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Gun Control Reform Activism

jimmy the one

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5. nra, beyond abashment

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2013, 10:55 AM

Aug 2013

JAG: {shooter} Michael Brandon Hill was talked down by a school Administrative Assistant.

Another exemption from wayno's proposition that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with one. The lady was armed only with a prayer (as she put it).

Just another gem:We ought to be ashamed of ourselves as a country

Not all, or at least to different extents; largely those who oppose controlling wanton firearm possession & gunpolicy, like nra & goa saf et al.
Nra is beyond abashment, they consider it a thrill ride throughout the country, & use the constitution as a pretext.

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And again - it happens again [View all] JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 OP

Funny, I was told it's impossible to obtain an AK-47 in the US BainsBane Aug 2013 #1

Exactly! JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #3

that admin ass't was a hero! She talked to him about her life and got him to give up. I am so CTyankee Aug 2013 #2

CT JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #4

nra, beyond abashment jimmy the one Aug 2013 #5

Seems to me that women have been quite successful in defusing these type of things. Hoyt Aug 2013 #6

How do you figure the dead in Newtown into that equation? Or all the other school shooting victims? Squinch Aug 2013 #7