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25 May 2022, 7:02 pm

https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-gun-politics-0a290e15634cf11aa0faa53ed44caeb0


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25 May 2022, 7:25 pm

I don't believe the democrats have the numbers in the senate to change gun laws



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25 May 2022, 8:17 pm

And let's not forget the fact that the GOP and the Democrats serving
in Congress still enjoy acting like schoolyard bullies towards each other.


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25 May 2022, 8:35 pm

If it needs 60 votes, there's no chance.

Even if it only requires a simple majority, we need to remember that, as with the failed Roe codification attempt, everything hinges on Joe Manchin.


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25 May 2022, 11:31 pm

The issue is that the Second Amendment is the real religion of the US, so nothing will be done as far as going along with the phrase "well regulated" in the actual text of the amendment.



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26 May 2022, 12:14 am

adoylelb90815 wrote:
The issue is that the Second Amendment is the real religion of the US,

I had thought the USA's official state religion was celebrity worship but you do have a point there.


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