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Ffs. Honestly would celebrate if some of those senators died. Absolute scum with blood on their hands.Tweet
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Ffs. Honestly would celebrate if some of those senators died. Absolute scum with blood on their hands.Tweet
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There should be mass protests in front of their houses for as long as it takes to change the damn gun laws.Ffs. Honestly would celebrate if some of those senators died. Absolute scum with blood on their hands.
Remember that time they got shot while having a Congressional baseball practice... and then nothing happened...There should be mass protests in front of their houses for as long as it takes to change the damn gun laws.
Jesus, I don't even have kids, and that made me tear up.Tweet
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Impact, I'm assuming. Can't be many things more abhorrent and damaging to the psyche than seeing a school full of children being massacred. Which I assume is the motivation for these perpetrators.What is specifically about schools that makes them such a massive target? It may just be my own perception that's faulty because the school shootings typically end up being the mass shootings that gain the most attention and outrage, but it does feel like they get targeted at a wildly disproportionate rate compared to other places of mass gatherings.
At this point I’m sure some of them wouldn’t even change their politics if their own children were to be among the victims. But still, the stakes are so high. People in the US just have to keep trying and pushing.Remember that time they got shot while having a Congressional baseball practice... and then nothing happened...
And this is exactly why average Joe shouldn’t have access to guns.There was a robbery in in a supermarket a few years ago where the robbers ran out of the store with several expensive items. A middle-aged lady spotted them as she was making her way from her car to the store, and since she had a gun in her purse she thought she should play the hero, confront these thieves and save the day. Unfortunately she was as untrained with a gun as you would expect (and even if she was trained, a gun training course is obviously no substitute to an active real life situation) and you can guess what happened next - the thieves got away and she accidentally shot random bystanders in the car park.
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It’s a ridiculous point, but since you made itKids killing kids. A lot of people in this thread having a go at america, it occurs to frequently in the UK to however in a different way, a lot goes unreported. Happens across the world too very frequently.
It seems to me as whenever it happens in America its blown up across world media with a kill count and everything else. Very strange.
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It'll be forgotten come Monday, as usual.At this point I’m sure some of them wouldn’t even change their politics if their own children were to be among the victims. But still, the stakes are so high. People in the US just have to keep trying and pushing.
Millions. I read some stat somewhere that said that are more guns in circulation than the size of the population, which is insane. So yeah, not a quick fix even if the appropriate legislation was passed.I'm curious, if gun laws did change (which they won't because the GOP are a horrible bunch of self serving cnuts), surely it would take decades to mitigate the damage already caused, right? Aren't there hundreds of thousands of guns in circulation in the US already?
Leaving aside that schools are probably "easy" targets for maximum casualties and shock effect it's probably also an institution that the perpetrators built up a lot of anger against. Be it that they were bullied, or that they felt unfairly treated by the system or that they hated what the values teachers were supposed to teach them.Impact, I'm assuming. Can't be many things more abhorrent and damaging to the psyche than seeing a school full of children being massacred. Which I assume is the motivation for these perpetrators.
Absolutely. Just the other day a mass shooter took out kids in my local primary school- casualties in double figures.Kids killing kids. A lot of people in this thread having a go at america, it occurs to frequently in the UK to however in a different way, a lot goes unreported. Happens across the world too very frequently.
It seems to me as whenever it happens in America its blown up across world media with a kill count and everything else. Very strange.
You don't need to have kids to be affected by that. It's so painful. As it happens, I've got a daughter, so can't help but think about similar messages she's sent me and how utterly inconsolable I'd feel watching this. I can't imagine I'd ever be able to recover fully from it. My heart goes out to the families and friends.Jesus, I don't even have kids, and that made me tear up.
More like hundreds of millions of guns.I'm curious, if gun laws did change (which they won't because the GOP are a horrible bunch of self serving cnuts), surely it would take decades to mitigate the damage already caused, right? Aren't there hundreds of thousands of guns in circulation in the US already?
Sorry, not sure why I said hundreds of thousands as yeah, I knew there were more than the entire population.Millions. I read some stat somewhere that said that are more guns in circulation than the size of the population, which is insane. So yeah, not a quick fix even if the appropriate legislation was passed.
Not by the families and friends of those who were injured or killed. I understand the rhetoric of hopelessness. We’ve been through this time and time again. And I very often find myself sharing sentiments of hopelessness. Actually did so multiple times in the last few hours. But the truth is also that there are people fighting for what’s right. And every time something like this happens, these people become more. And they become angrier and more organised. And at one point, they won’t take it anymore. And they’ll be enough to force change.It'll be forgotten come Monday, as usual.
100 percent agree. Most of their citizens want guns, this will happen a lot, most people will watch this and think hmm ok another shooting however bad that seems.It’s a ridiculous point, but since you made it
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The stupid fecking gun stuff in America happens ON TOP of all the other stuff thats also happens in other countries…. Its not an equivalence, it’s added extra stupid fecking gun stuff… Because of the stupid fecking guns.
They’d drop the filibuster immediately to vote for security at their houses.There should be mass protests in front of their houses for as long as it takes to change the damn gun laws.
There’s almost 400 million guns in this country.Millions. I read some stat somewhere that said that are more guns in circulation than the size of the population, which is insane. So yeah, not a quick fix even if the appropriate legislation was passed.
Scalise has become even more cnutier since that incident.Remember that time they got shot while having a Congressional baseball practice... and then nothing happened...
Even if you could argue that Trump made it worse, they didn't do a thing about it after Sandy Hook and that was long before him.Even if the Senate did something, this Supreme Court would overturn it. There is no hope for change in the next 40 years because of Trump.
An estimated 400 millionI'm curious, if gun laws did change (which they won't because the GOP are a horrible bunch of self serving cnuts), surely it would take decades to mitigate the damage already caused, right? Aren't there hundreds of thousands of guns in circulation in the US already?
Owning a gun in America is a constitutional right, not just a privilege.And if I may add to that, I say no one should be able to own a gun unless they pass a strong proficiency test like it's done for driving a car. After that, regular assessments on mental and physical fitness for gun ownership should be mandatory every X years.
And if that didn't happen, the GOP would campaign on it and repeal it as soon as they won power.Even if the Senate did something, this Supreme Court would overturn it. There is no hope for change in the next 40 years because of Trump.
I did mean to say million Brainfart.An estimated 400 million
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I'd rather call it the rhetoric of realism. Truth is: most US citizens don't care about it at all. If it were otherwise, we would have seen that. There is no big movement or any significant number of people really fighting for a change. All there is to it are the same displays of feigned outrage and "deep" sadness across the political spectrum that last for a day or 2, before everybody returns back to business.Not by the families and friends of those who were injured or killed. I understand the rhetoric of hopelessness. We’ve been through this time and time again. And I very often find myself sharing sentiments of hopelessness. Actually did so multiple times in the last few hours. But the truth is also that there are people fighting for what’s right.
Progress since Sandy Hook: 0%And every time something like this happens, these people become more. And they become angrier and more organised...