Why wouldn't she lie? Republicans don't face consequences for lying and endangering people.
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Why wouldn't she lie? Republicans don't face consequences for lying and endangering people.
What the fuck is wrong with these people? Why is common sense so fucking difficult for these fools to understand? Children are dead because an 18 year old had access to a fucking machine gun and decided to do something this horrific. You'd think you wouldn't want this to never happen ever again but the thing is, they aren't personally affected by it so fuck the victims. They blame everything else except doing what you were put in office to do. Fuck them and their "thoughts and prayers." Absolutely disgraces.
Nothing Rubio or Cruz or any Republican politician is saying is done in anything resemble good faith. There's no sense in directing responses or asking them questions. There's no sense in trying to figure out their thought processes or challenging them. They aren't interested. They're just trying to toe the line.
Can we have the top half? The bottom half is going to get toasty over the next few decades, and the Republicans don't seem to care about that either.
It's strange this is where the concession is, that you can't prevent it 100% and therefore there's nothing that can be done.
Why not just apply that to all criminal law?
Oh, that's right, because it's not about perfection, it's about choosing the best way forward. Ban assault rifles. This event likely would have never happened had these weapons not been available for him to purchase.
you'll have a fair amount of moderate Republicans who are for "common sense gun control," but they will always vote for candidates who want the 2A to be as unfettered and intractable as possible, so it's all moot.
This country is so so broken. I don't know how I'm not supposed to give into total defeatism at this point. So many things are getting worse so fast and I just don't know how any little citizen like us is supposed to change anything. How many more votes do I need to do to deconstruct the disgusting gun fetishism culture in this country? Or the engrained racism of the deep south? How the fuck do we fix any of this? How much longer do we have to grin and bear it, simply waiting for the good times to come?
Jesus fucking Christ. Fucking pathetic country. Repubs do not give a SHIT about ANY OF US.
Why can't a reporter follow up with the question "Damn no reason to have any laws then?"
Do the West Coast and the North East call themselves one Country, each be their own Country, or just become the lower SW and SE of Canada? Also, I'm in PA, so I'd be worried that we'd become part of Jesusland, and not the newly formed enlightened society. 50/50 chance if I'm being generous.
Personally, I think being criminally liable for a gun registered under you is not realistic considering someone could beat you up, steal it and use it. I get the logic, but it could lead to some very terrible abuses very quickly. I'm thinking of revenge type motives, etc.
Overall though, I agree, there are reasonable laws to pass. But they won't happen. Because the GOP doesn't want them to.
Can y'all stop with this already? There are a lot of normal people in those red states - many of whom are Black - that can't just uproot their lives and move out to some supposed enlightened blue state.
"I don't care if banning guns means only one or two people die instead of 20 because people died at all"
No reason it couldn't work like cars. If you report the gun stolen, it's no longer yours. Make it the police's job to find the person who stole it and get it out of their hands.
Like I said earlier, the NRA doesn't give THAT MUCH money out. What the NRA really gives Republicans is voters. The NRA is extremely good at mobilizing their extremely stupid supporter-base to vote for pro-gun candidates. That's the NRA's secret sauce, NOT their lobbying money.
Seriously, people don't seem to get this is the issue with them.
Gotcha questions will never work on these ghouls. They'll just ignore the question or reply with a pithy "that's clearly not what I meant and you're twisting my words to further your political agenda. Doing so right after a tragedy like this. You disgust me"
They have a script and they follow it closely.
Yah, that works. In fact, a lot of states already require this. You have 48 hours to report it stolen or you incur a fine and are likely looped into the investigation.
As it should be. Gun goes missing? Report that shit immediately.
They filed for Bankruptcy in 2021. How much of a financial pull do they have??
The truth no longer reaches across the aisle. So you are preaching to the choir but the other side isn't there to hear it.
It is fucked up and infuriating that so many Americans are so devoted to their interpretation of one sentence on a 300-year-old rag that they don't mind children being slaughtered. These people are sick.
I'm so fucking sick of hearing the dumbass "it won't fix the problem" line!
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESNT FIX THE PROBLEM!
We don't need a fucking fool proof fix. We just want something, anything that will improve the problem!
Even if it reduces the amount of shootings by 1 that's at least fucking something. That's a handful of lives saved by taking some fucking action. And those lives will be worth whatever dumb fucking inconvenience these assholes bitch about.
God damn fucking dipshits in this fucking country! Why isn't that the immediate response to any fuck face that says that stupid ass line in any interview.
Sick of this shit!
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF IT DOESNT FIX THE PROBLEM!
We don't need a fucking fool proof fix. We just want something, anything that will improve the problem!
Even if it reduces the amount of shootings by 1 that's at least fucking something. That's a handful of lives saved by taking some fucking action. And those lives will be worth whatever dumb fucking inconvenience these assholes bitch about.
God damn fucking dipshits in this fucking country! Why isn't that the immediate response to any fuck face that says that stupid ass line in any interview.
Sick of this shit!
