Seven shot, one dead in mass shooting at Ocean Springs, Mississippi beach restaurant

[Anonymous]

These shootings are the fault of Republican voters. Republican voters keep voting for sociopaths who don't care about children being shot in the face.

Own it. It's on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tried after Sandy Hook and failed.

Look, it is pretty much pointless until the Rs are willing to negotiate. Sinema and Manchin won’t kill the filibuster.

Any gun legislation would meet these roadblocks. It just is what it is.

Trust me, I hate this, but it is the absolute reality.

They tried one time, 11 years ago, and failed so they gave up.

Then why can't they pivot and offer something else to protect us? They are actually making things worse by reducing police and becoming more lenient ("prison reform"). Crime is going up, not down. If their only answer is to say, well, we tried once and failed, and now we are going to pull back all protections and let you all fight it out on the streets-- that is not a persuasive pitch to voters. Clean it up.

Give them control of the House and Senate and they will fix it. This is on voters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rs are the ones loosening gun restrictions

But sure, blame ending cash bail or whatever BS you’re on about

Look, I'm calling balls and strikes. They haven't passed gun reform (and apparently quit trying a decade ago), reduced police funding, and let more criminals out on the street.

I don't have to pretend this isn't the case. The Republicans may be in the wrong about guns but at least they aren't telling us to pretend that crime isn't real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tried after Sandy Hook and failed.

Look, it is pretty much pointless until the Rs are willing to negotiate. Sinema and Manchin won’t kill the filibuster.

Any gun legislation would meet these roadblocks. It just is what it is.

Trust me, I hate this, but it is the absolute reality.

They tried one time, 11 years ago, and failed so they gave up.

Then why can't they pivot and offer something else to protect us? They are actually making things worse by reducing police and becoming more lenient ("prison reform"). Crime is going up, not down. If their only answer is to say, well, we tried once and failed, and now we are going to pull back all protections and let you all fight it out on the streets-- that is not a persuasive pitch to voters. Clean it up.

Give them control of the House and Senate and they will fix it. This is on voters.

Please. If they aren't introducing legislation now, you think they will later?

[Anonymous]

“Reducing funding” as far as I understand it (and I sat through a 3 hour candidate forum yesterday afternoon where this came up) is more about trying to involve mental health professionals in the huge percentage of calls where that is what is needed vs police coming in to arrest people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These shootings are the fault of Republican voters. Republican voters keep voting for sociopaths who don't care about children being shot in the face.

Own it. It's on you.

Then democrats should double down on efforts to pass gun control legislation. Y'all are telling me they tried ONCE and gave up.

This is not the behavior of serious people. Most people understand that you have to persevere, compromise, push, etc. Not give up and explain how you can't because Republicans won't let you. And if that's the case, step aside and let new democrats or a third party with more energy and vision step up to get something done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Reducing funding” as far as I understand it (and I sat through a 3 hour candidate forum yesterday afternoon where this came up) is more about trying to involve mental health professionals in the huge percentage of calls where that is what is needed vs police coming in to arrest people.

Crime is escalating out of control. We don't have enough mental health professionals in the world to contain the problem. This is not a viable plan and EVERYONE knows that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tried after Sandy Hook and failed.

Look, it is pretty much pointless until the Rs are willing to negotiate. Sinema and Manchin won’t kill the filibuster.

Any gun legislation would meet these roadblocks. It just is what it is.

Trust me, I hate this, but it is the absolute reality.

They tried one time, 11 years ago, and failed so they gave up.

Then why can't they pivot and offer something else to protect us? They are actually making things worse by reducing police and becoming more lenient ("prison reform"). Crime is going up, not down. If their only answer is to say, well, we tried once and failed, and now we are going to pull back all protections and let you all fight it out on the streets-- that is not a persuasive pitch to voters. Clean it up.

Give them control of the House and Senate and they will fix it. This is on voters.

Please. If they aren't introducing legislation now, you think they will later?

They need the house back AND 60 people in the Senate willing to vote for gun control OR a senate D majority willing to eliminate the filibuster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Reducing funding” as far as I understand it (and I sat through a 3 hour candidate forum yesterday afternoon where this came up) is more about trying to involve mental health professionals in the huge percentage of calls where that is what is needed vs police coming in to arrest people.

Crime is escalating out of control. We don't have enough mental health professionals in the world to contain the problem. This is not a viable plan and EVERYONE knows that.

No one said cut all police funding. It is more about trying to balance funding a little.

Rs love to talk about mental health yet put no dollars behind it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They tried after Sandy Hook and failed.

Look, it is pretty much pointless until the Rs are willing to negotiate. Sinema and Manchin won’t kill the filibuster.

Any gun legislation would meet these roadblocks. It just is what it is.

