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I think quite a few people

erica20 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:49:13 +0000

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I think quite a few people have had similar changes of heart. I hope it's permanent.

Talking about "seeing other

acanuck — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:47:29 +0000

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Talking about "seeing other people change," Michigan's Republican governor has vetoed a bill passed by his GOP-led legislature that would have kept schools from banning guns from classrooms. It was enacted the day before the Newtown massacre. The optics have suddenly changed.

Here's another

AmericanDreamer — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:04:38 +0000

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Here's another one...http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8761964/pat-kelsey-winthrop-eagles-men-basketball-coach-calls-social-change-wake-newtown-ct-shootings (another college basketball coach, who did not vote for Obama, calling for actions to prevent these kinds of tragedies, acknowledging he is not smart enough to know what those are):

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Kelsey, a Cincinnati native and Xavier alumnus, called on President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner to mend their differences and do whatever was necessary to prevent another such massacre.

"I don't know what needs to be done," Kelsey said. "I'm not smart enough to know what needs to be done. I know this country's got issues. Is it a gun issue? Is it a mental illness issue? Or is it a society that has lost the fact -- the understanding -- that decent human values are important?

"I didn't vote for President Obama. But he's my president now, he's my leader. I need him to step up. Mr. Boehner, the Speaker of the House, he's a Xavier guy, he's a Cincinnati guy. He needs to step up. Parents, teachers, rabbis, priests, coaches, everybody needs to step up."

His voice rising, and with his eyes welling, he finished by saying, "I'm proud to grow up American. I'm proud to say I'm part of the greatest country ever. And that's got to stay that way. And it'll stay that way if we change.

"But we've got to change."

Because nothing makes people

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:51:23 +0000

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Because nothing makes people change their minds about stuff, like seeing other people change their minds about stuff.

This sentence carries more political insight than millions of pages of blogosphere commentary.

There was some picture of me

Richard Day — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:44:35 +0000

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There was some picture of me aged 4? with a toy six gun and a holster and a cowboy hat...long gone.

I had this smirk on my face like I knew something; kind of like the smirk you might witness on the face of that kid Russert on MSNBC.

The Lone Ranger; Hopalong Cassidy; John Wayne....

I learned later that all of Europe and other areas all over the globe worshipped our Cowboy & Indian comic movies.

Now toy machine guns with magazines that hold 100 pieces of ammo?

When I see a movie nowadays I look for tech. Phones change and guns change and armour changes and cars change and...

Europe and Australia decided to change but there has been no concomitant changes in 'style' as far as movies and toys and...

America loves guns.

And we Americans decide to shoot ourselves more often than others!

Which is interesting when you think about it.

Just as a side note.

If we abolish the sales of multi-magazine carrying objects of mass destruction we cannot penalize those who own those wpm's.

But we can make it a felony to carry those weapons outside their homes!

I have no idea what I am talking about. hhahahaha

You'd need to begin with the

anna am — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:05:01 +0000

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You'd need to begin with the toy manufacturers and I say good luck with that. Get toy guns off the shelves. Too much money in the balance. Or maybe there's a back door. A thirteen year old girl recently petitioned Hasbro toys to change the image of their play stove. Got 4,000 signatures, this future president of the US did, and guess what? Hasbro has agreed to include BOYS in the promotional and packaging pictures of the stove. Chefs are cheering and I imagine sane parents are too.