9 murdered at the oldest AME church in the south

[WVdemocrat]

The second amendment needs to be repealed.

It definitely needs to amended. People hold the founders up on a pedestal despite their belief that black people do not deserve freedom, and women do not deserve equality, and all of their other radical beliefs, including their beliefs on guns.

Gun ownership should not be a right. It should be a privilege. They should only be accessible to those who are responsible and non-violent. Any crime should preclude one from gun ownership. President Obama summed it up perfectly when he said (paraphrasing), "We need to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced nations." This just doesn't happen on this scale in other countries as advanced as the U.S. It's time to stop this nonsense. We need to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban, invest in smart gun technology, institute strong background checks, mental health exams, and caps on magazines.

I'm really tired of the conservative media (read: Fox News) turning these tragedies into talking points. People are dying, and there playing political football with it.

RIP to all of the victims. I hope someday this country can realize attacks like this are terrorism and act accordingly.

The calm reasonable response from the NRA.

Disgusting.

[WVdemocrat]

The calm reasonable response from the NRA.

Disgusting.

Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the only likely winner here will be gun manufacturers. There will be plenty of idiots who will go out and buy more guns, guns they may never even use, in anticipation of restrictions that won't be coming.

Exactly.

I hate the fact that the NRA and the gun nuts always win. They march to the fife of "give me liberty or give me death" while people are getting cut down in churches. It's depressing that America doesn't want to change on this. The NRA is blaming the pastor, Fox News is blaming atheists. I don't know what to do anymore. There is no political will to do anything, and it's so depressing and aggravating at the same time. People are dying, and these a**holes are playing politics.

Martin O'Malley summed it up perfectly for me: "I'm pissed."

[WVdemocrat]

The calm reasonable response from the NRA.

Disgusting.

Not unexpected. Unfortunately, the only likely winner here will be gun manufacturers. There will be plenty of idiots who will go out and buy more guns, guns they may never even use, in anticipation of restrictions that won't be coming.

Exactly.

I hate the fact that the NRA and the gun nuts always win. They march to the fife of "give me liberty or give me death" while people are getting cut down in churches. It's depressing that America doesn't want to change on this. The NRA is blaming the pastor, Fox News is blaming atheists. I don't know what to do anymore. There is no political will to do anything, and it's so depressing and aggravating at the same time. People are dying, and these a**holes are playing politics.

Martin O'Malley summed it up perfectly for me: "I'm pissed."

I feel you.  Its gotten to the point where I've descended into a sort of depressed apathy.  The fact that these shootings have become business as usual is disgusting.

For me personally, these horrible recurring acts of violence wear me down, a lot, I feel so helpless to stop them due to no matter who we elect, what laws we support, they never make it anywhere due to the ignorance of so many people in this country of how to fix these problems, and the gun lobbys tight hold on our politics.

I know, it's depressing in a way. I have hope, however, that eventually we will begin to realize that this a problem and needs to be addressed.

[WVdemocrat]

^TBH that moron probably meant to say "incident."