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In reply to the discussion: Most Mass Shootings Target Women and Families; Study Finds Men With Legal Guns Are to Blame [View all]Jenoch
(7,720 posts)53. I don't know if you are aware of this,
but because of that shooting, Wisconsin has changed the standards for who can be hired as law enforcement officers. The POS who did that shooting had virtually no training or screening before being hired as a part time LEO.
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xchrom
Feb 2013
OP
an fyi re #4...restraining orders for stalking -are- mentioned in NICS criteria for prohibition
HereSince1628
Feb 2013
#5
'Lautenberg Amendment'. Do not pass go, do not collect 200$, Do not have a firearm
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2013
#16
I grew up hearing 'Keep 'em barefoot and pregnant.' But I thought that was bad. Not to them, though.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#34
Oh, hell no! My family taught me to be independent, get a career, support myself totally.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#40
My niece was shot and killed by her step grandfather. She had gone with her mother to
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#23
thank you. I haven't relayed it much because on an earlier occasion I was flatly told by another
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#31
I think there are more instances of gun violence than we want to think there are...
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#50
The guns may have been legally purchased, but I wonder how many of the massacres were
Squinch
Feb 2013
#20
the point s, for all the shock of mass shootings, murders of women by men outnumber them.
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2013
#38
Women & CHILDREN as sacrifices to NRA's psychotic nationalism. BLOOD on your hands Wayne et al.
patrice
Feb 2013
#21
No truly honest discussion of the demographics of violent crime is possible on DU
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#22
how often do women try to point this out and get slagged by the "STOP HURTING OUR FEELINGS!!" dudes?
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2013
#27
Are you disputing the rigorously researched stats that 1 in every 4 women...
countryjake
Feb 2013
#46
How many vehicular homocides were done with registered and insured vehicles?
galileoreloaded
Feb 2013
#55