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LittleGirl

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24. To be honest

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 06:37 PM

Dec 2012

The mall shooting last week had me on my last nerve. I thought, NOT AGAIN! I decided not to pay attention to it and I succeeded in blocking it out of my week. BUT and that's a HUGE BUT, the school shooting at Sandy Hook blew me away. I decided that children should not hear bullets and screams as they take their last breath on this earth. THAT was the final straw for me. I do agree with you. I think the senseless murder of these children has made a serious dent in the chest thumping gun owners.

The fact that the NRA took down their facebook page means you could be spot on.

Beautiful speech last night by the President too.

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Cultural seismic shift [View all] nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 OP

I will hope along with you. we can do it Dec 2012 #1

I hope you're right. Lindsay Dec 2012 #2

I will always put the tipping point at the Katrina disaster Warpy Dec 2012 #3

The world must be ending when of all people this morning Sen. Joe Manchin agreed something doc03 Dec 2012 #4

And he is not alone. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #5

How long will they stand their ground once the Teabaggers doc03 Dec 2012 #7

I suspect this will be more lasting. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

Sen Joe Manchin ad from first campaign doc03 Dec 2012 #17

Oh I know. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #19

I am thinking they may be losing their power. Chemisse Dec 2012 #42

I think MadAnne Dec 2012 #28

I agree. The only way to manage this horror is change flamingdem Dec 2012 #6

100% correct malaise Dec 2012 #8

We know there are going to be more mass shootings, unfortunately AndyA Dec 2012 #10

Of course they are. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #14

I hope so, Nadin. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #11

No problem, as long as we disagree and are not disagreeable. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #15

Absolutely. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #18

Funny, that is what a congresswoman told me yesterday nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #23

We live in a world where Barack Obama just got re-elected. We can be allowed to be hopeful. reformist2 Dec 2012 #12

Indeed. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #13

I told some conservative lady acquaintences a couple of months ago that we were in a cultural shift. MissMarple Dec 2012 #16

I think we are. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #20

Only if we make it happen reverend_tim Dec 2012 #61

Change is coming... ragemage Dec 2012 #21

You are so right that this was different. Chemisse Dec 2012 #45

AS a gun owner, AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #22

To be honest LittleGirl Dec 2012 #24

We will move past this...we will, we always have. MissMarple Dec 2012 #50

I think so. But still a LOT of education is still needed on both sides of the fence. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #25

Patience is paying off.I always said 2013 will be the year President Obama can bring forth everythig graham4anything Dec 2012 #26

I think there's an awakening within the masses about many things, like a national RKP5637 Dec 2012 #27

Won't happen Demobrat Dec 2012 #29

He is, nooz to the rest of us. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #31

I'm heaven05 Dec 2012 #30

Exactly. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #32

Yes, the angst against the mentally ill is palpable... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #33

Well short term we need to deal with the guns nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #35

Has the tipping point been reached--will this latest outrage finally catalyze a critical mass Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #34

I think so nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #36

Agree, "well-regulated militia" needs serious reinterpretation... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #37

we had no standing army maindawg Dec 2012 #47

Nor did we trust standing armies. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #48

so far the evidence is not supporting your prediction bossy22 Dec 2012 #53

The ground swell is just beginning to rise... Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #55

You are forgetting a key componenet bossy22 Dec 2012 #59

Here nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #57

There has always been controversy surrounding big chains selling those guns bossy22 Dec 2012 #58

It's a start. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #60

The internet made it happen. zonkers Dec 2012 #38

this is a knee jerk reaction maindawg Dec 2012 #39

So outside of the guard you really need to have an infantry riffle? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #40

I will dare hope with you, too. Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #41

Yall are idiots ... taxpayer2000 Dec 2012 #43

Son...the ban on high cap magazines is a no brainer nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #46

this might be the long game Obama supporters talk about Hamlette Dec 2012 #44

we are as sane as we ever were, we just decided to vote maindawg Dec 2012 #49

I felt it at work today... cynatnite Dec 2012 #51

Me too. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #52

I'm of the same mind. liberalla Dec 2012 #54

Dicks sporting goods to stop selling em nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #56