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13 dead after rampage by gunman at US Navy Yard
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Published: 17.09.13, 08:04
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1. American gun owners lobby how do they sleeep at night?
Betty ,   Washington DC   (09.17.13)
2. If every employee there carried a gun, he would not have
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (09.17.13)
killed anyone. More guns, less crime.
3. "If the shooters turn out to have Arabic-sounding names or
A ,   Belgium   (09.17.13)
be of the Muslim faith",...well, guess what, polakius ignoramius Graysack, not only does the shooter NOT have an "Arabic-sounding name" or "be of the Muslim faith", he's black and a Buddhist. Now aren't you terribly disappointed, you dno't have any excuse to blame the Jews this time for America and the World's problems.
4. Poor Americans: they don't seem to want giving themselves a
tom ,   tel aviv   (09.17.13)
break. On one hand Obama on the other the lunatic gun lobby....and they keep on pushing both!
5. #2 do not forget
(09.17.13)
You are right, but don't forget that US military bases were made gun free zones by Clinton. Mr Alexis knew this when he chose his target. The people on the bases were defenseless until armed police arrived, oriented and acted. As they say, when seconds matter the police are only minutes away.
6. #2 Bunny brains
Haifen ,   Haifa   (09.17.13)
Think on a US naval base they don't have lots of guns? A lone shooter cans still shoot lots of people by surprise before anyone can unhulster and shoot. How many people would be dead and injured if all he could get was a knife? What kind of a place is it to live where everyone has to be armed in fear? Doesn't sound like the greatest nation on earth to me just the most armed and dangerous. Yuk!
7. Much more securely than you, Betty
Cameron ,   USA   (09.17.13)
8. #2
Kira   (09.17.13)
You can also suggest that every person in a supermarket should carry guns. Or every visitor of a cinema (remember the "Batman massacre"?) What the hell is this way of thinking. I'd not like to live in such a society.
9. Convert to Buddhism?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.17.13)
I guess he didn't go to all the classes.
10. #8 good point
(09.17.13)
The murderer in the Batman massacre could have gone to another four theaters that were closer by. Instead, he bypassed them all and went to the first one that was a gun-free zone.
11. Another MK Ultra drone
Dror ,   Haifa, Israel   (09.17.13)
12. he was a sensitive fellow who wrote ..
meyer ,   israel   (09.17.13)
love songs. that's how the New York Times will potray this madman. the americans look more and more on the edge of a major social break down. color war looms on the horizon. the wax worm guts the honey comb!
13. aaron alexis
david ,   jerusalem   (09.17.13)
does the US consider this a terrorist act or a criminal act? Is there a difference?
14. ***Sarah*** at 9...You may be right !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (09.17.13)
But you are to blame, if I will collapse laughing...
15. #9 Sarah About The Only Thing You've ...
World Citizen ,   the world   (09.17.13)
Said I Agree With. Now if only you'd come to your senses about the legitimate claims and rights of the Palestinian people.
16. That guy looks as smart, as a concrete
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (09.17.13)
pillar...oh well...
17. A reporter on Fox News described him best
Al   (09.17.13)
"A Buddhist with an anger management issue". I almost platzed when I heard that one. This dreck murdered 12 people, and on a military installation none of the people there were armed. I heard a Naval Commander describe how he ran for cover when a fellow standing near him was shot dead. If this is the caliber of officer being produced by the American Naval Academy then America is in deep trouble. My son who is a tank commander in the IDF was taught that he must defend his men at all costs including his own life. He is never to abandon his tank till such time that everyone is out and safe.
18. Fake, fake, fake, fake
JMK ,   NYC   (09.17.13)
19. Bad P.R. for buddism
Ezra ,   San Diego   (09.17.13)
Had he cried out to HaShem in his moment of pain and anger...all this evil could have been avoided and 13 people would have worked to retirement age; it would have been just another Monday. His idols of wood and stone failed him.
20. "In the summer I'm a Buddhist in the Fall I'm a shootist"
tom ,   tel aviv   (09.17.13)
21. All the dead are white people.
Predictable   (09.17.13)
The shooter was black. What do we hear from Obama and black leaders?...........*crickets*........
22. #17 Don't forgot who the Commander in Chief of the
A ,   Belgium   (09.17.13)
United States Armed Forces is, not surprising the Naval Commander ran away.
23. What IS World Coming To? I'm Agreeing With Bunny Today!
World Citizen ,   the world   (09.17.13)
24. To: No. 15
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (09.17.13)
They have none. They relinquished them in 1947 when they resoundingly rejected partition, and chose to go to war instead. They lost. They agitated, and lost five additional wars. They're fresh out of bites at the apple. Seven decades of engaging in unremitting violence and terror visited against Jews both in the sovereign State of Israel and in the Diaspora have not won them much sympathy, either. The rules of war are clear. They have ALWAYS been clear. If you wage a war of aggression and you lose, there are consequences, however unpleasant. If you wage SIX wars of aggression and you lose, there are EXTREMELY unpleasant consequences. Sucks to start a war and lose, doesn't it?
25. Predictable # 21
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (09.17.13)
We wouldn't want to interrupt Obama's golf would we? Life is hard when your only skill is reading a teleprompter.
26. # 6 Talking about Bunny
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (09.17.13)
She should be calling you "Brainless in Haifa" if she is going to stoop to your level. People on U.S. bases are not allowed to walk around with guns. You worry about people being armed in fear when what you should worry about is people being forced to be unarmed in fear like in Hitlers Germany. Washington D.C. has the strictest gun control in the country. The cities and states that have the least controls over honest people generally have the least crime. Banning guns is like banning drugs. Didn't work with alcohol, doesn't work with drugs, won't work with guns. Of course Hitler thought it worked just fine.
27. That US Naval Commander Wasn't Wrapped In A Tank Like ....
World Citizen ,   the world   (09.17.13)
Your Son. The shooter was armed with an M-16 and a shotgun. The Commander was armed with his fists. No one in his right mind brings his knuckles to a gun fight so what you said was absolutely ludicrous. Even you son would laugh at your idiotic statement.
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