@GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world • 7 months agoUS Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings risewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square262fedilinkarrow-up1536arrow-down120
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minus-square@Pratai@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•7 months agoConservatives won’t stop standing in the way of progressive gun control until school shootings become a national attraction. “Hey look kids! A school shooting! So glad we took this vacation to rural America!”
minus-square@JonEFive@midwest.sociallinkfedilink10•edit-27 months agoThey won’t do it until one of their kids is a victim and suddenly it affects them personally. And even then, only one vote will change. That’s their M.O. They don’t care when their policies are actively hurting other people so long as they aren’t affected.
minus-square@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-27 months agoFor $150 a person, you can be taken through a school, wearing a bullet proof vest, during an active shooter drill!
Conservatives won’t stop standing in the way of progressive gun control until school shootings become a national attraction.
“Hey look kids! A school shooting! So glad we took this vacation to rural America!”
They won’t do it until one of their kids is a victim and suddenly it affects them personally. And even then, only one vote will change.
That’s their M.O. They don’t care when their policies are actively hurting other people so long as they aren’t affected.
For $150 a person, you can be taken through a school, wearing a bullet proof vest, during an active shooter drill!