yimyammer
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I have a Remington 870 shotgun, so did many of the kids I went to high school with, many of whom had deer rifles.Jones was an idiot for what he said about Sandy Hook. I mean people need to stop making everything some kind of wild conspiracy without evidence. Even if you believe the government is evil, making wild accusations without any substance to back it up just make you look like an idiot. If there are conspiracies, be patient, eventually the facts will come out.
Having said that, the case against him was ridiculous. He has a first amendment right to say what he wants, no matter who is offended or how. The Sandy Hook parents, or the lawyers that represent them, have turned their tragedy into a war on the constitution. They sued Remington into bankruptcy on the flimsy argument the gun manufacturer was somehow responsible for the Sandy Hook school shooting. Remington settled the case for $73 million. This lawsuit never should have been allowed. And Remington did the entire gun industry, and the constitution, a disservice by settling the case. They claimed Remington's advertising made their weapons appealing to young people and Remington's weapons featured in violent video games proved they were marketing their products to children. Remember, the Sandy Hook shooter did not purchase the gun he used. He stole it from his mother who legally purchased the gun. If she had another weapon, we have to assume he would have stolen that one. Blaming Remington was a money grab by the parents and their lawyers. Remington never should have settled.
We all feel for the parents of the victims of the shooting, but that is not a good reason to throw out our rights as citizens to appease them.
Most of us drove pickup trucks
to school
with gun racks in the rear window
WITH our guns in the gun racks
at school
daily
there wasnt a single case of gun violence (plus my high school was very diverse and we all got along great)
what changed?