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AndyS

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12. I'm sorry but such words carry little meaning.

Reply to SYFROYH (Reply #11)

Tue May 31, 2022, 01:34 PM

May 2022

We know how to reduce gun violence. I've posted it more times than I have fingers and toes.

The only answer I've heard is more guns. A call to compromise on the few gun regulations we have. A compromise by definition is to give to the opposition something to get something. Well there are 120 guns for every 100 people so does a compromise include reducing the number of guns? Nope. How about making it harder to buy guns? Nope, too much of an inconenience to "law abiding citizens'. What is the gun culture as represented by the NRA and Ted Cruz willing to give?

Not a fucking thing.

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Don't let this die. [View all] AndyS May 2022 OP

It's always the same. BlueTsunami2018 May 2022 #1

Ya' know, I understand it's the Republicans who block reform AndyS May 2022 #2

Nope, it's the ultimate circular firing squad. Initech May 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire May 2022 #3

The massacre of school children is becoming routine. The outrage, after the initial shock, dims Chainfire May 2022 #4

Sad, but true...and the gun lobby survives and thrives on it...nt Wounded Bear May 2022 #5

Until Sandy Hook, some of us in CT could say "Oh, that can't happen here!" CTyankee May 2022 #6

We won't. But you can count on corporate media to let it die. nt ancianita May 2022 #7

The topic is fading from DU's first page of GD SYFROYH May 2022 #9

Do I detect a note of relief? Or perhaps glee? nt AndyS May 2022 #10

Quite the opposite. The discussion in GD always helps me better understand what we can do to... SYFROYH May 2022 #11

I'm sorry but such words carry little meaning. AndyS May 2022 #12

Well its true that we dont agree on gun bans or making shooting prohibitively expensive. SYFROYH May 2022 #13