We thought the slaughter of a room full of kindergarteners would change things. It didn’t. There have been hundreds of school shootings since then. Cry for the children that have practiced years of active shooter drills…. for nothing.
Those kids should be applying for college, getting jobs, and maybe starting their first real relationships that might have led to children of their own. But now, none of that can ever happen. Entire futures were stolen. And our government has done nothing to stop it from happening again.
It is all ways good to talk about guns or how to reduce gun violence.the problem is as soon you bring it up all the wackos think people are trying to take them away. I'm a gun owner and yes it is time.
Hard ask considering Trump is literally the kind of authoritarian nut job that republicans have told us for decades we needed the second amendment to protect us from. I think we ought to keep the guns a minute longer eh?
Republicans want more guns Guns at school, church, market, work. I was shot by a stalker & stopped the hollow point from entering my skull I’ve been in crossfire between Gang members & police I requested gun control in 1994 (30 years ago) Forget it! Shoot me Elected Officials It’s what you want.
The right wingers whole premise is that Gun ownership is to protect yourself against a tyrannical government coming to your home and infringing your rights.
That will never happen, so let's just forget about it and become Gun-Free like Canada and England.
Nah. It’s only kids that are dying. We can replace them. What we can’t replace is the false sense of masculinity that comes from stockpiling firearms for absolutely no reason that would be lost if we were to introduce any measures of gun control.
It was time 4,382 days ago. If you don’t want to become a victim of gun violence, moving to a country where leadership has common sense and a moral compass may be necessary.
Driver's license applicants in MA need to be at least 16.5 and, if under 18, need to take drivers' ed classes (also helpful for under 25 getting insurance). Cars can be deadly, but so are guns. Making sure people know how to use them is the least a state can do. I wish gunowners needed insurance.
Theyre nuts. My ex moved to "around Boston" with my 2 oldest boys. People up there tend to be frickin' Red Sox fans. Those clowns stard a fight in the Bronx.
Massachusetts demonstrates what Pro Life looks like. Common sense gun laws that are enforceable and don’t infringe on anyone’s rights. This should be the model for our entire country. Why isn’t it? Where is the common sense and decency of our country?
Thinking of all the innocent lives lost💔
nice...just looked it up. Glad to know common-sense isn't completely gone.
As an owner of many guns (none were designed to kill humans quickly and efficiently) I'm glad to see this.
Still not sure how the NRA allows this but....yeah, cool.
To be clear these laws are not new. The mere possession of a firearm without a license is going to buy the possessor a minimum 18 months in jail. In theory (and close to in practice) no exceptions.
Maybe if they took the power the nra has over the government in the USA. There might be a small chance of the us government doing something to protect its people. But that's not goanna happen anything soon.
Its time too end the idea,that a gun can be left open,in the house for children too pick up and use on other children.
Parents need to be jailed also,for allowing here son to use a gun he is not licenced too use.
Reform the election contribution laws. Prevent the NRA and other related special interest groups from buying (donating to) candidates. Once that ability to influence is diminished you might have a chance to get the votes you need to enact meaningful changes to gun ownership laws
Can we wait until after we use them for the revolution that I kinda see coming….? I’ve been predicting these things like a short-term Nostradamus by the way… since I was 15 or so… I’m 38… 😬
MAGAs will never give up their guns- which makes it probably a bad idea for Dems to give up theirs. For now anyway. I would encourage the opposite- get one or two if you don't have one already, get trained in its use and lock it up. Remember how you felt at the beginning of COVID?
Not sure what you mean by Repubs are "lazy". As for fear of responsibility, you'll find that conservatives take responsibility quite seriously. It's baked into being a conservative.
LOL child, no. Avoiding responsibility and blaming everyone else for the problems you all cause is baked in being a conservative. You suffer from delusions of grandeur and you all are the laziest demographic. You cry over anything that is a minor inconvenience and people just existing.
Awe I used too many big words for you. Whenever a conservative cries about "word salad" it's because they have the vocabulary level of a 2nd grade dropout. No wonder you can't hold down a real job and you submit to a male who exploits you.
Yep and how long since Columbine, and all others in between? Not just schools, churches, synagogues, malls, hospitals, concerts, streets, and everywhere else. But never at gun show. You’re not allowed to bring gun to gun show.
Mr.Weinstein you are completely right it should have been talked about many years ago, however, with traitor king Donny coming into office there is zero chance that will even be on the table.
True story:
I’m at work the day of the shooting. I gathered with my co-workers in the break room to watch the televised accounts of the massacre.
My co-workers were upset. They were discussing as one put it, “Great, now they’re gonna come for our guns.”
What do I think of every anniversary?
This 😔
That doesn't surprise me at all. Remember Y2K and people spent 100's of dollars in groceries, I worked in retail and would ask what they would do if they lost power. What would they with all the meat and their new freezers? Use their guns to protect their homes. I bought an extra gallon of milk.
It’s been 10 days since United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot so I’d say… nah let’s see if this is things trending the right direction naturally.
Yep, including illegal ones. As a Canadian, I was super irritated with Trump complaining about border security with Canada...when the US is a major source of illegal weapons be moved into Canada.
I really hoped gun control would have happen. Sadly no...But a CEO gets gunned down and thats a big deal. It is but just think...if gun control legislation was passed then, maybe he would still be here.
Wrong. All it would take is 2/3 of both Houses of Congress or 2/3 of states to propose a Constitutional Amendment that - like the 21st Amendment repealing the 18th (Prohibition) Amendment - could repeal or adjust the 2nd Amendment. Also, you ignore the "Well-Regulated Militia" part.
