On 5/28/2022 at 7:47 AM, Jingthing said:

If there had been effective red flag laws in effect this guy would have been blocked.

There is a lot of information coming out that this kid has been previously arrested.. there were plenty of red flags, no new law was needed.  If law enforcement had done its job we probably wouldn't be in this situation today.

On 5/26/2022 at 3:01 PM, jvs said:

The real blame imo goes to every US citizen who is not willing to change this ridiculous

law.

Many more innocent children will be shot before things change,if they ever will.

Blood on the hands of every one who is pro the 2nd amemdment.

 

That's because we consider it a god given right.. if you want to change it you will have to do so by force.

On 5/25/2022 at 8:49 PM, Walker88 said:

We have a Party in the US that hates democracy and the entire Constitution, except for one single Amendment. That party would destroy everything the country could and should be, so long as they retain power and control. That party calls guns and gun ownership 'patriotic', when that party is the polar opposite of patriotism. They are jingoists, not patriots who believe in real democracy and freedom.

 

Some members of that Party actually sent out Christmas cards and Easter greetings where their entire family, including kids, stood in front of symbols of those holidays while brandishing the same style of weapons this latest killer used ripping apart children's bodies.

 

I have my doubts there is a cure or a vaccine for that kind of sickness.

Funny, the party you say hates democracy voted to free slaves, give them votes, give women the right to vote.  Your party voted against all these freedoms and yet here you are saying that "your" party was on the right side of history.

10 minutes ago, kbelyeu said:

Funny, the party you say hates democracy voted to free slaves, give them votes, give women the right to vote.  Your party voted against all these freedoms and yet here you are saying that "your" party was on the right side of history.

Funny how that turned completely around, isn't it?

 

On 5/26/2022 at 11:39 PM, JCauto said:

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/25/joe-biden/joe-biden-said-mass-shootings-tripled-when-assault/

Once the assault rifle ban between 1994-2004 ended, mass shootings more than tripled. While it is impossible to scientifically demonstrate the link, the evidence is overwhelming both within and outside of the USA. Access to more guns and more destructive guns leads to exponentially more deaths.

That entire article is BS.  The fact is prior to all these so called "fact checkers" rewriting history there was no discernable difference between before and after the law.  I remember law well.. it was absolutely a farce.  It banned flash suppressors, certain stocks, etc.. it simply required you to modify the gun so it looked different.... manufacturers simply made a modification to their weapons to comply with the new law... hear this.  It was the EXACT same weapon only slightly modified.

2 hours ago, kbelyeu said:

Funny, the party you say hates democracy voted to free slaves, give them votes, give women the right to vote.  Your party voted against all these freedoms and yet here you are saying that "your" party was on the right side of history.

Why bring up examples over 100 years old?  You could point out that ten years ago the Republican Party supported free trade, a tough on Russia policy, and minimal government interference with business (none of the current Ron DeSantis-Mickey Mouse stuff).

 

That Republican Party has changed completely, hasn't it?  I consider Trump Republicans to be major RINO's.

14 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Why bring up examples over 100 years old?  You could point out that ten years ago the Republican Party supported free trade, a tough on Russia policy, and minimal government interference with business (none of the current Ron DeSantis-Mickey Mouse stuff).

 

That Republican Party has changed completely, hasn't it?  I consider Trump Republicans to be major RINO's.

History is history no matter how much you hate it.. RINO's.. you obviously don't know the definition.

14 minutes ago, kbelyeu said:

History is history no matter how much you hate it.. RINO's.. you obviously don't know the definition.

The present Republican Party in now way represents the historical Republican Party.  If you don't know that, then you don't know what the traditional Republican Party was until very recently.  Which is probably why you don't know what a Republican In Name Only is.

2 minutes ago, heybruce said:

The present Republican Party in now way represents the historical Republican Party.  If you don't know that, then you don't know what the traditional Republican Party was until very recently.  Which is probably why you don't know what a Republican In Name Only is.

Absolute nonsense but you are welcome to you opinion.  Have a nice day!

On 5/25/2022 at 5:01 AM, Phoenix Rising said:

And what would you call someone who isn't even willing to try?

A GOP senator.  Or a pseudo-Democrat senator, you know their names.

 

 

On 5/29/2022 at 3:40 PM, heybruce said:

Why bring up examples over 100 years old?  You could point out that ten years ago the Republican Party supported free trade, a tough on Russia policy, and minimal government interference with business (none of the current Ron DeSantis-Mickey Mouse stuff).

Oh, you mean the Republicans who saw the USSR/Russia as an adversary (better dead than Red), and who saw Nazism as a negative?  Anyone recall the old television advert "this is not your father's Oldsmobile"?  All the WWII vets are gone, and rolling in their graves.

CPAC held a convention in Belarus?  A quasi-fascist dictatorship is a model for the direction of the GOP?  Definitely not your father's GOP.

 

 

On 5/26/2022 at 1:58 PM, Neeranam said:

A quarter of teenagers in the US are on psychotropic drugs.

This, as well as gun sales, should be addressed. 

 

A total of 24.9% of youth had received mental health services during the past 12 months

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/1465762

This  is - nuts ! 

On 5/30/2022 at 6:13 AM, heybruce said:

The present Republican Party in now way represents the historical Republican Party.  If you don't know that, then you don't know what the traditional Republican Party was until very recently.  Which is probably why you don't know what a Republican In Name Only is.

History is bunk !