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Woodswalker

(549 posts)
5. I remember thinking OMG when George Bush Jr lifted the assault weapons ban in 2004
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 09:55 AM
Jan 2023

He did it under the guise that less than .5 percent of all gun crimes were being committed by assault weapons. No Shit Sherlock! They were Banned till the imbecile lifted the ban?????
Now it's been almost 20 years and Pandora's box has been open and Im pretty sure America is permanently fucked.
With smart marketing and NRA backing America's gun manufacturers have produced millions of these weapons of death and they aren't going away even if somehow a national ban on them were even possible.
I'm an older guy but if I was a young man starting out wanting to raise a family today I certainly wouldn't do it here. I've tested negative for nationalism decades ago.

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This should never ever be normal ...... Lovie777 Jan 2023 #1
It's become commonplace nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #2
Maybe guns don't kill people. The next thing is what person does the shootings? Srkdqltr Jan 2023 #4
Mass shootings' roots Jrose Jan 2023 #3
Like your term "Maga-Publicans", first time seeing it used KS Toronado Jan 2023 #9
Thanks for the welcome! Jrose Jan 2023 #10
Welcome Jrose! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #12
Cute gif, KS. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #11
Thanks, that's my Big Blue Wave is coming 2024 KS Toronado Jan 2023 #13
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #14
Very good KS Toronado Jan 2023 #16
I remember thinking OMG when George Bush Jr lifted the assault weapons ban in 2004 Woodswalker Jan 2023 #5
The ban wasn't lifted, it expired per its sunset clause DetroitLegalBeagle Jan 2023 #6
GWB did not lift the AWB, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2023 #7
If the US wanted to stop gun deaths it could do so. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #8
OT: Who's the man you have as your avatar? ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2023 #15
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #17
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