# 1 dead, 3 injured in shooting at a Harlem park

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**Created:** [July 26, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-dead-3-injured-in-shooting-at-a-harlem-park/264520 "2012-07-26T14:05:13Z")
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### Author: ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1-dead-3-injured-in-shooting-at-a-harlem-park/264520/17 "2012-07-27T05:28:51Z")

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> [@FS: 1998 Honda CR-V AWD $3600 smiling\_facesmiling\_facesmiling\_face](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1998-honda-cr-v-awd-3600/50252/12):
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> So let me get this straight… You’re throwing the “if” card out there saying nothing would’ve changed had someone in the crowd had a gun… Then go on to say that “if” anybody brings up an argument about armed citizens preventing this…
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> When in the CO thread, you’re all “anti-if” when it comes to people making assumptions…
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> You can’t say a speeding car is anything like a bullet. While both speeding like an a-hole and shooting in public (in any direction) will end up with someone in jail, the media and antis will twist one of those things to show why people shouldn’t have something.
> 
> To be straight, here’s where I stand on gun laws:  
> Licenses to OWN handguns = bullshit  
> Licenses to CARRY handguns = understandable, though 6+ months of waiting is BS.  
> “Assault” weapon bans = bullshit  
> Mag capacity bans = bullshit  
> Legitimate assault weapon bans = whatever, not for or against it. Should be similar to getting a concealed carry permit for handguns.  
> Suppressor bans = bullshit.  
> Short barreled rifle bans = bullshit  
> Background checks = 100% for. It prevents legal guns from getting into a felon’s hands to a point. They will not, however, prevent a criminal from getting a gun.
> 
> As Vlad said, gun laws are usually pointless.

I agree with everything said here.

This feels like a continuation of the Colorado theater thread…this thread was posted just for the sake of continuing a disagreement.

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