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GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise

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US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise

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GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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U.S. Senate Republicans moved to block a ban on assault-style weapons put forward by Democrats on Wednesday, as the United States recorded the highest number of mass shootings for the second year in a row.
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      It doesn’t even change when they get shot. Just ask Steve Scalise.

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        Ask James Brady.

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          James Brady didn’t then go on to vote in congress against measures that would have prevented the man who shot him from having done so.

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            That was my point.

            You said: It doesn’t even change when they get shot.

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              Oh, gotcha.

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                Sorry for the confusion.

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                  Honestly, it was probably me. It usually is. :)

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        Wasn’t there some Congress Lady that got shot in the face and was still like “I support guns…” 🤦‍♂️

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          No, that was Giffords and she went on to found a gun control organization.

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            Giffords.org

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          Absolutely not. That was Gabby Giffords, and Mark Kelly is her husband.

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      Their grand kids don’t go to the schools that get shot up.

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