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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
5. During one of the other recent shootings, I read that "it's the price we pay for a free society."
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 06:50 PM
Feb 2018

#maybeweshouldlivelikeEuoropeans

xmas74

(29,674 posts)
16. I used that one on quite a few on Facebook
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 05:53 PM
Feb 2018

When I said that they thought it was OK to sacrifice my child and the lives of others for their gun-yep, they dropped the argument or just blocked me outright.

tblue37

(65,409 posts)
3. On Mediaite, someone was also blaming the lack of prayer in schools and
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 06:45 PM
Feb 2018

saying we need to "get God back into the schools."

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
4. My niece's husband was posting bullshit about the failure to discipline kids
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 06:47 PM
Feb 2018

Although I am somewhat forced to agree -- when your kid becomes a f***ing Nazi, maybe it's time to slap him/her.

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
6. But don't forget, 3/4 of those 'gun nuts on the internet' are RUSSIAN TROLLS.
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 06:51 PM
Feb 2018

People who are THAT fanatical about gun 'rights' are FEW. Their perverted viewpoint is AMPLIFIED 100X by Russian bots and trolls in an effort to further divide us.

Squinch

(50,956 posts)
7. Some that show up here in the face of every slaughter say this: You can never change this,
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 07:56 PM
Feb 2018

there is nothing you can do. If you suggest all the things that have worked everywhere else, I will quote some bogus rule or whatever that tells you it can't work.

It's the too big to fail argument. Designed to make you feel hopeless.

That's the kind of trolls we have here. They only come out when there's been carnage. I think they feed on it.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
10. Sounds like a toned down version of....
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 12:15 AM
Feb 2018

Here

Today

This is your NRA. what else do you need to know? Replace the watermelon, you candy ass chickenshits



 

proudp55

(25 posts)
14. All guns need to be banned. I am sick of GUN NUTS.
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 12:47 AM
Feb 2018

Confiscate their guns that they use to make up for their tiny genitals

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
15. Today my niece posted on facebook...
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 05:29 PM
Feb 2018

“Cain killed Able with a rock.
It’s a HEART problem, not a gun problem.”

Arrgh.

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