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Post by cliffs on Aug 5, 2019 1:09:36 GMT
Pray tell - what has this admin done when it comes to gun control?
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And this sickens me - El Paso, Dayton make 251 mass shootings in the US in 216 days, more shootings than days in the year
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Post by ErixonStone on Aug 5, 2019 2:13:43 GMT
How come this doesn't happen elsewhere? Do all the mentally ill live in America?
I am sick of Americans deferring to the Constitution to determine whether something is wrong or right. "Oh, our constitution says it, so it must be right." That's bullshit thinking; the same kind of thinking that flies planes into buildings and that kicks kids out of their homes because they happen to be gay.
Our forefathers were great visionaries; but they didn't know everything.
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Post by gregfordyce on Aug 5, 2019 16:25:07 GMT
I agree with all that was said above me. I am also tired of the lame "mental health" excuse when it comes to these shootings.. In other countries people who do this are called terrorists, here they are called nut jobs. To be fair, mental health is only used as an excuse when the shooter is a white, right-wing racist fuckwit. When it is a person with darker skin-color, the words "mental health" are curiously absent..... |
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Post by ErixonStone on Aug 5, 2019 17:39:23 GMT
That is a defense mechanism; a person who does these horrible acts cannot possibly be like me so I must find something that sets us apart. That could be religion or skin tone or how someone dresses, or it could be "mental capacity."
It goes with the idea that there must be "something wrong" with a person who is doing this, and there could not be something wrong with me.
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Post by ErixonStone on Aug 5, 2019 17:42:48 GMT
I should say that, although it's a natural defense mechanism, the thought to put someone in the "other" group based on their skin tone is rooted in racism. I'm not disputing that.
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Post by paulus on Aug 5, 2019 18:36:43 GMT
Ahh he's so annoying - Trump now trying to suggest super-weak gun legislation changes could be tied together with anti-immigration policy  As well as lazily & incorrectly pointing at computer games - I see he's also suggesting the internet is to blame for giving marginal views a platform and allowing people to connect and radicalise. He's right... that is happening... he needs to look no further than his own election for a case study... But it's not the cause... every country has internet... let's all count how many suffer from regular as clockwork mass shootings.... |
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Post by jacobkessler on Aug 5, 2019 19:18:28 GMT
That is the most hypocritical statement I have ever heard. He is racist. He is a bigot. He is a white supremacist. I just... I have no words. HE IS THE REASON 32 LIVES WERE LOST IN UNDER 14 HOURS. He is the reason my community has to suffer even more.
Fuck you, Donald Trump. Fuck your hypocritical, racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted, fascist, delusional, Satan-like ass.
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Post by karma4u on Aug 5, 2019 21:29:13 GMT
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Post by paulus on Aug 5, 2019 21:54:52 GMT
That's nuts. And Chicago has some of the tightest gun laws in the US. Obviously means gun laws don't work...  |
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Post by ErixonStone on Aug 6, 2019 13:20:48 GMT
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/grandmother-averts-mass-shooting-bringing-grandson-hospital-after-threats-n1039226Basically, after hearing her grandson same some things about wanting to shoot up a public space, this grandmother didn't just dismiss the comments. No, she took her grandson to the hospital. A potential mass shooting was prevented. This story speaks to a few things: - guns are absurdly easy to purchase legally or fraudulently - mental illness is extremely common - taking mental health seriously saves lives - the idea that concealed-carry laws discourage mass shooters is completely false (this occurred in the concealed-carry state of TX)
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Post by cliffs on Aug 7, 2019 12:17:06 GMT
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Post by cliffs on Aug 7, 2019 12:19:56 GMT
New word of the day being brought back = HATRIOT
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Post by paulus on Aug 7, 2019 14:16:58 GMT
I saw a great headline in rockpapershotgun today...
"Trump blames mass shootings on video game guns, not real guns."
Summed it up quite nicely.
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Post by cliffs on Aug 7, 2019 14:40:03 GMT
I saw a great headline in rockpapershotgun today... "Trump blames mass shootings on video game guns, not real guns." Summed it up quite nicely. Just like people can buy illegal guns, we must stop all piracy of these very very violent fps games. |
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Post by ray on Aug 14, 2019 1:41:01 GMT
How come this doesn't happen elsewhere? Do all the mentally ill live in America? I am sick of Americans deferring to the Constitution to determine whether something is wrong or right. "Oh, our constitution says it, so it must be right." That's bullshit thinking; the same kind of thinking that flies planes into buildings and that kicks kids out of their homes because they happen to be gay. Our forefathers were great visionaries; but they didn't know everything. That’s the question I always ask. It’s a simple answer really. Gun control. There’s not a single problem America has that is unique to them apart from cowards killing strangers with a gun. Land of the brave huh??? |
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