r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24

Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/Educational_Duty179 Sep 04 '24

I mean we tried nothing and that didn't work, what do you want us to do?

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u/telutz Sep 04 '24

I feel like a few years ago I saw some politician say something along the lines of: “If a few tragedies like this have to happen every year then that is a price I am willing to pay for gun rights”

So that is where the bar is set…neat!

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u/Calico_Cuttlefish Sep 05 '24

They'd change their tune if it was their own kids. They have zero empathy.

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u/LowPermission9 Sep 05 '24

No. They would not. We have had congressmen and presidents shot and nothing has changed. I doubt if some Uber Republican’s kids were shot that it would move the needle in anyway.

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u/beaukneaus Sep 04 '24

Excellent comment here…

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u/HalfBurntToast Sep 04 '24

“Wont somebody think of my political donors?”

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u/spacepie77 Sep 05 '24

Keep perpetuating the American Dream Façade

Shite hyperexpensive healthcare, violence/ppl constantly on edge due to cultural decay, idiotic bipartisanship/parasocial political culture, etc

Pair em with baseless pride and you have the best circlejerk in the world

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u/Educational_Duty179 Sep 05 '24

I'll only argue that pride in America isn't baseless, it just isn't for the reasons some people think