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They don't call Fl the GUNSHINE State for nothing. Blame Gov Scott & the NRA.

Aren’t guns great? I think even more people should have them. See what happens when people have access to them?

The guns aren’t the problem lady it’s the idiots that get them. There is a “black market” for everything. Not hard to obtain a weapon. Stop blaming the gun for the ignorance of humans.

If the people are they problem, maybe it shouldn't be so easy for them to get access to things that are designed to be lethal weapons?

And are you gonna be the one to sit on the streets and stop the illegal sales of guns? It happens behind closed doors and out of sight. Just like drug sales. The only people that will be restricted are the ones that do it legally.

There are plenty of loopholes out there already. Not everybody who shouldn't have a gun got theirs on the black market.

I agree. But we all know creating “boundaries” won’t stop the ones that want it. Rules don’t work for anyone except those that choose to follow them.

I can agree with that. But there's more to this than just restricting sales. There wouldn't be as many guns out there if they weren't being manufactured in such large numbers. And we need stronger penalties for people who subvert the system and get weapons into the wrong hands.

It was not a school shooting or related to the school. It was in a parking lot next to the football/track field. I won’t assume, but of course it’s going to get blown up as a ‘school shooting’ because it was at a high school football game. The two people shot were not students.

Still senseless violence though. I really don’t like this nonsense.

Yes no matter where it took place it shouldn't of. Our politicians need to do their jobs and they aren't. There's plenty they can do to better ensure our safety without messing with our 2nd amendment. But they do nothing and then blame each other over it.

Exactly. All I hear is arguing between politicians and nothing ever getting done. Do I like what occurred? No. It’s senseless and should not happen. Use your fists if you’re going to fight, not a damn gun. Our country is getting angrier and angrier and SOME people have guns...

That is all politicians do. We can do that without them. Why pay for something we can do ourselves?

100% true. And Twitter made it 1000x worse in my honest opinion. I don’t think our current top government officials were prepared for Twitter and trying to throw dirt at one another so much more than your standard “political commercials” you see around mid-terms & prez campaigns.

This is true

Yeah, that’s a huge issue. But, I am only one man and my opinion may not be the same as everybody else. Social media evolved during Obama’s terms & now Trump (and it isn’t only him even though he is at the top) is dealing with it. I honestly wish he wouldn’t tweet so much.

it's a culture of violence that #DonadlTrump has created. And the longer he remains at the #WhiteHouse, the worse it will get. #The Republicans needs to stop with the party thing and remove this man. He's a #DangerToSociety and the USA

You know that we had school shootings before 2016? This problem is more than just who is in the White House today.

I'm no Trump fan but this is an underrated response. A civil and correct one.

I’m no trump fan either. But our nation didn’t flip on its head on November 9, 2016. We’ve been sliding here for decades, and we have to acknowledge that if we’re gonna address the problems. The roots go deep.

Yeah but this president makes everything 1000 times worse. Siding with Rusia instead of our intelligences in live tv. Attacking our allies, making unnecessary tariffs war. And overall just a bad person.

The topic is gun violence and school shootings. And the problems with we have with those didn’t start with Trump. Eliminating him from the equation doesn’t fix anything.

Resisting trump cannot simply be about impeaching him. The problems he’s created/exacerbated are the end product of decades of systemic rot & manipulation, mostly from GOP/conservative lobbies. Impeachment doesn’t address the problems we face a country. It addresses one problem.

That's true but it would be a huge step forward. I don't care that the next president is Republican, I just don't want it to be another whack job. I would like someone with experience and HOPEFULLY not looking to line their own pockets