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Enough is enough.
believe in full moons, the ebbs and swells they can cause May wraps up in a super moon eclipse. Stay home. Stay safe.
Why is there a shooting every other week in America now,
it's getting worse and worse
Stay safe and God bless everyone
My prayers are with you all
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also laws need to be stricter--soon as the killer/shooter is captured all you hear about is who he/she is where from and know the last thing they had to eat--they need to remember the people that got shot and lived from it and the people that got shot and died from it--
No worries, and no offense taken.know im guilty of ridiculing your authorities/chosen,as you seem to have none better
but
i do have fun,and thats supposed ro be of importance,in out lpsg life huh
No worries, and no offense taken.
America isn't perfect and your criticisms are valid.
I get clay target/sport shooting ect and farmers who need them for pest animal control. But the rest of it is just gun love. It’s so stupid.
My father was a retired homicide detective and was very familiar with a variety of firearms. He taught me a healthy respect for guns, and the responsibility that comes with gun ownership.I don't love my guns. I respect them a great deal. I never look forward to the day I might have to use one.
But as a single woman living in Atlanta my Dad made me promise to never be far from one when I'm alone. He's in a third generation Texan who thinks anyone who open carries is an idiot and should be stripped of his firearm. I'm with him on that.
I sympathize on you there.Having gotten into this topic in the politics section, I know I should steer clear since it is one of those things where I can feel and am subject to the judgement and hysteria from both sides.
As both a gun enthusiast and unabashed liberal, I've always felt like an island onto myself. I can go to any range or gun show and connect and converse for hours with any hard core right-wing Trumper on the minutiae of firearms, yet the minute the subject turns to any other issue there is a 99% chance those same people who accepted me will now see me as some Marxist socialist commie who approves of harvesting babies' brain juice.
Likewise I can converse for hours with most Democrats and lefties on 99% of the political and social issues, but the minute they find I own guns, carry one wherever I legally can and defend gun rights with the same take no prisoners approach I do with Women's Choice; I am suddenly a Trumper, have a small penis or I'm a mass murderer in waiting or just looking to shoot someone for some slight or injustice.
Solutions can never be possible as long as there is political divide and demonization. So while yes, unfortunately the majority of those against solutions are die-hards for an orange idiot and who seemingly cling to their guns and have irrational beliefs on 99% of the issues. But then is the case for those constantly wanting solutions but failing to understand how deeply ingrained the gun culture is and dismissing those feelings. Neither insulting the pro-gun crowd or talk of replacing all weapons with rainbows and unicorn farts is going to win converts.
Personally, being stuck in the middle and straddling both sides of the issue, I don't know what the solution is. All I know is there can be none as long as both sides kept shouting hyperbole past each other. Those on one side only want to focus on the gun itself and think passing symbolic laws involving pistol grips and magazine limits will totally end the human capacity to kill each other. While those on the other oppose any other solutions that factor into the violence like poverty, inequality, universal health care (which would include mental care) and mandatory teaching in school of non-violent crises intervention techniques that would help people deal with confrontations more constructively.
One must also bear in mind a lot of the mass violence, while not caused by the media, certainly amplifies it. If it bleeds it still leads and the 24/7 news cycle easily leads to the impression bullets are constantly flying in every town, everyday. This is also reinforced by the fact Americans are really piss-poor when it comes to statistics and fail to realize the average American has more of a chance of dying in an auto accident on the way to the mall (or having a heart attack on the way to the car), then being shot up at the mall by some random spree-killer. The media giving a spotlight to these killers also continues the cycle, as instead they should be treated as mentally sick nobodies and not even named publicly let alone devoting whole segments and articles on trying to figure out "why they did it".
Well I'm sure this post won't get a lot of agreement or accolades; but as I said, when it comes to this topic I'm used to it.