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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    The fact that arming teachers is even under discussion says a lot about America, and none of it good.
     
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  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The Capitol Police, who were present at the Congressional baseball practice, and were armed with handguns, prevented a massacre.

    Maybe they should have taken a defensive position, until officers with heavier weapons could have responded to the scene.
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I'm curious about who we are going to arm to prevent the 90-95 percent of gun massacres that don't take place at schools.
     
  4. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    More guns.
     
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I know it does. And, when Rubio made the same point at the CNN town hall, people applauded the idea.

    But, it's not a winning political position, and never has been.
     
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I'm convinced. Everyone in America should be carrying a piece at all times. It is merely serendipitous that this will result in many, many more guns being sold by many, many manufacturers.
     
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  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Not "arming" teachers. Allowing armed teachers to carry on campus.

    It's a distinction, that folks are curiously unwilling to make.
     
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I wonder who the badass mofos are on my wife's faculty of about thirty 5-foot-4 women.
     
  9. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    That doesn’t make America look good either.
     
  10. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    The Capitol shooting perpetrator was not carrying an AR-15, but rather an ancient SKS. Technically a semi-automatic rifle, in the same way a kid's Power Wheel is technically a car. And it was 3-on-1. And they still didn't actually shoot him, they just pinned him down until more help could arrive.
     
  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    The gun debate is unwinnable from either side.

    I’m just sad that this is what America is. And has been for quite some time.
     
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  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Trained security guard =/= trained combat shooter.

    Now, about the insurance and liability questions ...
     
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