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rightisright said, 5 months ago
The 100 million worldwide murdered by communist regimes…how many of them never got to grow up? Suddenly liberals—moral relativists and hypocrites—are concerned about evil in the world?
olfart said, 5 months ago
So the guy that killed those school children was a communist regime?
Loco deSane said, 5 months ago
this is misleading. What does gun control issues have to do with this tragic event? CT already has some of the most restrictive gun measures in the nation. This monster tried to buy a gun and could not (what the law was designed to do, no?) so he murders his mother and takes her guns to commit the crime. Now, how on earth would any law have prevented this?
Sometimes evil just is and we can’t legislate it away.
olfart said, 5 months ago
We could prevent at least some of these tragedys by funding mental health care for those that need it. It wouldn’t harm a thing if military weapons were less common.
narrowminded said, 5 months ago
Anyone, blogger, politician, poster, journalist, et al, who even remotely politicizes this heinous act is demented and deserves no respect.
Carlson, you have a problem, get help.
capndunzzl said, 5 months ago
…one is stupid …one is in school.
omQ R said, 5 months ago
@rightisright
‘The 100 million worldwide murdered by communist regimes…how many of them never got to grow up? Suddenly liberals—moral relativists and hypocrites—are concerned about evil in the world?’
I have no idea where this figure 100 million comes from, nor what “communist regimes” you’re raging about. However, since you bring up the “evil in the world”, I’ll reply with this: In the US, mass child killings are tragedies. In Pakistan, mere bug splats.
“Are we,” Obama asked on Sunday, “prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?”End quote.
“It’s a valid question. He should apply it to the violence he is visiting on the children of Pakistan.” – George Monbiot
omQ R said, 5 months ago
@Loco deSane
‘What does gun control issues have to do with this tragic event?’
You could legislate how many bullets can be in a magazine (one mass shooter was brought down as he stopped to reload); you could regulate how accessible these weapons should be; you could regulate storage of guns in the home; you could legislate severe penalties for non-compliance; you could legislate & strictly regulate private & gun-fair sales; you could legislate gun operating licenses; you could legislate against assault weapons; against semi-automatic rifles…
This guy shot & killed 26 people in less than 10 minutes.
Respectful Troll said, 5 months ago
@rightisright – we can only clean up our own house. The “what if” questions doesn’t fix anything and if you are going to go into questions like the one you raise, you open a history book full of worms where the USA was not often the good guy.
@loco deSane – perhaps it would be better to call it ammunition control? In Virginia, my shotgun that fires three rounds in less than two seconds has to have a plug or else I would be able to fire 5 rounds in less than 3 seconds, and when skeet shooting, I have done so. We need to give citizens a chance to stop a shooter even if it is only while he is reloading.
@olfart – our healthcare system is already failing to provide the level of physical healthcare people need. It is even harder to get mental health care and those who do get help, are often ostracized by employers and neighbors.
@narrowminded – I suggest your statement politicizes this tragedy as a way to protect your rights. Politics are necessary to create laws, regulations, and protocols for dealing with humans who kill before they can do so. Anyone who doesn’t want to use the system to fix the system is…well…
narrowminded.
@omQ R – He shot one child 11 times, and still had enough ammo to keep on going.
Respectfully,
& open minded,
C.
lisapaloma13 said, 5 months ago
@omQ R
Thank you. In how many developed countries do women like the shooter’s mom collect and play with guns as a hobby, anyway?
lisapaloma13 said, 5 months ago
@omQ R
Carlson hit the nail on the head.
Gore Bane said, 5 months ago
@olfart
Odd that you should mention “mental health care for those that need it”, since the ACLU killed the forcible institutionalization law that the state of Connecticut might have used on Lanza.
Gore Bane said, 5 months ago
@narrowminded
Too late. Your president politicized it less than four hours after it happened.
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
What happened in a Russian state, where terrorists hid inside a school and killed students and parents? Horrible tragedy there but no one can stop psychos from planning a murder.
ajnotales said, 5 months ago
@rightisright… Promise us that you’ll tell us how you feel should a tragic event like this ever happen to your child or grandchild? I’d be interested to see if your position shifts….