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struggle4progress

(125,785 posts) Sun Jun 12, 2016, 10:04 PM Jun 2016

What makes America great is that every maladjusted loser can get guns! [View all]

Things not going well? Why not grab a gun and kill a bunch of folk in a supermarket parking lot?

Things not going well? Why not grab a gun and kill a bunch of elementary school kids?

Things not going well? Why not grab a gun and kill a bunch of movie-goers?

Things not going well? Why not grab a gun and kill a bunch of folk at a bar?

America! Where waking up to yet another story about innocent people being shot is a constitutional right!

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What makes America great is that every maladjusted loser can get guns! [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2016 OP

A way to feel powerful, as one mass shooter put it. Hoyt Jun 2016 #1

But try to get that person guaranteed healthcare and things to actually boost their psyche... ck4829 Jun 2016 #2

Blaming guns is simplistic, and useless.... jack_krass Jun 2016 #3

killing 50 people is much easier with guns than with marshmallows nt msongs Jun 2016 #4

But, sadly, people sometimes find other ways... PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #7

Much easier with a gun. Stand off; point; shoot. longship Jun 2016 #11

why worry? the only tangible result from this is a small bump in Bushmaster's private stock MisterP Jun 2016 #13

Religious radicals have not targeted America only Albertoo Jun 2016 #5

You're mistaken to attack religion for actions of individuals. "Religious terrorism" is oxymoronic. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #10

Your post is an old misconception: ideologies can be dangerous, religions included Albertoo Jun 2016 #14

You do realize most of mass shooters got the gun legally???? Logical Jun 2016 #6

I think that's kind of the point. n/t Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #8

You can't blame people for going nuts in our society, chemicals & all, lead in the water, etc., but L. Coyote Jun 2016 #9

America! Where I've feared for the life of our President; I fear for the life of our next President. NBachers Jun 2016 #12