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Re:90% of American public schools now hold mass shooting dri... by krapp on Friday February 16, 2018 @05:39PM (#16397176)
>We aren't the first nation to have a problem with mass shootings, but we are the first nation to not respond by banning guns.

That's what happens when your nation is founded on the thesis that an armed populace is necessary for a free state...

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Re:90% of American public schools now hold mass shooting dri... by jandrese on Saturday February 17, 2018 @02:28PM (#16402267)
The US is not even close to the first to have an armed populace for the national defense. English longbowmen are another example of an armed populace. Many countries have compulsory military service for young men.
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