Throughout the corridors of many state Capitols, families are sharing emotionally gutting stories of tragedy caused by mass school shootings with the hope that revealing their trauma will convince lawmakers on either side of the political aisle to reconsider firearm policies.
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I mean, we’re the ones with the dead kids.
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Of course we seethe that, once again, someone got access to a murder weapon that really shouldn’t have. Like all the fucking times people used “mah self defense amendment gun” offensively. Like all the other times that show just why a centuries-old amendment is outdated in the modern age. Like all the other times PEOPLE FUCKING DIED YOU HEARTLESS PIECE OF-
Seriously? Smug emoji on a post about kids getting shot?
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You have no right to own a gun. As long as any cop can get away with killing you in self defense in your own home because you’re armed (just happened again this month), you have no right.
let’s dodge the argument by changing the subject!
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Is it still a right if a cop can justify killing you for doing it?
Maybe I don’t understand what a “right” is. I thought it was something you were free to do without government stopping you. Being dead is pretty stopped, and the cops are an arm of the government. So…
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If it’s legal to drink beer, but you get thrown in jail when you drink beer, then it’s effectively not legal to drink beer, even if the law says you can.
You have a right to own a gun. But when a cop can kill you for exercising that right, effectively, you don’t have that right.
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Lemme gues… you’re one of the paler shades?
betty white
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Did Philando Castile have that right?