14 killed in mass shooting at Batman screening

[Wiz in Wis]

You know what America needs... some platitudes about how we're all hurting, followed by the NRA becoming ultra-defensive, a bunch of dick's saying "Guns don't kill people, people do," a proposal by a big city, minority Democrat to restrict the number of bazookas that a citizen can own to 10, and absolutely, positively, no action on guns. That'll do the trick!

[Wiz in Wis]

You know what America needs... some platitudes about how we're all hurting, followed by the NRA becoming ultra-defensive, a bunch of dick's saying "Guns don't kill people, people do," a proposal by a big city, minority Democrat to restrict the number of bazookas that a citizen can own to 10, and absolutely, positively, no action on guns. That'll do the trick!

I think your post may be one of the lowest I have ever seen here. Don't politicize this.

Oh, I'm so very sorry to have upset your delicate sensibilities! Why shouldn't this be polticized? As Mayor Michael Bloomberg just said a few hours ago:

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And I think Michael Grunwald on TIME also makes a valid point when he says,
 

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The past 30 years have seen the GOP position on guns essentially come as close to a pure victory on policy as any issue can be won. As a result, we don't even dare suggest that the response to this tragedy include a hard look at gun control, or American political culture's compliance in essentially saying "Well, since we can't stop every kook, why even bother trying"

Screw you, I'll politicize something that is inherently tied to politics. Why shouldn't 12 people dying needlessly lead to change? Because too many Americans have a gun fetish to actually pass laws that might prevent these frickin massacres every few months!?

[Wiz in Wis]

Bless those whose lives were lost today and their families.

I understand Wiz's position on this, but I don't think that bringing up politics in a thread like this (especially immediately after the incident) is exactly the classiest thing to do...

If we only talked about gun policy when there wasn't some sort of gun tragedy no one would care. That's like saying we shouldn't have talked about the levies in New Orleans after Katrina, until sufficient grieving time had passed. No, we should talk about it now.

Besides, this is a political board. Clearly I am upset about the victims' pain and suffering, hence my desire to point out that politics is a way to deal with gun violence, and a good portion of this board and the country at large refuses to talk about it, behaving as if it's a settled issue and these deaths are just part of price of "freedom". If we want to avoid these tragedies in the future, we need to address a lot of underlying issues that aren't being otherwise discussed.