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Rinse and Repeat
Author: Raine
Date: 03/30/2023 13:09:20
NASHVILLE, TN—In the hours following a violent rampage in Tennessee in which a lone attacker killed at least six individuals and injured several others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Tuesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. “This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said Tennessee resident Laura Campbell, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep this individual from snapping and killing a lot of people if that’s what they really wanted.” At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past eight years were referring to themselves and their situation as “helpless.” Source
This happened yesterday in Congress:
The person he interacted with at the end was Thomas Massie, (nRa, Ky). He asked Bowman what he was talking about. Massie is not the only one shilling and dancing for the gun lobby after this latest school massacre.
Bowman is right, people need to look at the data. States with stricter gun laws improve lives.
Nations with stronger gun control have prevented mass murders exponentially. Meanwhile, the GOP, from the federal level to state and local are now just saying it flat out: We don't want to do anything. They don't want to govern, they want to get people riled up and scared. This leads to more gun purchases and campaign money. The playbook of rinse and repeat. It's not a flaw, it's a feature.
Columbine. Sandy Hook. Parkland. Uvalde. Nashville. 376 since 1999. I can't count the lives that were lost.
In other words, they're owning the Libs by killing the Kids. It's just how they roll.
Raine
ETA: the last link is gifted; No firewall.
This happened yesterday in Congress:
Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Thomas Massie in a shouting match outside the House chamber on gun violence pic.twitter.com/dGmU25S3nz
— Ellis Kim (@elliskkim) March 29, 2023
The person he interacted with at the end was Thomas Massie, (nRa, Ky). He asked Bowman what he was talking about.
"I'm talking about gun violence!" Bowman shouted.
"You know, there's never been a school shooting in a school that allows teachers to carry," Massie said.
Their dispute came days after the Nashville school shooting Monday, when three 9-year-old students and three staff members were killed.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise accused Biden and Democrats of politicizing the Nashville shooting with their calls of an assault weapons ban. “All they want to do is take guns away from law-abiding citizens before they even know the facts,” he said in a news conference Tuesday. “And that’s not the answer.”
House Republicans in Tennessee remain opposed to tighter gun regulations. "We're not going to fix it," U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told reporters Monday. "Criminals are going to be criminals."
Several Republicans expressed greater concerns about the transgender identity of the shooting suspect, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, than the assault-style weapons used in the attack. "If early reports are accurate that a trans shooter targeted a Christian school, there needs to be a lot of soul searching on the extreme left," Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, tweeted. "Giving in to these ideas isn't compassion, it's dangerous."
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called on federal law enforcement to investigate the shooting as a hate crime. "This murderous rampage, this taking of innocent life, was a horrific crime, but more specifically, it was a hate crime,” he said on the House floor Tuesday.
Bowman is right, people need to look at the data. States with stricter gun laws improve lives.
Nations with stronger gun control have prevented mass murders exponentially. Meanwhile, the GOP, from the federal level to state and local are now just saying it flat out: We don't want to do anything. They don't want to govern, they want to get people riled up and scared. This leads to more gun purchases and campaign money. The playbook of rinse and repeat. It's not a flaw, it's a feature.
Columbine. Sandy Hook. Parkland. Uvalde. Nashville. 376 since 1999. I can't count the lives that were lost.
In other words, they're owning the Libs by killing the Kids. It's just how they roll.
Raine
ETA: the last link is gifted; No firewall.
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Comment by 
Raine on 03/30/2023 13:20:09
Raine on 03/30/2023 13:20:09
Bonus:
It's bad enough that Marjorie Taylor Greene lies about everything and spreads dangerous conspiracy theories.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) March 29, 2023
But when she lies to fight against policies that would save kids' lives, it truly makes her beneath contempt. pic.twitter.com/9AFCfrBkuV
Comment by Raine on 03/30/2023 13:24:16
Raine on 03/30/2023 13:24:16
another view from the exchange between Massie and Bowman:
Republicans won't do SHIT when it comes to gun violence, but try to tell me to calm down.
— Congressman Jamaal Bowman (@RepBowman) March 29, 2023
NO.
We can't calm down. People are dying everyday while we wait. pic.twitter.com/38mYYW9cgs
Comment by 
BobR on 03/30/2023 13:38:05
BobR on 03/30/2023 13:38:05
When it comes to common-sense gun regulations, Republicans are like the cops in Uvalde - standing around not wanting to get involved while gun violence runs rampant.
Comment by Raine on 03/30/2023 15:21:30
Raine on 03/30/2023 15:21:30
This is absolutely insane. A U.S. senator should not be learning about their own co-sponsorship of a bill for the first time on Fox News. Let alone a bill that basically gives the government massive, sweeping new powers to surveil and restrict the internet. https://t.co/LFAnyN5hhf
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) March 30, 2023
Comment by 
Scoopster on 03/30/2023 15:55:52
Scoopster on 03/30/2023 15:55:52
Afternoon all.. 
Welp, yesterday I had the pleasure of receiving a colonoscopy. It almost didn't happen because of a scheduling mishap, but I'm really glad that got resolved & it was done. They did find a couple polyps, and one was a little large so I hafta go back in six months.
Today's lesson: Take care of your butt stuff!
Welp, yesterday I had the pleasure of receiving a colonoscopy. It almost didn't happen because of a scheduling mishap, but I'm really glad that got resolved & it was done. They did find a couple polyps, and one was a little large so I hafta go back in six months.
Today's lesson: Take care of your butt stuff!
Comment by Raine on 03/30/2023 22:28:29
Raine on 03/30/2023 22:28:29
TFG has been indicted!
Comment by Raine on 03/30/2023 23:13:06
Raine on 03/30/2023 23:13:06
TFG has been indicted!