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The horrific mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, has reignited protests for meaningful political action in the United States. According to Quinnipiac Poll, an independent, non-partisan public opinion poll, currently 66% of American voters support stricter gun laws, and it's the highest level ever measured. People are expressing their thoughts about these issues all over the internet, and some are resonating with the public so much, Bored Panda has decided to compile them into a list.

From brutally honest jokes to interesting insights, the entries below will certainly stir your thoughts about the uncomfortable debate American society needs to have. Scroll down to check them out, and upvote your favorites!

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Kristel
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A kid should never have to worry about such a thing. Yet still, this is really happening. Heart-breaking. I think if I had a child and was in this situation, I couldn't hold up my brave parent face and would have broken down crying, that my baby is thinking about things like this. It even hurts me that a child I do not even know, is thinking about things like this.

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Frank Law
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lumping all republicans into one stance on this issue is naive, counterproductive and divisive. Find common ground and build instead of deconstruct people!

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David Daisy May Boldock
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world.

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Agnes Jekyll
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly puritan American. Kill each other but god forbid you have consensual pleasure

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Stille20
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just glad this upcoming generation is making such a powerful show of getting involved when they have repeatedly been accused of being lazy and disengaged

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WhiteFox
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

by the way. why the hell are kinder eggs banned over there? im from australia

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Diana Hockley
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Australians don't know whether to laugh or cry. We are horrified by what we are hearing. Since gun control was enacted back in the 1990s we have NOT HAD ONE MASS SHOOTING! Domestic shootings have crashed and now, pretty much the only people with illegal guns are the criminals who will get them no matter what we do. Only Australians legally allowed guns are defence force personnel (and not in public) police (in public) farmers (only on their farm) security guards (only on the armoured vehicle) commercial shooters (only in their trucks) sporting shooters (only at the gun club/rifle range). Police here check their gun owners in their own districts every two years and every single licensed gun has to be accounted for and the storage comply with regulations - gun and ammo separately kept.

Suzanne Haigh
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is that really correct? Australians are well known for going into the bush and blasting at the wildlife legally, it is called sport and not in any club

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Monika Soffronow
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here is why: The US is the world’s top exporter of arms and assumed a market share of 33% between 2011 and 2015. With factors such as size and capabilities to its advantage, the US is home to some of the top arms manufacturing companies. The top two defense contractors in the US are ranked top in the world. They are Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Company. The sales generated from the exportation of arms from the US were $36.2 billion. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/world-s-largest-exporters-of-arms.html

Cult O’ Blueberries
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can think of 5 reasons of the top of my head why giving teachers guns will cause major conflicts; 1. The teachers will need training 2. What if a kid steals the gun and uses it? 3. What if the teacher or substitute is a murderer? 4. Many parents will pull their kids out if teachers are armed which will cause economic problems 5. Are the teachers supposed use the gun on the shooter? 5.

Miriam Borg
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If no sticks had ever been available for kids you would not need to be wondering about either a, b or c!!!!

Danny Root
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually the answer is D) Ban the classmate. The stick did nothing wrong. If he didn't have the stick, he would just use the rock.

Dara
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Put it in simple words, and yet nobody (there) gets it.

Clinton Yew
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here is an unpopular opinion: A) your child will still try to hit people with it. B) your child would think trice to start bashing people as everyone have a stick now. C) your child will STILL bash people, not with a stick, perhaps a stone. You will get free from mass shooting, but then if the real problem that causes a kid to have emotional breakdown until he shot people is not face and solved, it will just happen again, with knife. I still don't understand why are you all not dealing with reducing the stress level or give them a better mental consultation but kept on blaming on the tools.

Donna Rose
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A child hits a classmate with a stick. There was a rule against hitting people, so you expel the child. Tomorrow, another child comes in and hits a classmate with a stick. You do the same thing, and this time you make a rule that no one is allowed to have sticks. Except, these kids were already breaking a pretty serious rule to begin with. So they still find sticks and hit kids. Or they use rocks. Meanwhile, all of the other kids, who had not been breaking any rules, are also affected by this stick ban. Their dislike of the blanket rule doesn't mean that they don't care about the hitting. Everyone in the school agrees that we need to find a way to stop these kids from hitting. We're all in the same school. We're all affected by the violence. What we don't agree on is how to stop it. Kids who spend recess building stick cabins aren't going to want a ban, and kids who never use sticks won't see the problem. Remember who the bad guy actually is. Let's work together instead of vilifying.

RaY1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

D) find out why the child is acting out and offer more education and counseling for other children who show similar tendencies before someone get's their eye poked out by said stick. Because it's not fair to take away all sticks when sticks are a right of all Americans. If you don't like the stick freedom, move to another country.

Robert Madsen
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6 years ago

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You should pass a law making it a crime for a child to have a stick. Your analogy is lacking.