Trust me, I hate this, but it is the absolute reality.

They tried one time, 11 years ago, and failed so they gave up.

Then why can't they pivot and offer something else to protect us? They are actually making things worse by reducing police and becoming more lenient ("prison reform"). Crime is going up, not down. If their only answer is to say, well, we tried once and failed, and now we are going to pull back all protections and let you all fight it out on the streets-- that is not a persuasive pitch to voters. Clean it up.

Give them control of the House and Senate and they will fix it. This is on voters.

Please. If they aren't introducing legislation now, you think they will later?

They need the house back AND 60 people in the Senate willing to vote for gun control OR a senate D majority willing to eliminate the filibuster

Okay, well they could start by trying. Most people understand that things take time, that you often fail several times before you succeed, etc. It's alarming that they aren't even trying because that is putting them further behind. If they were trying, they would be having negotiations, learning where there are areas of common ground and compromise, etc. But they aren't willing to do that because they are all Tucker Carlson types that just like to get people whipped up into outrage about how the other side is full of terrible people.

We need some adults in the room because this unacceptable. We elect people in to work for us, and they are making things worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These shootings are the fault of Republican voters. Republican voters keep voting for sociopaths who don't care about children being shot in the face.

Own it. It's on you.

Then democrats should double down on efforts to pass gun control legislation. Y'all are telling me they tried ONCE and gave up.

This is not the behavior of serious people. Most people understand that you have to persevere, compromise, push, etc. Not give up and explain how you can't because Republicans won't let you. And if that's the case, step aside and let new democrats or a third party with more energy and vision step up to get something done.

Look, I know there are people trying every damn day. Rs are absolutely the roadblock. With all their dirty NRA money

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Reducing funding” as far as I understand it (and I sat through a 3 hour candidate forum yesterday afternoon where this came up) is more about trying to involve mental health professionals in the huge percentage of calls where that is what is needed vs police coming in to arrest people.

Crime is escalating out of control. We don't have enough mental health professionals in the world to contain the problem. This is not a viable plan and EVERYONE knows that.

No one said cut all police funding. It is more about trying to balance funding a little.

Rs love to talk about mental health yet put no dollars behind it

You're right, no one said that, so why are you saying that?

We should not be reducing police funding for some quixotic attempt at using therapists to solve the issues in our communities. One, because we don't have enough of them, and two, because this is experimental and hasn't been done anywhere at the scale being attempted here.

We need to use proven policing strategies and get this back in order. We aren't safe anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These shootings are the fault of Republican voters. Republican voters keep voting for sociopaths who don't care about children being shot in the face.

Own it. It's on you.

Then democrats should double down on efforts to pass gun control legislation. Y'all are telling me they tried ONCE and gave up.

This is not the behavior of serious people. Most people understand that you have to persevere, compromise, push, etc. Not give up and explain how you can't because Republicans won't let you. And if that's the case, step aside and let new democrats or a third party with more energy and vision step up to get something done.

Look, I know there are people trying every damn day. Rs are absolutely the roadblock. With all their dirty NRA money

Then they aren't effective at their jobs. It's that simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These shootings are the fault of Republican voters. Republican voters keep voting for sociopaths who don't care about children being shot in the face.

Own it. It's on you.

Then democrats should double down on efforts to pass gun control legislation. Y'all are telling me they tried ONCE and gave up.

This is not the behavior of serious people. Most people understand that you have to persevere, compromise, push, etc. Not give up and explain how you can't because Republicans won't let you. And if that's the case, step aside and let new democrats or a third party with more energy and vision step up to get something done.

Look, I know there are people trying every damn day. Rs are absolutely the roadblock. With all their dirty NRA money

Then they aren't effective at their jobs. It's that simple.

Yell at the Rs to do something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These shootings are the fault of Republican voters. Republican voters keep voting for sociopaths who don't care about children being shot in the face.

Own it. It's on you.

Then democrats should double down on efforts to pass gun control legislation. Y'all are telling me they tried ONCE and gave up.

This is not the behavior of serious people. Most people understand that you have to persevere, compromise, push, etc. Not give up and explain how you can't because Republicans won't let you. And if that's the case, step aside and let new democrats or a third party with more energy and vision step up to get something done.

Look, I know there are people trying every damn day. Rs are absolutely the roadblock. With all their dirty NRA money

Then they aren't effective at their jobs. It's that simple.

Yell at the Rs to do something

Ds have repeatedly said they would advance gun control and it recently occurred to me that I wasn't aware of any recent attempts by them to do so. It's normal to hold elected officials accountable for their campaign promises. If they can't or won't even try to deliver on this, that's important to understand so that I can put their statements in context. "I will ban assault rifles" actually means "I will do nothing and blame others for nothing getting done."