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Why Americans don't care about mass shootings

 
sgtdjones 2017-11-06 15:03:33 

Why Americans don't give a damn about mass shootings

One month ago, the worst mass shooting in US history took place at a country music concert in Las Vegas. Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 500 people injured. Bill O'Reilly boiled the massacre down to six words: "This is the price of freedom."

Tweeting "prayers for the victims" does not equal giving a damn.Giving a damn requires us to commit to solving the problem. And the fact is, we have a serious problem in America with gun violence.

The truth is, in a few days, the news cycle will change and life will go o
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sgtdjones 2017-11-06 15:10:53 

Comments

CNN User 6 minutes ago

Why does't God protect these church people?


Red White Blue 6 minutes ago
God was in Japan. (too soon?)


Dyornyaga 41 minutes ago
What would Jesus support? Bump stock or single action?



Larry Pendur 9 minutes ago
@ViewFrom TheMiddle @User formally known as Dagooz
We already have "reasonable gun controls". What ADDITIONAL ones are you advocating ?


mardigras59 31 minutes ago
Another white male NRA Hero strikes



Reagan Democrat 55 minutes ago
I no longer know what to think of these tragic events. Is this a bad dream? Where is the America I was born in in 1962?

 
Runs 2017-11-06 15:26:12 

In reply to sgtdjones

They have been conditioned to accept as part of daily life, as American as Apple Pie sad to say cool