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In reply to the discussion: Oregon high school shooting: Gunman identified as freshman Jared Michael Padgett [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)And that his actions are the worst form of cowardice. See story of a veteran coming home because of these shootings:
That's It. I Am Coming Home. The NRA has made mass killings normal in this country. I'm coming home from years of serving my country overseas to help stop it.
This is too much. We have Tea Party political activists shooting cops from behind, in the head, then covering their dead bodies with the Tea Party Gadsden flag and shouting, The Revolution begins now!
No. I am coming home. I need to be there and be part of the solution. Moms Demand Action is getting some traction, but they can use the lean-in of a few U.S. Army Airborne Infantry Rangers. I am only sorry that I did not stand up to this threat to our nation before. I am sorry. I was busy.
I have been overseas in Afghanistan and in NATO nations for half a decade while the insanity of the National Rifle Association expanded and exploded, and the NRA became, essentially, the tool of death in the United States. They made mass killings normal...
A whole lot more at the link that is even stronger and well worth reading, IMO:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/i-am-coming-home#comments
to Liberal Loner:
LTC Bateman tired of NRA and senseless shootings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1262&pid=6738
Although I believe that we'd be better served by renewed commitment to public service to rebuild infrastructure and give those not yet brainwashed by the Teaterrorist, etc., some insight into positive solutions instead of destructive ones.