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Study: Kids who watch movies with guns likely to use guns
guns.com ^ | Sep. 27, 2017 | Andrew Shepperson

Posted on 09/27/2017 3:56:39 PM PDT by PROCON

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To: PROCON
Oh, Fer Pete's Sake! WHO would leave their handgun on the table like that? What a bunch of alarmist whackos!

41 posted on 09/27/2017 6:25:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL!


42 posted on 09/27/2017 6:27:13 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: PROCON

The AMA is about as accurate as Julius Streicher’s Der Stürmer. And yes, I am comparing the thieving, murdering, lying AMA pigs to German Nazis.


43 posted on 09/27/2017 6:54:47 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: BipolarBob

Yeah for Hickok. He’s great.


44 posted on 09/27/2017 6:57:02 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: PROCON

Children who grow up watching gender-deranged imbeciles on MTV grow up to be gender-deranged imbeciles, but that’s a GOOD thing.


45 posted on 09/27/2017 6:58:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Me ! Diana, I have a firearm in each room of the house. Each one, condition red. Ya just never know when the thugs may come a callin’ !!

Also, the kids are gone now . . . .


46 posted on 09/27/2017 7:09:30 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: snooter55

Well, of course! But mine are more for varmints at this point in time.

BUT when I had TODDLERS at home, everything was locked up and up HIGH.

This picture is just SO over the top! You can see why the pea-brained Socialists are so AFRAID of guns; they think THIS is how we in, ‘Flyover Country’ actually live!

“Little Sally! Take Daddy’s gun off the table now! I’m setting the table for supper!” *SNORT*


47 posted on 09/27/2017 7:23:08 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You’re right D. That pic is waaay over the top. Wonder how many they took to get just the “right” one ! LOL.


48 posted on 09/27/2017 8:10:14 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: Mears

Yep, I have “killed” thousands of imaginary German and Japanese soldiers when I was kid.

Never killed a real person, nor do I have desire to.

Weird, ain’t it?


49 posted on 09/27/2017 8:38:17 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Destroying the vestiges of the First Civil War is ensuring the Second.)
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To: PROCON
..movies with guns should have a warning too ..


50 posted on 09/27/2017 8:53:10 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Be sure to put out the good silverware, Bobby-Sue.
51 posted on 09/27/2017 9:00:53 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

I am infuriated, there is not a “Tommy” gun in the set.

And it was American designed and made.

For Shame, For Shame! /sarc

Those are really neat.


52 posted on 09/27/2017 9:03:41 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: PROCON

Born in ‘52 - saw all the shoot-em-ups and learned the difference between the good guys and the bad guys at the same time....today, they often elevate the bad guys into some sort of dark hero BS....


53 posted on 09/28/2017 3:09:08 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: PROCON

I know! One of the kids I know watched Star Trek in the 60s, got ahold of a phaser, and killed seven other kids. Horrible!


54 posted on 09/28/2017 6:05:08 AM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: PROCON

I, too, grew up in the “westerns” era. Every Christmas I got “cap busters”, toy guns that fired “caps”.

My Dad had several real guns...a couple of rifles, and a double-barreled shotgun. I remember they were leaned against the wall, in a corner, behind the dresser.

He also had a couple of pistols in a drawer in his bedroom.

However, I knew it would have been hell for me if I ever touched one of them. It’s called parental supervision, and discipline.

The movies of today are based more on blood, guts, and violence for the sake of violence. The CGI department defines the movie, not the story, or plot.

Then there’s video games, which make “killing” the scoring system.

Parents need to keep those violent movies and games away from adolescents. They need to help them develop some life skills, morals, and attitudes before being introduced to real guns.

I’m 72, and I own several guns...but it’s been probably 5 years since I’ve shot any of them, then, at the range. They are for my family’s protection, not for hunting, or stalking.

This story is just another attempt at banning guns...it won’t work either.


55 posted on 09/28/2017 6:08:11 AM PDT by FrankR (On the knees is not a good place to be...a man on the knees is only half a man.....)
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To: PROCON

I differentiate Westerns from the more recent Hollywood shoot-em-ups. I do not allow my children to watch gratuitous violence, especially when combined with a lot of the immoral trash in the same movies.


56 posted on 09/28/2017 6:09:53 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: PROCON

Same here.

Difference was if we touched a real gun without permission from an adult we were in for a serious ass whooping.


57 posted on 09/28/2017 6:11:16 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: PROCON

Maybe kids who like guns like to watch movies like that. Although their may be a relationship between the two variables, they haven’t proven causation.


58 posted on 09/28/2017 6:46:53 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: pabianice

I grew up watching the A-Team and still can’t hit anything I’m aiming at with my Mini-14.


59 posted on 09/28/2017 7:49:43 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: PROCON

Study: ‘People who believe studies are morons!’ This study was done by DeplorableAmerican...


60 posted on 09/28/2017 9:15:57 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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