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vimesey
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Message 56 of 62 (894397)
05-15-2022 7:54 AM


Buffalo shooting
Another tragedy, and yet more evidence that the gun lobby's argument that everyone being armed would prevent such tragedies, is a load of shit. (A retired cop shot at the gunman and ended up not stopping him one bit, instead being shot dead himself).
I would be interested to see how much the racist right wing press in America will try to defend the killer. Do they feel there's enough groundswell of racist support to be able to finally fully come out and openly espouse racism.

Edited by vimesey, : (Wrong thread - sorry)


Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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vimesey
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Message 58 of 62 (894400)
05-15-2022 8:31 AM
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05-15-2022 8:12 AM


Re: Buffalo shooting
I was referencing the NRA's rhetoric about it. Here's an extract from an article in Time about what Wayne LaPierre once said:
The notion that a “good guy with a gun” can prevent a mass shooting gained traction after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., when NRA then-Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said, “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun” during a defiant press conference amid rising calls for gun control. Many states have taken that advice to heart in the years since. In states where Republicans have control, laws that loosen gun restrictions increased by 75% in the wake of mass shootings, according to a 2019 Harvard Business School report.

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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vimesey
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Message 61 of 62 (894404)
05-15-2022 11:58 AM
Reply to: Message 60 by Percy
05-15-2022 9:41 AM


Yeah, sorry, my mistake - I thought I was in another thread.

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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