Ok? I’m more sick and tired about the shootings than about what people say after them.
NeoMegaRyuMKII on
The thoughts and prayers people offered after every past mass shooting clearly have not worked. I wonder what makes some people think they will work *this* time (I’m actually kidding, I know what they are thinking, but I’m making a point here).
MintBerryCrunchJr on
Ya, we all are.
But they’ll continue to defend guns and blame mental illness. And at the same time they won’t do anything to help people get mental healthcare because…socialism, or some other boogeyman term.
cukablayat on
I am just a europoor, but I can’t even fathom why the fuck people are so obsessed with having poorly regulated assaults’ rifles that are seemingly handed out to everyone.
Like wtf do you need them for, massacring squirrels for hunting? Self defence ? (which I thought the police force existed to do), or is it just that funny to shoot at beer cans or whatever.
Just the thought of school children going through shooter drills (which is apparently a thing) is just so completely fucked up.
Oh and if you are that individualistic and don’t trust your neighbors or community, then why the fuck would you want to arm them with these type of weapons
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silentwind262 on
Anyone who isn’t a rabid 2A fanatic should be sick and tired of it.
AngusMcTibbins on
Well if you’re JD Vance you just say school shootings are a “fact of life”
ParkMan73 on
As best I can tell we’ve got 2 choices:
1. Continue with guns as normal and make schools bunkers.
2. Get more aggressive with keeping guns out of the hands of youth that might carry out a school shooting
We’ve tried #1 and it’s not working.
I’m with Gov. Walz. Enough wringing our hands after the fact, let’s engage and really try to get guns away from these troubled youth.
Chucky_In_The_Attic on
“Thoughts and prayers.”, “It’s truly a shame there was no sign they’d ever do such a thing.”, “It’s a fact of life.”, these are the things they say about these awful, almost now daily occurrences. But no, talking about changing gun laws and reforming the way things are handed is beyond taboo, more people will cry about “Our rights!!!” and whatever the fuck pathetic defense they have. If your first thought to someone changing gun laws is for you to take your plastic lawn chair, whip it out and sit on your lawn with a bud light in your hand and your shotgun across your lap with a sign that says “Try and take it, see what happens!” then you are a part of the problem.
jphamlore on
If only the ticket were reversed.
Post this debate, Tim Walz is spending days in Michigan. Great. Only notably the Vice President won’t be showing her face in Michigan, at all, spending major time in North Carolina.
Maybe the Vice President wouldn’t have to hide from the people of Michigan if the Administration she is a part of wasn’t blowing smoke and mirrors on a non-existent ceasefire in Gaza. Do they really think they can fool the people in Michigan for 2 more months? It’s completely absurd
contemporary_romance on
I can relate to this,
I’m not gonna speak for Waltz. But any time we have a tragety, or a mass shooting, Incomes the religious assholes offering their thoughts and prayers.
But they never actually commit to doing something about it, Like sitting beside your bed at the end of the day and praying to god is going to do better than actually getting your ass off the couch and doing something about it.
Thoughts and prayers are useless to the surviving victims. Either help solve the problem or stop virtue signaling.
DifficultProduct9095 on
He says what we are all thinking. And he is right.
HunterDude54 on
The headline is a bit misleading, truncated, and I think it could be misunderstood if you are not already on-side with this.
He said: **“I for one am sick and tired of hearing about thoughts and prayers *rather than actually doing something*.”**
So, he is not being insensitive, but practical!
ClassicT4 on
You know what you don’t hear in America after a mass shooting anymore? “I never thought this would happen here.”
SplashyTetraspore on
Thoughts and prayers don’t stop gun violence. The only way to stop this is through responsible gun legislation which runs from background checks and waiting periods to assault weapons ban.
florkingarshole on
Rather see something like tangible action instead would he? Sensible gun laws? How radical!
Cactusfan86 on
I can only imagine the handwringing this will create on the right, but the empty ‘thoughts and prayers’ crap has become so overused it’s literally a meme at this point
ButterscotchBloozDad on
It’s weird because in so many places our most religious piously attempt to impose their God’s will on the world…”for the children”, but in this one space where men can intervene and make a difference the best they’ve got is “I’ll ask God to do it”. Then they say tell us this is the cost of freedom because their imagination failed to make a difference.
