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nycbos

(6,034 posts)
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 10:01 PM Feb 2018

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

PARKLAND, FL—In the hours following a violent rampage in Florida in which a lone attacker killed 17 individuals and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. “This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said Indiana resident Harold Turner, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations.

https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1823016659

And know we have our obligatory Onion update. It says a lot about us that this happens so much a satirical site has a article ready to go and all they have to do is change the location.

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No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens (Original Post) nycbos Feb 2018 OP
It is no longer a joke Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #1
That is exactly what my post was about. nycbos Feb 2018 #2
Time to talk NOW!! Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #3
Kick... SidDithers Feb 2018 #4

Docreed2003

(16,863 posts)
1. It is no longer a joke
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 10:03 PM
Feb 2018

It is the responsibility of the masses to respond and change the current culture...whether or not our elected leaders will respond remains to be seen

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
2. That is exactly what my post was about.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 10:08 PM
Feb 2018

And no there will be no response from our elected leaders. Elementary school children died there and we did nothing. Once we decided that dead 6 and 7 year olds was acceptable that was it.

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