A sixth grader was killed today

[senseandsensibility]

in a mass shooting in Iowa, the same state where the party of "freedumb" is having a "townhall" tonight. It's on CNN.

Do you think anyone will ask these freaks about gun control? What they would have done to save this innocent sixth grader's life?

Or is that way too much to expect?

[malaise]

1. Here

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-offers-support-iowa-shooting-wouldnt-back-policy-changes-rcna132307


Ron DeSantis offers support after Iowa shooting, wouldn't back policy changes on gun violence
DeSantis spoke about Florida's mental health and school safety policies but declined to say if there was any federal policy change he'd back to address shootings.

[senseandsensibility]

2. While you're ALWAYS worth responding to, Malaise,

this drivel from deathsantis is not.

[malaise]

4. LOL - I just wanted you to know that the asshole

had no sensible answer

[senseandsensibility]

5. Thanks!

I know it's not your fault, but the stupidity burns!

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Of course no one is willing to address gun control.

They’re Republicans.

Maybe they’ll give schools money for a bulletproof hideaway in every classroom or something like that but heaven forbid we talk about a 17 year old who shot up the place. Wouldn’t any parent feel better about their kids’ school if all the classrooms had a bulletproof closet they could hide in ….

[keithbvadu2]

6. Joe The Plumber: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights' To Have Guns

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/joe-the-plumber-guns_n_5397981.html

Joe The Plumber: ‘Your Dead Kids Don’t Trump My Constitutional Rights’ To Have Guns

Ironic how he chose that verb in 2014.

[PTL_Mancuso]

18. Things were sick then, but much worse NOW.

The gunz cult/fetish is there for a reason - created by, and endlessly stoked and stroked by the weapons industry and fascist billionaires who want low-information, heavily-armed fanatics positioned between themselves and the small-d democratic Public as they scramble for the remainder of our Freedoms.

You might like to argue back against a bible-thumper or Amway salesperson, but I'd wager bigly that the average person would be much less likely to do so against a gun-humper, especially an open- or concealed-carry type who's packin'.

The only way out of this mess for the Voice of the People to be heard and acted upon, but there is a permanent short-circuit in place that will prevent that from being done anytime soon, what with regulatory capture, SCOTUS, gerrymandering, movies, video games, snuff videos on the news, and such, that serve to provide constant reinforcement for those in the cult and sexy and sensual appeals to those on the outside to slide on in and "be one of Us": The Strong, the Brave, the Protected!

The persistent demands of the vast majority of the U.S. Public, over many years, to stringently regulate the industry and gun ownership, is happily pissed upon by the REAL VOTERS™.

[Skittles]

7. "pro-lifers" do not care about gun carnage

gun humping cowards gotta have their guns

[ShazzieB]

13. Gun humpers think dead kids are just part of the price "we" have to pay for the sacred "right to bear arms."

I've read statements to that effect. Imo, one dead (or even injured) kid is too high a price, but of course they don't see it that way.

[keithbvadu2]

20. To the gun industry, dead children are collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donati

To the gun industry, dead children are collateral damage/acceptable losses for gun industry profits and political donations.

[TheRealNorth]

8. At most, they will offer the obligatory, "Thoughts and Prayers."

They may try to twist this into something that they can blame Biden or the Democrats for. Their reasoning does not have to have a basis in reality for that crowd.

[elocs]

9. Dreams and fantasies are nice but reality is a harsh master.

There will never be gun control here, at least not in the measure that those of us on the Left want to see it. The worshipers of the Second Amendment are never going to have a come to Jesus moment about guns, repenting and changing their minds.
If nothing was done after the massacre of young kids at Sandy Hook, nothing is going to be done.
So yes, the life of a six graders life is expecting too much when the slaughter of 20 first graders was not enough at Sandy Hook.

[llmart]

10. I'll bet we could do something about the gun problem in America.

All we need is to have a Democratic President and large majorities in the House and Senate. Oh, and more women in roles with the power to do something meaningful about it.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Yes, I am choosing to enter 2024 with a positive attitude

and I like your vision.

[llmart]

12. I want to see a vast blue wave across this country!

Dems just need to get out the vote!!!

[elocs]

15. A Democratic president and large Democratic majorities in the House and Senate will require the Left to turn out & vote

in record numbers which I'll believe when I see it with no pouting and voting for 3rd party candidates.

[WarGamer]

14. It's scary when you see a thread title...

And don't know if it's a young Palestinian, Israeli... Ukrainian killed in war...

Or an American child. killed by gun violence.

[Lonestarblue]

16. Assault weapons have one purpose only, and that is to kill people.

Did our Founders really envision people using their guns to kill who ever they wanted? No. They envisioned a need for a you g nation to call on citizens o use their own guns to fight for and protect the nation because we had no standing army. Once we had a military, the issue of personal guns was moot. The Supreme Court has made a mockery of the Second Amendment, clearly ignoring the well-regulated militia part.

[kimbutgar]

17. These repukes will only care if it happens to one of their OWN family members

Otherwise they don’t give shit about keeping kids safe only about hate and racism do they care.

[Demobrat]

19. Even then they would find a way to rationalize it.

They would say their kid died because of irresponsible gun owners or some shit. No way would they take responsibility - even if it was their own gun that killed the kid. It’s not what they do.

[keithbvadu2]

21. Guns vs books

[live love laugh]

22. It's barely being discussed. We're desensitized.

It doesn’t bode well for the rest of us.