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An excellent suggestion: (Original Post) kpete Sep 2019 OP
Yes empedocles Sep 2019 #1
Hell yes! DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #27
Very good! Karadeniz Sep 2019 #2
Hyper brilliant good! DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #28
Skin in the game,... magicarpet Sep 2019 #3
Yep! Totally. calimary Sep 2019 #13
Cool. Name every shooting after the Pro gun rep or sen from that district or state. NightWatcher Sep 2019 #4
Yes. Captain Zero Sep 2019 #5
Good plan! BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #6
Yep! Absolutely. calimary Sep 2019 #14
Personally, I LOVE "Massacre Mitch." Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2019 #7
Yep. Massacre Mitch and/or Mass-Murder Mitch. calimary Sep 2019 #12
Not quite: "Another McConnell Massacre" DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #29
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #8
#GregAbbottMassacre1 aeromanKC Sep 2019 #9
Yep. Precisely! calimary Sep 2019 #15
YES!! rainin Sep 2019 #10
Ooooooooooooohhh LOVE it-LOVE it-LOVE it!!! calimary Sep 2019 #11
Name it after the legislator who refuses/refused to act on gun control. Augiedog Sep 2019 #16
I like it. warmfeet Sep 2019 #17
I'm in favor. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #18
Great idea locks Sep 2019 #19
The disasterous Dukakis debate moment comes to mind.... Sogo Sep 2019 #21
Start using it it Now Iwasthere Sep 2019 #20
Or name it after which senators and congressmen/women that get the most money from the NRA..... a kennedy Sep 2019 #22
Let's not forget to honor those who make half a million a year to arm every nutjob lambchopp59 Sep 2019 #23
As noted in post 9, some of the legislators... 3catwoman3 Sep 2019 #24
Let's add the names of NRA lobbyists,too. They should have their 15 minutes of fame too. RainCaster Sep 2019 #25
We certainly have plenty of names to choose from, don't we. patphil Sep 2019 #26
No! No! A thousand times No! jmowreader Sep 2019 #30
We could also shame the shooters. CaptYossarian Sep 2019 #31
Brilliant idea. Pepsidog Sep 2019 #32
How about calling them TrumpOdessa mainstreetonce Sep 2019 #33
It would be a badge of honor for them is the biggest drawback. czarjak Sep 2019 #34
Actually a very good idea...perhaps if these crimes are tagged along w/ a member of the govern... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #35
I understand the number of Americans who support background checks is over 90%. I think it Doitnow Sep 2019 #36

magicarpet

(14,145 posts)
3. Skin in the game,...
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 05:14 PM
Sep 2019

You are pro gun - without reasonable restrictions,...

You own the deaths and massacres forthcoming from that failed hands off policy asking for gun safety and gun control.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
7. Personally, I LOVE "Massacre Mitch."
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 05:41 PM
Sep 2019

McConnell's refusal to allow ANY legislation to reach the Senate floor - after all of these shootings - really does tell us where his loyalties lie . . . in the checkbooks of the NRA and the gun manufacturers, but NOT with Americans.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
17. I like it.
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 07:00 PM
Sep 2019

Connect the enablers to the crime. They are, after all, intimately connected to the crime.

locks

(2,012 posts)
19. Great idea
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 08:09 PM
Sep 2019

I often wonder what Abbott would be spewing if one of his children or grandchildren had been in one of Texas' massacres.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
21. The disasterous Dukakis debate moment comes to mind....
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 10:33 PM
Sep 2019

....when he was asked if he would support the death penalty if Kitty were raped and murdered?

A seeming uncaring response pretty much sunk him....

Would Abbott respond in a like manner?

Iwasthere

(3,159 posts)
20. Start using it it Now
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 08:32 PM
Sep 2019

Get media to pick up on it. Perhaps If enough people do it. In fact let's start naming all the previous massacres this year too.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
23. Let's not forget to honor those who make half a million a year to arm every nutjob
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 10:39 PM
Sep 2019

"This bloody massacre today brought to you by: Wayne LaPierre, and all his politistooges."

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
24. As noted in post 9, some of the legislators...
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 10:49 PM
Sep 2019

...will need to have numbers after the multiple massacres in their states/districts.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
30. No! No! A thousand times No!
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 01:21 AM
Sep 2019

The next one should be the #DonaldTrumpMassacre.

Next, the #MattSchaeferMassacre.

Then the #MoscowMitchMassacre.

The #WayneLaPierreMassacre has to be in there somewhere.

You can have your #GregAbbottMassacre in due course. I'm sure there will be more than enough of them, which sickens me to consider.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
31. We could also shame the shooters.
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 08:20 AM
Sep 2019

The "Guy with a small penis" massacre and the "Guy who can't get laid" massacre. That could deter someone who wouldn't want that label.

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
33. How about calling them TrumpOdessa
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 11:36 AM
Sep 2019

TrumpEl Paso
TrumpDayton etc

And only if the president does something about it,his name comes off.

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
35. Actually a very good idea...perhaps if these crimes are tagged along w/ a member of the govern...
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 01:46 PM
Sep 2019

ment that are STOPPING or hampering efforts for more effective gun legislation, this would put more of a kick into efforts to rein in this ongoing slaughter.

One thing for sure, they aren't beefing up support for mental illness or anything like that (despite what rump says), I haven't seen anything come across on my medical plan updates for mental illness (most plans are very minor/lacking in supporting mental illnesses)...

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
36. I understand the number of Americans who support background checks is over 90%. I think it
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 05:57 PM
Sep 2019

is about time most Americans start getting what they want. That goes for a bunch of stuff I hear talked about lately. Remember, there are more of us than there are of them!

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