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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 21 Dec 2012

    National Rifle Association calls for armed guards in every US school after Connecticut school shootings http://bbc.in/UdptU8  #NRA

    8:38 AM - 21 Dec 2012
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    • Tyler Stevens Anya Dawn M Gibson Daniel Poore Sharon Paley Dawn Lane Cami Andrew Jackie Groundsell
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      1. Toby Jepson‏ @TobyJepson 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking how about Americans grow a pair and denounce those wankers in the NRA? Making a bad situation worse, no humanity what so ever

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      1. Mark Daws‏ @dawfsy 21 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking what is wrong with these people?! More guns in people's hands! It's simple, ban gun ownership and save our kids. Period.

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      1. Richard Lawson #FBPE‏ @DocRichard 21 Dec 2012
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        .@BBCBreaking Please stop propagating #NRA "best way to stop bad guy with gun is a good guy with gun. Unbalanced in both senses...

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      1. Zain Abbas‏ @Zain_A_Abbas 21 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking #NRA are some of the stupidest people in the world. Use more guns to protect kids from guns. What could possibly go wrong...?

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      1. Max Argyle‏ @MaxArgyle 21 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking americans get irony

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      1. immie  🌻‏ @figlilly 21 Dec 2012
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        RT @BBCBreaking "NRA calls for armed guards in every US school http://bbc.in/UdptU8 " fighting guns with guns is not a fucking solution

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      1. Anthony Hall.‏ @BenPorRov 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Nonsense. Better health care for Americans with Mental Health Issues better idea in long term.

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      1. Louis Law‏ @LouisLaw 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking that's just stupid, guns to stop guns, the americans might as well start another civil war

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      2. Safa‏ @Safa_M_M 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking So they can sell more guns!

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      2. Pete Croxson‏ @bigospedros 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Just plain stupid! @BBCBreaking NRA calls for armed guards in every US school after Connecticut school shootingshttp://bbc.in/UdptU8 

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      2. Ahmed Haroun‏ @ForLoveOfEgypt 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Ask them who will guard the guards?

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      3. brian nason‏ @noseypeople2 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @ForLoveOfEgypt

        @ForLoveOfEgypt @BBCBreaking members of the gun loby r a laughing stock - They still think they r in the wild west!!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Ahmed Haroun‏ @ForLoveOfEgypt 21 Dec 2012
        Replying to @noseypeople2

        @noseypeople2 @BBCBreaking Or wish to resurrect it

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      1. Becca Blossoms‏ @Beccablossoms 23 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking The NRA has it right.

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      1. Tonje Haugen Piercy‏ @tongee32 21 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Nuts!

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      1. NakedFaerie‏ @NakedFaerie 21 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking morons want more guns. That will just bring more deaths.

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