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meadowlander

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3. Politicians get away with voting down gun control

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2017, 06:54 PM

Nov 2017

Because they know they can still be elected if they do. Opposing gun control needs to become such a repugnant position that they no longer think they can win an election if they do it. And the only way to do that is to change public opinion by showing the actual consequences.

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Something Thom Hartmann talked about yesterday: pictures of carnage. [View all] Ilsa Nov 2017 OP

Why Not Release The Pictures/Video? SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 #1

Wasn't the whole thing live on youtube? defacto7 Nov 2017 #6

Not Live SoCalMusicLover Nov 2017 #11

I have read that many of the Sandy riversedge Nov 2017 #2

Politicians get away with voting down gun control meadowlander Nov 2017 #3

A photo is worth a thousand words iamateacher Nov 2017 #4

Agreed. hurl Nov 2017 #8

A lot of it is on the web. You just have to know where. defacto7 Nov 2017 #10

I've never visited the dark web. Ilsa Nov 2017 #17

It's not worth it to hang around the dark net. defacto7 Nov 2017 #20

OMG, that's what I was afraid of. Ilsa Nov 2017 #21

I believe such pictures should be made public. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #5

I believe they should be made mandatory viewing for all members of Congress DFW Nov 2017 #9

I'm wondering if the church was broadcasting live Ilsa Nov 2017 #16

That is one video the NRA would probably pay millions NOT to have aired. n/t DFW Nov 2017 #18

Show it all. Face the reality of what we apparently believe is acceptable. Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #7

Show it. Film on nightly newscasts from the carnage during the Viet Nam War is what Liberal In Texas Nov 2017 #12

Photos and film changed public opinion about Vietnam. VOX Nov 2017 #13

I google the Lubys shooting and the first picture was of the dead lying in the restaurant nt maryellen99 Nov 2017 #14

Sadly, this should be done world wide wally Nov 2017 #15

Even If Pics Of The Carnage Of An Actual Mass Shooting Are Not Shown - Could A Simulation Be Done... global1 Nov 2017 #19