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Montauk6

(8,768 posts) Mon Dec 16, 2024, 10:09 PM Dec 16

Smoking the hopium time...

You know the term "going postal"? I certainly do, and some or many of you are old enough to remember the origin of that saying.

Back in the 80s, there seemed to be a spate of mass shootings at post offices around the country; IIRC, it was a disgruntled postal worker who felt pushed over the edge to go on a murder/suicide attack. Over time, measures were taken to nip things in the bud to where you don't hear about massacres in the USPS.

My HOPE is that we can do likewise and get to a point where school shootings are no longer a matter-of-time occurrence. Unfortunately, the frequency seems far greater than the postal incidents.

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Smoking the hopium time... (Original Post) Montauk6 Dec 16 OP

The number of "postal" incidents was miniscule compared to the number of school RockRaven Dec 16 #1

That was the point of my close. Montauk6 Dec 16 #2

Trump n gunz struggle4progress Dec 16 #3

RockRaven

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1. The number of "postal" incidents was miniscule compared to the number of school

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Mon Dec 16, 2024, 10:14 PM

Dec 16

shootings which have already taken place, by a wiiiiiiiiide margin. So if that were to be the example to draw hope from, wouldn't we expect some action already?

Montauk6

(8,768 posts)

2. That was the point of my close.

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Mon Dec 16, 2024, 10:21 PM

Dec 16

struggle4progress

(120,556 posts)

3. Trump n gunz

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 10:27 PM

Dec 16

... we have to get over it. We have to move forward ...
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Trump brags he did nothing on guns as president. Meanwhile, gun violence spiked. During four years in office, President Donald Trump rolled back gun safety requirements and repeatedly broke promises to address gun violence.

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