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billh58

(6,632 posts)
12. When the right-wing
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:26 PM
Dec 2012

Tea Party leaning SCOTUS forced an insane 5-4 decision onto the American public with Heller, the crazies in the nation interpreted that as a vindication of their romance with guns. All that Heller actually "settled" was the right to have a gun in the home -- which few really oppose in the first place. The "guns everywhere" society of right-wing red necked politicians and their slobbering sheep have since used Heller as an excuse to attempt to legislate away the last 100 years of gun regulation sanity.

Our very own Gungeon crowd is proof of this madness, and that they are allowed to spew their love of violence, vigilantism, and summary executions on DU is beyond belief. And now Florida is bragging about being the first state to allow over 1 million red necks to carry concealed guns in public.

At some point public outrage about daily occurrences of acts gun violence such as this one will turn the tide, and sanity will begin to once again prevail. Until then, please support organizations like the Brady Center, and Mayors Against Illegal Guns in order to counter this insane rush to legalize murder and violence.

This is happening too damned often! upaloopa Dec 2012 #1
Gun nuts go nuts mikeysnot Dec 2012 #5
Fox News dwigthreeD Dec 2012 #32
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #68
Fox News and the other paranoia-inducing public media outlets are big causes of this. Stevepol Dec 2012 #69
another one? heaven05 Dec 2012 #2
More evidence Plucketeer Dec 2012 #3
don't forget the bullet mikeysnot Dec 2012 #6
Naw, only allow our great govt and people like romney to have guns The Straight Story Dec 2012 #8
What a load of crap. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #36
Only guns kill people? lbrtbell Dec 2012 #74
Other methods take more effort laundry_queen Dec 2012 #76
I imagine many people believe that 27-plus dead school children are merely a price to pay LanternWaste Dec 2012 #71
Oy deutsey Dec 2012 #4
Is this some kind of sick cosmic "joke?" Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #7
When the right-wing billh58 Dec 2012 #12
Moar guns. Moar guns. Moar guns. onehandle Dec 2012 #9
We need comprehensive fucking gun control... Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #10
Connecticut has strong licensing requirements and an AWB hack89 Dec 2012 #13
It has your precious concealed carry. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #19
Every state in the union but one has concealed carry hack89 Dec 2012 #30
Get the hell off DU with your crap. llmart Dec 2012 #66
Just pointing out that Conneticut has strong gun laws. hack89 Dec 2012 #67
Right... "that's all" indeed. LanternWaste Dec 2012 #73
Do u really think he wouldn't have Dokkie Dec 2012 #47
This part of your post perplexes me: tabasco Dec 2012 #70
The issue is NOT that we need gun control, but what type happyslug Dec 2012 #62
Anti-American gun religionists... sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #11
When this happens in Norway, it's a shattering, numbing national tragedy. Aristus Dec 2012 #14
That's the first thing that popped into my mind. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #24
+1 nt Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #28
Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #15
At a fucking elementary school? MessiahRp Dec 2012 #16
and incredibly, 18 will never have to worry about it again. :( Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #50
How many more times? Botany Dec 2012 #17
If only some of those kids had been able to carry guns at school, this wouldn't have happened! riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #18
Only if we had implemented the Brady bill Dokkie Dec 2012 #52
We are helpless in the matter of gun violence. TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #20
Not just the US, not just guns - attacks on school children csziggy Dec 2012 #21
Updating: Drum Dec 2012 #22
sigh............ Marrah_G Dec 2012 #23
What a country. llmart Dec 2012 #25
But if only the Elementary School kids HAD guns, they could shoot back... brooklynite Dec 2012 #29
I'm fucking sick of it. llmart Dec 2012 #65
UPDATE: Sources: Multiple Deaths, Including Children, At Sandy Hook School Shooting In Newtown brooklynite Dec 2012 #26
Damn. jsr Dec 2012 #27
2 Innocents Dead SoCalMusicLover Dec 2012 #31
26 are dead. lunatica Dec 2012 #41
meanwhile, a knife-wielding man attacks a Chinese elementary school... mainer Dec 2012 #33
There goes that argument Mangoman Dec 2012 #35
Deaths in the double digits oberliner Dec 2012 #34
CNN just stated... 27 dead. Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2012 #37
a whole classroom Cobalt Violet Dec 2012 #38
I can't rap my mind around it.... Scruffy Rumbler Dec 2012 #39
26 dead. 18 of them are children lunatica Dec 2012 #40
OMG...now every Christmas will be a nightmare for those families. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #43
This madness has to stop. nt forward4freedom Dec 2012 #42
One entire classroom unaccounted for outside the school Beowulf Dec 2012 #44
That remains the main current concern. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #46
:( sounds like the classroom he chose? how sad. what a messed up evil action. Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #51
OMG! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #45
Another body discovered at a home connected to the shooting... countryjake Dec 2012 #48
Salon is saying one gunman wearing a vest, carrying four guns TrogL Dec 2012 #49
and the gunman's parent is dead TrogL Dec 2012 #53
Much misinformation in the early hrs after the massacre... countryjake Dec 2012 #54
father dead at home, mother dead at school, he shot up her classroom full of kids TrogL Dec 2012 #57
Girlfriend and another friend missing in New Jersey TrogL Dec 2012 #59
Well-Regulated Militia FAIL. Time for our militia to limit who is permitted to join. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #55
That is a problem, the US Supreme Court has ruled EVERY male is a member of the Militia happyslug Dec 2012 #60
Well then we need the USSC to revisit that whole idea. I would posit that the Militia itself kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #63
Shooter's guns all said to be legal mainer Dec 2012 #56
WAS THE SHOOTER ON PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION(S)? Can we please start asking the question? grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #58
Sounds like we may have a mass school killing that beats out Bath, Michigan in 1927. happyslug Dec 2012 #61
And Virginia Tech obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #64
Isn't it bit too late to have any hope of actual gun control? olegramps Dec 2012 #72
Total ban now! WTF? Need more shootings to convince you? Blandocyte Dec 2012 #75
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