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But I admit I haven't checked the Vegas over/under numbers.
then that sounds like a place tRump is planning on retiring to!
I have lots of thoughts on this post. So very many!
A) You said: "What is most shameful about mass crime is that it seems some of our representatives really believe that guns in the hands of law abiding citizens are most responsible, and they ignore the ease with which they are acquired. Most of those weapons are not held or acquired legally, and bottom line, bad guys will alwsys get them - even where the law prohibits. We have just changed the law and nothing but words on paper has changed." Are you saying it's not the gun lobbies, who pushed to flood our markets with guns and created thus current glut? That they are not responsible for what they caused and shouldn't be regulated?
B)You said: "There are ample examples of mass crimes which did not rely on or even involve guns." What other mass crimes are you speaking of here? It's the massive deaths we Americans are concerned about in regards to guns. Just to be helpful here.
C) You said: "Our representatives who are getting the most airplay support unwriting the second amendment. The ones who get near zero airplay from the likes of MSNBC, CNN, and CNBC all have more common sense approaches." When, and where are MSNBC, CNN let alone CNBC (have you ever watched CNBC?) been advocating the repeal of the second amendment? Citations and links are always welcome here.
D) You said:As a lifelong registered Democrat, I have never voted a strict ticket. I never will. This is not a high school popularity contest. We are not robots. Voting for anyone not on the Democratic ticket here is a deal breaker, we're just funny that way. It's actually in the TOS you agreed to when you just now signed up. And, yes, we're adults and not playing HS (that's a common acronym for high school here) games. Most of the members here are decades beyond that, and we're well aware of what's going on in the world right now.
E) What are you talking about when you said: "I will remain a Democrat unlike so many of our representatives who have switched sides for political expediency." We've added around 600 (or more) total Democratic seats since 2016 across local, state and national races. It looks like we're kind of kicking Republicans asses at the moment.
F) You said: I fear that the next few mid-terms will cull our ranks in the House and widen the gap in the Senate. Whew! Lucky for us we don't have another midterm until 2022. Here in the US we have a General Election coming up this year. Dodged a bullet there.
I'm not saying everything is ok here. It's not, not even close. We're currently fighting foreign influence in our elections and the Republicans, who have been benefiting from it, are stonewalling us on this MAJOR issue.
Hey... I just had a wild idea here... hear me out, ok? Maybe you could take up the mantle of fighting the Russians meddling in our elections here, on US soil, rather than spend time on this trope? I guarantee it'll win us more seats in the next midterm, and even in the upcoming GE!
Are you in?!
