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LAGC

(5,330 posts)
10. That's how it worked in California.
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 03:32 PM
Feb 2018

A few Black Panthers showed up on the statehouse steps toting shotguns, and the Republicans were tripping over themselves to pass some serious gun control in short order.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act


I think one really has to wonder what would have happened if he was... ExciteBike66 Feb 2018 #1
We all know if he was Muslim, black or brown he'd already be in jail. brush Feb 2018 #3
more likely he would be dead. lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #27
I wonder if OP's from new posters are just here to "stir things up"...word to the wise about that. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #6
Good question grumpyduck Feb 2018 #8
What about that post made you think that? The fact of possible racial discrimination pnwmom Feb 2018 #14
The OP is a logical and important question EffieBlack Mar 2018 #31
Plenty of shit stirring tazkcmo Mar 2018 #51
To answer your question run this thought experiment... Moostache Feb 2018 #2
Good one. That's how one zeros in on a proposition. brush Feb 2018 #5
That's how it worked in California. LAGC Feb 2018 #10
Or if a couple hundred black men, or brown men, or Muslims decided to sit outside a couple hundred pangaia Mar 2018 #53
Not sure why you think posing that thought would be Florida specific. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #4
Didn't think it was Florida-specific at all grumpyduck Feb 2018 #7
yes it was in Florida . . . so what is your point? DrDan Feb 2018 #9
If you read the OP, I didn't have a POINT grumpyduck Feb 2018 #12
I've re-read and I don't see a question. n/t Yonnie3 Feb 2018 #15
Maybe we need to get some English teachers involved grumpyduck Feb 2018 #20
You edit your post after I read it and then write this? Yonnie3 Mar 2018 #25
Okay, help me out grumpyduck Mar 2018 #37
Called you out on another OP? Yonnie3 Mar 2018 #57
so why bring up the fact it happened in Florida? DrDan Feb 2018 #17
Why are you giving the poster a hard time? The point, obviously, pnwmom Feb 2018 #13
because it happened in Florida? DrDan Feb 2018 #16
Probably because it happened in America. n/t EffieBlack Mar 2018 #39
I assume you saw the post before the edit. "It was in Florida. The shooter was white." DrDan Mar 2018 #40
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2018 #56
This is ridiculous EffieBlack Mar 2018 #32
I am not ok with a post that brings up a question regarding race and then points to Florida. DrDan Mar 2018 #41
No one is allowed to suggest that Florida has a problem with racism? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #43
and racism is isolated to Florida? DrDan Mar 2018 #44
Oh, please EffieBlack Mar 2018 #47
I'll stand by my comments DrDan Mar 2018 #48
The real question is how many such reports do they get in a day? Binkie The Clown Feb 2018 #11
And what can they do if he has not broken laws as of yet treestar Feb 2018 #19
Yup jberryhill Mar 2018 #26
Precisely. Ligyron Mar 2018 #30
If my Aunt had balls, maxsolomon Feb 2018 #18
Okay, two things grumpyduck Feb 2018 #21
your post is divisive, your post count is low maxsolomon Feb 2018 #23
Well, there you go... I can't tell Cyrillic from Greek grumpyduck Feb 2018 #24
Asking a question about racism is not "divisive" EffieBlack Mar 2018 #33
DU is filled with divisiveness. maxsolomon Mar 2018 #35
It may not be "insightful" to you but it's a very important question. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #38
I explained myself. maxsolomon Mar 2018 #42
This has nothing to do with trolls EffieBlack Mar 2018 #46
Geez, I was so ready to move on from this grumpyduck Mar 2018 #49
Same quesiton asked over and over at DU resulting always in divisiveness. Fred Sanders Mar 2018 #52
If the new rule is that no one can raise a question or issue that's been previously discussed EffieBlack Mar 2018 #54
My fundamental concern at the moment is that the event of two weeks ago LanternWaste Feb 2018 #22
I think heaven05 Mar 2018 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Mar 2018 #29
I have a high post count, so I'LL ask: How would the shooter have been treated if he were black? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #34
Thank you grumpyduck Mar 2018 #36
Yeah - he wouldn't have shot up a school lame54 Mar 2018 #45
Would the gun store have sold him an AR-15? FarCenter Mar 2018 #50
Probably not. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #55
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