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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:24 AM Jul 2015

I understand the outrage over Cecil the lion and how senseless the whole affair was but

for the love of God where is the outrage for these?

3-year-old girl fatally shot in D.C. by child playing with a gun

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/three-year-old-girl-dead-after-shooting-in-southeast-washington/2015/07/30/9ec511c6-36a1-11e5-b673-1df005a0fb28_story.html

Girl shot after cat leads little brother to gun under bed at open house

http://wtvr.com/2015/07/28/kid-follows-cat-finds-gun/

Texas boy, 3, dies after shooting himself in face with grandfather’s gun: reports

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/toddler-3-shoots-grandfather-gun-reports-article-1.2282528

Toddler injured after discharging gun near face

http://counton2.com/2015/07/14/toddler-injured-after-discharging-gun-near-face/

This shit happens every fucking day. Go ahead, search Google for "toddler + gun"

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I understand the outrage over Cecil the lion and how senseless the whole affair was but (Original Post) flamin lib Jul 2015 OP
There is your answer- happens every day n2doc Jul 2015 #1
what makes you think the outrage isn't there? Personally, there should be a channel roguevalley Jul 2015 #2
Sickening... Left coast liberal Jul 2015 #3
Love your name, BTW. Yes, there is a very real and deep problem in America with guns AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #4
Got the name after talking to some tea party people. flamin lib Jul 2015 #5

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
2. what makes you think the outrage isn't there? Personally, there should be a channel
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:45 PM
Jul 2015

somewhere showing this because it happens to often you can't keep up.

AllFieldsRequired

(489 posts)
4. Love your name, BTW. Yes, there is a very real and deep problem in America with guns
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:11 PM
Jul 2015

It really cant be addressed until we do away with the absurd belief that anyone needs a gun for any reason other than shooting at bottles or something.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
5. Got the name after talking to some tea party people.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:20 PM
Jul 2015

'Oh, you're a bleeding heart liberal . . .'

No, I'm a screaming, flamin', angry liberal who has had an election stolen by the Supreme Court.

Somehow they were taken aback, whoda' thought?

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