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rurallib

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30. I pulled off the road and started crying when I heard that

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 09:06 PM

Oct 2015

and then called my daughter and told her to give the grandson an extra hug.
My only hopeful thought out of that was that here now was an incident the cowards of congress couldn't ignore.
Even the evil incarnate NRA would have to change their tune after that.

I was oh so wrong and went back to my old philosophy that most people will do nothing until they are directly affected. So sadly I think Luckovich is probably on target.

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Luckovich - When Gun Legislation Will Happen [View all] groundloop Oct 2015 OP

Ok... NightWatcher Oct 2015 #1

We can only hope...And I'm kidding, of course. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #2

I wouldn't wish that on anyone..... groundloop Oct 2015 #3

Nor would I. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #6

The folks making sure NONE of us are safe because of too many guns, are very safe, I assure you. randys1 Oct 2015 #4

Might want to self-delete shenmue Oct 2015 #9

Don't want to get one of those nasty alerts.. erronis Oct 2015 #34

I remember the day Gabby Giffords was shot awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #36

I'm starting to think most of Congress is made up of holograms anyway. They're not human. nt valerief Oct 2015 #46

Gun control will happen before this horror. Agreeing with the cartoon's conclusion is defeatist! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #5

If shooting 20 6&7 year olds didn't do it, nothing will. NightWatcher Oct 2015 #7

^ This. Right here. forest444 Oct 2015 #14

I pulled off the road and started crying when I heard that rurallib Oct 2015 #30

I had grade school age grandchildren then awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #38

Poignant. And correct. slumcamper Oct 2015 #39

Or this KamaAina Oct 2015 #8

Heh... madinmaryland Oct 2015 #16

No, that would be more like this KamaAina Oct 2015 #44

If the gun homicide rate of white people equaled the gun homicide of black people Major Nikon Oct 2015 #10

Good point mainstreetonce Oct 2015 #11

The gun homicide and mass murder rate of white people by white people is the highest of all. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #17

The reason why you are not sure is because you didn't read and/or understand what I wrote Major Nikon Oct 2015 #22

Fred What are you talking about? StoneCarver Oct 2015 #24

So no wonder white-folk-led GOP and NRA want to do nothing about gun control, as you suggest. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #27

I have thought that for a long time. If black girls had more abortions than whites did LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #47

I wouldn't want to give anyone any ideas.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #12

And a woman passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #42

And even then it probably wouldn't happen - not with the GOP in charge. forest444 Oct 2015 #13

Yes, but .... left-of-center2012 Oct 2015 #15

the ultimate "good guy with a gun" wet dream groundloop Oct 2015 #25

Wouldn't last long rpannier Oct 2015 #18

Yup. Only when a repuke Congresscritter gets shot will we see gun safety laws meow2u3 Oct 2015 #19

Exactly. SoapBox Oct 2015 #20

Congress has been attacked in the past. former9thward Oct 2015 #21

Thank you Jim Beard Oct 2015 #32

And at the time it must have seemed extraordinary, isolated, surreal and not emblematic of an... Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2015 #43

Didn't that actually happen? I believe it was U.S. Senator John Tower who was pro gun Hoppy Oct 2015 #23

No, because it would be a 99.9% probability that it would be a right-winger picking off left-wingers Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #26

In 1954 it was left wingers shooting up the House. former9thward Oct 2015 #45

Great cartoon Gothmog Oct 2015 #28

When gun violence starts to impact the 1%... perdita9 Oct 2015 #29

I thought it would be a toon of hell freezing over. LuckyLib Oct 2015 #31

Or the heat death of the universe. SheilaT Oct 2015 #33

Yes, gun legislation will happen then if ... DrBulldog Oct 2015 #35

Has already happened Old Codger Oct 2015 #37

Luckovich can't draw flying pigs? jmowreader Oct 2015 #40

touche Iris Oct 2015 #41

Already has happened and still a reminder of the shooting packman Oct 2015 #48

I think the toon is wrong. For Gun Legislation to happen, NCjack Oct 2015 #49