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Originally Posted by elSicomoro
Two people were killed on live television in Roanoke, Virginia this morning and right away, people started bringing up gun control. It just seemed wrong to me to start that before the victims' bodies were even cold. I know..."When is the right time then?" Well, it certainly didn't seem right at THAT time.
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I understand the disgust people have with the politicizing tragedy, but I think it's a very natural fear based reaction. The first basis instinct isn't how sad it is that it happened, it's how do you stop it from happening again. This might seem tasteless and egoistical, and it is, but these are the instincts that help us survive - You mourn after the battle is over.
This gets messy when it comes to politics, because fight & flight responses are often not the wisest of solutions, as is the case here.