The Life and Opinions of Kathryn Elizabeth, Person

I can’t stop wondering

wilwheaton:

How many more innocent people have to be murdered by a person with an assault rifle before Congress stands up to the gun lobby and says “enough is enough”?

I couldn’t help thinking of the conversation I had last week in with some former students in Vietnam where I tried and failed to explain American gun culture. Seriously, try and explain to someone from a different culture why it is that Americans feel the need to own an assault rifle. I know the arguments, but they’re completely baffling to a non-American, and well, they don’t really make sense to me either. 

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   Until someone in...is personally affected by...perhaps not...

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   All of them.

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   so naive to think that it would even help...little bit. The sad thing about humanity is...

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   I believe that mental health is a very important issue. VERY important. I believe it is often the most overlooked health...

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    taking away our right to bear arms is not going to stop people from getting killed. How about we spend more time...

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    Besides. There’s too much money in making/selling/licensing weapons. As far as “they“‘re concerned, fear can only aid...

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    never, that is unless they can ever get the money out of politics.

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