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Eight reported dead and two in custody. Madness!
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I find it both sad and deplorable that this has been described as 'the worst mass shooting since February' . What a terrible indictment of what has now become an all too regular occurence in the good ol' US Of A!
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@jonsie wrote:I find it both sad and deplorable that this has been described as 'the worst mass shooting since February' . What a terrible indictment of what has now become an all too regular occurence in the good ol' US Of A!
It's becoming custom and practice in the USA...which is what makes it even more deplorable and tragic.
To think Trump had the temerity, last week when addressing the NRA, to tell them 'They use knives in London...knives (makes stabbing movements) and one hospital has it's floors covered with blood'
Lots of rallying cheers from the NRA...
His answer? To arm the teachers!! Absolutely sickening.....
My prayers go out to those families. As well as the children who lived through this.
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Just read this thread. Absolutely horrific.
As an American living in this country I'm both appalled that this has happened, yet again, and furious that the legislature, after all the school shootings, never mind the individual shootings, don't legislate new, stringent gun laws. The gun lobby's control of the Senate and Congress needs to be broken. But money talks and they have lots to spread round as well as generous business benefits that could enrich many not in the legislature but who have some sway with the lawmakers.
Trump is a fool comparing knife crime here in London to gun crime in the States. Quite apart from the massive difference in population between the whole of the UK and America, there is the 'right to bear arms' mentality which means too many people have guns. that shouldn't and are quite prepared to use them.
My country is sick and I can't see a cure while Trump's in office. Though to be fair I don't know any president who could change the gun culture, until they break the NRA's stranglehold on the legislature. And I can't see that happening any time soon.
My sympathy and thoughts go out to the families of the dead and those that survived. They will have nightmares for years to come.
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My country these days saddens me beyond words.
