Elementary School Shooting in California -- At least 3 dead

[Minimalist]

What is going on??? Its seriously never been this bad before... ever.

It really is not that hard to understand if you know a little recent history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_As...eapons_Ban

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB)—officially, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act—is a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms it defined as assault weapons, as well as certain ammunition magazines it defined as "large capacity".
The ten-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, following a close 52-48 vote in the Senate, and signed into law by then President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment, and it expired on September 13, 2004, in accordance with its sunset provision.
Several constitutional challenges were filed against provisions of the ban, but all were rejected by reviewing courts. There were multiple attempts to renew the ban, but none succeeded.

Tax cuts for the rich never have "sunset provisions."  Funny how that works, huh?

[Whateverist]

Some might say it is the price of liberty.  Some must be sacrificed so that all can enjoy the illusion that guns make them safer.

If Sandy Hook held any lesson, it's that murdered children aren't sufficient to change anything in this country. At least the politicians in the pockets of the gun manufacturers and the NRA can pretend to have a good public cry before the victims become just another fucking data point.

I just hope they are prepared to send their heartfelt thoughts and prayers.  Of course it would be preferable if their attempt at thoughts extended to taking guns out of the hands of unstable people.

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Some might say it is the price of liberty.  Some must be sacrificed so that all can enjoy the illusion that guns make them safer.

Don't you know?   The tree of liberty needs to be watered with the blood of dead children.

This needs to become a meme and spread more widely.

[Aroura]

Countdown until this thread devolves into another too many guns/not enough guns debate thread and possible dead children are swept to the side.

Fucking jeesus fucking A Christ, this needs to end.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

What is going on??? Its seriously never been this bad before... ever.

We have a mass shooting every day in the US.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Some might say it is the price of liberty.  Some must be sacrificed so that all can enjoy the illusion that guns make them safer.

If Sandy Hook held any lesson, it's that murdered children aren't sufficient to change anything in this country. At least the politicians in the pockets of the gun manufacturers and the NRA can pretend to have a good public cry before the victims become just another fucking data point.

There's no report that any kids were killed at the school.

[Crossless2.0]

If Sandy Hook held any lesson, it's that murdered children aren't sufficient to change anything in this country. At least the politicians in the pockets of the gun manufacturers and the NRA can pretend to have a good public cry before the victims become just another fucking data point.

There's no report that any kids were killed at the school.

Oh, good. Kids were only wounded and adults were killed.

I feel better.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

What is going on??? Its seriously never been this bad before... ever.

This is America.  It has always been this bad.

[Joods]

If Sandy Hook held any lesson, it's that murdered children aren't sufficient to change anything in this country. At least the politicians in the pockets of the gun manufacturers and the NRA can pretend to have a good public cry before the victims become just another fucking data point.

There's no report that any kids were killed at the school.

Wrong. 

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/u...index.html

In another classroom, Victoria Soto, 27, moved her first-grade students away from the door. The gunman burst in and shot her, according to the father of a surviving student. Six students were killed in that classroom.

Looks like kids were killed to me.

[Crossless2.0]

There's no report that any kids were killed at the school.

Wrong. 

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/u...index.html

In another classroom, Victoria Soto, 27, moved her first-grade students away from the door. The gunman burst in and shot her, according to the father of a surviving student. Six students were killed in that classroom.

Looks like kids were killed to me.

I'm pretty sure WoG was referring to today's shooting.

[Joods]

Wrong. 

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/12/u...index.html



Looks like kids were killed to me.

I'm pretty sure WoG was referring to today's shooting.

Then perhaps that should have been specified since he was responding to a comment about Sandy Hook. IJS.