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In reply to the discussion: It's been nine years. [View all]

Response to PTWB (Reply #64)

It's been nine years. [View all] AndyS Dec 2021 OP
6 year olds shot to ribbons in their classroom. And our leaders didn't care enough to do anything. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #1
Obama and Biden tried really hard to do something iemanja Dec 2021 #4
Yes in all fairness they did. But we need more than a few leaders willing to do something. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #8
The Pain, and Frustration are Very Real, but please... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #7
I know I can be given to hyperbole. But that is what the rest of the world thinks. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #9
Most Americans are not killing each other, but we have a gun happy electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #15
You underestimate the numbers of people with guns. llmart Dec 2021 #20
🤔 I wasn't as clear as I should have been... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #32
Only 32% own a gun, according to the last poll I saw. Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #71
Americans are like the Germans who did nothing about the death camps. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #22
I stand with you on your comments. llmart Dec 2021 #21
We do nothing, nothing at all. We can not defend our inaction. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #23
I share your outrage 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000....% spanone Dec 2021 #2
Russia is the glue that holds them together housecat Dec 2021 #5
Russia doesn't have to send an army to kill us. We are doing it for them. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #11
with only their money housecat Dec 2021 #41
And Putin didn't spend a great deal of money to bring down the US. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #47
I didn't know that. Can you say more about that please? mahina Dec 2021 #45
The NRA... mrsadm Dec 2021 #18
👍🏼 spanone Dec 2021 #46
Destroy keithhs28 Dec 2021 #3
Destroy the 2A before it destroys us. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #12
I was sitting in my classroom at the time, (my students were at Music). 11 Bravo Dec 2021 #6
I tend to drink a bit too much on Dec 14. AndyS Dec 2021 #10
Also, fuck Alex Jones and Infowars to the highest of hells. Initech Dec 2021 #13
Was he one of the ones talking about "crisis actors"? Geeebz! electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #16
Yes. ShazzieB Dec 2021 #31
Yeah. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #36
And even when he's offline, he's a garbage POS. Initech Dec 2021 #39
Yup, I knew he was a garbage person the first time I heard about him. Initech Dec 2021 #37
Like Eisenhower made the Germans look at death camps, Americans should be made to look at the Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #14
This I agree with. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #30
A backlash would confirm the self-centered, irresponsible stance of the populace. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #43
It was that day when I realized Leith Dec 2021 #17
This is the day that I realized we are all to blame. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #27
Joe The Plumber: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights' To Have Guns keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #19
Their hobby is more important to them than America's children. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #24
This is when I came to terms with the fact that nothing would change. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #25
It's not over and it doesn't have to be this way,. nt AndyS Dec 2021 #26
What does this say about our national character? Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #28
Those Germans who fought against the Nazi regime were willing to pay a big price. Kaleva Dec 2021 #35
There's nothing wrong with me. Or you. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #29
We let donors have more say than voters mahina Dec 2021 #33
The supreme court inthewind21 Dec 2021 #83
It's been the main argument every election for me and mine to turn out mahina Dec 2021 #88
We're not going to pass gun control legislation unless we change our strategy. PTWB Dec 2021 #34
FUCK GUN OWNERS! AndyS Dec 2021 #38
I just told you compromises that would work. PTWB Dec 2021 #40
FUCK GUN OWNERS! AndyS Dec 2021 #42
Brother, you really don't know what you're talking about. PTWB Dec 2021 #44
I've read that post a dozen times. AndyS Dec 2021 #48
Nonsense. PTWB Dec 2021 #49
Yes, and what we are doing is sucking up to gunners. Time to try AndyS Dec 2021 #50
Good luck. PTWB Dec 2021 #51
Thanks again for being the lone gunner to show up in a Sandy Hook AndyS Dec 2021 #52
Thanks for being the guy that would rather rage against gun owners... PTWB Dec 2021 #53
You haven't advocated for control iemanja Dec 2021 #59
Nonsense. PTWB Dec 2021 #61
Your post labeled "I only scratched the surface" iemanja Dec 2021 #63
If this doesn't work, I don't think anything will. PTWB Dec 2021 #64
This message was self-deleted by its author inthewind21 Dec 2021 #84
Its really hard to understand why you've been failing. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #66
Congratulations on being the second gunner in a Sandy Hook thread. AndyS Dec 2021 #67
You do you, boo. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #68
Dude. Chill. You're not helping anyone when you're like this, yourself included. Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #69
You called voluntary gun buy backs a threat iemanja Dec 2021 #57
There are voluntary buybacks and mandatory buybacks. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #70
The more accurate term for "mandatory buyback" being "confiscation", mind you. Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #72
No Hero, the more accurate term for mandatory buyback is AndyS Dec 2021 #74
Actually, both terms would apply. Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #76
Eminent domain typically requires the ceased property to be used by government (eta: public use) SYFROYH Dec 2021 #77
To quote so many gunners, "Nonsense". AndyS Dec 2021 #78
Because you cited the US Constitution, I thought you might have remembered what you read. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #81
*sigh* This is so fucking tedious. AndyS Dec 2021 #82
Except its not a Sandy Hook Massacre thread -- its a thread about legislation since Sandy Hook. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #85
You ought to be careful calling others callus. PTWB Dec 2021 #86
It is difficult to have a rational discussion on this issue when one side consistently attacks Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #89
I hadn't considered that, good point. Dial H For Hero Dec 2021 #80
That's how I see it, too. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #75
I don't see that your suggested starting points do anything but make life easier for Gunners. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #54
I only scratched the surface. PTWB Dec 2021 #55
OK, well that all sounds well and good. maxsolomon Dec 2021 #56
If it doesn't work, nothing will. PTWB Dec 2021 #62
Well said nt iemanja Dec 2021 #58
I think this is a particular problem far too many people deny exists. Torchlight Dec 2021 #60
Every year, I think what those kids could be doing today IzzaNuDay Dec 2021 #65
If Sandy Hook wasn't Emile Dec 2021 #73
Thank you for making your first post here on DU in this thread! Welcome to DU, Emile. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2021 #79
Exactly. PTWB Dec 2021 #90
My right wing brother Bettie Dec 2021 #87
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