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FBaggins

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15. Well sure... but...

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 03:08 PM

Dec 2012

if your first reaction is to think "those 2A nuts are going to try to protect their guns" your priorities suck too.

There are dozens of victims to think about and at least one crazy person intent on killing others... guns don't need to enter the conversation at all.

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IF YOUR REACTION TO SHOOTINGS (edit to include positive call to action) [View all] OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 OP

+1 +1 +1 DrDan Dec 2012 #1

Anyone with that thought as a first reaction probably isn't human. AndyA Dec 2012 #2

A problem like this humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #49

Right after the murder of innocent children a person tweeted: Rockyj Dec 2012 #96

Might be short enough to be tweetable as well. RobertSeattle Dec 2012 #3

I totally agree and would add hootinholler Dec 2012 #4

both sides do it, so it is a wash. status quo wins tiny elvis Dec 2012 #74

Totally agree OneGrassRoot pipewrench Dec 2012 #5

K&R redqueen Dec 2012 #6

RECOMMENDED 1,000,000 TIMES!!!!! Harry Monroe Dec 2012 #7

indeed. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #8

It's up on my FB page Taverner Dec 2012 #9

I got the... liberalmuse Dec 2012 #10

Vile FReepers are saying that and worse Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #11

Yeah, this will only fuel their conspiracies Blue_Tires Dec 2012 #12

This kind of thinking is so insane wendylaroux Dec 2012 #30

If their response is as you say Caretha Dec 2012 #77

I frequent CT boards. EVERY shooting since Obama has taken office is considered a "false flag"... Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #94

to be somewhat fair-- my first/second reaction was we really need gun control! NoMoreWarNow Dec 2012 #13

actually, when first I saw there was another shooting, my first thought was we really need NoMoreWarNow Dec 2012 #17

believe thats my brothers usual response PatrynXX Dec 2012 #14

Same on the media UndahCovah Dec 2012 #72

Well sure... but... FBaggins Dec 2012 #15

What did he kill them with? A melonballer? kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #40

Are guns the only way to kill people? FBaggins Dec 2012 #44

If guns are outlawed and "only criminals" have guns eventually those guns will be confiscated xtraxritical Dec 2012 #48

How many people have a bomb fetish vs a gun fetish? How much easier is it buy and use a gun vs.. Zookeeper Dec 2012 #50

No kidding laundry_queen Dec 2012 #100

After shock, horror and prayer OldHippieChick Dec 2012 #16

What about if your first reaction is... ChillZilla Dec 2012 #18

Oh my God. You cannot be real. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #21

So its ok for that to be your first thought? n/t Daniel537 Dec 2012 #23

It was very real, but billh58 Dec 2012 #60

You need help. abelenkpe Dec 2012 #22

You think there aren't people who think this is an opportunity to remove gun rights? FBaggins Dec 2012 #26

My first thought was for the kids, teachers Glaisne Dec 2012 #32

The sick freeper fucks who say this crap Tsiyu Dec 2012 #19

Go to Freeperville, that is EXACTLY their reaction. They only give TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #20

Heard the awful news on the radio. My first thought was not about gun control but about those Filibuster Harry Dec 2012 #24

I signed in for the first time in months just so I could reccomend this post. NT eyepaddle Dec 2012 #25

Two impossible steps AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #27

We don't have to do either. billh58 Dec 2012 #67

You're right AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #68

another one of the few realistic, rational approaches... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #90

maybe the 2nd amendment has never meant what you think it means Progressive dog Dec 2012 #73

Its become a legal impediment now AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #75

Madison's Original Draft of the second amendment Brainstormy Dec 2012 #97

The Constitution had already authorized the army and navy, the 2nd Amendment is like the rest of TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #102

Remember the GOP winning the House after the assault weapon ban? Kennah Dec 2012 #80

Fine then AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #81

Burning down the country by giving it to the 1 percent is a solution? Kennah Dec 2012 #83

If it means saving one more child's life AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #86

And when the country is in the hands of the RW nutjobs ... Kennah Dec 2012 #89

FU Gun Owners HockeyMom Dec 2012 #28

If your first reaction to the shooting was to put up this stupid graphic... Daemonaquila Dec 2012 #29

Totally agree Redford Dec 2012 #31

Not that I really care what you think of me... (w/edit) OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #35

Fuck the NRA and fuck the anti-sanity brigade/gun nutz that are enablers of the tragedy today. Care Acutely Dec 2012 #36

Probably the second reaction and rightly so. VERY tired of these deaths from assault rifles. JimDandy Dec 2012 #37

Yeah, why should a mass shooting of fucking children NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #39

I don't like people who defend gun culture when Kindergartners are murdered. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #46

As far as I am concerned the gun nutters might as well have pulled the trigger today. aandegoons Dec 2012 #56

Wrong on many points. billh58 Dec 2012 #61

FALSE EQUIVALENCE. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #92

K & R Care Acutely Dec 2012 #33

I got an pro-NRA email at 10:30 this morning Grins Dec 2012 #34

Damn. K&R. Bobbie Jo Dec 2012 #38

No doubt! get the red out Dec 2012 #41

stopped my christmas chores felines13 Dec 2012 #42

On this sad day I welcome you to DU! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #63

felines13... OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #64

There is a false equivalency happening in this thread... Zookeeper Dec 2012 #43

Very well said. Thank you... OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #45

Exactly union_maid Dec 2012 #58

amen, false equivalency, indeed. n/t KarenS Dec 2012 #70

If there ever was a reason to humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #47

My first thought. "oh no not again" and now I feel teary thinking of those little children who were kimbutgar Dec 2012 #51

My first John2 Dec 2012 #52

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000!, OneGrassRoot. calimary Dec 2012 #53

and you love guns more than you love kids samsingh Dec 2012 #54

Suggested naming scheme for mass shooting killers RobertSeattle Dec 2012 #55

K & R malaise Dec 2012 #57

I can agree with the subjective poster. nt ZombieHorde Dec 2012 #59

Or your second or third reaction Doctor_J Dec 2012 #62

They don't have priorities.... ReRe Dec 2012 #65

ABSOLUTELY! morningfog Dec 2012 #66

K&R myrna minx Dec 2012 #69

Seems that most people's reaction here is to say FUCK THE NRA galadrium Dec 2012 #71

The anger toward the shooter is a given, imho. OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #76

I'll go further BainsBane Dec 2012 #78

I think I know why the resistance—the non sequiturs, the obfuscation, the "yes buts," MisterP Dec 2012 #79

K&R n/t lupinella Dec 2012 #82

K&R & You are, therefore, a SLAVE to whatever gun-ownership is to you. patrice Dec 2012 #84

The guy JEB Dec 2012 #85

QED piniella Dec 2012 #87

My first thought was how those little children must have been TERRIFIED beyond anything DearHeart Dec 2012 #88

K AND FREAKIN' R! SunSeeker Dec 2012 #91

My first reaction... GTurck Dec 2012 #93

Bravo fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #95

A Basic Call To Consciousness Zorra Dec 2012 #98

Stop Teaching Gun Violence! Maineman Dec 2012 #99

Stop Watching TV: It Deadens the Soul marias23 Dec 2012 #101

I want to know exactly how much in tax dollars someone's right to bear "ARMS" is COSTING ME. vkkv Dec 2012 #103