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The decisions are not made in a crisis. The crisis is the impetus needed to get people to change their mind, its not like this will result in a law change. It may result in a new proposed law, which will be debated and voted on in due course. It wont be a knee jerk reaction but hopefully someday soon enough people will see one of these events as the start of the end of future mass slayings.

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I disagree. The media spotlight around the Stoneman Douglas high school students should be all you need to know. The fact that they have been elevated to a place they don't really belong (in the national spotlight) is to simply push a narrative. This is child abuse, and wrong.

They want to push legislation to restrict the right to own firearms, when it really hasn't been considered that guns themselves might not be the problem.

What makes a "mass shooter"? The gun just makes them a shooter. To fire indiscriminately clearly shows mental issues.

I think it's funny that people are so upset about some high school students voicing their opinions after experiencing a school shooting.

I do agree with the idea that the US needs to fix its mental (and general) healthcare system. It's odd that the majority of the time that argument is used by the same group that wants and has tried to gut any attempts at improving the system.

> I think it's funny that people are so upset about some high school students voicing their opinions after experiencing a school shooting.

Did i direct any anger towards any of the students?

I think you misread me. PAC's are circling them this way and that to push messaging on people. That is undeniable. That is child abuse. That is wrong. That is why i am upset. (i'll say that all night, i don't care about karma)

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