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LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
23. It's fun to pretend that change cannot happen
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 04:13 PM
Feb 2018

It's fun to pretend that change cannot happen, and trivialize anyone who disagrees with that false premise as requiring "luck."

No doubt, many weak-willed abolitionists thought the same thing, regardless of luck or who who want to see at a mass shooting.

I'm far from the only one who wouldn't mind real gun control, but we should take... TreasonousBastard Feb 2018 #1
Background check and get your license to purchase ammo at the same time. moriah Feb 2018 #17
We need more than that. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #2
Everything has to start somewhere. ehrnst Feb 2018 #7
That's why my money is on these kids. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #10
And you think it won't happen. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #11
It's difficult to be optimistic. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2018 #12
It didn't happen after Sandy Hook. It's never going to happen. briv1016 Feb 2018 #3
It didn't happen before, so there is no way it can happen now? ehrnst Feb 2018 #8
If they did nothing when Elementary School children where slaughtered, briv1016 Feb 2018 #9
Like the song says: "we shall not overcome, because we failed the last time..." ehrnst Feb 2018 #14
Good luck with that. See you after the next shooting. briv1016 Feb 2018 #18
I guess you just give up, and lay down after every shooting? ehrnst Feb 2018 #19
It's fun to pretend that change cannot happen LanternWaste Feb 2018 #23
Wow wow wow. I said "after" the next shooting, not "at." briv1016 Feb 2018 #32
It will happen when the Republicans lose enough seats for it to pass. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2018 #13
The AWB was the show stopper post Sandy Hook hack89 Feb 2018 #31
The only bills that have a chance of passing are for armed security guards briv1016 Feb 2018 #33
Won't be for armed teachers. Igel Feb 2018 #34
At first they'll pass bills to "allow" teachers to carry guns. briv1016 Feb 2018 #36
We have the right to free speech, but if you want to organize a demonstration down Sophia4 Feb 2018 #4
*sigh* Yes, you CAN yell fire in a crowded theater. Stop using that example, please. X_Digger Feb 2018 #15
Aren't pretty much all guns designed to kill humans? pangaia Feb 2018 #16
Essentially, yes. If not directly, they are derived from one that was. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #22
The Chinese definitely knew what they were doing. pangaia Feb 2018 #26
I'm acutally not familiar with the history of the biathlon. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #27
THAT is interesting, for sure.... pangaia Feb 2018 #28
Not bad. Igel Feb 2018 #35
Couple problems here. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #21
Agreed pandr32 Feb 2018 #5
Yes, definitely, but more is needed. lark Feb 2018 #6
Last I could find on the topic, Igel Feb 2018 #37
As a gun enthusiast, owner, carrier, etc. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #20
"crumbs from the table of the NRA".... Hulk Feb 2018 #24
The NRA hates background checks. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #25
BS is right...remove assault weapons from the public domain - they are trying asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #29
Id like to see something that would have stopped this shooting OU65802 Feb 2018 #30
One can solve this problem. Igel Feb 2018 #38
A more extensive background check that revealed recent mental health exams maybe? mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #39
I like it OU65802 Feb 2018 #41
About background checks DeminPennswoods Feb 2018 #40
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