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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 18 Dec 2012

    #Newtown: US Rifle Association #NRA prepared to "offer meaningful contributions" to ensure "this never happens again"http://bbc.in/U7aISI 

    2:09 PM - 18 Dec 2012
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      1. Helen Charlesworth‏ @Helenjc7 18 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking hope so, but doubt US citizens will co-operate. Inbred gun culture sadly. We in UK try to keep safe by #mobilephone

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      1. connie waters‏ @WatersCmw 18 Dec 2012
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        @Wilsation82 @BBCBreaking They (NRA) have had blood on their hands for ALONG time. The only problem is THEY DON'T CARE! :(

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      1. Teresa Fritschi‏ @TeresaFritschi 18 Dec 2012
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        Believe it when I see irrevocable Federal legislation! @BBCBreaking @solidstore #Newtown #NRA

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      1. Dennis Nelson‏ @Dennisnelson_ 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Solution. Weapon ownership should only be through a registered gun club. Weapons should be stored at the club not at home.

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      1. Doris‏ @techypz 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking #Newtown #NRA anjá??? Ahora???? #HDP

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      1. HealthyBear‏ @fiteles 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking I'll believe it when I see it.

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      1. BeSoLiberal‏ @BeSoLiberal 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking #newton #guncontrol yeah... probably as meaningful as Boehner's tax proposals...

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      1. Larry Oba‏ @whales1212 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking what meaningful contribution can they offer than to protect their interest FIRST?

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      1. Brown‏ @thebrown85 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking are the 'meaningful contributions' MORE guns by any chance?????pic.twitter.com/oSwmeCI6

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      1. redchas‏ @redchas58 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking sorry to be cynical but is this the same NRA that boasted "out of my cold dead you can have my gun"well hope for change

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      1. GITANAJAVA PRODCTNS.‏ @GITANAJAVA 18 Dec 2012
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        GITANAJAVA PRODCTNS. Retweeted GITANAJAVA PRODCTNS.

        @BBCBreaking Could their timing be any more ill=considered?https://twitter.com/GITANAJAVA/status/281161954180083712 …

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        NRA plans official statement 12/21, same day Gov. Malloy declared day of mourning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20776784 … http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/lib/malloy/proclamation_-_2012.12.21_day_of_mourning.pdf … #Newtown
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      1. Hamish Mack‏ @HamishMack 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Sell all their properties, disband the organisation, give the money to victims of shootings and go and live in an Ashram?

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      1. connie waters‏ @WatersCmw 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking What do THEY (NRA) classify "meaningful contributions"?

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      1. sarah clifford‏ @midgothchick 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking believe when i see it

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      1. Gavin‏ @Mccabe134 18 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking too little too late

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      1. Melissa Houle‏ @Aquabun2 19 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking There just a bit late out of the starting gate with "Never again" I'd say.

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