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RPM wrote:.
it wont be long before someone claims 'if only the elementary schoolers were armed'..
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Bloomberg-
With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After Tucson and Aurora and Oak Creek. And now we are hearing it again. For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns. Today, many of them were five-year olds. President Obama rightly sent his heartfelt condolences to the families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for ‘meaningful action’ is not enough. We need immediate action. We have heard all the rhetoric before. What we have not seen is leadership – not from the White House and not from Congress. That must end today. This is a national tragedy and it demands a national response. My deepest sympathies are with the families of all those affected, and my determination to stop this madness is stronger than ever.
Menino-
As a parent and grandparent, I am overcome with both grief and outrage by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. This unspeakable act of violence will forever imprint this day in our hearts and minds. My heart goes out to the families impacted by this senseless tragedy and the many others we have recently witnessed across the United States. As a Mayor who has witnessed too many lives forever altered by gun violence, it is my responsibility to fight for action. Today’s tragedy reminds us that now is the time for action. Innocent children will now never attend a prom, never play in a big game, never step foot on a college campus. Now is the time for a national policy on guns that takes the loopholes out of the laws, the automatic weapons out of our neighborhoods and the tragedies like today out of our future.
Juggernaut Nihilism wrote:People can't even wait for the bodies to get cold before trotting out their smug bullshit about gun control or the cost of mental health care or how we're hypocrites for not caring as much about Iraqi kids. genuflect off smug douchebags. This is exactly why I hate most people. Twenty kids. Unbelievable.
Saw people whining on Facebook about Obama's speech, saying he has a lot of nerve considering he orders the death of children every day. Can people please just genuflect off? His speech was very good, although no words do much good right now.
Mr. Perfect wrote:.
Berzer said no problem on Obamas, there is no gun control in the wings.
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Ahem... TWENTY KIDS ARE DEADMr. Perfect wrote:Croc, murders happening every moment across the world, Persia, KSA, China, Canada, Great Britain, Russia, Chicago, Detroit, Argentina etc.
Only some murders serve agenda of you know who, make the news, all other murders not cared for. This is not about caring for murder (very few people do), this about AGENDA.
Way more than 20 kids are dead Juggs. Way more.Juggernaut Nihilism wrote:Ahem... TWENTY KIDS ARE DEADMr. Perfect wrote:Croc, murders happening every moment across the world, Persia, KSA, China, Canada, Great Britain, Russia, Chicago, Detroit, Argentina etc.
Only some murders serve agenda of you know who, make the news, all other murders not cared for. This is not about caring for murder (very few people do), this about AGENDA.
Seeing that there are quite a lot of very violent people in the US, who can get hold of all the weapons they want, don't you think that controlling guns would be an adequate first step?...Juggernaut Nihilism wrote:People can't even wait for the bodies to get cold before trotting out their smug bullshit about gun control...
Don't you mean controlling people? Guns don't need control they are just objects. To control the access to them is to control people which is what you are asking for. There are a few stories circulating now that the gunman was either autistic or had Asperger's syndrome and also had a personality disorder. If he was sold weapons then he falsified his federal registration to acquire it which there are no safeguards to prevent someone from falsifying a federal document. There are no active controls from preventing someone with a psychiatric disorder the purchase of a firearm. I have both an autistic son and a daughter with Asperger's and I already got rid of all of my firearms years ago. We don't even have anything that looks like a gun in the house due to the limitations of the children to understand or be able to empathise with others. Allowing adults without a complete understanding of the consequences of firearms the ability to possess such weapons is unconscionableEndovelico wrote:Seeing that there are quite a lot of very violent people in the US, who can get hold of all the weapons they want, don't you think that controlling guns would be an adequate first step?...Juggernaut Nihilism wrote:People can't even wait for the bodies to get cold before trotting out their smug bullshit about gun control...
Mr. Perfect wrote:Knocking it out of the park Berzer! At least he has the right underpants.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... un-control
Menino-
As a parent and grandparent, I am overcome with both grief and outrage by the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. This unspeakable act of violence will forever imprint this day in our hearts and minds. My heart goes out to the families impacted by this senseless tragedy and the many others we have recently witnessed across the United States. As a Mayor who has witnessed too many lives forever altered by gun violence, it is my responsibility to fight for action. Today’s tragedy reminds us that now is the time for action. Innocent children will now never attend a prom, never play in a big game, never step foot on a college campus. Now is the time for a national policy on guns that takes the loopholes out of the laws, the automatic weapons out of our neighborhoods and the tragedies like today out of our future.