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    When Hate Came To El Paso

    A lot of folks don't get my underlying point. My point is that yes it is one person at a time doing these killings. And yes there are problems we need to face with our racist and evil tendencies as humans. But the real problem is that with so MANY guns available and such a skewed...
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    mass shootings a slightly different question

    So you are ok with passing off intentionally skewed data and don't like it when someone calls you on it (pro-tip: learn the difference between mean and median and how skewed distributions behave). But I'll answer your question: I've only ever lived in the US but I've worked extensively in...
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    mass shootings a slightly different question

    Do you honestly really think that mass killings are more common in France and Norway than the US? Honestly?
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    When Hate Came To El Paso

    I want it to be harder to get a gun than it is to get a driver's license. I want gun ownership to be registered and tracked. I want gun ownership to be so difficult that it is rare, but still fully legal so the 2nd Amendment whiners won't be able to claim their rights are eliminated. I want...
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    When Hate Came To El Paso

    Try telling a gun advocate here on CF what Jesus said in Matthew 26:52 and see how far that goes.
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    When Hate Came To El Paso

    Your answer is more guns? You DO realize Texas is an open carry state. If the answer was more good guys with guns then why are there 20 people dead in a WalMart in Texas that was estimated to have over a thousand people shopping in it at the time? The answer is NOT more guns. We've tried...
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    When Hate Came To El Paso

    I want us to use the tools used by every other developed nation on the planet earth where this doesn't happen every single week. Every. Single. Week.
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    mass shootings a slightly different question

    That's interesting. What is the source of that? Is the window of time selected for a specific reason? It kinda looks like the 2015 pro-gun rights CPRC graphic that was on Fox News (some of the numbers are different, so maybe the CPRC published a different list?) . The CPRC and John Lott...
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    mass shootings a slightly different question

    I get your point but it feels like another well-meaning effort to address a problem which actually has a real solution...we would just rather try everything else but that solution. We are alone in the world with this problem. There's a reason. It isn't because Japan won't cover it on the news...
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    When Hate Came To El Paso

    When do we as Americans get tired of the killing? Within 13 hours we had two mass shootings (last night there was another one in Dayton, OH). When do we call "Enough"?
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    mass shootings a slightly different question

    Yeah, the answer is to not cover it in the news. Because that's why these things don't happen in other countries with the frequency they do here.
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    Medicare For All - A Losing Idea

    I take it you don't own a home. Those of us who do have to pay property taxes which go to public schools. I don't have kids and never will...why do I pay for other people's kids education? BECAUSE A WELL EDUCATED SOCIETY HELPS EVERYONE...EVEN ME.
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    Medicare For All - A Losing Idea

    So, why would you think the rest of us would be OK with watching it? We are talking about healthcare here. It's not like saying "You can't drive because you don't have auto insurance." This is much more important. WHY doesn't everyone in this country just sit back and let others have...
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    Medicare For All - A Losing Idea

    You speak so bravely. Most of us, no matter how much we'd like people to pay the ultimate price for their mistakes, don't have the guts to actually WATCH what would then transpire. Tell me, if were to get that requirement passed by law, could you watch someone die in front of you and do...
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    South Dakota schools must display In God We Trust

    Your pedantry is appreciated. You made your point with the FIRST paragraph. thanks
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    Only 10% in the US do not have medical insurance

    :) Which is probably part of the reason many economists don't think of healthcare as a normal market good. I do a lot of things in my life that I don't make money off of. I guess I'm not a good American because I don't maximize my profit on the backs of whoever is unfortunate enough to wander...
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    Only 10% in the US do not have medical insurance

    Oh, I see your point. So you are OK with 20% of our population not having access to healthcare? Considering we are about the only developed first world nation without nearly 100% coverage of their citizens for healthcare I'd say it's pretty sickening. But then I actually am NOT happy that 20%...
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    Only 10% in the US do not have medical insurance

    No there isn't. You should learn more about Single Payer. If you are talking about reimbursement and payment then that is true. But you seem to think that Insurance company employees are somehow better at this. Because right now that is what is happening to you right now. Only difference is...
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    Only 10% in the US do not have medical insurance

    Agreed. Obamacare is not far enough. It is an insurance-friendly fix. It will always have limitations. Which is why I support single payer.
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    South Dakota schools must display In God We Trust

    And in saying this you elevate one religion over another. Which is fine for you because it is your religion that is elevated. But the whole point of no religion in the public square is to protect all the religions, even yours from being elevated arbitrarily AND from being harmed in some way by...