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69. K&R

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 09:16 PM

Dec 2012

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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