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Tobin S.

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1. A cultural shift is going to have to take place in America...

Reply to rsacamano (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2018, 12:54 PM

Mar 2018

...before anything really productive can be done on the gun issue. For now it's a political football, and enough Democrats in Congress are beholden to the gun lobby that seriously addressing the issue is impossible, even in the face of these heinous mass shootings.

You also have to take into account that a majority of Americans don't really want to get rid of guns.

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A cultural shift is going to have to take place in America... Tobin S. Mar 2018 #1

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Folks had to evacuate a nearby school because these Moonies were walking around with AR-15s. SunSeeker Mar 2018 #3