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Post by Nanocrystal on May 27, 2022 23:10:55 GMT
Why even address school shootings at an NRA conference? I thought there was no link to guns?
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Post by cubby on May 27, 2022 23:28:13 GMT
Can we cover our children in bulletproof paint?
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Post by Danno on May 27, 2022 23:30:41 GMT
Can we cover our children in bulletproof paint? Can I interest you in something lead based. Lead repels lead as we all know. Just dip your tyke in this and oui-la! No more bullets, just glorious art. |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2022 23:32:42 GMT
Just wait for the FW 22-23 Gap Kids bulletproof vests line.
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Post by Blue_Mike on May 28, 2022 0:40:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 0:44:56 GMT
I fuckin' hate this country, man.
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Post by jono62 on May 28, 2022 7:18:29 GMT
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Post by cubby on May 28, 2022 7:22:03 GMT
There you go, the argument is now dead, just like all those kids.
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Post by Sarfrin on May 28, 2022 7:51:26 GMT
"Mr Hazelett said it is not yet clear how Butler obtained the weapon" in a country where anyone can walk into a supermarket and buy a gun.
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Post by nazo on May 28, 2022 8:10:23 GMT
An ED-209 in every school should sort it.
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Post by Lukus on May 28, 2022 9:23:13 GMT
But if that ED goes rogue? More EDs! More guns!
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Post by Fake_Blood on May 28, 2022 9:26:02 GMT
Bulletproof stairs!
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Post by geefe on May 28, 2022 9:26:17 GMT
It was on the news again this morning and I realised I stopped listening out of apathy. Nothing will get done, so why keep reporting with faux outrage?
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Post by dogbot on May 28, 2022 9:29:06 GMT
"Mr Hazelett said it is not yet clear how Butler obtained the weapon" in a country where anyone can walk into a supermarket and buy a gun. "Who needs background checks? We can't restrict the rights of good citizens just because a person with a known history of regular violence and anti social behaviour might get a battfield-worthy weapon system!" Etc. The whole "good guy with a gun" argument also completely fails to take into account what it does to a person to take a life. |
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Post by Lukus on May 28, 2022 9:54:56 GMT
"Mr Hazelett said it is not yet clear how Butler obtained the weapon" in a country where anyone can walk into a supermarket and buy a gun. "Who needs background checks? We can't restrict the rights of good citizens just because a person with a known history of regular violence and anti social behaviour might get a battfield-worthy weapon system!" Etc. The whole "good guy with a gun" argument also completely fails to take into account what it does to a person to take a life. According to the NRA website FAQs it "makes your dick at least twice as big". |
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Post by Fake_Blood on May 28, 2022 9:59:53 GMT
Not to mention at least a couple kids that bring a pellet gun to school are going to get shot by a trigger happy security guard. It’s awful to say it, but the only thing that is going to change enough minds is if they’d have a bunch of copycats in short succession. The position of guns are alright in the right hands needs to become indefensible.
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Post by dogbot on May 28, 2022 10:05:21 GMT
"Who needs background checks? We can't restrict the rights of good citizens just because a person with a known history of regular violence and anti social behaviour might get a battfield-worthy weapon system!" Etc. The whole "good guy with a gun" argument also completely fails to take into account what it does to a person to take a life. According to the NRA website FAQs it "makes your dick at least twice as big". In their case, you need to have one, first. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 28, 2022 10:09:11 GMT
The only thing that can stop a bad 13 year old with a gun is a good 13 year old with a gun
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Post by Lukus on May 28, 2022 10:09:32 GMT
It does seem mental how little they're prepared to budge. No one is saying get rid of all gun ownership rights, just maybe make it a little harder for anyone old lunatic to get one immediately.
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Post by jono62 on May 28, 2022 10:20:34 GMT
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Post by geefe on May 28, 2022 10:21:08 GMT
I've got a mate who moved to LA. I still don't know why he did that.
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Post by nazo on May 28, 2022 10:50:50 GMT
Is he a fan of Love Actually?
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Post by jimnastics on May 28, 2022 11:32:25 GMT
I've got a mate who moved to LA. I still don't know why he did that.
A cousin of mine moved to Virginia in his early 20s, he was working at Virginia Tech when 32 people were gunned down in 2007. He's still living there now, raising a young family... if that wasn't enough to bail, I don't know what is. He has developed a weird American twang to his accent though (he was a bog standard Brit when he left these shores), so I think perhaps he's a lost cause.
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Post by Chopsen on May 28, 2022 11:41:34 GMT
I guess you can normalise anything.
I was thinking to myself today if school teachers now need to view gun violence as an occupational hazard. Do they need/do training and drills for example?
Workplaces do fire drills all the time.
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Post by cubby on May 28, 2022 11:42:41 GMT
Active shooter drills are common place in American schools now.
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Post by Chopsen on May 28, 2022 11:44:58 GMT
Jesus. What a fucking dumpster fire of a country.
You couldn't pay me enough to be a teacher in the UK, let alone if you add the recognised risk of "responding to an active fire fight" to my list of stat man training.
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Post by kingbambino on May 28, 2022 12:09:01 GMT
I’m currently in New York for my 40th.
On the 24th we went to go and see the baseball at the Yankees stadium. Right before the game they put a message on the big screen and said “hopes and prayers for the victims of todays attack in Texas”
Then about a 5 second pause, I didn’t hear anyone talking about it in the crowd and then they all got up and sung the national anthem with music followed by loud cheers for the baseball. I found this very disturbing and fucked up. It’s just normality
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Post by Danno on May 28, 2022 12:13:13 GMT
I’m currently in New York for my 40th. On the 24th we went to go and see the baseball at the Yankees stadium. Right before the game they put a message on the big screen and said “hopes and prayers for the victims of todays attack in Texas” Then about a 5 second pause, I didn’t hear anyone talking about it in the crowd and then they all got up and sung the national anthem with music followed by loud cheers for the baseball. I found this very disturbing and fucked up. It’s just normality I only heard their anthem properly about 4 years back, at a hockey match in Canada. It's fucking horrifying. |
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Post by Whizzo on May 28, 2022 14:15:14 GMT
If you ever want to feel more European go on holiday to the US for a week, it's a place I love to visit but live there? No fucking way.
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Post by dogbot on May 28, 2022 14:18:13 GMT
So... anything but the actual cause then.
Their desperate screeching is really telling.
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