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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I probably need a break from social media. The stuff I see on facebook, and much of it from relatives, is wearing on me.
Apologies all around. I don't like the disdain for the US that is sometimes prevalent on this site. I feel like we should be the best of friends. Probably comes from being from so close to the border and being married to someone who spent 17 1/2 of her first 18 years in Canada. Not sure why I take that stuff personally.
For the record, I'm as frustrated as anyone about these incidents and especially the stance of the gun lobby and the NRA. I will say that as a life long gun owner and someone who is very pro gun rights, my Dad is not a fan of the NRA and their all or nothing view on gun policy. It's not rocket science to figure out that there can be progress made without a total gun ban.
I guess there are a lot of political issues that see things in an all or nothing world though.
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For the record.... I don't hate or disdain the US, I disdain the gun laws and acceptance that innocent victims are just collateral damage or acceptable attrition for a constitutional right that stopped being relevant 100 years ago.
The Second amendment needs to be ridiculed and mocked, until it is finally changed to reflect modern society, and plug all of the gaping, human live sucking holes in it.