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Wow, did they even TRY thoughts and prayers? (Original Post)
Different Drummer
Mar 2019
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Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)1. K&R
Karadeniz
(22,513 posts)2. Must be nice to have a govt that cares about its citizens.
Different Drummer
(7,614 posts)4. Sadly, we don't know what that's like nowadays. n/t
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)3. If they do the thoughts & prayers BEFORE it happens...
that would change everything, wouldn't it? Like here in the U.S. Oh, wait....
Different Drummer
(7,614 posts)5. ...
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)6. Where are all the gun nuts shouting and threatening the rest
of the citizens over their rights, etc? This country makes me more embarrassed and angry by the minute.
Different Drummer
(7,614 posts)7. The U.S. does seem to have the market cornered on those types. n/t
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)9. Lucky us.
NBachers
(17,108 posts)8. But but what about all those poor New Zealanders' sacred Second Amendment Rights being Violated??!/?
oldlibdem
(330 posts)10. wish we could do that here!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)11. Banning guns.
Like that will ever work. Except in Australia. Or the UK. Or probably a lot of other countries.