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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D. NM) re-election campaign:
Yesterday, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the Senate to strengthen our nation’s background check system for buying a gun.
I’m proud to co-sponsor...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Nov 17, 2017 at 07:11 PM PST
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North Carolina CBS affiliate WCNC reports that two Tellico Plains, Tennessee churchgoers were shot—one in the hand and one in the abdomen—when a handgun, being shown during a discussion about guns and gun safety, went off accidentally.
The Tellico...
by Walter Einenkel
119 comments
on Fri Nov 17, 2017 at 09:12 AM PST
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I hear in the distance, gunfire.
And I know I am a lucky man that I can hear gunfire and not be fearful.
In so many places in the world right now, that sound would cause an immediate, visceral reaction; where to hide the children; where to go...
by rogerman
31 comments
on Fri Nov 17, 2017 at 08:46 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Murphy’s (D. CT) re-election campaign:
Today, I joined up with Senator John Cornyn to introduce a breakthrough bill on background checks. To put it bluntly, this is a big deal.
Along...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Nov 16, 2017 at 05:24 PM PST
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I started my day with my friend Jon Sitzman’s diary about the Mass shooting in California elementary school - Rancho Tehama Reserve area.
Throughout the day I have read “It's not the guns" a hundred times in discussion here and everywhere. It’s not...
by randallt
28 comments
on Tue Nov 14, 2017 at 06:40 PM PST
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Another mass murder today. I'm going to develop a form for political figures to fill out by just checking off certain statements, such as: (check) my thoughts and prayers are with the families; (check) this is not the time to talk about gun control;...
by puff the cat
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on Tue Nov 14, 2017 at 02:57 PM PST
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Trump is a man of simple or simplistic prejudices, and it is sad that much of his presidency is defined by his predecessor, or perhaps his now obsessiveness with regards to erasing the legacy.
More specifically Trump’s obsession seems more like some...
by annieli
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on Sat Nov 11, 2017 at 02:56 PM PST
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A Florida private school is selling bulletproof panels for its students’ backpacks. Besides the despair/outrage of America’s unwillingness to face our gun problem there’s so many things wrong with this. First, the school is selling this and making a...
by Seashells
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on Thu Nov 09, 2017 at 05:57 AM PST
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My personal experiences in therapy dealing with Cognitive Distortion got me thinking about these pro-gun arguments in a new light. Maybe you will too! Nothing all that groundbreaking for Daily Kos, but I spent a lot of time writing this for folks who...
by Man from Wasichustan
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on Thu Nov 09, 2017 at 07:15 AM PST
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Being a notorious sexual predator who has paid out tens of millions of dollars to victimized women is taking its toll on Bill O'Reilly. Now that he's sequestered to his chintzy weblog since Fox News fired him, O'Reilly is exhibiting signs of acute...
by News Corpse
19 comments
on Wed Nov 08, 2017 at 05:58 PM PST
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Campaign Action
More than 20 Senate Democrats have introduced a bill banning assault weapons in the wake of yet another mass shooting met by Republicans offering hopes and prayers and opposition to even discussing policy changes.
The Democratic...
by Laura Clawson
106 comments
on Wed Nov 08, 2017 at 09:41 AM PST
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After every shooting which claims dozens of lives and leaves dozen others wounded, traumatized, handicapped, Republicans wear their “hypocrisy mask” to pretend they are saddened. And after each massacre, they stand in the way of any initiative (by...
by mducheiney
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on Wed Nov 08, 2017 at 09:42 AM PST
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I have a dim memory, from first grade, of crouching under my desk facing away from the windows. It wasn’t just me. All of my classmates were crouched under their desks as well. We were following our teacher’s instructions for what to do in the event...
by 7th term is small
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on Wed Nov 08, 2017 at 01:52 PM PST
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I’m taking a brief break from calling my elected officials — again — about sensible gun control legislation (or, more specifically, the lack thereof) to address the latest manufactured outrage from the GOP (which is, despite how it markets itself, most...
by fisknp
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on Wed Nov 08, 2017 at 11:28 AM PST
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May be completely naive for thinking this, foolishly optimistic, (what have you) … but… This could be really really huge (we can only hope), and hat tip to Dave Weigel:
How complete a sea change this is can be seen in the top map/graphic from Nate...
by NYFM
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on Wed Nov 08, 2017 at 09:50 AM PST
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It is time to talk about gun reform in Texas. Not gun control, gun reform. If we can talk gun reform in Texas, we can talk about it anywhere.
We need sensible solutions and we need them now. According to a national firearm violence archive, there...
by daynasteelecampaign
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on Tue Nov 07, 2017 at 01:11 PM PST
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I am in favor of thought. I am in favor of prayer.
I am not in favor of Thoughts And Prayers ™ (T & P ™) as a habitual, rote response to a mass shooting. (Or any shooting, or any bombing, or any disaster, or any death.)
I hope never to...
by BC in Illinois
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on Tue Nov 07, 2017 at 03:27 PM PST
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Despite “we shouldn’t do anything because we can’t stop every gun massacre” being an incredibly stupid argument, it’s still a go to argument. As if not being able to stop everything is a reason to do nothing at all. Or that “the only ones with guns...
by clammyc
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on Tue Nov 07, 2017 at 12:45 PM PST
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America… another day, another mass shooting.
Only one month after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history took place in Las Vegas, the most deadly mass shooting in Texas state history has taken place at the First Baptist Church in...
by dailynooze
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on Tue Nov 07, 2017 at 11:07 AM PST
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Okay. I'll be the bad guy. I don’t think the "good guy with a gun" is any hero. I think Trump is using this to successfully draw attention away from the actual victims. I don’t think that firing a gun in public towards a church where people are dead...
by djohn817
67 comments
on Tue Nov 07, 2017 at 09:51 AM PST
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