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I admire this father facing senator Rubio, who has received donations from the NRA:



And Emma Gonzalez facing NRA's representative Dana Loesch as well as the sherif's answer at the end:



And some people keep saying that all those teenagers, parents and teachers are paid by the left-wing trying to destroy the second amendment: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...flag-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-code-words

 

I'd destroy the Second Amendment for free.

 

I'll go one better, I'd gladly pay to see it destroyed.

 

I knew next to nothing about this sort of thing

I almost wish to go back to ignorant bliss.

"On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Legislature voted to call for what’s known as an Article V constitutional convention, becoming the 28th state to do so in recent years. Thirty-four states are needed, according to the nation’s founding document, to launch a process that would open up the foundation of American’s rights and laws to revision."

 

Haven't there been calls to rewrite the US Constitution since the 1980s?

@Darth Guy, educate us!

 

Agreed. The real answer to all of this, which sadly will never happen, is to repeal the Second Amendment.

 

It made sense when it was written, given the era following the revolutionary war. As it stands, however, it has been used as an argument in favor of not only the most dangerous guns, but even more destructive weapons. Never underestimate the insatiable lust of ammosexuals.

 

At the risk of being banned for this, I'd settle for something more realistic like, I dunno, the NRA servers hacked to oblivion and their bank accounts wiped to zero. I dunno, but it's appalling that your country and the idiots running it have their collective cojones in a vise-grip by this criminal, terrorist organization.

 

Once it’s called, anything can be voted in, so it’s not just conservatives who will control the process.

An amendment banning abortion would have equal standing with ending the Electoral College or outlawing gerrymandering. In other words, be careful what you wish for.

Oh, and this too. Republicans are clearly desperate to preserve the right to gerrymander, as it is the only thing that will keep them viable in the ensuing decades.

 

All guns are basically made for one purpose (killing other humans) but one could argue that an old fashioned revolver type gun can be seen as a defensive weapon used for home safety. I personally don’t since:

1. Most burglars do not use any guns knowing that breaking and entering with a firearm as an insanely bigger prison sentence then breaking and entering without one.
2. There are more and more non lethal weapons on the market then ever before including tasers.

But again one could argue that a revolver could be seen as a defensive weapon “relatively speaking”. You cannot argue that with AR-15 and other weapons of that type. Those are totally offensive weapons that are meant to kill as many people as possible in a short amount off time. It had horrific and bad enough that little *fill in your obscenity here please* walk in with a revolver but he couldn’t anywhere close to the damage he wound up doing. He shot for exactly six minutes and killed nearly 20 people.

The good news: I think many people are having their “come to Jesus” moment and finally waking up to the fact that their neighbor down the street who claims he simply has a “few simple guns” for home protection really has an armory of weapons that kill essentially the whole neighborhood in a matter of minutes.

And more good news: Looks like Bob broke Gates and is singing like Johnny Mathis at Christmas:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/...-investigation.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

 

What a charming man...

 

At least he's honest.

 

I have to put this up, not for Colbert's jokes, but for Trump's clips. What he is saying defies sanity. It is unbelievable.

 

Part of the NRA brand is its unshakable arrogance about its own influence and the nature of its power over legislators. They've really yet to be proven wrong. For me the defining moment was how openly the NRA moved to kill CDC involvement in collecting gun homicide/injury prevalence data, though it's clearly and unequivocally a public health problem. The NRA knows the truth about the public health consequences of guns, but they put the tobacco industry to shame in the ruthless way they ensured that Congress would never allow appropriations to the CDC for an epidemiological approach to understanding the problem.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gun-research-funding-20160614-snap-story.html

 

A homegrown, ruthless and obscenely powerful criminal and terrorist organization, protected by the corrupt or cowardly politicians that are either cajoled or bribed by it. It almost sounds like something out of a Tom Clancy novel. Yet it's real life. And your country allows it because of stupid words written over 200 years ago that do not reflect the really of 21st century violence and insanity.

But when brought to task about it, politician decide to blame...videogames. Videogames sold all over the world, but with massacres like this only occurring in a country where you can buy an assault rifle by just asking nicely in a store counter.

Madness...

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Indeed. And as a consumer of Super Mario games since my childhood, one can only hope that I'm restrained before I too consume mushrooms and massacre 17 teenagers by jumping on their heads and shouting, "IT'S-A ME!"

 

Yeah, I see kids punching trees all the time thanks to Minecraft.

 

Gates as officially pleaded guilty and is again singing like Mel Torme. And as I been told if the US Attorney interview you, you say say the following. “Yes sir”, “No sir”, and “May I leave sir”.

Gates will give up Manafort who then will throw Trump under the bus. Trump will pardon everyone and it will fall to the New York State where he has zero authority.

 

I've played violent video games since they were invented. I've never owned a gun and never plan to.

 

DP

 

I'll admit I've played my fair share of shooters. It's quite one thing to shoot, 'nade and super digital sprites, but quite another to actually heft a rifle and mow down living breathing things, whether four or two legged. I've no inclination to ever own a firearm, and I'd absolutely hate to be put in a position where I had to shoot one. even if to save a life. I'd rather not have that many freedomz.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2018...n-agency-replacement-matthew-masterson-422725

In other news, I guess Paul Ryan doesn’t care if the Russians come back for 2018.