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Nov 8, 2015 1:41 PM
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it could be someone who
-was shot and killed (homicide, mass murder, some sort of gang violence, etc) or assassinated
-got ahold of a firearm that wasn't secured and accidentally shot themselves
-was accidentally shot by another person (while they were out hunting or in a shooting range--some sort of legal scenario)
-suicide
or anything along these lines, with the exclusion of anything related to war

I'm asking because in the gun-related threads that we have at least every other day on mal, one of the points that is often brought up is gun deaths. so, I was curious if anyone on here personally knew someone whose life was taken due to gun violence.

it might be kind of a heavy thread for some people, but I thought it would be a decent discussion.
Nov 8, 2015 1:43 PM
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I know someone who died in a sword
like..... rly
Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race
Nov 8, 2015 1:46 PM
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Paella_ said:
I know someone who died in a sword
like..... rly
in a sword? that sounds painful.
Nov 8, 2015 1:48 PM
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Paella_ said:
I know someone who died in a sword
like..... rly


ban all swords
Nov 8, 2015 1:49 PM
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Yes. I knew a person who was shot in the head.
Nov 8, 2015 1:50 PM
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cause said:
Paella_ said:
I know someone who died in a sword
like..... rly


ban all swords


Swords don't kill people, ban all people let the swords inherit the earth.
Nov 8, 2015 1:51 PM
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Yeah,my friend was killed by a gun.

He slipped on it and fell down the stairs.
Nov 8, 2015 1:53 PM
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DejWo said:
Yeah,my friend was killed by a gun.

He slipped on it and fell down the stairs.
that's rough
Nov 8, 2015 1:56 PM
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Anna_Cats said:
DejWo said:
Yeah,my friend was killed by a gun.

He slipped on it and fell down the stairs.
that's rough


Yeah,he went out...without a bang,really.
Nov 8, 2015 1:58 PM

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I met someone who attempt suicide with a gun multiple times but lived both times. He lost an eye from it. I think he may be dead by now or I just lost contact I dont know.
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Nov 8, 2015 2:00 PM

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I know a few people who have died by guns.
Nov 8, 2015 2:00 PM
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PoeticJustice said:
I know a few people who have died by guns.


Were they terminal?
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Nov 8, 2015 2:03 PM

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First hand accounts? Minus one case of self defense, and a civil dispute, nope.

Other cases fall under armed conflict. I know of various shootings around me however, mostly civil disputes or crime related.
Nov 8, 2015 2:04 PM

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People kill people not guns..

And I'd rather be shot if I was going to be murdered. Not hacked to death by a dull machete.. If you ban guns people are just going to use something else to kill each other with.

And idk anyone who has been shot, I know a few people who have been stabbed but no one that's died.
Nov 8, 2015 2:04 PM

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No, i've never seen a gun in my life.

Nov 8, 2015 2:07 PM
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Yes, two people that I knew pretty well. One of my childhood friends killed himself with a shotgun.

My neighbor walked in on his wife sleeping with another man. He tried to fight the other man, but ended up getting shot. All parties were drunk at the time.

I also had a friend who shot his toe off because he didn't know the safety wasn't on.
Nov 8, 2015 2:13 PM
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i knew someone who died from an arrow to the knee
Nov 8, 2015 2:13 PM
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my character in mw2 360 no scoped Tbagged bruh
Nov 8, 2015 2:17 PM

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My great uncle died in world war two, but I'm not sure exactly how he died. That was well before I was born.
Nov 8, 2015 2:21 PM

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Having worked in a clinic in the deep south of the US, most of the non-natural deaths I've heard of stemmed mostly from knives and car crashes than anything else. Gun-related deaths though? None at all actually, but that's probably because people were smart enough to not fuck with those who owned guns.
Nov 8, 2015 2:24 PM

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6 people from my city lol
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Nov 8, 2015 2:26 PM
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Moon- said:
6 people from my city lol
lol
Nov 8, 2015 2:27 PM

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Yeah, people in officer school often shoot themselves on the firing range.

edit: Well it doesn't happen "often" but it's happened several times in the recent years.
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Anna_Cats said:
Moon- said:
6 people from my city lol
lol


There are a lot of gangs in my city thats why, night time is dangerous
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Nov 8, 2015 4:24 PM

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A friend of a friend accidentally shot someone.

That story still shocks me.
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Nov 8, 2015 4:25 PM

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DejWo said:
PoeticJustice said:
I know a few people who have died by guns.


Were they terminal?


no just dumb.
Nov 8, 2015 4:29 PM

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People kill people, not gu-
DejWo said:
My friend was killed by a gun.

He slipped on it and fell down the stairs.
I stand corrected.
And I don't directly know anyone who died because they got shot
Nov 8, 2015 10:00 PM
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Yeah.. My 5th grade classmate who was also the 5th grade president was shot by her mother's ex boyfriend. It was all over the news at my place and endless amount of crying in my school.
Nov 8, 2015 10:06 PM
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A guy I knew was shot when he broke into his own house drunk.
Nov 8, 2015 10:07 PM

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Not personally no.
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JinxMe said:
A guy I knew was shot when he broke into his own house drunk.
lulz thats nice
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nope. Everyone who an hero'd in my family did it via intentional heroin overdose.
Nov 8, 2015 10:15 PM
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Ravioli_Ravioli said:
nope. Everyone who an hero'd in my family did it via intentional heroin overdose.

Are they rockstars?
Nov 8, 2015 10:16 PM

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JinxMe said:
Ravioli_Ravioli said:
nope. Everyone who an hero'd in my family did it via intentional heroin overdose.

Are they rockstars?

they are now.
Nov 8, 2015 10:19 PM

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I'm not black and i don't live in america
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Ravioli_Ravioli said:
JinxMe said:

Are they rockstars?

they are now.

I doesn't work like that you know...
Nov 8, 2015 10:40 PM

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JinxMe said:
Ravioli_Ravioli said:

they are now.

I doesn't work like that you know...

I meant rock stars in a metaphorical sense. Not like they go to heaven and become rock stars but rather their legacy is that of a rock star. Which begs the question "what makes a legacy bigger or smaller?" and "why is it relevant". I was, perhaps, bringing to light the idea that once you are dead, nothing matters. So theoretically you could say anything is equal to anything else and it would be a fair comparison.

I need to stop taking so much adderall.

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