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(16,190 posts)highplainsdem
(48,969 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)things worse and theyre just getting started.
Tetrachloride
(7,834 posts)will change without neighborhood groups.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)just curious
Tetrachloride
(7,834 posts)at least 8 homes near me had firearms.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)and....so?
Tetrachloride
(7,834 posts)Richard D
(8,752 posts)"No one ever thought he could do that! He was so quiet and normal."
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)That is, if the object is to put fear into the maximum amount of people.
I live in a small town in Northern California and we had such a parade today. Now, let's face it, it's relatively easy for me to stay out of tall buildings in large cities, but we've all been to these kinds of parades, haven't we? Only reason I missed todays parade was the possibility of some rain. Otherwise I go to them several times a year.
I don't mean to slight the effect that 9/11 had on many people, of course. I had family members who worked in the trade towers at one time, but had retired before the attack.
H2O Man
(73,536 posts)spanone
(135,827 posts)npk
(3,660 posts)As long as we allow political bribery (a.k.a lobbying) and powerful special interest groups like the NRA to keep stuffing loads of cash in the pockets of these politicians we have zero chance.
crickets
(25,962 posts)Rebl2
(13,492 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)Does that mean youve finally awakened from the deliberate mass-poisoning of America by the Republican Party, Ana?
And if so, what are you going to do about it?
Jamesm9164
(542 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)as long as supporting such life doesn't involve taking away guns.
Hekate
(90,645 posts)gab13by13
(21,312 posts)Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, Chevrolet, and Mass murder.
IcyPeas
(21,859 posts)Ana Navarro-Cárdenas@ananavarro
Jesus Christ.
Add 4th of July Parade to:
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High Schools
Colleges
Church
Super Markets
Night Clubs
Walmart
Malls
Concerts
Temple
Parking Lots
Hospitals
Parks
Subway
McDonalds
Fed Ex
A spa
Growing list of places there have been mass shootings.
the Easter parade
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)as American as the 4th of July.💥
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Lonestarblue
(9,977 posts)amid all the lies and the hatred of anything progressive. I think of the dark days of FDRs presidency in the midst of the Great Depression and the worry that the country was failing. As then, the Republican Party wants the country to fail, wants to see us descend into chaos and murder of one another so the wealthy can get wealthier and impose their will on everyone else. Breaking the stranglehold of the right wing will be difficult because most of the media supports whatever makes the most money for them.
Escurumbele
(3,387 posts)Cognitive dissonance all over republican town.
She is right though...and she is, most of the time, right. One would think that by now proclaiming to be a republican would have stopped.
Just let me say this...Latino and republican does not mix well, as a Latina who is in the middle of politics she should not be blind to the fact that 99% of white republicans hate Latinos, and anyone who is not white.
OMGWTF
(3,951 posts)Dems need to step TF up and do the same thing.
Javaman
(62,521 posts)Mass shooting on our nations birthday?
😢
secondwind
(16,903 posts)question everything
(47,470 posts)betsuni
(25,472 posts)expecting to see a lot of news about the Fourth of July in the States. Mass shooting at a parade. Not even surprised. I thought, this is as American as apple pie and baseball.
BidenRocks
(826 posts)The first time I saw his pic I thought, what a freak!
Would you hire him?
OMGWTF
(3,951 posts)hooverville
(4 posts)They lied under oath, a crime. Time to grow a spine and play some hardball Democrats. These RWNJ have turned the USA into a shooting gallery with their ridiculous decisions. The majority of Americans want gun control. Doesn't matter if you dont have the votes. You have to put up a big stink and put up the fight to build political pressure. My message to Manchin and Sinema, is the GOP will nuke the filibuster the sec ond they get power. Stop being such naive Goddamned FOOLS!
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)We need you to focus on the Midterms next November. Every left leaner is needed.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)czarjak
(11,269 posts)lees1975
(3,845 posts)It must be done, whatever pressure needs to be applied and on whom in the senate, whether it is Manchin and Sinema, both of whom claim outrage over Dobbs, or Collins and Murkowski, who might need campaign money down the road, the court must be packed before this congressional session is over.
Mister Ed
(5,928 posts)And the first step is to avoid using the GOP's terms and letting them frame the matter. "Packing the Court" is what they accuse us of wanting to do.
Cha
(297,154 posts)They protect themselves Not the American People.
Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)Did something change that enabled this event? Or is it just a continuation of mass-shootings and Youtube hits?
CaptainTruth
(6,589 posts)New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen (06/23/2022)
It struck down NY's "special need" requirement to get a concealed carry permit. Basically, it said states can't impose special requirements to get a permit. It's the "shall issue" principle, meaning if someone applies for a permit the state "shall issue" it unless there's a legal reason not to.
End result, more people walking around with concealed firearms.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)Their recent decision seems to have no relevance to yesterday's mass shooting.
IronLionZion
(45,430 posts)than do anything useful on allowing state or local level gun regulations
packman
(16,296 posts)LaMouffette
(2,024 posts)It's time to do some major tinkering to the First and Second Amendments.
We are up against the country's and the world's most rich and powerful people, who are using the gullible Republican voters to not only keep things from changing for the better, but to make things even worse.