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jcgoldie

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13. crickets

Reply to AndyS (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 7, 2021, 02:16 PM

Dec 2021

Good questions.

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Mom from Oxford shooting posts the texts from that terrible day. [View all] Swede Dec 2021 OP

Wrenching... hlthe2b Dec 2021 #1

Would releasing photos of victims change anything? CrispyQ Dec 2021 #2

Yes. Just that one graphic photo of what happened to the guys arm when Rittenhouse shot him Walleye Dec 2021 #6

I believe that the crime scene photos of any mass killing Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #9

The answer is no. They would not change their minds. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #28

"We put desks in the front door We're in the corner" MagickMuffin Dec 2021 #3

And they call themselves "pro-life" & the media lets them get away with that. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2021 #7

What would happen if kids protested the "live shooter" drills? Probatim Dec 2021 #17

Not Sure How That Works ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #33

I am so angry that children and families have to be put through this. Srkdqltr Dec 2021 #4

And teachers. I dread the nightmare of who do I save? GPV Dec 2021 #5

Yes . They have it all. Srkdqltr Dec 2021 #8

Any gunners here? Want to weigh in on how important guns are? AndyS Dec 2021 #10

crickets jcgoldie Dec 2021 #13

I wouldnt say its the price of freedom, but .,. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #20

The problem is the easy access to guns AZProgressive Dec 2021 #21

I don't think its video games either per se. But gun were more accessible in the past... SYFROYH Dec 2021 #22

Yeah, right. There are 4.6 million kids (about a third of them) in homes with guns. AndyS Dec 2021 #23

right which is fewer household guns than in the past. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #24

Assuming you are right, which I do not believe, AndyS Dec 2021 #25

Its not magical thinking. Its understanding the statistics of two different gun ownership trends. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #27

The data shows that it isn't the gun owners who pay the price AndyS Dec 2021 #29

I read that as fairly steady. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #31

Totally Agree ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #34

I would say it's a price of freedom. Torchlight Dec 2021 #32

they know to lay low in the aftermath of school shootings. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #30

Kick bronxiteforever Dec 2021 #11

The generation of kids who grew up with school shootings IronLionZion Dec 2021 #12

My son was at Virginia Tech during the shootings arlyellowdog Dec 2021 #14

Oh my ... Delphinus Dec 2021 #15

Dear god. Swede Dec 2021 #19

Wow I don't know how I will undo that knot. The Jungle 1 Dec 2021 #16

I think of the guy who asked "When do we start getting to use the guns?" Gaugamela Dec 2021 #18

"Duck and cover" drills moondust Dec 2021 #26