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pstokely

(10,905 posts)
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:04 PM Feb 2024

with lax gun laws, should championship parades end?

if they have the celebrations are secure stadiums/arenas, how would they decide who comes? Season Ticket Holders?

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with lax gun laws, should championship parades end? (Original Post) pstokely Feb 2024 OP
It's GUNS that are the common denominator in mass murders Deuxcents Feb 2024 #1
why do we need to hide all the time . AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #2
Earlier Today... ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #3
Everything should end. Turbineguy Feb 2024 #4
Why do we always have to bend over backwards to the gunners? Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #5
They are delicate flowers. Turbineguy Feb 2024 #7
Absolutely not. Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #6
Senator John Thune (R-SD), in response to the Vega mass shooting in which 600+ people were shot, Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #8
What does that mean? Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #9
A smaller target. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #10

Deuxcents

(28,020 posts)
1. It's GUNS that are the common denominator in mass murders
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:06 PM
Feb 2024

Why don’t we do something about that?

ProfessorGAC

(77,542 posts)
3. Earlier Today...
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:07 PM
Feb 2024

...there was a piece linked here in GD saying that the city is considering putting an end to them.
So the answer to your question, they just might be over.

Diamond_Dog

(41,391 posts)
5. Why do we always have to bend over backwards to the gunners?
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:17 PM
Feb 2024

It’s like our right to be out in public without getting shot means nothing anymore.

Midnight Writer

(25,932 posts)
8. Senator John Thune (R-SD), in response to the Vega mass shooting in which 600+ people were shot,
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 07:45 PM
Feb 2024

said that Americans "need to learn how to make themselves small" in order to stay safe.

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
10. A smaller target.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 09:38 PM
Feb 2024

I guess the fetal position would work. Great solution, John.

In fairness, there's a tiny sliver of a good idea there, but it does nothing for the real issues. The time to worry about mass shootings shouldn't be in the middle of said mass shootings.

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