Can't say I'm impressed with that. I'd like to debate his argument thanks.
19 children and 2 teachers killed in Texas school shooting (24 May 2022)
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The thing is, its a relatively very simple solution to resolve (albeit politically difficult), even 1 kid being shot at school is too many and should be catalyst for change.
He'll be back tomorrow. Gives him a chance to think a bit more.
The best way to make him think, is by making him think.
Teachers in the US really need to be paid more if you have to deal with all of that.
Anyone who writes something like that isn't doing much thinking anyway.
I have to absolutely agree with you - it's a terrible way to further discussion. All it achieves is division.
I agree. We should be able to have on open discussion about wether it is bad or not, if a bunch of children gets shot. Who’s to say who’s on the right side here? Gotta here out both sides, not just the people who don’t want kids to get slaughtered.
And yet folks will say we get paid for being off half the year (we don't, our pay is for 9 months and spread out over 12) and they'll say they don't trust us to teach curriculum to their kids without indoctrinating them to be gay commie space hippies yet will also eventually ask us to add gun toting special forces operator to our teaching credential.
It's stupid.
Absolute state of that. Poor kid probably thinks he’s just doing something ‘cool’
I know he’s a figure of fun at this point but it’s staggering how insane he sounds. Just take a moment to think about this. An armed guard at the front door of every school in America. That’s the country that him and the people who vote for him want to live in. My God.
Statistically it is as dangerous to be a teacher/student in the USA as it is to be a cop in the USA. That is absolutely staggering.
For what it's worth, @Solius , I see you catching some flack here for thread banning @Revan but I think you're completely right given his absolutely idiotic, unjustifiable, irrelevant and bad faith arguments. His posts are so bad that they are effectively trolling and even on Twitter I suspect he would be banned for misleading/false information. We shouldn't waste our time lowering the debate to his gormless level when a far more interesting discussion can be had with everyone else who actually has a modicum of common sense/empathy.
You can buy a gun more easily than a car in the USA. Look at this 2 minute video. To anyone with half of a functioning brain-cell it is absolutely insane.
Anyone who argues that this is acceptable is a monster, a complete gowl and an absolute numbskull to boot.
I haven't seen much discussion of the 1 hour period where no cops interrupted the shooter whilst they were systematically executing the children. Right-leaning channels are pedalling the standard "thanks to the first-responders for responding so quickly" line, but this is the first time I've seen a voiceferous "WTF? An hour? That's unacceptable - cowards" from the other side. I would shy away from calling anyone a coward in this kind of a situation until all facts are known, but the videos of parents being tazed and cuffed are pretty fecked up, let's be honest.
For what it's worth, @Solius , I see you catching some flack here for thread banning @Revan but I think you're completely right given his absolutely idiotic, unjustifiable, irrelevant and bad faith arguments. His posts are so bad that they are effectively trolling and even on Twitter I suspect he would be banned for misleading/false information. We shouldn't waste our time lowering the debate to his gormless level when a far more interesting discussion can be had with everyone else who actually has a modicum of common sense/empathy.
You can buy a gun more easily than a car in the USA. Look at this 2 minute video. To anyone with half of a functioning brain-cell it is absolutely insane.
Anyone who argues that this is acceptable is a monster, a complete gowl and an absolute numbskull to boot.
I haven't seen much discussion of the 1 hour period where no cops interrupted the shooter whilst they were systematically executing the children. Right-leaning channels are pedalling the standard "thanks to the first-responders for responding so quickly" line, but this is the first time I've seen a voiceferous "WTF? An hour? That's unacceptable - cowards" from the other side. I would shy away from calling anyone a coward in this kind of a situation until all facts are known, but the videos of parents being tazed and cuffed are pretty fecked up, let's be honest.
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That's a great setup as well. Detailing how silly it was trying to by lotto tickets but then easily (and legally) getting a rifle. It's madness.
It’s not getting worse everywhere. In other first World countries school shootings simply don’t occur or are extremely extremely rare.
Don’t know what’s worse, the adulation for the kid or the fact that the kid knows how to both chamber a round & pop out a magazine.
I'm 33 and have no idea how to do that.
What a twat. So the shooter was able to commit mass murder because he somehow magically knew in advance that the gate would be unlocked and therefore left his house to accomplish this mission? Not because he knew he had weapons so powerful that they can they take out dozens of people in a matter of minutes?
How much has Ted Cruz received from the NRA then?
Jesus some aspects of the USA are so backwards it's beyond belief.
Jesus some aspects of the USA are so backwards it's beyond belief.
I was shooting guns before I could read.
Sounds crazy.
Yeah, but he learned to read at 25 so it's not too crazy. (I kid, I kid).
Explains a lot.
Cheers, I wonder how much he has really received if that's the official number !! I'd wager 10x that at least !
Any number is weird and too high though
Cheers, I wonder how much he has really received if that's the official number !! I'd wager 10x that at least !
Any number is weird and too high though
Yeah, it's not just the formal NRA. It's massive donors and PACs that support what the NRA does as well. He has raised 63 million in the last 5 years, that kind of money has massive strings attached.
There will be 14 acres of guns, accessories, etc. at the NRA event this weekend. 14 fecking acres.
Michael Owen has joined the discussion.
What do you mean? I don’t know anything about guns. I’m assuming this refers to the saying “don’t point the trigger at anything you don’t intend to shoot”
You mean the barrel?
See
I’m absolutely cluelessAlmost. The tenet is that you keep your finger away from the trigger until you're ready to shoot. I didn't notice it at first, probably because of his tiny hands, but every time he cycles the bolt he pulls the trigger as well.
Cruz actually leads the gun lobby dollar race.
https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2022/05/26/texas-senators-cruz-cornyn-gun-lobby-dollars
Yeah, that's fecking stupid.
Wouldn't it be Congress that would call for an investigation in something like this?