Article about the little noise made by Washington Shooting

[Dbkrantz 16]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to share an interesting article about the mass shooting in Washington and its impact (or lack of impact, in this case):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-mass-shooting-america-barely-noticed/2013/09/19/21d7d9a8-2093-11e3-8459-657e0c72fec8_story.html

I hope you guys enjoy,

[Pooky 3,784]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to share an interesting article about the mass shooting in Washington and its impact (or lack of impact, in this case):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-mass-shooting-america-barely-noticed/2013/09/19/21d7d9a8-2093-11e3-8459-657e0c72fec8_story.html

I hope you guys enjoy,

It's lack of impact is down to two things:

1. It doesn't serve the media agenda.

2. There is little political capital to be had here

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

He [the President] knows that our country is still beholden to a Congress that blanches at the thought of an unfavorable NRA voting record while it tries more than 40 times to repeal a law making affordable mental health care available to those who desperately need it.

That's the essence of it all. Republicans in Congress want nutcases to go untreated and have ready access to firearms. They love bloodshed like nothing else.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

That's the essence of it all. Republicans in Congress want nutcases to go untreated and have ready access to firearms. They love bloodshed like nothing else.

Edited September 21, 2013 by charles!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yeah, because it is Obama's fault that Republicans are stupid.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

Yeah, because it is Obama's fault that Republicans are stupid.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Is that you, Charles?

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

Is that you, Charles?

not me, i'm not ranting and raving

[Darnell 8,478]

Cool ! This author has scratched on the edge of the Moral Decay problem. Here's hoping she has some luck for actually understanding the problem, a few years later.

[RGinWA 816]

Is that you, Charles?

+10

But remember, it's always Obama's fault...even if it makes no sense. If he mentions gun control he's wrong. If he says nothing he's "wronger". (New GOP designation for Obama)

More weapons seems to be working beautifully for everyone...why change a thing?

There is no media coverage because viewers are becoming desensitized. You'll need to kill more and more to make the front page, sorry.

The bad thing is...they will.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

That's the essence of it all. Republicans in Congress want nutcases to go untreated and have ready access to firearms. They love bloodshed like nothing else.

But yet Oddly enough the shooter was a democrat and Obama supporter operating inside of a gun free zone that was inside of a gun free zone

But somehow that is all the fault of people who don't support obama and are against gun free zones

Edited September 21, 2013 by The conciliator

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

not me, i'm not ranting and raving

Can't be me. I'm not old.

But yet Oddly enough the shooter was a democrat and Obama supporter ...

[lostinblue 1,989]

You had a crack response team on site to engage the shooter and they were told to stand down and go home. 15 minutes passed before more responders arrived. 15 minutes..13 people dead. Who gave the order to allow more killing. .. I know ... WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE..