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Originally Posted by Zathris
Ok. Then, tell me your thoughts regarding the 2 shootings Cenk reported on.
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They are very much like others that can be cited, such as the well-trained State Patrol Officer
whose loaded gun was left on the table and found by his daughter and....
Or whose wife/husband/S.O/child/neighbor was shot by mistake.
Or whose wife/husband/S.O/child was intimidated by an abusive spouse.
I'm not belittling those events. ... just saying they are all too common,
and yet are preventable, are not planned or intended,
are not limited to one population or ethnic group or non-educated
or non-trained or non-familiar with guns, or on and on all around this country.
Some don't particularly care that those "events" are happening to others.
Some feel secretly pleased because such "events" support their belief system.
Some are more concerned about the $ spent in E.R.'s on treating them.
And despite the deaths and injuries and intimidations via guns,
some have drunk the NRA Koolaid about needing guns to prevent the government
from taking their guns, life, $, ... maybe their subscription to NRA magazines ... or ??? whatever.
As one Dweller likes to point out, I'm older than most Dwellers,...almost older than dirt...
and I don't believe things are going to change much in my lifetime.
But I do believe they are going to change soon despite the NRA,
as more and more people become less and less tolerant of such "accidents".
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