Barack Obama

sheshe2

(87,496 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2013, 08:42 PM Sep 2013

when will it be enough

By Liberal Librarian

Columbine came and went. We mourned, we vowed never again, we resolved to be a better nation. But it wasn’t enough.

Ft. Hood came and went. We mourned, we vowed “Terror won’t win”, we resolved to learn the lessons imparted. But it wasn’t enough.

Gabby Giffords will never be the same, and members from both sides of the aisle heaped praise on her. It wasn’t enough.

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It can’t be that difficult. Our freedom can’t depend on an armed nation. This is the 21st century; the frontier is closed; the natives have been subdued. Someone needs to explain to me why my freedom depends on my neighbor being allowed to amass an arsenal. Someone needs to explain to me why my freedom depends on an absolutist interpretation of the “right to bear arms”, an absolutism which doesn’t extend even to the amendment which precedes it.

Read the rest.

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/16/when-will-it-be-enough/#more-137092

Crosses representing those dead from gun violence since Newtown.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/22/gun-violence-vs-terrorism-we-can-fight-both-dammit-this-is-america/

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when will it be enough (Original Post) sheshe2 Sep 2013 OP

:( thank you, she.. It's the teabag party/nra that's bringing Cha Sep 2013 #1

LL is so right hear Cha~ sheshe2 Sep 2013 #2

You know she if Sandy Hook was not enough treestar Sep 2013 #3

Sandy Hook broke my heart treestar. sheshe2 Sep 2013 #4

Sandy Hook taught me that nothing will ever be enough for the gtar100 Sep 2013 #6

When will it be enough? when we totally defeat the NRA, Gun Lobbyists, GOP and gopiscrap Sep 2013 #5

I am so ready for the gun nuts Coolest Ranger Sep 2013 #7

.. Cha Sep 2013 #8

I like the overall point of the article. PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #9

If a school kid can fire a SWAT team member's weapon during a school demonstration IrishAyes Sep 2013 #10

Cha

(305,418 posts)

1. :( thank you, she.. It's the teabag party/nra that's bringing

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:02 PM

Sep 2013

America down with gun violence. Their motto is.. when there's gun violence we need more guns.

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)

2. LL is so right hear Cha~

Reply to Cha (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:31 PM

Sep 2013

“right to bear arms”, an absolutism which doesn’t extend even to the amendment which precedes it.

Has the NRA started their spin yet?

treestar

(82,383 posts)

3. You know she if Sandy Hook was not enough

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 09:50 PM

Sep 2013

I've gotta wonder about these gun nuts.

They are just insane.

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)

4. Sandy Hook broke my heart treestar.

Reply to treestar (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 10:11 PM

Sep 2013

No, I don't diminish all the other deaths, they are important, every last one of them. Yet there was something vicious about how those babies died, it was not a single gunshot, they were slaughtered.

The NRA and the GOP that refuse to make even the smallest changes, they are despicable. You are right, they are insane.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)

6. Sandy Hook taught me that nothing will ever be enough for the

Reply to treestar (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 11:52 PM

Sep 2013

gun owners in this country. They are selfish and irrational when it comes to guns. The speed at which they get to hyperbole (as in "no one's gonna take my guns&quot is proof that they are unwilling to do anything at all. We demand something be done, even small measures such as required background checks, and they are suddenly arguing that we want to take their guns away. I suppose that's true if the gun owner is a convicted violent criminal who has abused the right to own a gun by threatening, hurting, or killing others. That is the terrible "taking my guns" issue they fear so much. So in essence, they are protecting only the criminals with their rhetoric.