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ck4829

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26. Like the one that had 65M people voting for one candidate but the one with lesser votes 'won'?

Reply to sfwriter (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 3, 2018, 12:44 PM

Apr 2018

Doesn't seem like much of a revolution... or an election for that matter to me.

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God, this is it. Police state. [View all] DemocracyMouse Apr 2018 OP

My grandson has to walk through a metal detector at his high school AJT Apr 2018 #1

Does he accept it as normal?Has he ever known the exquisite feeling of being considered trustworthy? DemocracyMouse Apr 2018 #2

He accepts it. It's sad because it is a decent school. AJT Apr 2018 #4

Your grandson will be a better human for going to the public school. democratisphere Apr 2018 #27

Disgusting. cilla4progress Apr 2018 #3

And the expense rolls into the per student cost exboyfil Apr 2018 #5

I'm reminded of how after the theater shooting in Colorado, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #6

It was a former student. Igel Apr 2018 #10

And of course the possibility of no guns PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #11

"Personally I'd confiscate them all. " MichMary Apr 2018 #13

Not sure. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #18

Australia MichMary Apr 2018 #20

And they don't have mass gun murders. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #21

You're right MichMary Apr 2018 #23

Not sure how much better the system needs to be. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #29

Maybe less "identifying" and more "treating" the mentally ill MichMary Apr 2018 #31

And that's hardly unusual. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #35

" It's time for a nonviolent revolution. " sfwriter Apr 2018 #7

Amen to that! DemocracyMouse Apr 2018 #16

Like the one that had 65M people voting for one candidate but the one with lesser votes 'won'? ck4829 Apr 2018 #26

We had a presidential election in 2016. elocs Apr 2018 #30

Single points of entry lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #8

It's common in a lot of places. Igel Apr 2018 #9

Clear bags do not equal police state SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #19

If they really wanted to be safe, they'd install metal detectors on the school buses Blue_Adept Apr 2018 #12

What about MichMary Apr 2018 #14

metal detectors in every doorway! Blue_Adept Apr 2018 #15

Clear backpacks + metal detectors are not what the constitution means by a "well regulated militia" DemocracyMouse Apr 2018 #17

The original intent MichMary Apr 2018 #22

I'm not all that angry about MichMary Apr 2018 #24

It makes no sense and would not have stopped Cruz alarimer Apr 2018 #25

Guns are not going to be banned MichMary Apr 2018 #33

Maybe, but these events will continue unless they are banned. alarimer Apr 2018 #34

Who knew AR-15's can fit in back-packs C_U_L8R Apr 2018 #28

He had loaded magazines in a backpack MichMary Apr 2018 #32