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In reply to the discussion: FUCK THE NRA. [View all]calimary
(90,100 posts)Can you imagine the carnage if some swaggering gun nut adult was in there, packing heat, and deciding to play hero and "take out" the gunman with his evidently superior firepower, amid all the panic and screaming terrified children and pandemonium everywhere? Instead of 18 children dead we'd likely have 180 dead.
The "sanctity" of that stupid fucking 2nd amendment ALSO includes the language: "WELL-REGULATED MILITIA." Hear that, gun nuts? "WELL-REGULATED." That means GOVERNMENT. That means LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS. If more of those had been in effect and maybe that gunman hadn't been so easily able to get access to guns, maybe all those dead would still be alive - and excited about celebrating Christmas in less than two weeks.
This is just AWFUL. THIS is what our precious wonderful (
) Second Amendment gets us. What could we do to limit or dismantle some of the power the NRA has? I think that's what needs to happen at this point.
I forgot... HOW MANY mass shootings have we had - JUST THIS WEEK?????