Conservative radio is interesting to listen to after events like this. They just had a caller suggest a solution is to harden all the schools and make them like Israel with bulletproof doors and windows and posting guards dressed in military fatigues at every door with assault rifles on display and that because we had billions of dollars for COVID we can afford all of this. I'm pretty sure hardening all the schools and paying for that stuff is going to be more than what masks cost.
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Now sometime just said COVID is to blame.
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Now sometime just said COVID is to blame.
Can you believe in my country we don't have anything mentioned in that video yet somehow we don't have shootings like this
Fuck Rubio and the rest of them for the bullshit "it's still gonna happen even if we ban ar15's" excuse. So why are they banning books at schools? Kids can still get them other places. Why are they trying to ban abortions? Women can just go elsewhere Oh that's right because they believe restricting access means it's less likely to happen! What a shock.
Ban ar15's and similar weapons
Background checks for everyone
Raise the age to own ANY gun to 25
These are the least they can do but I sadly expect nothing.
Ban ar15's and similar weapons
Background checks for everyone
Raise the age to own ANY gun to 25
These are the least they can do but I sadly expect nothing.
Then they monsters move to more places of worship and retail stores, and then the next, until all of society is one large security line and we can't even live normal lives anymore but at least we have our guns and freedom!
God making an appearance at #31. Good ol' God will save us, I'm sure.
My wife has friend that is friend's with someone that works for a funeral home handling the bodies of several of the deceased children. She said a lot of them are unrecognizable and she spent last night crying for rather obvious reasons.
Because they want a Christian fascist country with armed guards everywhere. When that happens, they'll do whatever they want. That's the ultimate goal.
There isn't any point trying to reasonably approach the lies that Republicans use to excuse themselves here because they don't use words to convey a meaning, they use words as a tool to achieve a purpose.
When Rubio says that there will always be violent crime, it doesn't matter that the actual implications of that idea are that guns are completely useless because they simply elevate the level of violence involved in said crime rather than reducing the crime itself. The point is that Rubio doesn't want to reduce guns and wants kids to die, and he knows that this claim sounds good enough that it allows him to evade the obvious discussion while presenting the image that he actually cares. These words are chosen because they perform that function.
To reiterate a bit, I don't think Republicans don't care about kids dying. I think they actively want it to happen. They stand to benefit from a culture of fear, both in terms of votes and in terms of wealth through the gun lobby.
When Rubio says that there will always be violent crime, it doesn't matter that the actual implications of that idea are that guns are completely useless because they simply elevate the level of violence involved in said crime rather than reducing the crime itself. The point is that Rubio doesn't want to reduce guns and wants kids to die, and he knows that this claim sounds good enough that it allows him to evade the obvious discussion while presenting the image that he actually cares. These words are chosen because they perform that function.
To reiterate a bit, I don't think Republicans don't care about kids dying. I think they actively want it to happen. They stand to benefit from a culture of fear, both in terms of votes and in terms of wealth through the gun lobby.
Who is paying for those guards? These folks hate taxes.
It really is just Christian fanaticism all the way through. God and church and God and church. Holy fuck. Enraging.
Some more solutions:
-bullet proof legos
- transformer toys that transform into ar-15
- squirt guns that squirt acid
-hire 5 John wicks to every school
-metal detectors that detect Satan
- kickballs with grenades in them
- exploding fish that double as class pets
- ballistic blankets
One of those is actually real.
ANYTHING BUT ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL PROBLEM
God these events are so sad and the lack of government action is sickening.
I've got to imagine even cops would generally prefer background checks and an assault weapons ban on civilians. If there were good ad people, there'd be ads talking about how guns kill cops or something that appeals to the R base… it really shouldn't be this complicated though :(.
I've got to imagine even cops would generally prefer background checks and an assault weapons ban on civilians. If there were good ad people, there'd be ads talking about how guns kill cops or something that appeals to the R base… it really shouldn't be this complicated though :(.
The constant parroting of empty dogma in place of actual action is what formally convinced me that there is no such thing as God. If a just and loving God actually existed, at some point even he would have enough of his name being used as a deflection to avoid doing anything to stop children from being murdered.
The problem is Christians largely believe the world is evil and suffering is how it is. The solution is not through societal change, but Jesus coming back, or, in the meantime, being as Godly of a country as you can.
So there's no logical pathway to convince them that societal changes like this will fix it. They believe it's all just symptoms and confirmation that we need Jesus.
So there's no logical pathway to convince them that societal changes like this will fix it. They believe it's all just symptoms and confirmation that we need Jesus.
Please, please, please secede and start your own country so we can all leave you alone and you can all shoot each other to your heart's content.
A couple of other great ideas. I just heard on the radio:
They would like schools to be set up as a single entry and exit point with a retired veteran guarding the door.
Or they want response teams to show up once called if an event begins because they expect to be quicker and more agile than they already established police force.
They would like schools to be set up as a single entry and exit point with a retired veteran guarding the door.
Or they want response teams to show up once called if an event begins because they expect to be quicker and more agile than they already established police force.