Granny Danger Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 US politicians don’t want to talk about gun control immediately after such incidents. Then they don’t want to talk about it one month, six months or a year after. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Edited February 15, 2018 by dorlomin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 US politicians don’t want to talk about gun control immediately after such incidents. Then they don’t want to talk about it one month, six months or a year after. That’s because they’re afraid of getting shot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 42 minutes ago, dorlomin said: Quite right. If anything, the NRA lack ambition by only defending lunatics with assault rifles. If I want to mount a 5 inch naval gun on my lawn to shell undesirables, I should be allowed to. Anything else is creeping communism. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 "Our larger population means our problems are different. You can't compare anything. Sorry"Hell mend the c***s He followed it up with this:Surely all education on the subject of guns in America would suggest they need a fucking change in their current laws! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Someone called Bess Kalb has been quoting the donations from Pro Gun groups to senators who offer stuff like “thoughts and prayers” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The gun control lobby winning arguments with facts and reason is as impotent as Republicans thoughts and prayers They need to respect the way the American political system works raise a lot of money and buy more elected officials than their opponentsThe NRA May be dangerous, horrible, mad and evil but at least they’re willing to put their money where their mouth is 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 BBC reporter just tried to get an interview at the NRA headquarters. Was told to stop filming and move his car off the premises. Wonder how they’d have persuaded him to move if he’d refused? Also stinks to see the NRA flying their flags at half mast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 17 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: The gun control lobby winning arguments with facts and reason is as impotent as Republicans thoughts and prayers They need to respect the way the American political system works raise a lot of money and buy more elected officials than their opponents The NRA May be dangerous, horrible, mad and evil but at least they’re willing to put their money where their mouth is The NRA really don't spend that much bribing politicians, getting on their list of gun friendly candidates is what counts. Convincing American voters to back gun control would take a lot more than bribing candidates. Electric shock therapy probably. And a bit of patience for it to work, with so many guns in circulation it could take decades till gun deaths go down to non insane levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, throbber said: He followed it up with this: Surely all education on the subject of guns in America would suggest they need a fucking change in their current laws! His logic seems to be suggesting these school massacres are the result of peoples' guns going off by accident, or due to a lack of experience with them. What a bizarre argument. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The NRA really don't spend that much bribing politicians, getting on their list of gun friendly candidates is what counts. Convincing American voters to back gun control would take a lot more than bribing candidates. Electric shock therapy probably. And a bit of patience for it to work, with so many guns in circulation it could take decades till gun deaths go down to non insane levels. You may have taken my post slightly more seriously than I intended 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Short and to the point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Check out @ndrew_lawrence’s Tweet: So it turns out that they don't just do the normal things in US schools like fire drills, they also have "what to do if we get a headcase on a killing spree" drills. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 So I'm reading that apparantly giving teachers guns is the answer, so I guess we need to bring back Archie Bunker for commentary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 His logic seems to be suggesting these school massacres are the result of peoples' guns going off by accident, or due to a lack of experience with them. What a bizarre argument. There’s not a great deal to say about guns other than they are a deadly weapon and if you shout someone with one you will either kill them or cause a life changing injury to them.The rest of the statistics in America speak for themselves, there really isn’t any education on the subject that would lead anyone with any sense to support keeping them the way they are in the U.S but you see clearly how so many people there are brainwashed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 5 hours ago, peasy23 said: Check out @ndrew_lawrence’s Tweet: So it turns out that they don't just do the normal things in US schools like fire drills, they also have "what to do if we get a headcase on a killing spree" drills. That actually makes sense, as these incidents occur with depressing regularity. (Not every week, but it seems like it.) And it also maybe stops them from being sued if there is an attack at their school and they hadn't prepared for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 40 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: That actually makes sense, as these incidents occur with depressing regularity. (Not every week, but it seems like it.) And it also maybe stops them from being sued if there is an attack at their school and they hadn't prepared for it. It makes sense, but by the same token it also means that pupils who decide to go native know exactly where to look for everyone... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ross. said: It makes sense, but by the same token it also means that pupils who decide to go native know exactly where to look for everyone... I hadn't really thought that through, had I? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: I hadn't really thought that through, had I? It's mental no matter how you look at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I wonder what would happen if Trump and Congress decreed today that all guns were now illegal? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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