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CincyDem

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70. It's about the "tipping point".

Thu May 29, 2014, 05:41 PM

May 2014

I hope his loss can become the catalytic event the pushes us over the tipping point toward sanity on the "right to life". And I use that term purposeful...why is it that we're more concerned with the right to life of an unborn but we seem to have to commitment to a right to life for Christopher. At what point that the right to carry a gun trump the right to life.

Instead of sitting on the couch for the Dateline interview and trying to stoic - his raw emotion is so powerful.

Please please let this be the tipping point.

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Yes, he's seen what happened to parents from Columbine to Newcastle who speak out against guns, what hlthe2b May 2014 #1

His raw emotions are formidable. They are real and I respect that. aikoaiko May 2014 #2

"Not one more" is a worthy goal, "doing something" has never been done, so the goal is just fine. Fred Sanders May 2014 #4

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Keep telling yourself that. HangOnKids May 2014 #9

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Good Luck To You HangOnKids May 2014 #14

Well, that was a short billh58 May 2014 #73

Welcome back. billh58 May 2014 #31

close Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #65

Really? flamin lib May 2014 #8

Most of the victims or family of victims are dropping off. aikoaiko May 2014 #16

First they ignore you, then they make fun of you, then they attack you and then you win. Ghandi flamin lib May 2014 #20

Gandhi was right about that working -- sometimes. aikoaiko May 2014 #24

I hope you have sweet dreams about that $75 million HangOnKids May 2014 #27

Since when is being paid SwankyXomb May 2014 #38

Is this a rhetorical question? aikoaiko May 2014 #41

NRA money in politics is thwarting the will of most Americans who poll overwhelmingly CTyankee May 2014 #49

I think the pendulum can swing again, but I don't the pendulum will find equililbrium aikoaiko May 2014 #51

political systems that don't respond to the will of the people have historically bad outcomes CTyankee May 2014 #56

Yes, but gun control doesn't seem that important to the majority aikoaiko May 2014 #60

We just haven't outnumbered them in Congress yet, due to the NRA money CTyankee May 2014 #66

+100 billh58 May 2014 #74

And while we are at it, why is it OK for Congress to prevent a government study of the issue? CTyankee May 2014 #89

Similar to the ALEC-backed push to hide what's in fracking fluid klook May 2014 #91

Really? flamin lib May 2014 #42

If that is meaningful action to you, then I'm happy for you. aikoaiko May 2014 #43

No, you said they all went away and that is wishful thinking bullshit. nt flamin lib May 2014 #44

I said they were "dropping off" aikoaiko May 2014 #45

Leave no nit un picked! nt flamin lib May 2014 #50

The Congress has stood in the way of the will of the people on gun control. CTyankee May 2014 #55

What you don't seem to understand... tosh May 2014 #94

I've heard this type of argument before aikoaiko May 2014 #97

I Agree nt Crabby Appleton May 2014 #87

A righteous man with a righteous cause and a firm grasp on politicial realities IS a great force. Fred Sanders May 2014 #3

Beautifully stated. blue neen May 2014 #76

The problem he will run into is that half the people in this massacre were killed by a blade JJChambers May 2014 #6

And how many were injured with a gun? nt flamin lib May 2014 #10

Please take it to another site HangOnKids May 2014 #11

We have a couple here right now .... they will get bored and go away etherealtruth May 2014 #21

I think he will not stay long! nt Logical May 2014 #37

It makes JJ uncomfortable, so we need to change the subject. Hekate May 2014 #30

Drop that BS, no sane gun owner says a knife is as easy to mass murder..... Logical May 2014 #33

I wish we could ban gun apologists. nt valerief May 2014 #40

I find "ignore" very satisfying northoftheborder May 2014 #62

I do, too. However, every year or so I clear out all my Ignores, so now I have to valerief May 2014 #72

Which tells us how easily, and quickly, he was able to double his "kill total" villager May 2014 #53

The politicians will screw it up hack89 May 2014 #7

The legislation after Sandy Hook was filibustered by flamin lib May 2014 #13

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There was no filibuster. Harry Reid agreed to a 60 vote threshold for each measure hack89 May 2014 #17

we can see it in our little microcosm (DU) etherealtruth May 2014 #18

"My son is dead. Brigid May 2014 #19

the NRA already laid into Malala Yousafzai and Gabby Giffords MisterP May 2014 #22

Probably should quit making movies glorifying teen murder like Hunger Games too. n/t jtuck004 May 2014 #23

What? mac56 May 2014 #26

Damn right I'm serious. Our culture is broken. We learn our culture partly from the stories we are jtuck004 May 2014 #29

Violence can be found in PG movies, LadyHawkAZ May 2014 #47

Oh, absolutely. And the media is a show, a circus. We should all know better than jtuck004 May 2014 #82

Really? mac56 May 2014 #48

We do not have "unrestricted access to weapons". former9thward May 2014 #64

Did anything restrict the asshole in Santa Barbara from getting his hands on guns and ammo? mac56 May 2014 #68

What law do you propose that would have stopped him? former9thward May 2014 #69

No way, chum. Not going there. mac56 May 2014 #71

They can't Duckhunter935 May 2014 #77

Nice story. Do you write fiction for a living? Notice that the character starts as a "psychopath". jtuck004 May 2014 #80

Sad that you won't be reading me or replying anymore. mac56 May 2014 #88

FFS, see the 1976 Logan's Run plot. And I shot dozens of my friends.... Logical May 2014 #34

You deep thinker you. n/t jtuck004 May 2014 #36

You got nothing, I understand! nt Logical May 2014 #39

You know, and I say this because I care, there are many brands of decaffeinated coffee jtuck004 May 2014 #83

Ahhhhh.......nap time? nt Logical May 2014 #85

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I wish this man's defiance would make a difference..... Swede Atlanta May 2014 #25

It tears my soul get the red out May 2014 #28

By the same logic, should I give up drinking because of deaths from DUI Travis_0004 May 2014 #84

God bless and God speed, sir Hekate May 2014 #32

I predict nothing will change!!! nt Logical May 2014 #35

But the other side has Joe the Plumber jmondine May 2014 #46

It's always been sickening how the fetishists, even here, claim empathy for victims "politicizes" villager May 2014 #52

I love the guy BeyondGeography May 2014 #54

As usual... Helen Borg May 2014 #57

I think the NRA is quite frightened by the history of MADD. They Should be. dballance May 2014 #58

and still tens of thousands die every year Duckhunter935 May 2014 #78

The difference is that the approach to reduce drunk driving blueridge3210 May 2014 #79

Gun registration & background checks are hardly analogous klook May 2014 #92

No, but attempting to address flash suppressors, magazine capacity, barrel shrouds blueridge3210 May 2014 #93

Agreed - for the most part. klook May 2014 #95

Real solutions should be the goal. blueridge3210 May 2014 #96

You're missing the big difference. aikoaiko May 2014 #98

nothing will come of it jollyreaper2112 May 2014 #59

I hope that is true, his words hit me, they were gut wrenching. Horrific club he now belongs too. Jefferson23 May 2014 #61

Nothing will come of it. sellitman May 2014 #63

It's about the "tipping point". CincyDem May 2014 #70

I got one freaking word for those who claim "politics disrepects victims" Cha May 2014 #75

Nothing will change. Mz Pip May 2014 #81

Richard Martinez is making a difference LeftFieldMom May 2014 #86

The NRA can't handle defense perdita9 May 2014 #90