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thesquanderer

(11,989 posts) Thu Feb 15, 2018, 08:37 AM Feb 2018

The waiting period before we can talk gun control after a tragedy...

...should not be longer than the waiting period for buying a gun.

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The waiting period before we can talk gun control after a tragedy... (Original Post) thesquanderer Feb 2018 OP

And always seems to be long enough to get to the next mass shooting lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #1

BINGO! PA Democrat Feb 2018 #3

Rick Scott said "not the time to talk about it" last night Dennis Donovan Feb 2018 #2

Oh no, lets wait, people are too upset, etc. etc. etc. to talk about this sensitive issue... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #4

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

1. And always seems to be long enough to get to the next mass shooting

Reply to thesquanderer (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 08:40 AM

Feb 2018

so basically we can never talk about gun control

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)

3. BINGO!

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 08:50 AM

Feb 2018

We already have 30 mass shootings in 2018. One mass shooting every 36 hours.

https://www.abc15.com/news/data/mass-shootings-in-the-us-when-where-they-have-occurred-in-2018

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

2. Rick Scott said "not the time to talk about it" last night

Reply to thesquanderer (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 08:47 AM

Feb 2018

... during the press conference. Here's the governor of a state that just in the last few years had two of the largest mass shootings in history. When the fuck is it going to be time to talk about it governor Scott, you soulless bastard!

SWBTATTReg

(22,130 posts)

4. Oh no, lets wait, people are too upset, etc. etc. etc. to talk about this sensitive issue...