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[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This is how mass shootings are going to increase in frequency. As soon as they wise up in their tactics and stop going after innocent school children I wonder what they'll do about it.

Even the type of mentally retarded subhuman trash that kills random people will figure out the corrupt government is fucking them over sooner or later.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They won’t attack them because the party projects the same projections as the base; iow, anything but face the shadow self.

[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'm just wondering if the Republicans will make a complete 180 and start pushing for gun control harder than the dems after the first time one of these people commit terrorism against a government establishment or if they'll still be like "meh, dead people. Thoughts and prayers".

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They won't be the ones terrorized, so no they won't care.

[–] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They won't be the ones terrorized

Not with that attitude, they won't!

Buy your (preferably used/pawned) guns or acquire them from your crazy antivaxxer uncle's estate after he expires, put on some ANTIFA gear and start marching!

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe. It’s how the Brady Act got passed.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You mean like Reagan did? He supported the Brady bill and auto weapons ban.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The moment a politician gets shot (I mean Republican), gun laws will be passed ASAP.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

On June 14, 2017, during practice for that year's Congressional Baseball Game, Scalise was shot and seriously wounded by an anti-Trump domestic terrorist

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Scalise