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Gun Control & RKBA

japple

(9,833 posts) Wed Mar 29, 2023, 05:47 PM Mar 2023

Remember POW-MIA bracelets. We should start a national campaign [View all]

similar to this. The bracelet should have the name of an American who was killed in a mass or random shooting by a gun nut and we could wear them until there are changes made by the US Congress. It might take some of the wind out of the sails of the AR-15 pin wearers.

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Remember POW-MIA bracelets. We should start a national campaign [View all] japple Mar 2023 OP

I like it n/t hibbing Mar 2023 #1

We could build a Vietnam-size wall every year bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #2

Sadly, we could. But we have to come up with ideas. Something that will japple Mar 2023 #3

I don't think much will change until the Right realizes they're just as vulnerable as the rest of us bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #5

Well, then don't do anything? Come up with ideas. If you do, post them. japple Mar 2023 #7

I just posted an idea. Encourage the invulnerable Right to mingle with ordinary folks. bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #8

Let's do it. KatyaR Mar 2023 #4

The thing that made POW-MIA bracelets so relatable is that it was tied japple Mar 2023 #6

I like this idea. AndyS Mar 2023 #9

It always helps to work with a group that's already powerful. hippywife Mar 2023 #11

I like it. I wore a bracelet during VietNam..I wish I knew what happened to it.. Deuxcents Mar 2023 #10

Yellow ribbons were also used central scrutinizer Mar 2023 #12

I wore one for years. MuseRider Mar 2023 #13

I'm game blueinredohio Mar 2023 #14