By: karmanot
“irresponsible gun owners[his parents]” Late to the Tea Party? When they went to interview the parent(s) she had been killed.
View ArticleBy: A.k. Benjamin
As a retired teacher, I would quit first. I would never want to be put in a position where I have to take a child’s life in a snap decision. I am not a cop, nor do I have any inclinations to be one. As...
View ArticleBy: rerutled
It is like someone is pouring a quart of milk on the floor and you say nothing, but then they drop a teaspoon, and you go apeshit. A reasoned response would be as intense as this one, but ever present...
View ArticleBy: rerutled
Here is one source: http://www.childdeathreview.org/nationalchildmortalitydata.htm It says there were 2186 child homicides by firearm in 2007. That works out to 1 every 4 hours.
View ArticleBy: rerutled
Here is what I think is required to fix the situation. 1) Repeal the 2nd Amendment, and let gun owners rely upon the 14th Amendment to protect their right to own firearms. This removes the inviolable...
View ArticleBy: karmanot
“the reaction — which you clearly also have — is not to the deaths of children” IT IS THE DEATH of the children! How’s that for a reaction you creepy libertarian rationalist troll?
View ArticleBy: karmanot
Amen to that. I was a teacher too, and would resign before being obligated to carry a killing weapon into my classroom. These arm-the-teacher morons are the very people who should be denied gun licenses.
View ArticleBy: rerutled
” IT IS THE DEATH of the children!” No, it is not, because 2200 children have the exact same thing happen to them — being killed with guns — every year in the US, and this reaction has not come about...
View ArticleBy: Naja pallida
Continuing the reasoning why the constant equating of guns and cars, because they both kill people, is patently absurd.
View ArticleBy: Naja pallida
In the 2 hours it took you to write the post, get a response, and write a counter-response, according to CDC statistics, another ~20 people in this country were shot, with about 3 of them dying. How is...
View ArticleBy: BigGuy
W’s administration passed a federal law, applicable at federal and state level, exempting gun makers and distributors for any liability for crimes committed with the guns they make and sell.
View ArticleBy: keirmeister
Reading your comment on this, I’m faced with another outlook on our response to this tragedy – and it’s probably a bit controversial as well: related to what you say about the number of children...
View ArticleBy: keirmeister
Amen! I’m passing out listening to these Right Wing idiots insult the “greedy” “ineffective” teachers and then insist they should be armed and ready to shoot. Cognitive dissonance with a side of bacon.
View ArticleBy: RepubAnon
How about the gun owners? How about modifying the law to make anyone who sells a gun to someone else liable for any crimes committed with that gun – unless they perform background checks?
View ArticleBy: RepubAnon
No, the point’s a valid one: mass shootings are shocking, but lots of kids get killed every day from stray bullets, gun accidents. etc and the media ignores it. Remember the grade school kid...
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