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Initech

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4. Not to mention the entire country is living in fear of getting shot.

Reply to patphil (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 30, 2022, 12:34 AM

Nov 2022

The thing that drives me nuts about this country is that we go through the same damn arguments every time there's a mass shooting because our idiot politicians are too chicken shit to stand up to the bully organization known as the NRA out of fear of losing their jobs. And then the right wing goes on Fox News to complain when any sensible gun legislation is even thought about, and nothing gets done, and they actually make it worse. It's madness.

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Over 1 million people in US have been killed by firearms over past 30 years, data shows [View all] Initech Nov 2022 OP

Well shit - there's only one answer to this - MORE GUNS!! NoMoreRepugs Nov 2022 #1

. applegrove Nov 2022 #2

Average of 35,820 people killed each year for 31 years. patphil Nov 2022 #3

Not to mention the entire country is living in fear of getting shot. Initech Nov 2022 #4

Thoughts and prayers, followed by "this is not the time to talk about gun laws" BS. patphil Nov 2022 #18

Yup. It's the circle of death and it screws us all. Initech Nov 2022 #19

1M Americans died of Covid in 2 year and cons/Repukes behaved like malicious saboteurs there too RockRaven Nov 2022 #5

Glad to see data largely missing from public record. Kid Berwyn Nov 2022 #6

Well that's murders and suicides added together, usually reported separately. nt EX500rider Nov 2022 #7

No, I refer to zero federal funding for gun violence research. Kid Berwyn Nov 2022 #9

That bill doesn't prevent research EX500rider Nov 2022 #11

It prohibits federal funding for research into gun violence & gun control. Kid Berwyn Nov 2022 #14

Again the bill does not prevent research EX500rider Nov 2022 #16

It prevents federal funds use for gun violence research... Kid Berwyn Nov 2022 #17

And again does not prevent the research, just no advocacy at the Dept level EX500rider Nov 2022 #21

The single biggest thing we could do to cut down on deaths by guns overnight Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2022 #8

No more like 2/3 to 3/4 are suicides. Nt EX500rider Nov 2022 #12

The GOP sees this as a suitable sacrifice to the Gun God and sacred 2A. Irish_Dem Nov 2022 #10

The Slobfather alone killed as many from Covid malaise Nov 2022 #13

I don't think gun control was a major issue this past election Kaleva Nov 2022 #15

I'm not sure calling it genocide will help at all. SYFROYH Nov 2022 #20