This is how unserious the US is about shootings

[newdayneeded]

this is from an article 4 years old, so you know there are many more than stated here..

"By the NRA's count, governors since 2013 have enacted 382 "pro-gun" bills — many widely expanding access to firearms."

These were all inacted after Sandy Hook.

[Srkdqltr]

1. Can't we just tell people they can have all the guns they want, just don't kill people?

Can't the government just disapprove of killing?

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. You forgot your sarcasm thingie.

At least, I hope you did.

[Srkdqltr]

8. Yes I guess I did. Although, I just wondered what would happen if lawmakers and church leaders

And celebrities, whoever can get to a mike, a tictoc, a tweet whatever said over and over. STOP KILLING. Just disapprove of killing in strong language. Have your guns just dont kill. No excuses. Kill and you go to jail. Period.

Yea I know that won't happen. Just seems like anyone with a presence in media whoever says stop killing. Better than nothing. Have all the guns you want just DON'T KILL.

[Rebl2]

16. Many people

have said that, including celebrities. Just saying it isn’t enough. They have been saying it since Columbine. Having all the guns you want and just say don’t kill doesn’t work.

[LakeArenal]

17. Because the "right" people(pun intended) don't say it. Ever.

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. Well, guns are manufactured for ONE reason...to kill something.

And don't give me the "target practice" excuse. The only reason people go to the driving range is so they can get better on the golf course. The only reason people go to a shooting range is so they will be better at KILLING something.
If you aren't going to KILL something, you don't NEED a gun.

[allegorical oracle]

24. Maybe not for target shooting, but for several other "sports"... one site that sells these

killing machines touts how "versatile" they are..."best all around for home defense, plinking and hunting"..."even big game". How do we combat these sites? For plinking and hunting -- when these guns are capable of shredding their targets? OMG.

Would post link but believe it would violate the DU rules.

[Irish_Dem]

2. After mass shootings the GOP enacts more pro-gun laws.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. One would almost think they get off on it.

[Irish_Dem]

5. I believe some of them do.

Sociopathic sadists get off on seeing people suffer and die.

And we know the GOP is obsessed with children and sex.
So add murder into the mix and sadists love it.

[newdayneeded]

6. Actually, it's that they get of on

"owning the libs". I wonder if some are just so depressed and out of their minds that they genuinely pass this stuff while not agreeing with it.

[mountain grammy]

9. Yep..

[Lonestarblue]

11. They do, because they know it infuriates Democrats.

They do not care about the loss of life. They care only about keeping people stirred up and angry at the government and Democrats so they can win elections. The fact that guns are the number one cause of death for children is just immaterial to them. The Republicans like the idiots from Tennessee and Kentucky who posed with murder weapons for their Christmas cards need to be put on display and ridiculed constantly murder enablers.

[CrispyQ]

7. At the same time enacting laws to protect the unborn.

This is more important to these people than your children.



JFC, I hate these people.

[bdamomma]

12. love the fetus

hate the child.

sick bastards all of them. And in regards to guns, it's not how we stop this it is whether we stop it, and there are people out there who don't want to stop the killings.

It's all about money, they don't care about our children or the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, they want us to live in fear and chaos.

[LakeArenal]

18. Put those kids to work in slaughter houses.

[chowder66]

10. They want to traumatize people into buying guns based on fear. They want to traumatize children

to grow up with paranoia to become gun owners.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

13. The politicians, especially the Republican ones,

won't do anything until it's their child/grandchild/spouse etc killed in one of these senseless slaughters. Then we might get something done.

[IronLionZion]

14. 'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

The Onion has run this same satire piece after every mass shooting. It's a lot

https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1850269373

[SouthernDem4ever]

15. Somehow, really stupid voters keep putting them back in office

I don't care about gerrymandering. If the voters in those districts had any common sense those politicians would not be there to have the opportunity to F up our state and country.

[Eyeball_Kid]

19. It's a classic example of "Taxation without Representation."

It's the NRA and the gun manufacturers who are being represented in Congress. The clear majority of US voters aren't being represented, although they pay taxes and vote for their Congress reps.

It's always the same. Politicians know who butters their bread. It's the big money. The voters who put them in office? Not so much.

Cleaning the House (and Senate) might require single issue voting: If you oppose gun reform, you are voted out of office. We will vote you out, and we'll elect Senators and Representatives who respond to the will of the people. That means gun reform as a MANDATORY GOAL.

[newdayneeded]

20. Yes, WAY too much influence!

[live love laugh]

22. REPUBLICAN governors no doubt. Which states?

[newdayneeded]

23. They didn't break it down

but I'm sure you're correct, asshole repub governors.

[CousinIT]

25. REPUBLICANS in NC leg just overrode Gov Cooper's veto - handgun permits no longer required in NC

https://apnews.com/article/pistol-permit-veto-override-north-carolina-b9d0ee55bf658ca72043bd3f706b128f