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Related: About this forumTHE TRAGEDY-PROOF SCHOOL - Mark Fiore - Political Cartoons - Satire
After the horrible school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 elementary school children and two adults, Fox News and gun-crazy Republicans are trotting out scores of ways to harden our schools. From man traps and ballistic blankets to armed military contractors, gun-lovers are ready to do anything . . . except question our nations insane addiction to firearms and the weak gun laws that allow these mass shootings to continue.
If it werent for the tragic consequences of our gun culture, Republicans devotion to weapons of war would be comical. At this point in time, it seems that we as a country prefer guns to children. (To say nothing of people of color who live in areas with high rates of gun violence.)
The callousness of the pro-gun, pro-assault weapons NRA crowd has been on full display after the school shooting in Texas, with a hit parade of right-wingers blaming the teachers, the unlocked door, the number of exits, the windows, the lack of prayer, the liberals, the gays . . . everything but the gun.
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THE TRAGEDY-PROOF SCHOOL - Mark Fiore - Political Cartoons - Satire (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
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sop
(10,193 posts)1. Put gun owners inside that tragedy-proof school, not children.
Rhiannon12866
(205,497 posts)4. The Republican party sure has changed
Back in 1994, former presidents Carter, Ford and Reagan stepped up to help President Clinton get the Assault Weapons Ban passed.
bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)2. And they resisted using government to mandate masks to protect children
Now they want Stalag Schools
Rhiannon12866
(205,497 posts)3. Exactly! I'm guessing that recess is out, too...
Not to mention fire drills, no doors, no windows. Sounds like a prison to me - at least prisoners get some time "out in the yard."
magicguido
(6,315 posts)5. This is not Satire. It's their real proposal.