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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
I sincerely hope that there is no joy being taken in that prediction on the other board.
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No joy at all, in fact there is a lot of anger about it. It was predicted based on two things...a statement from this guy
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Bryan Jones, director of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy at the University of Washington, agreed that the gun lobby is the main reason politicians are unlikely to pass new control laws.
..."I hate to say it but it's going to take the kind of massacre that kills lots of children. That's the only way we are going to see progress," Jones said. "I think it's got to be worse than (Columbine). I mean, you didn't see anything in Colorado" in substantive new gun control laws after 15 people were killed at Columbine High School in 1999.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/298561_guns05.html
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and the house bill being killed in subcomittee, we knew it was just a matter of time.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
And again, I doubt that there would have been any students returning fire. It's not their major concern. There might have been professors, but then again there might not. Woulda, coulda, shoulda.
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for about 95% of them, I agree. It's not a scenario that they envision. That shouldn't mean that it should not be prepared for, like some I know. woulda, coulda, shoulda indeed. we are on the same page with that one.