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calimary

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20. We were MADE to watch that when I was of age to start Driver's Ed. It was mandatory.

Reply to lame54 (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 07:20 PM

Feb 2018

It was part of the lesson plan.

And it made you stop and think and get serious REEEEEEEEEALLY fast.

As horrible and grizzly as it sounds, maybe we've come to this. Maybe we need to do this. SEE what those massacre machines do to the human body. SEE FOR YOURSELF. Then try to convince anyone that AR-15's are okay for civilians to own.

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It would open peoples eyes: CNNs Cooper makes a bold proposal ... [View all] babylonsister Feb 2018 OP

Agree backtoblue Feb 2018 #1

Red asphalt lame54 Feb 2018 #2

We were MADE to watch that when I was of age to start Driver's Ed. It was mandatory. calimary Feb 2018 #20

Spot on. cwydro Feb 2018 #3

Lot of talk on DU about showing the actual carnage...seems public on board. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #4

As in the Rob Porter scandal, photos make all the difference. Qutzupalotl Feb 2018 #5

The requirement in some states that patients seeking abortion be required MadLinguist Feb 2018 #6

Perfect tie-in onlyadream Feb 2018 #10

Yeah, that was a door they are going to regret opening. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #23

Abaolutely, force lawmakers to see the carnage. Cowards Pepsidog Feb 2018 #7

Enough tiptonic Feb 2018 #8

An animal carcass? Straw Man Feb 2018 #11

Uh, everyone who has been through Hunter Safety Education training has already done so. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #26

Yet CNN still is booking SayItLoud Feb 2018 #9

one kid had an open casket funeral. no pics of that that i have seen. mopinko Feb 2018 #12

If the parents of the dead kids are ok with that ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #13

The last sentence describes Kingston. gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #14

First responders to Sandy Hook had to be connected to therapists LuckyLib Feb 2018 #15

As abhorant as this idea is Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #16

Required field trip for lawmakers cungar2000 Feb 2018 #17

Welcome to DU, cungar2000. calimary Feb 2018 #24

And, every time you have Jack Kingston grandpamike1 Feb 2018 #18

Welcome to DU, grandpa mike1. calimary Feb 2018 #29

I think so, too. You know, that's partly what ended the Vietnam War. The horror was on tv.... Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #19

"One picture is worth a thousand words, they say." spike jones Feb 2018 #22

Maybe. moondust Feb 2018 #21

anti gun ad... handmade34 Feb 2018 #25

Wasn't it the video of the dogs and water cannons LittleGirl Feb 2018 #27

Like Emmett Till's mother Hassler Feb 2018 #28

Indeed. I'd go so far as to say you can't be "pro-life" if you're pro-gun. calimary Feb 2018 #30

Its 2018, that would require a trigger warning and then no one would watch. nt MadDAsHell Feb 2018 #31

Cooper not the first to propose that. See here: Amaryllis Feb 2018 #32

Movies and television have sanitized murder far too much. Wounds should always be shown realisticaly FarCenter Feb 2018 #33