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Originally Posted by worth
Then call it a gun control thread. Lumping all mass shooting deaths into one thread likens the shootings to some sort of arbitrary, redundant and normal occurrence, which they are not. (Normal in the sense of acceptable, not regular).
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Until there are policy changes (like Obama has proposed) and the NRA doesn't orient the conversation - these mass shooting are redundant and acceptable and don't each need their own thread.
And framing mass shooting as a gun-control issue is
exploiting victims according to the prevailing opinions in Washington.
My expectation of Biden/Obama's proposals is that nothing of consequence will happen because Republicans won't for it and (since it won't pass) Democrats won't vote on it.
If America isn't going to act like these events are unacceptable, let's stop pretending they are.