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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
My guess is they would be aghast at what they created...
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exactly. Boston Massacre, killed 5 men, injured 6. All of them adults and gathered in protest.
6 years later, we declared independence from England and went to war.
Today, 61 mass murder events since 1982, 31 school shootings since columbine in 99. Hundreds dead, plenty of them defenseless school children. You think they would have screwed around as long as we have without acting in the public interest?
Ol George would have been outlawing weapons left and right.
chilling timeline-
A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine | ThinkProgress