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RKP5637

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4. The US is a nation of professional mourners. Everyone yells when events happen, the pot gets

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Oct 24, 2017, 10:03 AM

Oct 2017

stirred and then everything settles down again until the next one. It's pathetic. It's the same pattern, and we have in many cases useless politicians with their hands out for money.

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I Guess Massacres Now OK. No Change In Gun Attitudes Per Poll? [View all] TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 OP

See, what's his name thought he would be infamous forever... angstlessk Oct 2017 #1

We Just Had A Shooting Near CSU In Fort Collins. Two Young People Were Killed. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 #3

We live in a violent society. Can be targeted any time, any place. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #2

The US is a nation of professional mourners. Everyone yells when events happen, the pot gets RKP5637 Oct 2017 #4

Many Of The Wounded Will Live With Terrible Disabilities Needing 24/7 Care. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 #6

An AR-15 is obviously more important than the lives of 20 first graders crazycatlady Oct 2017 #5

Or 9 people in a church. Or 15 in a movie theater. Or 50 at a nightclub. Initech Oct 2017 #8

The important thing is that no "gun rights" were harmed in the aftermath Orrex Oct 2017 #7

The US is a mentally disturbed country! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #9

Which poll? nt sarisataka Oct 2017 #10

Ironically, it was the first Assault Weapons Ban that helped propel the popularity of the AR rifle aikoaiko Oct 2017 #11