This is how dumb we are.
cwm9 on
They’ve been praying for 58+ years. I think God has given his answer: it sounds something like, “do something about your gun laws.”
fender123 on
Any sensible person is.
Republicans aren’t sensible.
NotTheRocketman on
Honestly, I’d rather Republicans say nothing at this point. Saying ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ is the equivalent of a giant middle finger to anyone who actually cares and tries to enact change but can’t.
veggiespacemonkey on
I visited Europe this summer. Multiple countries. There were no guns, there was no school shootings and most shockingly of all, people were living normal lives and the government wasn’t controlling everyone’s choices like the fear mongering gun nuts want you to believe will happen if we’re not allowed to have forty seven automatic rifles in our house. Americans are just fucking regarded
LatterTarget7 on
Everyone is. People want actual action and change
LightWarrior_2000 on
Don’t worry Trump got the same treatment, thoughts amd prayers and then we moved on.
IamToddDebeikis on
I remember getting into a discussion with a guy who was pro guns. His argument was that if we took all of the guns away, people would still be able to buy guns and people like myself wouldn’t be able to protect themselves from robberies/murderers. I remember not being able to really move further in the conversation because of that.
Genuinely asking, how do we protect ourselves from “the bad guy with a gun”? Would ceasing production of all guns stop this? What about people who buy guns illegally? Is there any way to really stop this? Other countries don’t have this problem at all and I know it’s a huge mental health issue too here in America. How do we stop our children from being murdered?
daygloman1 on
Imagine how “us athiests” feel, hearing that absolute rubbish?
AggressiveEstate7162 on
He’s sick? Hope he feels better soon😔
eddiewordceg on
America doesn’t have a gun problem. It’s problematic people with guns that are.
subdep on
It’s time for legislators to answer those thoughts and prayers by enacting laws which significantly dampen down these mass shootings to the point that when they happen people think, “Wow, it’s been a few years since the last mass shooting…how did this one happen?”
These people saying they are “praying” should thank their Lord almighty that their prayers were answered through his designated agents, the legislators, instead of complaining about it. It’s practically blasphemy for them to oppose it, since they are saying they are always praying about it to stop.
Spirited_League5249 on
Wait until the Dems are in power, oh wait, they are 🤔
PoorlyWordedName on
We all are. It’s time for action.
JackKovack on
“Thoughts and prayers”. Swaying their heads back and forth turning papers. What is it going to take for them to change their minds? How much more?
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Ok? I’m more sick and tired about the shootings than about what people say after them.
The thoughts and prayers people offered after every past mass shooting clearly have not worked. I wonder what makes some people think they will work *this* time (I’m actually kidding, I know what they are thinking, but I’m making a point here).
Ya, we all are.
But they’ll continue to defend guns and blame mental illness. And at the same time they won’t do anything to help people get mental healthcare because…socialism, or some other boogeyman term.
I am just a europoor, but I can’t even fathom why the fuck people are so obsessed with having poorly regulated assaults’ rifles that are seemingly handed out to everyone.
Like wtf do you need them for, massacring squirrels for hunting? Self defence ? (which I thought the police force existed to do), or is it just that funny to shoot at beer cans or whatever.
Just the thought of school children going through shooter drills (which is apparently a thing) is just so completely fucked up.
Oh and if you are that individualistic and don’t trust your neighbors or community, then why the fuck would you want to arm them with these type of weapons
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Anyone who isn’t a rabid 2A fanatic should be sick and tired of it.
Well if you’re JD Vance you just say school shootings are a “fact of life”
As best I can tell we’ve got 2 choices:
1. Continue with guns as normal and make schools bunkers.
2. Get more aggressive with keeping guns out of the hands of youth that might carry out a school shooting
We’ve tried #1 and it’s not working.
I’m with Gov. Walz. Enough wringing our hands after the fact, let’s engage and really try to get guns away from these troubled youth.
“Thoughts and prayers.”, “It’s truly a shame there was no sign they’d ever do such a thing.”, “It’s a fact of life.”, these are the things they say about these awful, almost now daily occurrences. But no, talking about changing gun laws and reforming the way things are handed is beyond taboo, more people will cry about “Our rights!!!” and whatever the fuck pathetic defense they have. If your first thought to someone changing gun laws is for you to take your plastic lawn chair, whip it out and sit on your lawn with a bud light in your hand and your shotgun across your lap with a sign that says “Try and take it, see what happens!” then you are a part of the problem.
