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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve heard people talk about the “Roberts Five” - the Federalist Society (and thus billionaire)-backed Republican Supreme Court judges.

Seems to me that all of the Roberts Five are partially responsible for this woman’s death.[/quote]

Or maybe the guy who shot her is responsible for her death.

It is not hard to obtain a weapon illegally in DC. You can also drive 5 min to purchase a gun in VA. How do you think criminals obtain guns in DC? Do you think they follow the law?

BUT SCALIA!!!  :lol: 
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I don't pin it on Scalia. We are awash in so many guns and have so many murders that gun violence is simply a social contagion. A woman being killed by current/former boyfriend/spouse is completely normalized in our culture. Do most men do it? Absolutely not. But it is so easy to get a gun and so common that it is barely news when it happens. Again and again.

Once the contagion is established in a culture, it is very hard to stop. I see nothing short of a mass reduction in the number of guns and a whole generation for things to improve. Not holding my breath. We can pray, of course, and we do. The Congress isn't going to help. The courts certainly aren't going to help. The President? Nope.[/quote]

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