Prayers up for the families in Uvalde Texas

[ColdWaterFshr]

21 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Hi prices, wars, and the all nasty media stir this kind of thing up.

Another stupid, stupid comment.  High prices??  The kid was wearing tactical gear and body armor, which isn't exactly cheap.

Wars??  you think he was motivated by Ukraine?? 

Nasty media??  What brings someone to take that out on 2nd thru 4th graders?   I mean, I hate Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, but even those two couldn't swerve me off the road that far.

Some warped logic there JD.   Go fish!  . . . . As Phil might want us all to do anyway.

[rps]

Who is responsible? Who is to blame? All are responsible. All are to blame.

If repeated horror occurs in the world, and none take action to prevent it, then the above becomes true.

This is not politics. This is decency, humanity, compassion, and good sense. The very things that differentiate us from pond scum.

[ColdWaterFshr]

14 minutes ago, rps said:

This is not politics. This is decency, humanity, compassion, and good sense. The very things that differentiate us from pond scum.

No, its data.  Look at the data.  We have more guns = we have more gun deaths.  More guns has not made us safer.  Study the data.  And so yeah, study the pond scum and most definitely the "good sense" about how they get such easy access.  You might find the answer is greed and that there really is no compassion.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

 

We have more guns than any other modernized nation.  Firearms kill more kids under 18 here than any other nation. Draw some correlation

We have more prison cells than any other modernized nation too.    And they are fast at work building more.

Correlate that!   

[Nick Adams]

21 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

are just being left to rot on the shoulders of our highways

Are you talking about armadillos?

[fishinwrench]

42 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

No, its data.  Look at the data.  We have more guns = we have more gun deaths.  More guns has not made us safer.  Study the data.  And so yeah, study the pond scum and how they get such easy access. 

Guns aren't the only way to kill.   Take away the guns and there will be more bombs.    Take away bomb making materials.....and there will be more chemical attacks, ect. 

Overpopulation is the problem.  People don't cherish PEOPLE because there are so freakin' many of them.   

You'd cherish housefly's if they weren't so rediculously abundant.    You wouldn't dare swat one.   But since there are 16 swarming your Big Mac at the same time......you want them GONE !     Right?

[MoCarp]

If you take self inflicted gun wounds out of the mix the gun violence issue changes…this is a 

mental heath question….locking up crazy people stopped in the very late-70s very early 80’s….

a news paper shined the light on horrific condition and Treatment of challenged people, and movies like “One flew over the cocoon nest” helped push new legislation….it gave us a surge in homeless folks and odd ball people who were harmless with a new out for criminals that they were not guilty due to insanity….mass shootings were unknown until people going postal became a thing, USPS was considered a very good job back in the day, firing a ex military worker with PDSD forced management in many companies to reevaluate the unhiring process….getting enjoyment from letting someone go could have consequences….my guess is some of theses young male shooter had issues fitting in….single parent homes etc didn’t give them the social skill sets they needed…It’s not politically correct to say the kids need a dad in the home…as a note I lived in north San Antonio and know Uvaldi… my heart is hurting for these people😢😢🥺🥺😭😭

[fishinwrench]

The really troubling thing is not that it is always GUNS.  It is that it's always a GUY !    A male.   🤔

But God forbid we bring gender into the conversation.   

Are we to believe that women are less likely to become crazy and dangerous?  

If stricter gun legislation comes of this, shouldn't women be exempt?   Let's be fair here.   

[snagged in outlet 3]

8 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

As Phil might want us all to do anyway.

Have you ever posted a fishing report?