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I wish that were an exaggeration. Did you see the episode of Frontline about the NRA and its response to the public shootings in the last few years? It is completely fucking heartbreaking, especially after the Sandy Hook shooting. It hit me like it happened all over again and the reaction by the NRA president or whatever he is-- MOAR guns. SO callous and disrespectful. D:

We can't *do* anything to stop the next one and the next one, they hold WAY too much power over Congress. :(

mte. We pretty much already *have* that anyway. I'm gonna go collapse in a heap. I give up. :(

...you hear about the other attack that happened the same day as Sandy Hook?

Stop me if this sounds familiar:
Gentleman walks into an elementary school. By the time the police get him, he has over 20 victems...

...only, this was in China. And he didn't have a gun, so he went on a knife rampage...
..which means that today, there are 20 families that can hug their young ones.

..and people *STILL* say "If they can't get a gun, they'll use some other weapon!"

YES! FOR FUCKS SAKE YES! I WANT THEM TO HAVE OTHER, LESS EFFICIANT WEAPONS THAT CAN'T KILL MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT A DISTANCE! AGH!

*kicks all the things*

I did not hear about that. It is deeply troubling.

But nope, we can't talk about the gun debate now, it is too soon. :/

This accuracy

This sad truth.

Pretty frustrated with the media reporting the fetal tissue "harvesting" video as truth. Frank Luntz would be proud.

it frustrates me too.

I'm not so sure the two versions are that different. What, exactly, would a state do with an "organized militia?" Why, I'm willing to bet it involved tracking and subduing, er, "the help" that might have, er, initiated a "work stoppage" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_rebellion#North_American_slave_revolts) and attempted to, um, "relocate to a nicer neighborhood."

That kid has no trigger discipline.

I blame the parents.

You presume he didn't want to kill someone.

Touché.

Such things are taught early in our country.

Also learned early without being actually taught, as was the case with me.

Edited 2015-08-05 20:44 (UTC)

ZING!

Planned Parenthood "profiting!" Oh, that's rich!

"not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health" - Jeb Bush.

But don't underfund prostate cancer research!

We also need the Viagra.

All Cancer Matters!

How would arms manufacturers benefit from loosing future customers?

Gun massacre happens.

Gun control advocates propose restrictions of weapons that are widely supported but which have no chance of getting through Congress.

Gun nuts freak out and buy more guns and hoard ammunition.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.