I think it would have been funny in an ironic way if he was shot from behind the barrier. Just something to really prove his point.
And that some can afford protection and made it impossible for others is also a fact of life
This is what it feels like when dealing with banks and utilities of a loved one when they pass away.
i wonder if it's possible to know where the stage would be set up in advance. i wonder if you could plant explosives that can evade detection.
A fact of life... when living in America. Third world country that doesn't tell its inhabitants.
Remember: If your country doesn't average at least one school shooting a week, you live in a shithole.
3 assassination attempts. In what 3 months? And they're all from Republicans.
The most recent "assassination attempt" was just drummed up by the media. I haven't seen any evidence it was anything other than a man with some guns in his car who happened to be near the rally.
And when it comes to America, a man with guns in his car is a normal situation.
God I hate this place.
Honestly, I’d be surprised if the venn diagram of “people who would keep guns in their car” and “trump’s base” wasn’t a circle.
There’s going to be a lot of false positives in an environment like that
Why can't leftists have some guns?
They do, I have a few myself. I just don't feel the need to constantly have one on me.
We don't keep them in our cars, nor on our e-bikes.
A couple of media places did release a very short blurb in small print that the "suspect" had no plans to assassinate anyone according to law enforcement after a short investigation.
The Riverside county sheriff is the one who first used the term assassination attempt. Media uncritically repeated what the sheriff said.
That's their job. You might think their job is to investigate, but that is not what they're paid to do.
I was sitting there reading the articles thinking, "if a loaded weapon amongst Trump supporters is an assassination attempt we're going to need a spreadsheet here .."
It's a culture of violence
yeah it is crazy fact of life that schools get shot up so much more frequently than police stations and federal buildings.
almost like politicians and police are safer than school children in the system run by police and politicians.
Also that this "fact of life" almost entirely applies only to schools in the US. The world works in mysterious ways indeed. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
It blows my mind as a non-Amerian that their politicians are saying that the right to own a gun and carry it around is more important than children being able to go-to school without the fear of being killed. That's just the cost of 'freedum'.
do you seriously think the safety of the few outweighs the rights of the many? (we need more people with good aim to practice on political figureheads)
Almost like one of those places is not like the others in terms of having armed guards.
I hate living in this time that makes satire obsolete.
Can anyone please think of the makers of south park and how they are supposed to make fun of self owning clowns like this?
No worries, they'll find a way to both sides this
Satire is dead so they had to get into the restaurant business
what’s so frustrating is that this “they’re a fact of life” mentality is a self-fulfilling prophecy. and the longer it continues to used as a justification for inaction, the harder it becomes to convince people that gun violence is a solvable problem.
It's time to deploy the-glass-is-necessary-because-its-really-a-hologram conspiracy.
Well yeah, duh, that's why he has the glass. /S
This, but without the /s. Completely non-sarcastic.
"That's why your parents' tax dollars should be paying for nice, safe, private religious schools!" /s
No, for tanks. School children need little tanks, like those Barbie thingies but bullet proof and closed. Make schools drive in.
Or give each child it's own protective glass shield. Maybe some sort of cubicle.
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