Kinda cringed. Emotions are running high, gun control advocates are spoiling for a fight, and gun rights advocates are keeping their heads down. NBC's Meet the Press producers claim that 31 "pro-gun" Senators (i.e, known NRA whores) declined to appear this morning, and only the gun-control side was heard from.
This is a difficult time for a lot of people. Those of us who believe something more ought to be done find the opposite side hard to fathom. There's this bitter thought lurking just beneath the surface: "what kind of monster would be opposed to gun control, after something like this???". I visited the Bushmaster Web site and felt like I was viewing porn...and by my standards, I was. Violence porn.
That's the sort of things going through my head right now, and I guess alcaray was feeling something similar. It's tougher than ever to stay calm, but we really need to try.
Rewind: What do you think can be done about gun violence?
Current Events » in reply to Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
I noticed that
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- 250 years of school shootings
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?
- If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t
- I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- I noticed that
- The pornography analogy is apt.
- and
- "I’m sure you can guess where I think gun violence comes from."
- Please proceed.
- Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- Citizens are citizens.
- Gangs of New York
- See? Thread's already dead.
- Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t
- Please proceed.
- Maybe the problem is the underlying premise that something can always be "done."
- Cooler heads.
- The pornography analogy is apt.
- And yet, you did.
- I noticed that
- Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t
- I'm not suggesting any such thing.
- If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals?