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LibDemAlways

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10. This is not a civilized country. It's become a

Reply to Photographer (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 05:08 PM

Dec 2015

goddamned shooting gallery and we're all ducks. Politicians in a civilized country use tax dollars for the benefit of the citizenry, providing healthcare, efficient mass transit, solid infrastructure, top notch education that leads to good jobs, etc. Our corrupt self-serving politicians consistently vote against everything that creates a civilzed society and waste our money on war toys. We might as well be in the stone age.

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How a civilized nation handled a mass shooting... [View all] Photographer Dec 2015 OP

That civilized country also has universal healthcare. valerief Dec 2015 #1

Huge +1! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #21

kick jpak Dec 2015 #2

K&R hedgehog Dec 2015 #3

"You aint takin muh guns", "this means war", "80% of americans have guns...", "Molon Labe" 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #4

Project much? TeddyR Dec 2015 #22

I think he's pretty spot on. Photographer Dec 2015 #36

Oz is a pretty sane place. hifiguy Dec 2015 #5

Good thing that we have an Amendment that prevents the government from "confiscating", I mean Waldorf Dec 2015 #6

There are workarounds and people are ready for them. Photographer Dec 2015 #8

How would a buyback work here? TeddyR Dec 2015 #25

Pay market value, which won't be much when they can't be transfered and are illegal. Hoyt Dec 2015 #27

Pretty sure that doesn't work under the TeddyR Dec 2015 #33

You see your investments in lethal weapons shrinking? Hoyt Dec 2015 #37

I think first we need to amend the second amendment passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #30

key word: Bipartisan maxsolomon Dec 2015 #7

Civilized people are able to identify a problem and want to fix it etherealtruth Dec 2015 #9

You hit a rather significant nail on the head here. Photographer Dec 2015 #13

This is not a civilized country. It's become a LibDemAlways Dec 2015 #10

and pants-pooping racism from people who get more scared the safer they are MisterP Dec 2015 #17

But...America must have its freedom! Freedom at all costs!!! AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #11

"In the wake of the tragedy, polls showed public support for these measures at upwards of 90 percent jmg257 Dec 2015 #12

I think polls would show a much higher level of support than yo imagine passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #31

America is a semi-civilized nation, not a civilized nation AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #14

The most important line in the article.... Captain Stern Dec 2015 #15

Hense... "civilized." n/t Photographer Dec 2015 #16

Good point TeddyR Dec 2015 #26

I think you're right. Captain Stern Dec 2015 #39

Hmmm a buy back? retrowire Dec 2015 #18

My niece living in Perth, Australia is safer....... mrmpa Dec 2015 #19

k and r. isn't it sad that all of us knew that the civilized nation was NOT the united states? niyad Dec 2015 #20

That's how they handled it....don't let this happen to us. ileus Dec 2015 #23

"Progressive on gunz" -- LMAO. Hoyt Dec 2015 #28

K & R SunSeeker Dec 2015 #24

Notice how this incident... deathrind Dec 2015 #29

K&R... spanone Dec 2015 #32

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"(Self-defense did not count.)" Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #35

Don't need a gun when you have Donk ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #38

Scotland did similar after Dunblane IcyPeas Dec 2015 #40