For fifteen hours, thirty-eight shootings... Because Freedom!

[MrScorpio]

http://www.vox.com/2016/6/16/11952166/filibuster-gun-control-shootings?utm_campaign=vox.social&utm_medium=social&utm_content=voxdotcom&utm_source=tumblr

[gratuitous]

1. Absolutely appalling

FIVE shootings with no injuries? What the hell is the matter with these responsible gun owners? You fire your weapon, you'd by god better hit somebody! That's how you win a war, by making someone else die for what he believes in.

[MrScorpio]

3. The daily carnage juxtaposed with an effort to do something about it is an eye opener.

America usually prefers to stay deaf, mute and blind about it.

[gratuitous]

4. Yes it is

And it should be a mark of shame for anyone in the House or the Senate who turns his back on this wholly unnecessary carnage. "We'd like to do something about all this mayhem and death, but the Constitution says we have to do it!" Flat out cowardice.

[Glorfindel]

2. Very powerful. Thank you for posting this. n/t

[msongs]

5. the 2A crowd cares not about dead people their guns are more important than dead people nt

[MrScorpio]

6. This should come in handy one more time:

[sheshe2]

8. Well...

That sure puts it in perspective.

[AlbertCat]

7. Oh yeah??? W-w-well ....how many people were knifed in that time? Huh? Huh?

[Rex]

17. It is as clear as day, we need to arm everyone including all domesticated pets that pass a

background check! Just think, if everyone was armed people would be too scared to shoot each other! Dogs would be too scared to piddle on your car tire and cats would be too scared to cough up that hairball on the kitchen table!

Jenus!

[wallyworld2]

9. The important thing

is that everyone has access to weapons.

It is a hobby after all and you can protect yourself with a gun.

Although, the current tests available for testing whether or not a person is a responsible, safe gun owner, is kind of lacking.

As anyone who belongs to the NRA will tell you.

The above list, is a list of irresponsible gun owners.

They have yet to come up with a better way of determining if a person is qualified, until AFTER someone is injured or killed.

In all seriousness guns are designed to kill. They should be heavily regulated, insured, licensed and be properly trained. Anyone under 18 should not have access to a weapon without a parent present. Children under 12 should not be allowed to even shoot a gun. Guns should be stored and secured when not being attended by an adult. Weapons should only have a limited number of bullets, no 100 round magazines.

And all of that should be the law. So many guns and people are taking these deadly weapons for granted.

[chknltl]

10. I was treated once by the chiropractor listed here.

McKenna Washington, 2 dead. Just prior to 8:30 am a man walked into McKenna's only chiropractor office, pulled out a shotgun and murdered the doctor. The man then turned the shotgun on himself and comitted suicide.

It may or may not have anything to do with the shooting but the shooter's wife was a receptionist (or massage therapist depending on which news service one reads) at the chiropractor's office.

We are a very small town, very rural....we have one stoplight. If the town of McKenna has more than 100 residences and 20 businesses I would be surprised.

[SheilaT]

11. Often when I voice my opposition to guns I bring up

that many, many more are injured than are killed outright. I don't believe I've ever had any gun apologist respond to that.

The numbers of dead are bad enough but those maimed ought also to be front and center of this story.

[yallerdawg]

12. "Gun Violence Archive"

The numbers are staggering. Tragedy after tragedy.

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

[SheilaT]

13. Thank you for that link.

[yallerdawg]

15. I just emailed my two senators again.

"No fly, no buy" is so simple and sensible. Might have stopped - might have - the Orlando murderer.

Background checks for all gun sales so simple and sensible.

I'm going to email them everyday until that promised vote!

And then one more time afterwards.

Then...

[RoccoR5955]

14. But... The second amendment!

Everyone is ENTITLED to have a gun in the US, no matter what?
I believe that there are enough guns in the US so that everyone can even have THREE!
And we all need these freedom protectors, so that a good guy, can protect our freedom from bad guys!

[emmadoggy]

16. Deplorable.

[Skittles]

18. gun humpers do not care

make a penis analogy - THAT get's 'em going