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Irish_Dem

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12. We are a violent country.

Reply to DTomlinson (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 5, 2021, 06:32 PM

Feb 2021

All four of my grandparents were immigrants to the US.
Their countries of origin are now much better places to live than the US.
Safer, better social safety nets, etc.

But at the time they all immigrated, early 1900's, the US was the land of opportunity.
And they could feed and educate their children. Little did they know that this country
would turn into the Wild Wild West.

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Guns are going to be the death of this country, literally. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1

Guns and violence are almost inseparable in the US... DTomlinson Feb 2021 #7

We are a violent country. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #12

I saw ellie Feb 2021 #2

Thanks for filling in some important details. DTomlinson Feb 2021 #8

Who writes these headlines? ornotna Feb 2021 #3

Yes - I was thinking - why shoot a dead assisted-living worker? csziggy Feb 2021 #11

Not like it's some West Podunk Bi-Weekly ornotna Feb 2021 #13

... handmade34 Feb 2021 #14

Well its still a crime to desecrate a corpse. milestogo Feb 2021 #15

It's getting worse and worse. NurseJackie Feb 2021 #17

My thoughts exactly Meowmee Feb 2021 #18

Almost anything will be a life sentence. lpbk2713 Feb 2021 #4

sheesh, we took my grandfather's guns and car keys away from him when he was in late 70s Thomas Hurt Feb 2021 #5

I wonder if the stress of the pandemic had anything to do with this. DTomlinson Feb 2021 #6

At least they were already dead. Drunken Irishman Feb 2021 #9

why shoot someone already dead? NRaleighLiberal Feb 2021 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author LuckyLib Feb 2021 #16