• aeharding@vger.social
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    23 hours ago

    This it right in my community. :(

    Our congressman Mark Pocan summed things up well, “Support better gun laws or stay out. Thought & prayers are useless. Action!”

    By the way OP its been corrected to three, maybe update title.

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      23 hours ago

      thanks. unfortunately it’s been said before: if sandy hook didn’t change anything, then nothing will

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      12 hours ago

      Isn’t murder already illegal? Why would a killer care if they’re also breaking some newly made law? I never understood this logic.

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        12 hours ago

        I never understood this logic.

        FTFY

        It’s already illegal to break traffic laws, why do I need a license?

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          11 hours ago

          Tens of thousands of people drive cars without a license every day. Thanks for solidifying my point.

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              9 hours ago

              No not at all. I’m saying despite that, there’s still nothing stopping someone from taking a car or a gun and killing someone with it.

              Edit: Downvoting this comment won’t make it untrue. There’s an example in the very article you just read.

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                8 hours ago

                by the “LaWs DoNt StoP cRiMiNaLs” logic, then we don’t need any laws at all, because whoever wants to is going to break them anyway. oh but of course the same chuds bleating this nonsense are also fighting tooth and nail to ram through bathroom laws. “only harming law abiding citizens” indeed

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                  8 hours ago

                  Don’t lump me in with the trumptards. I voted Harris. I’m just stating facts.

                  I have no doubt “the good christian” parents would have passed any gun laws or background checks you could throw at them.

                  That little girl needed better parenting, mental healthcare and to not find a gun laying around.

                  What new enforceable law could have prevented this?

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                    4 hours ago

                    Guns are harder to buy = fewer guns sold = fewer guns made = fewer guns available for psychopaths, it’s really not hard at all

                    You assuming these people would get around a background check based on absolutely nothing is not the rock-solid argument you think it is and it’s certainly not justification to continue to do nothing to stop people slaughtering toddlers.

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                    4 hours ago

                    it’s astounding to me, that there are still people well aware that there are many many countries without a severe constant school shooting problem because of gun control laws, and it’s still basically “we’ve tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas!!!”