• aeharding@vger.social
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    9 days ago

    This it right in my community. :(

    Our congressman Mark Pocan summed things up well, “Support better gun laws or stay out. Thought & prayers are useless. Action!”

    By the way OP its been corrected to three, maybe update title.

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      9 days ago

      thanks. unfortunately it’s been said before: if sandy hook didn’t change anything, then nothing will

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      Isn’t murder already illegal? Why would a killer care if they’re also breaking some newly made law? I never understood this logic.

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        I never understood this logic.

        FTFY

        It’s already illegal to break traffic laws, why do I need a license?

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          Tens of thousands of people drive cars without a license every day. Thanks for solidifying my point.

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              No not at all. I’m saying despite that, there’s still nothing stopping someone from taking a car or a gun and killing someone with it.

              Edit: Downvoting this comment won’t make it untrue. There’s an example in the very article you just read.

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                by the “LaWs DoNt StoP cRiMiNaLs” logic, then we don’t need any laws at all, because whoever wants to is going to break them anyway. oh but of course the same chuds bleating this nonsense are also fighting tooth and nail to ram through bathroom laws. “only harming law abiding citizens” indeed

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                  Don’t lump me in with the trumptards. I voted Harris. I’m just stating facts.

                  I have no doubt “the good christian” parents would have passed any gun laws or background checks you could throw at them.

                  That little girl needed better parenting, mental healthcare and to not find a gun laying around.

                  What new enforceable law could have prevented this?

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                  Our current licensing system is a joke but I agree it helps. Cars and guns should require some demonstration of competence with those things.

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    9 days ago

    Those poor kids only knew indoctrination, then death. What a shame. I wonder how many of their Christian parents voted for this reality. How many more will play a part in their own kids deaths?

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    9 days ago

    Abundant Life Christian School officials asked for prayers on Facebook.

    Made me actually lol

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    They should really not entitle it “LIVE: 5 dead”.

    Also, the cruel irony of this being the “abundant life” school.

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      Weird, shocker, complete mystery, total enigma; very puzzling, baffling, inexplicable, a “head-scratcher” as the hooligans say; indecipherable, unanswerable, consign it to oblivion and endeavor never to speak of this quandary again.

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      "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.

      Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

      Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?

      Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" - Epicurus

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        You just need the first two lines to understand Christians. They only respect their own wrathful God, their religion is fear and control and it’s the only thing they understand.

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    Something like this would have paused and galvanized the entire U.S. 20 years ago.

    I wonder if this will even be mentioned in tomorrows news.

    People already making jokes, we’ve truly lost all hope.

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    Kids need to understand that CEOs are the root of most of their problems - not their teachers and peers.

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      Well based on the name, the teacher was a Christian groomer working to permanently damage the critical thinking skills and morality of children for years in the process of indoctrinating them into their cult.

      Agreed on the other student, no excuse for that.

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    This is like the 40th school shooting this year. Are any of the victims a CEO cause I think we’re only supposed to care about CEOs.

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    This breaks my heart, everytime I see this. Fuck the 2nd. Get gun control and also go after the root cause of this. I’m sorry Americans. This is horrible.

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    9 days ago

    US mass shooting statistics in 2024:

    • 563 mass shootings
    • 650+ killed
    • 2250+ wounded

    This includes:

    • 82 school shootings (27 in colleges, 55 on K-12 school campuses)
    • 42 students/teachers dead
    • 115+ wounded

    (Sources: Gun Violence Archive, Education Week & Everytown for Gun Safety)