One More Massacre

Raees wrote: It's a trick. When people tell you that you shouldn't politicize a tragedy like the shooting in Aurora, Colorado they are unwittingly helping to spread NRA propaganda. After a tragedy like that, it is the most logical thing in the world to ask what went wrong and how we can fix it. When you ask that question, the obvious answer is our gun laws. It's awfully hard to stab 70 people and kill 12 of them in a short period of time like that. It's very easy to murder those same people if you have an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and two glocks.

This is the obvious conclusion that the NRA desperately wants you to avoid. So, they do a brilliant trick where they tell you that you are not allowed to talk about the problem in the immediate aftermath of the violence and death their guns caused -- that would be politicizing the tragedy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygu ... _hp_ref=tw

"What went wrong?". How did we produce such as crazy who would commit such as massacre? THAT is the question that should be asked.

yep...it's a trick....I am a subversive for the NRA....You found me out.

We should be really proud -- we're #1 in ...

1. The number of guns per capita. 90 guns for every 100 people. Yemen is a distant second at 61.

2. In gun violence. Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead because of gun violence every day. That's seven Colorado shootings per day!

3. The number of child deaths because of guns. Nearly 3,000 kids are killed by guns every year.

And gun manufacturers cheer on! What is their response to all of this? They send out their Republican minions to say that the answer is more guns. If only other people in the crowd had guns, then everything would have been alright. Yes, because in that dark, smoke filled theater if there were more than two or three shooters everyone would have known who was the original shooter and less people would have been shot, right?

How would the third gunmen know if the second gunmen were part of the team that was shooting the place up (like Klebold and Harris at Columbine) or one of the guys trying to prevent it? Let alone the fourth or the fifth gunmen, let alone the cops who show up.

Raees wrote: We should be really proud -- we're #1 in ...

1. The number of guns per capita. 90 guns for every 100 people. Yemen is a distant second at 61.

2. In gun violence. Nearly 100,000 people get shot every year. That's 270 people a day and 87 dead because of gun violence every day. That's seven Colorado shootings per day!

3. The number of child deaths because of guns. Nearly 3,000 kids are killed by guns every year.

And gun manufacturers cheer on! What is their response to all of this? They send out their Republican minions to say that the answer is more guns. If only other people in the crowd had guns, then everything would have been alright. Yes, because in that dark, smoke filled theater if there were more than two or three shooters everyone would have known who was the original shooter and less people would have been shot, right?

How would the third gunmen know if the second gunmen were part of the team that was shooting the place up (like Klebold and Harris at Columbine) or one of the guys trying to prevent it? Let alone the fourth or the fifth gunmen, let alone the cops who show up.

We are the number 1 producer of CRAZIES.

MADD is different to me in the fact that they are out spreading the word not using those who died to write an article on some cause. It is different to me and too soon after what happened. Let us get through this first. It is too much for the people out here to deal with right now.

MAAD frequently uses real-life examples.

Are you suggesting that people who have a media platform not talk about subjects they feel strongly about, especially right after another example of why they feel that something is an issue? There's no better time. We surely had discussions about the nuts & bolts of the Platte Canyon HS episode right after it happened and everyone was raw at that time. We talk about the idiots who play with fire while the place is burning down around our ears. Anyone who is going to get a case of the vapors over a discussion shouldn't be reading it. (why oh why can't folks learn to ignore posters and threads that disturb them?)

They are desperately praying that the public memory is short and this will all blow over.

Magazines that hold more than 11 rounds should be outlawed. If the SOB has to pause to reload, then at least someone has a chance to knock him down or take him out.

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Thank you... The attacks were totally unnecessary.

Now, back on-topic, I still think that limiting magazines that hold more than 11 rounds is a good idea.

Democracy4Sale wrote: Thank you... The attacks were totally unnecessary.

rofllol rofllol what fantasy land does your mind live in? Unnecessary attacks are your specialty!