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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 18 Dec 2012
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    the aftermath of a traumatic national tragedy is probably THE WORST time to formulate policy

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      2. Steve Silberman‏Verified account @stevesilberman 18 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey Like thinking about smoke alarms after the 10th time the house burns down. Wait between fires, people.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 18 Dec 2012
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        @stevesilberman Something like that! Disastrous post-9/11 decision-making is of course the paradigmatic example here.

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      2. Chris Hamilton‏ @dteg32 18 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey Some of the best legislation has come through national tragedy. Guess you haven't studied civil rights era or Abe Lincoln

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        @dteg32 how'd that post-9/11 decision-making work out?

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      1. William Freeland‏ @WilliamFreeland 18 Dec 2012
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        So true. RT @mtracey: the aftermath of a traumatic national tragedy is probably THE WORST time to formulate policy

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      1. Hemant Mehta‏Verified account @hemantmehta 18 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey It's like going shopping when you're hungry.

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      1. Kyle Jack‏ @kylejack 18 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey Dozens of school shootings since Columbine. Traumatic tragedies are our way of life.

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      1. #LuxuryTravel‏ @ZaibatsuPlanet 18 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey I've heard exactly 36 days later is just perfect! We should have tried that after Pearl Harbor

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey didn't do Australia or the UK any harm when they legislated after mass shootings

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey there's no consistent historical record that you can use as evidence to back up that statement

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey the historical record is far more complex than that statement shows

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey you seem to think we should simply do nothing at all

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey we've had several mass shootings in the last several yrs and we've done NOTHING-that hasn't stopped them

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey so I'm not sure what your remedy is-we've done both-we've done nothing after these incidents & are now doing something

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey you criticize any attempt to respond to yet another mass shooting after yrs of doing nothing yet you offer no ideas as to response

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey except "debate mental health" policy-even tho a v. tiny percentage of ppl who commit mass shootings are mentally disturbed

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        @mtracey a v. tiny percentage of ppl with mental health problems are violent-

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey so let's continue to do nothing at all legislatively & just talk more about mental health

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        @mtracey strange notion that after yrs of not doing anything at all after these mass shootings, finally we respond to one...

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      1. Sandra N.‏ @SandraHelena39 19 Dec 2012
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        @mtracey and somehow that's the wrong thing to do

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