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I am sorry, but blaming the gun or Hollywood and/or corporations/NRA won't fix the problem...IMHO. While I don't agree 100% with everything @BerniePragle said, he brought up a good point that I think is one of the major causes and that is critical thinking...teaching kids logic and problem solving and thinking for themselves is what we need to bring back. And where does all that start?? Yep...that's right, at home!! But also in school and college. If a kid sees a violent film or plays a violent video game, there has to be strong parenting to discuss with the child what it is and what it isn't that they are watching/playing. Or schools need to get back to teaching the basics and critical thinking so kids can navigate through things in life. And just as important, they need discipline and taught that they will be held accountable for their actions. And let's all not forget the issue with mental health...we need to continue to make it okay to discuss these things. To be a parent that can identify this in their kids and have the resources to help them through it...and not just shoving pills down their throats. And once again, as far as the name calling and focusing in on sources and where the information came from, those things I can guarantee will NEVER do anything to stop innocent people from being killed.

Good talk

This whole thread is completely asinine and so disingenuous it hurts my head. Between the name calling and the "post your proof"..."no you post your proof"...and my favorite..."that isn't true because they don't list their source". All of these types of statements are indicative of people not wanting to have an open and honest conversation. Was just talking about this with my son and parents yesterday...people seriously don't want to have open and honest conversations about guns and mass murder. We all are fed the opinions about guns and murders by completely and 100% biased information...and no one wants to open their minds to look at things from a different point of view. First off EVERYON agrees sensless killing is terrible and needs to stop. But one side isn't ready to have a conversation that the big bad gun isn't the root cause of the problem nor is the big bad AR15 an assault weapon nor a weapon of war (I'd take my dad's semiautomatic .284 rifle over an AR15...can have the same capacity with a much larger bullet and stopping power)...thos on the other side also need to open their minds to discussions about gun laws...not bans, but sensible gun laws. But EVERYONE needs to have the discussion around mental health and self-accountability/responsibility and being held responsible (aka., parenting!), which to me is what is completely eroding in this society. So, name calling and the back and forth of I know you are but what am I solves nothing, so if anyone wants to have an open conversation and is ready to learn others point of view, I'd love to have that conversation. And here is a start, if someone post something that you don't believe, or agree with, go look up the information yourself, saying the ownness is on the person who posted it to back it up is the first sign you are not at a point to have an open and honest discussion.

I personally couldn't care less if he was fired or not fired, but it cracks me up when companies do this..."you're fired, we are going to pay your salary, and you can't go work somewhere else." Now I know why they do it and all the legal mumbo jumbo, but it is completely stupid and illogical. "We hate you enough to not have you work here, but we still want to pay you, and would appreciate you not taking your talents to another company."

Tucker = Don Lemon....with the exception of popularity, Tucker was WAY more popular in terms of viewership than Donny. Guess he was just better than Donny at sensationalizing the news...not even going to call it news, but sensationalizing topics. I actually liked Tucker for a little bit back in the day as he seemed to call the politicians out on their b.s. and non-answers to questions...on both sides, but then over the last couple of years he seemed to have gotten WAY more sensationalized and got pretty whackadoodle on some subjects, thus I quit watching. Never could stomach Donny, he thought he was way smarter than he was and quite frankly came off as an egotistical non-educated A-hole that clearly hates women and white men (even though I think there was a rumor he was dating one)...well his tv persona came off that way.

Huh...just never heard it before...seems weird to me, but oh well...

You are correct...you do not see truth being told very often on any news channel...from CNN/Fox to local news, it's all crap and opinions versus actual news. It is exhausting wading through it all to try and find some semblance of truth/news.

So saw this today and was very confused and concerned. Fear and Greed Index - Investor Sentiment | CNN I am not super into investing other than some real estate, 401k, and roth stuff, but never heard of describing the market trends using terms like "Fear" and "Greed"

What's the first rule of Forum Club?

