Dude….you literally said “Does this meet that standard? Always some political ******* like him running to microphone to try and score political points from a tragedy.” as a direct reply to my post about Murphy and then put a random tweet from Obama at the bottom like it was driving home your point.
I know what I said. The "this" in that quote was referring to obama's words being political. My whole post was about what obama said. Why else would I put his quote there for you to comment on?
Because we’re talking about a school shooting. My point being that if Republican governors (like the one I have here in Texas) spent time worrying about school shootings as much as they worry about phony school issues like CRT then maybe what happened yesterday wouldn’t have happened.
Well thank goodness they weren't worrying about whatever that dem gov of Sandy Hook was worrying about, or more kids might have been killed, right?
And another fun fact for you. Almost 2/3 school shootings this year are in states with dem govs. Maybe they should quit worrying so much about pushing their agenda and worry more about keeping their kids safe. See how that works?
It’s never going to happen with both parties (largely but not exclusively the GOP) basing their entire existence on opposing anything the other proposes as a matter of principle.
Man….I’m really started to be concerned for your well being. Are you okay? Feels like you are bottling a lot of stuff up…and some how that spilled over into trying to pick a fight with me that is simply not there.
This may be the most cogent thing you have ever said, but I will ask you this....what will an age limit do?
So you want more laws that won’t do anything to help the problem, and you want the government to be able to control prices? Just move to Venezuela
So he should have not included the “as we grieve the children…” in his tweet about a completely unrelated but also tragic event in our nation’s history?
Were you a good decision maker at 18 years old? A 3 day waiting period would hurt nothing, and I own an arsenal, ARs included.
He's stirring the pot before elections. No other reason to mention him in that tweet.
Again…2 year anniversary of Floyd’s death announcement had been planned for quite a while. Civil rights have everything to do with what he’s fighting for, but again….for many it’s a lot easier on the conscience to hate someone for their politics than for their fight for equal rights.
One can believe in equal rights, feel for George Floyd’s family, believe the police officer who killed him was a terrible human…. And still see that Obama is attempting to rile everyone up, pre election. It’s not difficult to see.
Well aren't you just a little ray of pitch black.
These are some interesting stats to look at when discussing whether this is a gun issue or a mental health issue (and by the way, I think addressing both is important)...
Below is the rate of firearm homicides per 100,000 citizens. The US has more than the next SEVEN countries combined.
This data is older, but it shows the rate of depression by country. Notice that Australia is on par with the US in terms of depression rate...
Comparing us again to Australia...
Other countries have responded aggressively to their own gun problems with success. In Scotland, after a similar school shooting in 1996, lawmakers banned private ownership of handguns and automatic weapons. There haven’t been any school shootings since. And in dealing with its own gun violence problems in the 1990s, Australia took and destroyed roughly 650,000 guns from private citizens as part of a buyback program. Rates of gun homicides and suicides plummeted.
States with looser gun laws consistently see more gun violence, despite mental health issues being the same.
Mental health is an issue, no doubt. But guns are THE issue. I own three guns myself. I would gladly hand them over if it meant not one more child would be gunned down in a ****ing school or anywhere else.
SOMETHING has to change.
How about the comparison of school shootings only to other countries?
i think everyone agrees that mental health is a major factor in school shootings, but one party seems to go out of their way to cut mental health funding at every opportunity. hell, abbott cut ~$230mil back in April for his stupid border patrol project that would have been mental health funding (HHSC and SHS.)
