares under the scary black president are only about half of what they were under his good ol’ boy predecessor. They actually appear to be recovering a bit thanks to the economy, not due to the threat of having their guns taken away. Perhaps **Kable** is just an idiot and doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Naw, if that were the case, he’d probably do something like link to an Onion article to bolster his argument. ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/294 "2013-12-16T06:42:01Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > I wouldn’t do that, as their shares under the scary black president are only about half of what they were under his good ol’ boy predecessor. They actually appear to be recovering a bit thanks to the economy, not due to the threat of having their guns taken away. Gun sales skyrocketing since Obama was elected is due to the economy? [http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/654-million-gun-purchases-obama-took-office-91-more-bushs-first-term](http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/654-million-gun-purchases-obama-took-office-91-more-bushs-first-term) I thought the economy was going down not up? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/295 "2013-12-16T06:52:41Z")
> [@Kable](#): > > 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/) Whatever credibility you may have had left in this discussion, though waning with every post, died right here. If in fact you support gun rights, I’m here to tell you that you’re not helping. The Onion? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/296 "2013-12-16T07:07:16Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Whatever credibility you may have had left in this discussion, though waning with every post, died right here. > > If in fact you support gun rights, I’m here to tell you that you’re not helping. The Onion? Really? “Really” is getting really overdone this decade. Onions are jokes, get it? Guess not. ---
**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 16, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/297 "2013-12-16T08:32:38Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > I wouldn’t do that, as their shares under the scary black president are only about half of what they were under his good ol’ boy predecessor. They actually appear to be recovering a bit thanks to the economy, not due to the threat of having their guns taken away. I’m considering a small investment, to be sold off if it looks like a Republican is likely as next U.S. president. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/298 "2013-12-16T14:03:14Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Whatever credibility you may have had left in this discussion, though waning with every post, died right here. > > If in fact you support gun rights, I’m here to tell you that you’re not helping. The Onion? Really? That’s not really a step down from CNS News. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/299 "2013-12-16T14:21:50Z")
Just a thought experiment… If you woke tomorrow morning and, magically, all ‘firearms’, including everything we thing of aa a ‘gun’ were gone, no one had even one…not the cops, not anybody, except in the arsenal where soldiers train for serving in the armed forces… What do you think would actually happen next? ---
**Author:** ![Kable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kable)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825/300 "2013-12-16T14:22:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m considering a small investment, to be sold off if it looks like a Republican is likely as next U.S. president. So it will probably be a short term hold then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newtown-shooting-was-really-really-bad/675825.md?page=16)