The apotheosis of the ethos behind the Second Amendment (which, BTW, never had anything to do with individual ownership of guns) were the treasonous and seditious Confederate militias in the Civil War.

Saw something (not sure how true) that the guy was not only licensed as a security guard and had a personal carry permit, he may even have had a firearms dealer permit, which allows access to guns that normal people can’t access.

I think the disagreement comes in when you start discussing what that regulations/rights balance should be.

I feel like by now all the news orgs must have a mass shooting template where they just plug in the numbers, location, a few specifics and call it a day.

You really believe that Americans could wage a physical war with a hypothetical tyrannical government? I’m not necessarily for a full-on gun ban, but I just find the second amendment to be anachronistic with our current society. When people bring it up in the debate about gun safety and common sense regulation it just…

But the Taliban didn’t exist until after they came to the US. When the emigrated in the early ‘80s, before their son was born, the Afghanistan they left was an ally of the US, waging war against the godless Soviets.

Holy shit. If you replace “Obama” with “Trump” and “radical Islamic terorism" with ... really anything intelligent, it’s uncanny how well it works.

There is certainly something of 1930s Germany in his philosophy. In his world, Japan, China, and Mexico are “stealing” our jobs. Strategic military positioning around the world (in his parlance, “protecting other countries”) is “stealing” our economy. And Muslims are an existential threat. We’d be better off if we…

I think people don’t recognize it when they see it. Whenever it happens again, this time it’s for a good reason. These people deserve it— they’re threatening us.

I think I will be having nightmares about “thoughts and prayers” now thanks to this post.

Years and years of more-than-daily mass shootings.

Ah, but see, when the United States engages in warfare, it’s different from state-sponsored terrorism because

I have compared him to Hitler. Maybe not in conversation, but in my heart of hearts. I even see Hitler superimposed over him when he speaks.

I don’t mean to compare Trump to Hitler.

He also implied that Obama is a Daesh sympathizer earlier today. His rhetoric is giving Daesh exactly what they want (as per Slate: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_…).

Born in Afghan. Okay, sure... Blanket, rug or dog?

Google: it is estimated the US Military has killed 20-30M world wide since the end of WWII.

Has any country killed more civilians on foreign soil in the past thirty years than the US?

Unless your great grandparents were born here you don’t count as an American. Scratch that - unless your WHITE great grandparents were born here, you don’t count as an American.

trump is constructing a golf course in ireland! why is this man building and funding a terrorist country?!