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kyburg ([personal profile] kyburg) wrote2012-12-15 05:00 am
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My tweets

  • Fri, 19:23: What if there hadn't been a gun. What then?
  • Fri, 19:33: RT @TrevorProject: If you're feeling troubled, hurt or alone, remember that we're only a phone call away 24/7: 866.488.7386
  • Fri, 19:40: RT @devincf: Aaron Sorkin nails gun control in 1 minute. Hate that I have seen this clip so many times this year. http://t.co/Uy8i4gdE
  • Fri, 19:42: I keep going back there. This is not what the weapon is intended for. What is it doing there? How did it get there? Why is it the answer?
  • Fri, 19:46: What missing between motive and weapon? What intervention was eliminated? What was okay to skip over instead of confronting? Poor everyone.
  • Fri, 19:48: And a part of me that is only three years old remembers Kennedy being killed and it took only one guy with a weapon. That's all.
  • Fri, 19:49: We haven't come very far at all since then.
  • Fri, 19:56: And after living in Switzerland, where EVERY house had a weapon and someone GOOD using it living in it - I know we can do better.
  • Fri, 20:06: I'm going to state this as plainly as I can. I do not advocate gun removal, but education and respect for each and every person. ALL.
  • Fri, 20:08: Not just people 'who like them.' We don't need to get rid of them. We need to address what they're doing in all the wrong places.
  • Fri, 20:10: Shooting was social in Switzerland, IME - everyone knew who carried what, and you had to be good or you got sent back to train.
  • Fri, 20:12: And the understanding that gun use was a covenant was pervasive. You didn't break trust with your neighbors, your family. Not with a weapon.
  • Fri, 20:13: @dduane - Jump in if I'm full of it. Did you get that impression too?
  • Fri, 20:20: I guess my President was three years old too, once.
  • Fri, 20:26: How about we put school nurses back into elementary schools full-time? We're sending police offices now, aren't we?
  • Fri, 20:31: RT @JustinMcElroy: Also, while we're at it, it'd be great if I didn't have to shoot someone in every video game next year.
  • Fri, 20:42: "We r a people who can watch a young man spiral into murderous rampage without choosing to intervene b4 it is too late."http://t.co/VPSPK1w8
  • Fri, 21:06: RT @feministhulk: HULK APPALLED AT NEWS REPORTS INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH CHILDREN AT SHOOTING. OUR CURIOSITY DOES NOT TRUMP THEIR TRAUMA.
  • Fri, 21:07: RT @JamilahLemieux: Awaiting more intelligent thoughts about preventing mass killings aside from "Jesus will fix it" and "Get rid of all ...
  • Fri, 21:08: Maybe this wasn't the best time to send fella out to the LEGO store for kid's Christmas. Welp. Somehow, I don't care right now. #buyALL