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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The posters on this thread are clueless and most of you have no real understanding of what Republicans believe or why they vote the way they do. 
In fact, this entire site this past week has been full of angry insults and hateful rhetoric aimed at Republicans.

My first thought when I read some of the hate spewing on here is to wonder if the poster has children.  And, if she/he does, I wonder if that poster speaks about other people in front of her children the way she writes about them on sites like this.  
If so, you are part of the problem.  Your children are watching and listening.  They hear your hate and your insults toward others.  They are learning from you that there are people who are not to be valued - simply because they disagree with you.  
You are not teaching them kindness.  You are not teaching them how to have a useful discussion with others.   You are simply spewing hate.  This is what they are learning from you.

Passing more laws may make you feel good, but it will NOT solve the problem.  Hell, many of our current laws are not even enforced.  I read over and over how gun crimes by felons are dismissed through a plea deal or because of "restorative justice."  
We could ban guns tomorrow, and we will still likely have another school shooting unless we do something that actually makes a difference.

If you have been paying attention, you know that many, many things went wrong with this crime.  From ignoring the red flags on the part of the shooter to the open door at the school, to the lack of a security guard present.  And, that is just the start.

I don't know all the answers, but I do know that simply passing a law in the heat of a moment will not cause change.  There are always going to be evil people who have no value for life.  We need to get better at identifying these people, learn what causes them to be the way they are, and deal with them BEFORE they act on their evil.  We also need to make schools more secure and learn from everything that went wrong here.  
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OP here. I've taught my children that if you care for other people, then you protect them. I've sent my children to the best schools in the area so that they learn how to think critically. My husband and I have worked hard to educate ourselves and learn at the best universities in the world. We believe in science. We believe in data. We believe in the reports than come from experts who have spent decades of their lives dedicated to protecting children. Here's the conclusion:  Republicans have done jack to protect the lives of children in the US from gunfire. Republicans have stonewalled virtually every meaningful attempt put forth by Democrats to impose gun safety laws. Republicans like to talk about mental health, but Republicans never want to fund healthcare programs that would provide mental health. Republicans ignore the fact that every industrialized nation has citizens who are willing to sacrifice their guns to protect children. Republicans are more invested in protecting their guns, despite all the mountains of evidence to the contrary, that by doing so, they are contributing to an environment of gun violence. Republicans are willing to sacrifice kids for gun rights.

So yes, we discuss politics a lot at our dinner table. We talk about the value of saving lives, and how as a citizen you support the candidates who are going to protect children so that they can go to school safely.

If you have a shred of evidence that Republicans have protected our kids from gunfire, please share it. Because thoughts and prayers haven't worked for the last thirty years. FYI.[/quote]

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