Cover of NY Daily News this morning

[Cowlesy]

Bodies aren't even in the ground yet.


http://www.nydailynews.com/cmlink/nydn.CoverContent?newsletter=true&ctype=front&cdate=20120721&dt=landscape_315_450

[IDefendThePlatform]

The front page of my local paper sadly had a similar anti-gun rights headline article this morning too. Might be time for a letter to the editor.

[jbuttell]

If the guns were banned, none of these events would have happened....... ..... right? :rolleyes:

[ronpaulfollower999]

Lets make America a gun free zone!! It worked so well at that movie theater.








:rolleyes:

[UtahApocalypse]

I agree with the statement "How many more must die"

It is time to remove Gun Free Zones from the American lexicon. We have a right to bear arms. Now is more clear than ever we need to be allowed to carry a weapon to defend ourselves at all times. No more Anti-Gun/ Anti-Defense laws.

[Cowlesy]

If the guns were banned, none of these events would have happened....... ..... right? :rolleyes:

If only there had been a sign on the back entrance to the theater that said "No Guns Allowed", the shooter would have went "ah shit!" and went home.

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

These pyschopaths really want to be serfs. It is amazing how badly they want to enslave themselves.

PS: The first thing I thought it was an anti-war headline, but I guess I am not cynical enough. LOL

[MelissaWV]

These pyschopaths really want to be serfs. It is amazing how badly they want to enslave themselves.

PS: The first thing I thought it was an anti-war headline, but I guess I am not cynical enough. LOL

It would be very apt to change just a couple of words and make it about the war. You would need more room, though, to allow for the numbers killed and injured.

[AGRP]

"How many more must die?" *ignores wars*

[robert9712000]

They have to realize that making more laws does nothing but hurt the law abiding citizen.The person thats going to commit the crime is already breaking the law by murdering someone.So if they dont care about that law they wont care about not having a gun.If they think banning guns all together will stop it there also idiots.How long have drugs been illegal? Yet after 100years of it being illegal there still available in every city too whoever wants them.

You cant make laws with the goal of prevention.The only laws that are proper are ones that charge a person after theyve harmed someone.You may think its a wild west attitude but theres no other just way to dictate judgement on people

[jkr]

never heard of em

[liveandletlive]

its that idiot Bloomberg always up to no good. wants the entire city as a nanny state

[WilliamShrugged]

its that idiot Bloomberg always up to no good. wants the entire city as a nanny state

Already is...

[Anti Federalist]

"How many more must die?" *ignores wars*

+rep

12 killed by nut in movie theater? Freak out and demand more freedom be taken away.

12 children killed by errant drone strike? Yawn.

[angelatc]

MoveOn.org is asking for cash. How nice of them to assert that the families and the victims support their cause.


Dear MoveOn member,We all woke up to the tragic news of the killing of at least 12 people and the wounding of many more at a late-night screening of the new Batman movie in Colorado.
Reports indicate that the disturbed individual who committed this horrifying act had a bulletproof vest, used some kind of gas canister, and had multiple guns when he opened fire in the crowded theater.1 A three-month-old is among the injured.2
We are immeasurably sad for those who lost their lives, those wounded, and their families—and for all those who experienced the horror of those terrible moments. Let our thoughts and prayers go out to them today.
We're also so angry. From children's lives lost in school shootings, to Trayvon Martin, the Representative Gabrielle Giffords attack, and this latest slaughter of innocents, we are not safe from gun violence.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns has been campaigning to put a stop to senseless gun violence like this with commonsense measures, like fixing gun checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. They've started a petition in SignOn.org to demand action on ending gun violence.
Sadly, it often takes moments like these to bring politicians to their senses about guns. And while signing a petition seems so inadequate in the face of what happened last night, it's important to do what we can. Today that means taking a small step toward preventing this kind of tragedy from happening again.
Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence." (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277865&id=46725-17236852-V1FYlNx&t=1)
The people who died at the Colorado theater last night are only 12 of the 34 people statistics tell us will die from gun violence today—and among 19,000 murdered with guns since the attack on Representative Giffords in Tuscon.3
And yet today isn't about statistics. It's about the pain of human loss—the loss suffered by the community of Aurora, Colorado. And the losses to gun violence suffered today and every day by other communities, whose tragic stories won't be covered on the news.
It's in the power of Congress to greatly reduce these senseless shootings and make tragedies like today's far less possible. They can start by enacting commonsense measures, like fixing giant loopholes in gun checks, that are supported by the vast majority of Americans—including gun owners.4
Let our anger today help give them the courage to act tomorrow.
Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence." (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277865&id=46725-17236852-V1FYlNx&t=2)
The strength and support we draw from our friends, families, and communities are never more important than on days like today.
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Robin, Ryan, Elena, and the rest of the team

Sources:
1. "Gunman turns movie into surreal horror: 'This is real,'" CNN, July 20, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277858&id=46725-17236852-V1FYlNx&t=3
2. "Gunman turns Batman screening into real-life 'horror film,'" CNN, July 20, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277863&id=46725-17236852-V1FYlNx&t=43. "Background Checks," Mayors Against Illegal Guns, accessed July 20, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277860&id=46725-17236852-V1FYlNx&t=6
4. "Poll: Majority Of Americans, Including Gun Owners, Support Tougher Restrictions," The Huffington Post, January 18, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=277861&id=46725-17236852-V1FYlNx&t=7

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[surf]

from the headline i was hoping for an article on drone-warfare. (i haven't been engrossed in the Colorado event)

[Brian4Liberty]

"How many more must die?" *ignores wars*

http://www.mytinyphone.com/uploads/users/kurosakisaya1565/325030.jpg

[James Madison]

"All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."

[Lafayette]

Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence."

Who knows more about gun violence than government? It makes sense in a way, if you want to stop gun violence you go to the expert on it.

[MelissaWV]

Not to draw their attention elsewhere, but weren't at least some of the guns legal?


Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence."