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jmg257

(11,996 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 07:57 AM Jun 2020

Another great weekend for Law and Order in the US. WTF is going on???

99 shot, 12 fatally, over Father’s Day weekend in Chicago

There were at least 24 victims in 18 incidents on Sunday alone, the NYPD said.

Two children were hurt in a triple shooting overnight in Detroit. The incident was one of many shootings in a violent weekend in Detroit.

Another Shooting at Seattle's Protest ‘Autonomous Zone’

Peoria saw a violent start to the weekend; one that left multiple people shot and injured.

Since Saturday morning, 10 people have been wounded in six shootings that Buffalo Police have reported across the city.

More than 21 wounded in multiple weekend shootings in Minneapolis

Four dead after weekend shootings in Memphis, according to police

Medical examiner investigates four homicides and two fatal accidents in violent weekend



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Another great weekend for Law and Order in the US. WTF is going on??? (Original Post) jmg257 Jun 2020 OP
I am so very upset polmaven Jun 2020 #1
Why I tell people I feel safer in just about any foreign country sinkingfeeling Jun 2020 #2
Tryna start a civil war. ...nt 2naSalit Jun 2020 #3
It's how you can tell that we've "opened up" soothsayer Jun 2020 #4
I guess the subject of gun control is off the table these days. sop Jun 2020 #5
Why do people have to pay with injuries I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #7
Pent up anger and fear erupting in public, mixed with a deadly dose of...... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #6

sinkingfeeling

(51,471 posts)
2. Why I tell people I feel safer in just about any foreign country
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:06 AM
Jun 2020

than in the USA. Any idiot can solve any problem with a loaded gun....our real motto.

sop

(10,233 posts)
5. I guess the subject of gun control is off the table these days.
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:27 AM
Jun 2020

As with the shocking death toll from COVID-19, gun deaths have also become acceptable in this country. During the recent focus on police violence, no one mentioned guns as one of the primary reasons for increasing police militarization and violence.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
7. Why do people have to pay with injuries
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jun 2020

As well with their lives
so gun nuts can hoard ridiculous amounts of guns and ammo?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
6. Pent up anger and fear erupting in public, mixed with a deadly dose of......
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:50 AM
Jun 2020

accelerated gun sales and right-wing dogma on every TV and social media outlet, and.....

Rising poverty and job losses, no visible end to the pandemic, worsening overall mental health in the whole nation, lack of political leadership, little help from religious or civic leaders, food banks running short, unemployment and housing assistance expiring.......

What the hell else will we be facing next to drive us nuts?......

Oh yes, there's summer heat and hurricane season........

Proud to be a part of the Democratic coalition of loving, sensible Americans......

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