More people are killed by...PEOPLE...religion is not the root cause of people killing people

Oh man I am so jealous!! This was my dream vehicle when I was in high school...never could save enough pennies to get one. Thought about getting one now and fixing it up...but then I realize I have zero skills in terms of "fixing it up"!

I just ran across this and was going to post it...glad someone did...what an amazing person!

I am not sure...that is tricky...but I agree with you 100% that the gumbent does influence and propagate a narrative.

I'm with ya...twitter can do whatever the heck they want. And people on both sides of this issue speak out of both sides of their mouth. My only beef in relation to this is I think the gubment should stay out of trying to control the speech on social media platforms...doesn't matter what side of the isle the gubment happens to be on at the time either.

There is no truer sentence! Just wish people...cough cough, you, cough cough...could use the same lens when looking at all things that are written/said and how they are worded.

People on here..."there's nothing wrong with Twitter, they should be able to regulate what is posted on their site, they are a private company." Fast forward, same people, "OMG, I can't believe Elon is regulating what is posted on Twitter...it is so wrong! He is just silencing people with opposing opinions." Aaandd...HYPOCRISY at its finest!!

I agree GWN...but you should have quoted Plasi too. I do have to say...the whole defund the police thing was in fact started based on political ideology. I didn't agree with it then and I don't agree with some of the R politicians saying we should defund the FBI. Now defund the IRS...that I MAY agree with depending on the why behind it. The whole IRS should and needs to be trimmed down anyway. Our government has turned the whole thing into a big pile of dog turd...it needs to be simplified!

There isn't anything remotely funny about ACTUAL abortion, but satire and comedy is open to all topics...if satire and comedy isn't for you than it isn't for you.

Wow...didn't know that...if true...not saying it isn't but just never heard any of that for some reason. One would think it would have been all over MSNBC...but then again maybe it was since I don't watch the news. The whole Epstein thing is sickening, and every last person involved should be in jail...or even better...get the Epstein treatment.

My first car...1974 Monte Carlo with a 350 4-barrel, when those carbs opened up that thing went...miss that car.

Was he rumored to have been there? Serious question. I know according to the documentary they had dinner once, but never made reference of him being on the pedophile plane.

You know what Vak...how about take a look in the mirror...everything you claim I am, I can turn around and claim the same about you. What's also funny, not only do you try and put words in my mouth you try and put words into the legislation you oppose because it is coming from a person you didn't vote for, and also you somehow know it means something else because, hey, you are a lawyer (by the way you are the one who brought that up not me). Anyway, I'll continue to be a dumbass and think I know stuff that maybe I don't, but guess what, you also will continue to be a dumbass and claim to know stuff that maybe you don't. Enjoy the warm weather down there in Florida...can't wait until I can move there in 10 years...and I'll actually be down there in 2 weeks...can't wait to get my ass kicked by amberjack.

Here is my take on it, the 'scientists" claiming global warming are using what I like to call "Lazy Science"...which is they take the easy way out when analyzing weather trend data...now granted we don't have exact data for the whole history of the earth's existence; however, using let's say 1000 years of data to predict that the earth is unnaturally warming and then correlating that to humans polluting the earth is "lazy" considering the earth is what, billions of years old and have gone through way more drastic climate changes then what we are seeing now, when there weren't humans (todays variety anyway). With all that being said, do I think that humans have an impact on the world in terms of pollution, unequivocally YES, but that doesn't mean the earth is going to be destroyed in 20-30 years. However, does it behoof us humans to be conscious of what we do to the environment, absolutely...but stifling and trying to get rid of certain industries is asinine. Quit with all the dooms day emotional crap, drive your gas-powered cars, or electric ones (which have just as much if not more impact on the environment...but, shhhh), make sure we aren't pumping bad things into our water ways, replant what we cut down, continue to innovate on removing harmful stuff or reusing it for human consumption, etc. JMHO

Sorry GWN, but some do find the humor in what he is posting...even be it off color...humor isn't for everyone I guess.

And didn't China actually limit number of births...or you could only keep the male babies? Maybe this still happens??