Taryn Wallace
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The problem is that all the things people are shouting : stricter gun laws, bans on "assault" weapons, mandatory background checks, etc..to me the "bad guys" will still be able to get and use guns... just because somethings is illegal doesn't mean it erases it altogether I mean...heroine is illegal and yet somehow people still get it illegally and use it illegally, OR they come up with OTHER THINGS to get high... just like people who don't follow the drug laws, people aren't going to follow gun laws. AND if you take them away completely there will just be a higher number of people mowed down in cars and knife killings. Evil WILL find a way no matter what we do

Kristel
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then why, in Japan where they made rules VERY strict, does this not happen anymore. I guess the only (which is sad) answer is: because this is the USA..

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Agnes Jekyll
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every adult in the USA who does not support these child survivors should be ashamed.

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Fire Bird
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

May clearly be the case if teachers can carry a gun. Can you imagine, the teacher with a gun lurking around the corner with gun drawn and a cop around another corner lurking with their gun drawn and they both jump out. You can imagine what will happen next.

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Daria B
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are more than kids. You are people with rights. And if you have the right not to be killed, then the current gun laws in America are legal crime.

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Jef Bateman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A teacher in Utah shot herself in the bathroom by accident in 2014. You can watch Youtube videos of enraged teachers smashing instruments or throwing things at students. I don't trust anybody with a gun in such a tense situation -- even a teacher.

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Shruti Naik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe the people at the NRA had the guts to do this...they want to show that celebrities are on their side? really?

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Agnes Jekyll
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bill O'Reilly is a pig. He's discounting the reactions of children who've been shot at or had friends die, and given more credence to the adults who watch this happen and refuse to protect them. He must be in the pocket of the NRA

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Shruti Naik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if he would've continued to stand up for the NRA had the shooter walked into his children's school and shot them dead.

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Zenozenobee
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"The teacher's galactic republic"! where can we sign up as a teacher's Jedi school?

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TheTerrorHorde
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

had a teacher toss a chalk board eraser at our heads once because we were talking in class and he wanted us to shut up. yeah. Lets get that guy a gun.

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Heidrance
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

teens owning elected officials so hard that they cry tuesdays, perhaps?

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Rémi G
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course he would never say 'give' teachers guns in the litteral sense. He was probably meaning ' we must let teachers BUY guns'

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Suzi Gauthier
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not to mention, most of the school shooters commit suicide or are pushing for suicide by cop anyway, so ANYONE having a gun at the school wouldn't help.

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Math Wilson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know it can be unpopular. I’m from Brazil, where guns aren’t easily purchased as in USA. I’m against such an easy way to get your hands on powerful guns, but the problem is more deep rooted. The true problem is not the guns. The true problem is that a person have a killing will in his heart. Are we ignoring the fact that someone -wanted- to kill a lot of teenagers? Why? There is more than just guns wrong in United States. There is killings with knives and rocks too. We need to work on creating children that don’t want to kill others. A society that doesn’t let violence grow. Armed or not.

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Agnes Jekyll
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

of course, and that teacher will have to live with that for the rest of her or his life. Teachers teach students about life; they should never be expected to take a life.

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Shruti Naik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how he'd feel if someone walked into his grand kids schools and shot them. But its sad to even think that the death of his own child might change his heart while the death of 200 other children have had no effect. Its sad....

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Matthew Hyder
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6 years ago

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They shouldn't have to, but what if they do if times get dark? :( This kind of makes me think of having teachers as police or pomice as teachers...almost military...

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Bunnies4Zwin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you know, that practically ALL young people with voting rights in the UK voted against Brexit? It, in the end is their world WE are in control of. Why can't we just give them a bigger focus.

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TheTerrorHorde
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

18 school shootings since the beginning of the year! Its only FEBRUARY 23rd! exclusing holidays and weekends, thats almost 1 school shooting a day not to mention how have occured since I started this post! but hey, in total thats still less than 500 children right? Its just a few! a few?? Any number higher than 0 is too many!

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Agnes Jekyll
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Schooled by the teenagers who are smarter and mored eloquent and more emotionally balanced that this moron.

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Stille20
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This seems over dramatic, but innocent people are being shot by cops who have far more training.

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Shruti Naik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teens. You don't know the amount of havoc the power of angry, well-spoken teenagers can create. These kids are the future of America.

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Alain
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree and share the same brain.... call me insane , I will not kill a single soul unless they ban gun-control , here in Holland where I live I survived every school easily because no-one was pointing a gun at me but no matter how high you go up there , there's never a curved horizon to see I swear....

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Lisa Reuss
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If Trump see this, he will retweet it to further his agenda. He's just that clueless.

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Vendy Vafer
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better yet, send all those who so staunchly protect their 2nd amendment to Afghanistan.They can prove that having a gun betters your odds to staying alive against others with guns. Once I see how they fare, maybe I'll change my mind.

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Amin Sharieff
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Um RaY1, is there a self esteem issue you have ? Small hands? Small cerebrum? Just small ..uh..issues that a gun makes you feel 'protected'?

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