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Tommy_Carcetti

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39. Oh how silly! People who shoot "bad guys" don't feel guilty or any traumatic stress at all.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 02:30 PM
Feb 2018

Just ask any wartime veteran.


Lawrence ODonnells statistic last night: nolabear Feb 2018 #1
Something A WISE PERSON would bear in mind. dchill Feb 2018 #3
Lawrence's A Block last night leftieNanner Feb 2018 #34
He was spot on last night PatSeg Feb 2018 #65
Exactly, 5 POs fire 40 rounds at an unarmed person, there are 9 wounds, 1 fatal bigbrother05 Feb 2018 #40
There was a video posted here some years ago lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #55
School shootings would no longer be BYOG...it is now a buffet, come in, take a gun, kill as you go. Thomas Hurt Feb 2018 #2
Just 4 of the Heartstrings Feb 2018 #4
What is the teacher supposed to do with the gun when they are not actively defending students Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #5
That's the amazing thing about extraordinarily stupid ideas Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #7
NRA will create concoctions of increasingly bizarre ideas; anything to increase gun "rights". . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2018 #56
+1, there was armed guard there at the school that day. The issue is access to weapons of war uponit7771 Feb 2018 #8
Weapons of war. Exactly. I asked a few gun "enthusiasts" at work why anyone would need Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #17
No Democrat ha ever Glaisne Feb 2018 #36
There may be some on the left who want to take all guns away. There are some on the right who Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #44
Democrats taking away guns is a fear point at least since 1990 Marthe48 Feb 2018 #46
How long does it take the teacher to get the gun out of safekeeping dragonlady Feb 2018 #13
Exactly! Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #18
conceal carry I think is the idea Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #61
Thanks, Mr. E - You have covered all possibilities except the one Rubio pointed out last night - Leghorn21 Feb 2018 #6
I'm sure the good folks at DU can conjure up dozens of potential scenarios Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #9
++++ agree with all you say, Mr. Ected. 100%. nt Leghorn21 Feb 2018 #10
Rubio Mr.Magoo'ed himself into several moments of honesty last night. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2018 #43
Ban weapons of war SHRED Feb 2018 #11
Abso-fucking-lutely Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #12
Yep SHRED Feb 2018 #15
Right. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #33
ALL of the civilized countries that have taken this route have seen a DECREASE in gun deaths erronis Feb 2018 #38
K&R Glaisne Feb 2018 #42
Or, two more scenarios obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #14
Even combat training and experience have never precluded friendly fire causalities. n/t sarge43 Feb 2018 #58
One more quakerboy Feb 2018 #67
all teachers will be the first target of the gunman. spanone Feb 2018 #16
This right here. Saviolo Feb 2018 #54
AND WHEN THE COPS SHOW UP THEY FUCKING SHOOT YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FUCKING GUN yodermon Feb 2018 #19
Thats easily mitigated Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #25
Time???? Sophia4 Feb 2018 #35
Shouldnt you let teachers make yah choice individually instead of saying they are all the same Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #49
no, teachers should never have the responsibility of defending students with guns. kwassa Feb 2018 #60
Most teachers are women, many of them small. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #66
I know you are a cop... USALiberal Feb 2018 #50
teachers have to buy supplies for their classrooms now, will they have to buy their own bullets? Motley13 Feb 2018 #20
What do you mean? gratuitous Feb 2018 #23
Sam Zeif on Ari & Velshi: My teacher stood in front of me because she LOVED me. lostnfound Feb 2018 #21
I'll believe someone speaking from their heart one hundred times out of 100 Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #22
Your arguement applies to police exactly the same- so should they not act either? Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #24
Fantasy time. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #27
So yes or no? Lee-Lee Feb 2018 #30
No. Just no. Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #31
They could also put in TV cameras Turbineguy Feb 2018 #26
People talk about the GOP's "schools to prisons" pipeline. Initech Feb 2018 #28
My 10th grade geometry teacher ice-picked a female teacher over 20 times, killing her. TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #29
Or suicidal kid walks in points gun at teacher askyagerz Feb 2018 #32
Fucking craziest thing I've heard other than working with Russia to improve election cybersecurity. lark Feb 2018 #37
Oh how silly! People who shoot "bad guys" don't feel guilty or any traumatic stress at all. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2018 #39
Trump and his ilk can talk all they want but bullshit is still bullshit. world wide wally Feb 2018 #41
If a gunman knows the teacher is armed, he'll shoot the teacher first. Vinca Feb 2018 #45
Imagine this scenario. Mr.Bill Feb 2018 #47
Right wing advocates for arming teachers are not sincere about it. Oneironaut Feb 2018 #48
Who is paying for these guns? lapislzi Feb 2018 #51
An AR against what? A hand gun? liberal N proud Feb 2018 #52
And valuable time is wasted shayes51 Feb 2018 #53
May I share this on other sites? catbyte Feb 2018 #57
Of course! Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #59
TEACHERS ARE NOT SECURITY GUARDS. forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #62
I am a High School teacher ybbor Feb 2018 #63
Somehow we can keep guns out of boarding areas of Airports but not out of Schools? rgbecker Feb 2018 #64
Most of the teachers would sign up for the bonus $$$ and would never confront an active shooter missingm Feb 2018 #68
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