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Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 05:28 PM Nov 2017

Now is not the time to start discussing gun control in the wake of the Texas shootings.


But

Now is an excellent time to discuss gun control in the wake of Las Vegas. Sufficient time has elapsed.

Now is a great time to discuss it after the Sandy Hook shootings. There's been enough time since then.

Let's discuss it now that some time has passed since Philando Castile was shot.

We can begin now because it's been more than a month since the shooting at the Tennessee church.

If not now, when? Anyone need more time since those tragedies?

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Now is not the time to start discussing gun control in the wake of the Texas shootings. (Original Post) Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 OP
Thoughts and Prayers (tm) !!! ret5hd Nov 2017 #1
I'm waiting for the discussion we should have had in the wake of Charles Whitman . . . Journeyman Nov 2017 #2
It never is the time. LisaL Nov 2017 #3
Maybe after everyone gets shot at least once ?? rickford66 Nov 2017 #4
Getting shot didn't change the mind (if he has one)... 3catwoman3 Nov 2017 #8
I believe he thinks God saved him. rickford66 Nov 2017 #9
Probably. I guess those who die from... 3catwoman3 Nov 2017 #10
Or perhaps they need Officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey, justhanginon Nov 2017 #11
There ya go. We need more lesbians in police & security to stop gun violence. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #14
I see what you did there. NightWatcher Nov 2017 #5
Get the ball rolling! ManiacJoe Nov 2017 #6
Seems talkign about it is all we do. Doesn't seem to get any further. jmg257 Nov 2017 #7
Everything is OK, you are safe........... riversedge Nov 2017 #12
If there was a god SCVDem Nov 2017 #13

3catwoman3

(23,977 posts)
10. Probably. I guess those who die from...
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:03 PM
Nov 2017

...being shot aren't special enough or devout enough.

The arrogance of that kind of thinking is breathtaking.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
11. Or perhaps they need Officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey,
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:44 PM
Nov 2017

two of D.C.s finest to save there butts like they did for Scalise. Seems like they were there before God and bravely averted what could have been a much worse tragedy. Officer Crystal Griner was shot in the exchange of gunfire. They did their jobs well.
God, by all reports, was unhurt.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
6. Get the ball rolling!
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 05:59 PM
Nov 2017

State your goal.
State your method of achieving that goal.
Explain why your method will achieve that goal.
Explain what the side effects of the method are and why they are acceptable.

riversedge

(70,214 posts)
12. Everything is OK, you are safe...........
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:46 PM
Nov 2017

Tweet this over and over*




@SenateMajLdr @speakerRyan DO SOMETHING @nancyPelosi @SenSchumer NOW IS THE TIME TO PASS STRICT #GUNCONTROL PRAYERS ARE NOT ENOUGH #txlege




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