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The latest gun nut talking point is that "In 1978 Jim Jones used coolaid (sic) to kill 909 people, which goes to show you that sick and violent people don't need guns to kill people."
I've seen this about 3x in comments in the past few hours. I wonder which NRA shill put that into people's minds?
wnylib
(21,487 posts)How many mass suicides in a cult compared to the number of mass shootings?
What a stupid argument.
Probatim
(2,529 posts)Stupid argument indeed.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)temporary311
(955 posts)and many people were forced to drink at gun point.
Deep State Witch
(10,429 posts)I've still got COVID brain fog. Plus have my attention on other things.
MacKasey
(987 posts)Remember the people who killed congressman Leo Ryan and shot Jackie Spears and other people who are trying to leave jonestown
Jim Jones had a lot of guns also
Rhiannon12866
(205,485 posts)and I am quite sad that Rep Speier is retiring.
Karadeniz
(22,537 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)Donald Trump lied about COVID-19.
18-year-old homegrown terrorists kill with assault rifles.
SCOTUS kills with misinterpreted Constitution.
Little can be done about Vlad. Everything else MUST be dealt with!
CloudWatcher
(1,848 posts)The TFG caused more deaths than most wars. Amazing how we've just moved on.
dchill
(38,505 posts)Talk about a mass murderer. And I KNOW he enjoyed it.
The point to end all points.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)She was an aide to Rep. Leo Ryan, who was shot to death.
Leith
(7,809 posts)Imagine the hell of that experience!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)She's lucky to be alive.
moondust
(19,993 posts)I'm coining a new word for this special occasion.
KarenS
(4,079 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)So, who do we know that resembles a cult?
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)***** DAILY DOUBLE !!! ******
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Roger Stone would spew forth.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)Laura Ingrahamanazi.
Patterson
(1,530 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)If you can put rage, lies, petulance, and stupidity in a bottle or envelope, TFG has done it. His cult slurps it up and begs for more.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)Sure, stay away from poison laced Kool-Aid, but does that somehow justify these military assault weapons on the streets for angry, confused and fucked up sickos to take out as many innocent lives as they can dream up, so they go out in some sort of "blaze of glory".
BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS.....WEAPONS OF WAR. THEN join in with red flag laws, background checks, raise the age limit, etc, etc. But get those fucking weapons of war OFF THE STREETS of America. Sweet Jesus....what a simple concept.
Absolutely.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,698 posts)Case closed.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)while guns are refreshing and enjoyable on a hot summer day. Ban kool aid
Initech
(100,080 posts)Damn these people are stupid!
SpankMe
(2,957 posts)He used cyanide. The fruit punch component didn't do the killing. The poison did. Try to buy cyanide today and see what happens.
If we disguise guns with knitted tea cozies, do we say the tea cozy did the killin'?
I can't say it enough: today's crop of Republicans are so stupid, it's a wonder they even know how to breathe.
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)...which is sales-restricted to those with a permit in the United States.
Also, it was Flavor Aid , not coolaid (sic).
Weakest, and stupidest, argument yet for not regulating guns.
calimary
(81,318 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)shaping NRA ideology and propaganda.
IronLionZion
(45,454 posts)viruses and poison and other methods are more complicated than firing bullets at school children. The Jonestown cult were heavily armed and shot plenty of people too because not everyone consents to be poisoned and some folks tried to escape.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Sure, we could lose 4-5 million of them.
Shoonra
(523 posts)If someone can kill with CoolAid (actually, Jim Jones used an imitation brand, FlavorAid) then removing guns from the marketplace doesn't leave people defenseless, they can always use CoolAid. Or butterknives, or throw pillows, just something other than firearms.
H2O Man
(73,559 posts)Jones did use koolaid to kill people. Trump used twitter to accomplish something similar, in stealing his cult members' consciences and souls.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Yes, Jones warped their minds to where they obediently consumed the kool-aid. One example is self-employed inflected and the other is cold-blooded.
Blue Owl
(50,424 posts)IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)They have their own Jim Jones. I won't name names, but his initials are Jonald T. Drump. If he told them to drink grape Flavor Aid laced with covfefe, they would. If he told them to jump off a cliff, they would. If he tells them to march on the Capitol... Wait. That already happened.
True, sick and violent people (and stupid qult members) don't need guns to kill people.. Guns just make it easier. And that's why gun control is needed. Because these sick and violent Cult Covfefe members want to kill us, and the less AR-15's and the like floating around and getting into the hands, the better.
Meanwhile, may the cult members lay off the orange Kool-Aid.