Day 248:
Owning Guns is a right, but health care is just a privildge
I think this tweet pretty much sums up the current GOP mind set.
The GOP insists that the Vegas shooter's gun arsenal is "a right," but medical treatment for his 500+ survivors is merely "a privilege."
— Desirina Boskovich (@thedesirina) October 2, 2017
Fuck all these assholes.
Further Reading:
Ajit Pai gets new term on FCC despite protest of anti-net neutrality plan
Elizabeth Warren: “Thoughts & Prayers Are NOT Enough” after Las Vegas Shooting
The Las Vegas gunman used a perfectly legal device allowing him to fire 400 rounds per minute
Australia offers to help US with gun reform
The government won’t research gun violence because of NRA lobbying
Every Member of Congress Who Took Money From the NRA and Tweeted ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ to Las Vegas
Democrats Demand GOP Pull Gun Silencer Bill After Las Vegas Mass Shooting
These charts show Fox News really did ignore Puerto Rico’s crisis
Trump and Las Vegas: With no Muslims to blame, Twitter troll falls silent
DOJ releases overruled memos finding it illegal for presidents to appoint relatives
Mueller Tasks Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons
The GOP’s Twisted Reality, Where Guns Are a Right But Health Care Is a Privilege
The press, branded the ‘enemy’ by Trump, increasingly trusted by the public: Reuters/Ipsos poll
FEMA has yet to authorize full disaster help for Puerto Rico
Trump’s Treasury Department Deleted Research That Contradicts Republicans on Tax Reform
Trump: ‘What happened in Las Vegas is in many ways a miracle’
477 Days. 521 Mass Shootings. Zero Action from Congress.
Keith Olbermann: The NRA is ‘a terrorist organization’
Kimmel breaks down discussing gun control after Las Vegas shooting
Russians used Facebook tool to target susceptible voters: report
Supreme Court takes up Wisconsin as first test in partisan gerrymandering claims
After Las Vegas Shooting, Fake News Regains Its Megaphone
Eric Holder: Redistricting has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court should help fix it.
‘I cannot express how wrong I was’: Country guitarist changes mind on gun control after Vegas
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