More to the point, cars & trucks, unlike guns:
1. Have uses other than harming & killing people. You can't carry your groceries home in a gun the way you can in a car.
2. When used safely AND AS INTENDED, vehicles never harm or kill anyone.
Sorry. Instead of talking about hundreds of kids killed in school by guns, we can only talk about that one trans-girl in the whole state who wants to play a school sport.
They are too busy now talking about a millionaire CEO, who was murdered. They don’t have time to discuss saving children and stopping them from being gunned down in school.
Store them unloaded and safely locked where only you or another trusted adult can access them.
Keep up routine maintenance and training to include trips to the range. Make sure everyone in your household is familiar with and comfortable operating any weapon they may need to use. Stock ammo.
/lib
Safety requirements are a good thing but let’s not be empowering insurance companies here. The last thing we need is to give corporations more power to screw us and control our lives.
Idk about insurance. That could get a little into the weeds. But I agree. I have a few guns. I have no intention on selling them. And they are kept safely
Why? Is it the whole "the deep state will track people with guns" thing?
If you buy a gun, and something bad happens with it, you should be liable for it. Hands down no argument. Insurance should pay out the $million+ lawsuits most gun-toting morons can't pay out.
I am from Connecticut and I will never forget that day 12 years ago. And I will also never forget that the government did nothing to prevent it from happening again.
My son's friend just bought a Glock, has no idea how to use it, load it, clean it or keep it safe from his kids. Why can't legislators agree there should be at least some requirement to demonstrate a minimal knowledge of safety procedures for such a dangerous weapon?
Sadly as long as the majority of victims are not the wealthy & elite it won't change...the GOP love their NRA money lining their pockets....not advocating murder, just stating a fact... they're not the targets, nor are their donors, so they don't really care.
It seems that it's never the right time. They just offer thoughts and prayers and move on to the next school shooting. No discussion no compromise no change.
It’s time to talk about the people behind them more like it…. It’s the mentally ill and deranged kids and adults that commit the crime… a gun is just a tool just like a sword… it’s Time we talk about knives and swords?
A sword can't fire bullets faster than the speed of sound (designed to bounce around the body and do as much damage as possible) one after the other in rapid succession.
You would be in favor of strict background checks then, to determine if someone is too mentally ill to have such a weapon?
Making some big assumptions there, buddy. I don't oppose gun ownership, but comparing them to other things that can't massacre a classroom in such a short time is just ludicrous.
I've fired one, not that it's relevant to this argument. Background checks must be thorough enough so that violent offenders can't have them. And why are you bringing up trans people, who are irrelevant to this issue? Are they just always on your mind?
Only when a CEO or billionaire gets shot at, repugnicans want children born that doesn't give them the right to live. Our children and grandchildren will die of gunshots, polio, smallpox, tuberculosis, and many preventable diseases because of repugnicans.
Our most precious Children Don't Ever come On Gop members Who R bought & paid 4 Gun manufacturers,Gun lobbyists, & NRA! STOP Selling WEAPONS of War & Automatic weapons! Protect our Treasures OUR CHILDREN NOW!
I will never forget the comment from a gun nut about Sandy Hook. To paraphrase, this idiot stated his “right” to own a gun superseded the right of children to be safe. If Sandy Hook wasn’t the tipping point, there never will be one.
It is…but all the left do is talk. Actions speaks louder than empty talk. We have a criminal incoming POTUS…consequences of no Justice. But go ahead, keep talking about it.
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That’s to be expected when there are more guns in this country than there are citizens.
The US has an estimated 393 million firearms in civilian possession.
Horrible. To think. Zero has been done.
That will never happen, so let's just forget about it and become Gun-Free like Canada and England.
On second thought, let's keep our guns!
It’s a great & SENSIBLE state.
New Englanders are practical people.
Theyre wicked ceazy!
Thinking of all the innocent lives lost💔
As an owner of many guns (none were designed to kill humans quickly and efficiently) I'm glad to see this.
Still not sure how the NRA allows this but....yeah, cool.
Parents need to be jailed also,for allowing here son to use a gun he is not licenced too use.
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I’m at work the day of the shooting. I gathered with my co-workers in the break room to watch the televised accounts of the massacre.
My co-workers were upset. They were discussing as one put it, “Great, now they’re gonna come for our guns.”
What do I think of every anniversary?
This 😔
And yes, they are.
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dude, people on this app are insane
1. Have uses other than harming & killing people. You can't carry your groceries home in a gun the way you can in a car.
2. When used safely AND AS INTENDED, vehicles never harm or kill anyone.
(Sarcasm)
They're too busy to notice that while doing this, two school children were shot in another school shooting.
It's okay. I noticed.
May the memories of these dear children be blessings for all and shine light in the darkness.
#USToo we need to stand up as a united force for all our children.
- Clear definitions of what you want
- Good faith arguments
Keep up routine maintenance and training to include trips to the range. Make sure everyone in your household is familiar with and comfortable operating any weapon they may need to use. Stock ammo.
/lib
You do it to operate a vehicle in the States. Make it a requirement for guns.
Or enroll in a "well regulated" militia, that is registered with the fed or State.
Pray to God. But row away from the rocks.
Fuck.
If you buy a gun, and something bad happens with it, you should be liable for it. Hands down no argument. Insurance should pay out the $million+ lawsuits most gun-toting morons can't pay out.
But if BSky is a "liberal echo chamber?"
Holy fuck I spend more time muting and blocking accounts here than I do finding interesting and genuine people to follow.
Is there a way to see a list of accounts you've blocked?
You would be in favor of strict background checks then, to determine if someone is too mentally ill to have such a weapon?
You must of been raised to be afraid of guns and to be scared of them and not respect them… probably have never fired one or even own any
There’s already background checks
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