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Honeycombe8

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13. There was nat'l coverage and people were horrified. But no Repubs on TV talking about gun control...

Reply to cali (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:04 PM

Dec 2012

no official statements by Democrats and Republicans alike agreeing that something has to be done, like banning big mags or assault weapons. No coverage of the funerals.

This time, gun control will be passed. There was no gun control passed after the 2006 incident.

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Why was there no similar outrage for the Amish school mass murder in 2006? [View all] Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 OP

There was. elleng Dec 2012 #1

It was during the Bush years. intheflow Dec 2012 #2

Are you kidding? There was both enormous coverage and outrage cali Dec 2012 #3

VA Tech was worse than this one. And nothing changed. Why?? Only children matter I guess. Logical Dec 2012 #7

There was outrage, but not as much coverage. But that makes sense, pnwmom Dec 2012 #11

There was nat'l coverage and people were horrified. But no Repubs on TV talking about gun control... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #13

Oh God I remember that... one_voice Dec 2012 #4

It was horrible and an outrage. bigendian Dec 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #6

+1 proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #18

baloney H2O Man Dec 2012 #8

The Amish wanted no publicity. People were respecting their wishes. n/t pnwmom Dec 2012 #9

One may not be worse than the other, but the nation requires a tipping-point rustydog Dec 2012 #10

I was just as outraged by the Amish school shooting as I am this most recent one. GObamaGO Dec 2012 #12

Because their extraordinary forgiveness and embrace of the shooter's family became the story. rug Dec 2012 #14

Good point derby378 Dec 2012 #15

The way that Amish community responded, I thought, should have made them "Person of the Year" underpants Dec 2012 #16

AMish school shooting DID get Huge coverage, but the AMish don't go on TV and do interviews JI7 Dec 2012 #17