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JI7

(89,244 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2019, 06:40 PM Sep 2019

Beto O'Rourke "Republican calls for assault weapons ban"'

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Beto O'Rourke "Republican calls for assault weapons ban"' (Original Post) JI7 Sep 2019 OP

Mr. Mayor, no duh! djacq Sep 2019 #1

If "thoughts and prayers" worked, this problem would cease to exist. calimary Sep 2019 #2

Good, more thoughts, less prayers IronLionZion Sep 2019 #3

djacq

(1,633 posts)

1. Mr. Mayor, no duh!

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 08:22 PM

Sep 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

calimary

(81,179 posts)

2. If "thoughts and prayers" worked, this problem would cease to exist.

Reply to djacq (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:33 PM

Sep 2019

Unfortunately we have plenty of evidence to the contrary.

I do not mean to demean the concept or value of thoughts and/or prayers. It’s just that we have them all the time and the mass shootings, and shootings in general, have not stopped. The numbers are actually getting worse, not better.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

IronLionZion

(45,403 posts)

3. Good, more thoughts, less prayers

Reply to JI7 (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 09:40 PM

Sep 2019

and a lot more action

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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