If only the ticket were reversed.
Post this debate, Tim Walz is spending days in Michigan. Great. Only notably the Vice President won’t be showing her face in Michigan, at all, spending major time in North Carolina.
Maybe the Vice President wouldn’t have to hide from the people of Michigan if the Administration she is a part of wasn’t blowing smoke and mirrors on a non-existent ceasefire in Gaza. Do they really think they can fool the people in Michigan for 2 more months? It’s completely absurd
I can relate to this,
I’m not gonna speak for Waltz. But any time we have a tragety, or a mass shooting, Incomes the religious assholes offering their thoughts and prayers.
But they never actually commit to doing something about it, Like sitting beside your bed at the end of the day and praying to god is going to do better than actually getting your ass off the couch and doing something about it.
Thoughts and prayers are useless to the surviving victims. Either help solve the problem or stop virtue signaling.
He says what we are all thinking. And he is right.
The headline is a bit misleading, truncated, and I think it could be misunderstood if you are not already on-side with this.
He said: **“I for one am sick and tired of hearing about thoughts and prayers *rather than actually doing something*.”**
So, he is not being insensitive, but practical!
You know what you don’t hear in America after a mass shooting anymore? “I never thought this would happen here.”
Thoughts and prayers don’t stop gun violence. The only way to stop this is through responsible gun legislation which runs from background checks and waiting periods to assault weapons ban.
Rather see something like tangible action instead would he? Sensible gun laws? How radical!
I can only imagine the handwringing this will create on the right, but the empty ‘thoughts and prayers’ crap has become so overused it’s literally a meme at this point
It’s weird because in so many places our most religious piously attempt to impose their God’s will on the world…”for the children”, but in this one space where men can intervene and make a difference the best they’ve got is “I’ll ask God to do it”. Then they say tell us this is the cost of freedom because their imagination failed to make a difference.
This is how dumb we are.
They’ve been praying for 58+ years. I think God has given his answer: it sounds something like, “do something about your gun laws.”
Any sensible person is.
Republicans aren’t sensible.
Honestly, I’d rather Republicans say nothing at this point. Saying ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ is the equivalent of a giant middle finger to anyone who actually cares and tries to enact change but can’t.
I visited Europe this summer. Multiple countries. There were no guns, there was no school shootings and most shockingly of all, people were living normal lives and the government wasn’t controlling everyone’s choices like the fear mongering gun nuts want you to believe will happen if we’re not allowed to have forty seven automatic rifles in our house. Americans are just fucking regarded
Everyone is. People want actual action and change
Don’t worry Trump got the same treatment, thoughts amd prayers and then we moved on.
I remember getting into a discussion with a guy who was pro guns. His argument was that if we took all of the guns away, people would still be able to buy guns and people like myself wouldn’t be able to protect themselves from robberies/murderers. I remember not being able to really move further in the conversation because of that.
Genuinely asking, how do we protect ourselves from “the bad guy with a gun”? Would ceasing production of all guns stop this? What about people who buy guns illegally? Is there any way to really stop this? Other countries don’t have this problem at all and I know it’s a huge mental health issue too here in America. How do we stop our children from being murdered?
Imagine how “us athiests” feel, hearing that absolute rubbish?
He’s sick? Hope he feels better soon😔
America doesn’t have a gun problem. It’s problematic people with guns that are.
It’s time for legislators to answer those thoughts and prayers by enacting laws which significantly dampen down these mass shootings to the point that when they happen people think, “Wow, it’s been a few years since the last mass shooting…how did this one happen?”
These people saying they are “praying” should thank their Lord almighty that their prayers were answered through his designated agents, the legislators, instead of complaining about it. It’s practically blasphemy for them to oppose it, since they are saying they are always praying about it to stop.
Wait until the Dems are in power, oh wait, they are 🤔
We all are. It’s time for action.
“Thoughts and prayers”. Swaying their heads back and forth turning papers. What is it going to take for them to change their minds? How much more?