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Gun Control Reform Activism

DetlefK

(16,670 posts) Fri Feb 16, 2018, 01:06 PM Feb 2018

I have a gun-control idea. [View all]

Show dead people on TV.

No, not photos what they looked like in life.

Show their mangled bodies lying in a pool of blood.

On TV.

Every single day.

"This used to be X. He was 48 years old. He was killed 23 hours ago in a road-rage incident and leaves behind a wife and two children. This was Y. She was 3 years old and accidently killed herself 37 hours ago when she pulled a gun from a drawer and played with it. This was Z..."

I think, that would be a good start.

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I have a gun-control idea. [View all] DetlefK Feb 2018 OP

For starters, how about we dont call it gun "control", this is a rightwing phrase like death tax Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #1

Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #2

I prefer Funtatlaguy Feb 2018 #5

That may be a little over the top, but I could really get behind warning labels with real photos of flamin lib Feb 2018 #3

Ive advocated this ever since Connecticut elem shooting. Funtatlaguy Feb 2018 #4

It didn't help that Conn. chose to make them non-public records. NutmegYankee Feb 2018 #8

How about we force lawmakers to look at crime scene helmedon1974 Feb 2018 #6

That worked for cigarettes, another nasty habit that killed people. Hoyt Feb 2018 #7

you want to show survivors and their scars as well Fresh_Start Feb 2018 #9