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Traildogbob

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7. First off
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:14 PM
May 2022

I worked my whole life, served in the military, went to college, retired as an educator. I live off state retirement, SS and a tiny VA disability, 30 percent. In many peoples eyes my salary looks really weak, but I’ve learned to live small. I can still help my daughter with Major home repairs, buy good wine and eat healthy. But I no way could afford to go buy two assault rifles, 7 clips that hold 30 rounds and hundreds of rounds, plus tactical gear. Most 18 years old are scraping to buy gas. Tell me how the hell an 18 year old high school drop out can just walk in and afford all that. How many of y’all could fork out around $4,000 at 18 years old for guns while working at Micky D’s. And to show how efficiently deadly that gun is, how much practice did he even need to kill that many people and put the fear of God in trained masses of “Guy’s (not so good in the eyes of parents screaming to do something) with artillery in 40 minutes.
In the military, you train train train, police train, train, train, especially tactical police. Here this kid with lots of spare cash can get all that, and kill as efficiently as a Navy Seal with minimal training.
But as Rep Fines from Florida said today, this is an acceptable price for freedom. He should have been sent in that class room with a bucket of soapy water and a paint scraper to clean up that acceptable mess of blood, bones, brain matter and body parts. He also threatened to kill the President if he even thought of taking his guns. Party of Jesus and Pro Life. It’s time to bury the GQP instead of children and Seniors. Figuratively.

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Found on FB [View all] mac56 May 2022 OP
None of these shooters have ever said "Wait right there for 5 minutes for my Rube Goldberg machine" ck4829 May 2022 #1
You win the thread. geardaddy May 2022 #9
K & R Stuart G May 2022 #2
KNR niyad May 2022 #3
Has a bystander ever been killed... Martin Eden May 2022 #4
Stabbings happen all the time IronLionZion May 2022 #6
Guns are 5x deadlier than knives. milestogo May 2022 #42
A gun is the only common object Wednesdays May 2022 #5
Right here AllyCat May 2022 #39
First off Traildogbob May 2022 #7
My gut feeling is his Grandmother KS Toronado May 2022 #12
You may be correct Traildogbob May 2022 #14
Perhaps correct, but he also had profound contempt for her. halfulglas May 2022 #15
Nope. SoonerPride May 2022 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #32
Thank you. Traildogbob May 2022 #34
Thank you for your service 🦅 Deuxcents May 2022 #36
The greatest loss of life in a school attack sarisataka May 2022 #8
which one was that? maxsolomon May 2022 #16
Got me. Don't remember that one either. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #18
Bath school in 1927 sarisataka May 2022 #19
Thanks, hadn't known about that. maxsolomon May 2022 #20
At one point my job was sarisataka May 2022 #21
Timothy McVeigh. wnylib May 2022 #37
Not a school, though. maxsolomon May 2022 #40
I think you misunderstood my point. wnylib May 2022 #41
And I don't believe that will ever be necessary for America's maniacs. maxsolomon May 2022 #43
Well, you are right about that as long as wnylib May 2022 #44
Right. maxsolomon May 2022 #45
So therefore, you have decided that if wnylib May 2022 #46
easier back then AncientOfDays May 2022 #22
Pyrotol and dynamite are hard to get. Certain other chemicals are quite easily obtained. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2022 #24
I think that guy used a rifle to kill his wife the day before. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2022 #23
As the line in the move goes sarisataka May 2022 #25
I remember the line but not movie... which one? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2022 #26
Tremors LiberatedUSA May 2022 #28
Okay, I remember Bert. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2022 #30
Tremors sarisataka May 2022 #29
Bert...Burt... whichever... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2022 #31
Schumer Snackshack May 2022 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #33
Just how is Schumer going to wnylib May 2022 #38
Just spitballing here... dchill May 2022 #11
I can't imagine too many "ways" that would require DNA to tell the victims apart, GoCubsGo May 2022 #13
could I make a suggestion? NJCher May 2022 #17
👍 Joinfortmill May 2022 #35
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