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GarethPW t1_jeac6tr wrote

I'm resigned to the conclusion that nothing will ever be done at this point

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-SaC t1_jeaewbn wrote

After Sandy Hook E: Columbine (sorry - got my mass shootings mixed up) it was obvious nobody with any power actually gave a shit over there. Now it's just...US things.

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el_grort t1_jeafvf0 wrote

Columbine, tbh.

The UK clamped down with the Hungerford Massacre and then outright banmed handguns following the school shooting in Dunblane, the UK's only school shooting.

The Australians fixed things after Port Arthur.

It shouldn't reallt take more than one to mend the issue. By Sandy Hook, the US had already made its decision, it was already too late.

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-SaC t1_jeag5uz wrote

Fuck, I actually meant Columbine - that was the one in the '90s, right? Sandy Hook was later. The '90s one.

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Scoutster13 t1_jeafdz6 wrote

I still remember how hard I cried that day at my office. Everyone was speechless and numb. I knew we wouldn't do a fucking thing too. Unbelievable to me still.

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-SaC t1_jeafocn wrote

We were talking at work that evening and basically said "this was fucking horrible, now at least something will get done - after all, it took us until Dunblane to actually put some solid stuff into action, so now the US will act. Shame it came to this, what a waste. Never again though; they'll put something through over there."

Yeah nah, we were naïve as fuck.

 

E: Spelling

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Scoutster13 t1_jeaghyj wrote

Yeah, we were actually consoling each other with that belief for a short time - my gut didn't believe it. I so wanted it to be true. And then, once again, a certain group said "it's too soon to talk" and I knew it was done.

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