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PassingFair

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10. I was in Australia. I had, in fact, just returned to the mainland after visiting Tasmania....

Reply to Rocknrule (Original post)

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 12:44 PM

Dec 2014

the site of Australia's most infamous gun crime scene.

My cousins, who live in Melbourne, were agog at the news.
"Surely" they said, "This will bring about anti-gun laws in the US now."

I told them that it would blow over in less than a month, and that no
new legislation would follow.

I hate being right.

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Where were you two years ago today when you heard about Sandy Hook? [View all] Rocknrule Dec 2014 OP

At my house about 18 miles away from Sandy Hook bigwillq Dec 2014 #1

You and I are practically neighbors, then. I'm about seven miles from the school. MANative Dec 2014 #4

I live in the Naugatuck Valley. bigwillq Dec 2014 #5

I was in my car marym625 Dec 2014 #2

I was driving back home from the mall in Northern Connecticut when the local NPR station Mass Dec 2014 #3

On the 7 LiberalElite Dec 2014 #6

I don't actually remember, probably traveling or working. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #7

It was instant news, like the Columbine massacre....taking my kids to school....now even more guns. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #8

In the chair waiting for the dentist loyalsister Dec 2014 #9

I was in Australia. I had, in fact, just returned to the mainland after visiting Tasmania.... PassingFair Dec 2014 #10

Sitting in my classroom while my 3rd graders were at PE ... 11 Bravo Dec 2014 #11