Random Politics & Religion #28: The Last One

It can't be that the Puerto Rican government is ill-suited to handle such a crisis (and in many cases impeding efforts to get help), it has to be that Trump bad, something something golf

Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.

The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night. He was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and put on life support, reports TMZ.

I give it about... three months before the next massacre.

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FAIRFAX, VA—In the aftermath of a shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded, National Rifle Association officials said Monday that mass shootings are just the unfortunate price of protecting people’s freedom to commit mass shootings. “What happened in Las Vegas is a horrific tragedy, but it’s sadly the inevitable cost of safeguarding the rights of Americans to perpetrate such horrific tragedies,” said NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, adding that defending the constitutional right to commit mass murder meant accepting that mass murders were occasionally going to happen. “As saddened as we are today, we must always remember that preserving our sacred liberty to go on violent rampages is far more important than any one violent rampage.” LaPierre went on to say that legislation like recent state laws permitting guns on college campuses and an upcoming House bill that would relax restrictions on the purchase of gun silencers were vital to ensuring people had more freedom to commit much deadlier massacres, even if they sometimes lead to much deadlier massacres.

Lack of proper gun control is bad m'kay

Lack of proper gun control is bad m'kay

Not a lot of coverage as the news is busy covering Vegas, but Tom Petty died.

Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66

It still beggars belief that, in America, people with pre-existing mental health conditions/disorders have easy access to automatic weapons but not health insurance.

This is a mental health issue and it needs resolving.

Lack of proper gun control is bad m'kay

You could say my heart is wait for it...broken.

Wow so insightful you really should take your talents to the Huff Post.

America decided at Sandy Hook that their precious guns are more important than the lives of children so what's the *** point in meaningful debate at that point?

Compare gun violence to people ramming their trucks into people as much as you want, it's still going to be as stupid as any other comparison.

You have a mass shooting nearly on a daily basis and you'll sit there and defend gun ownership.

It still beggars belief that, in America, people with pre-existing mental health conditions/disorders have easy access to automatic weapons but not health insurance.