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Toon: Sleepwalking in America, 2012 edition (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2012 OP
Yep. Lather, rinse, repeat. liberalhistorian Jul 2012 #1
"All 'good' people are asleep and dreaming...." xocet Jul 2012 #13
Absolutely right on! lunatica Jul 2012 #2
Yeah.. ananda Jul 2012 #3
... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #4
sad, but true. And for the dozens of people killed the same day in gun violence, nothing. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #6
Unless you have a gun... n/t truedelphi Jul 2012 #7
K&R scarletwoman Jul 2012 #8
That's it in a nutshell. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #9
The Whole Gun Debate Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #10
If a days worth.. Plucketeer Jul 2012 #11
Americans only seriously discuss gun control when a prominent Republican is shot. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #12

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)
1. Yep. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 04:10 PM
Jul 2012

Ad infinitum. Sad, disgusting and unbearably frustrating. Bottom line is that we love our damn guns and the rights regarding them than we do the rights of people not to be murdered by them wherever they may go.

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Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
11. If a days worth..
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:16 PM
Jul 2012

A weeks worth - a YEARS worth of gun death victims were all piled in one spot......THEN would it be characterized as "terrorism"???

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
12. Americans only seriously discuss gun control when a prominent Republican is shot.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 02:08 PM
Jul 2012

This phenomenon is infrequent. Sadly, most of the victims are relatively unimportant, i.e. kids.

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