proud republican wrote:
I was watching news today and images of these kids screaming at NRA President Trump "Blood is on your hands!!!"..Today was National Walk Out Day...What it really should of been National Walk In Day...Teachers should of say to kids instead of screaming and calling people that dont agree with you all kinds of names why dont you kids stay in school, finish graduate and then if you want to change the world go into politics...and change it!!!.....Right now kids are doing dirty job of DNC!!!
I was watching news today and images of these kids... (
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Oh, c'mon PR..! Those kids are standing up for what THEY believe. Don't denigrate them just because they happen to disagree with your opinions. Besides you have ZERO evidence to suggest there is any connection between these kids and the DNC. If there is any association with Democrats at all, it's that the only politicians standing up for these children are Democrats... that doesn't mean the kids are working for the DNC. Jesus...
proud republican wrote:
Of course what happened in Florida was horrible, but its not an isolated thing...It happened many times before, so my question is why Congress didnt do anything when Columbine happened, when Sandy Hook happened,when Polytech happened??
Seriously? You have to ask? Congress jumps into action every single time. For instance, right after Sandy Hook, Senator Dianne Feinstein and 24 Democratic cosponsors introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. I guess you weren't paying attention. The problem is the influence the NRA has on Congress, which explains why these bills either don't get passed or get so limited by the time they do that they become inert.
proud republican wrote:
Do you really think you gonna get rid of NRA??.. Not a chance of these happening!!! 5 million members strong and counting!!!
As far as I know, that isn't the objective. The objective is to take weapons of war off the streets. That doesn't mean we have to get rid of the NRA, it just means we have to defeat their lobby in Congress and pass some decent laws. Each time there is a shooting, the number of Americans favoring gun control increases. 8 out of 10 Americans support the recent moves by Dick's Sporting Goods and Delta Airlines... eventually, there will be enough numbers to where democracy will defeat the wealth and corruption of the NRA lobby, unless of course Trump and Sessions succeed at shutting down our democracy and installing the 4th Reich. ;)
proud republican wrote:
Do you really think you gonna get rid of all the guns??? There are 11 million guns out there....
Again, that is not the objective. The arguments that say gun control advocates are trying to get rid of all the guns or that they are aiming to take away the 2nd Amendment are what you call, strawman arguments. The NRA is trying to convince you that if you don't oppose efforts to regulate the industry we will loose the 2nd Amendment and all our guns. I support stricter regulation of any weapons designed to maximize killing capacity. Maximum killing capacity is strictly the business of warfare. There is no need for it within a civil society. Yes, criminals will happen, I have myself been shot AT (he missed) by a street criminal. I didn't happen to have my gun ON me at the time, but if I did, I would not have needed more than the 9-rounds it has to defend myself against that one guy. (I can usually hit my target in less than 9 tries.) Crime rarely happens in large numbers... if a civilian EVER winds up facing off with a large group of criminals, it probably means he is also a criminal ...and seriously, if you can't bring down a buck without 30 rounds, you should take up knitting.
You DON'T NEED maximum killing capacity for hunting or self-defense. So STOP defending every move to regulate assault weapons. Next, you'll be saying nuclear disarmament violates the 2nd Amendment. Good Lord, there's gotta be a line somewhere. It's the difference between sanity and outright stupidity.
proud republican wrote:
What we all need to do is remember what family used to be...For example in my family my parents knew who my sister's and mine friends were,,also we had real conversations at the dinner table..I know all my son's friends.But now in age of social media i understand how hard it is to keep with your teen,but we as parents have to, we dont have a choice!!
I'm glad we can at least agree on some things. The World Wide Web just had it's 25th year anniversary and the founder addressed an event in Europe saying that social media has really turned out to be far more damaging than he had ever imagined it could be. I blame a lot of that on commerce for optimizing the online experience for sales rather than the benefits of communication and sharing. The more commerce can isolate you the better they can profile your buying patterns. I applaud your resolve to enforce the family network in the face of social media.
proud republican wrote:
Also you need to talk to your kids about bullying...We all been bullied at some point of our lives and its not fun!! i know i have been there..So teach your kids to stand up to bullies and protect those kids that cant protect themselves...
Also a good idea.
proud republican wrote:
Maybe then all this horrible nightmare will go away..Its up to us, adults to do something about it, and let kids study, go to school without being afraid of not coming home....I bet you most of these kids on TV probably dont know anything about the world..I bet they cant tell you how many continents there are, or where Uganda is, but they sure do know how to yell and call people names on TV...Its a shame that us grown ups didnt teach them better...
I like what you are suggesting about doing our part as adults and I think it can make a difference... certainly worthwhile. But... I seriously doubt it will make the nightmare go away. Honestly, it's just not enough... it's like preparing for amputation with an aspirin. I think better upbringing can help, but I think regulating weapons designed for maximum killing will help a lot more. I think you also need to consider the fact that the world isn't the same as it was when we were "the way we used to be". Wealth is far more concentrated now than it's been in well over a generation, globalism has diminished sovereign power and our national resources have long passed their peaks. What this boils down too is that there will be an increasing rate of disenfranchised people and under that increasing rate, there will be another increasing rate ...of people loosing their cookies.
Given our current bearing, we are heading toward conditions that will encourage more desperation and more crime - not less.
proud republican wrote:
So Congress this is your wake up call !!Do your job, and dont expect kids do yours!!!
*Ugh*