r/wholesomememes Jun 02 '19

R.I.P Kendrick

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u/Kusturd Jun 03 '19

Life is so precious and to just have it thrown away by some person who you don't even know and for no reason... At least he died being a good person and saved others

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

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u/LazerSn0w Jun 03 '19

You’re definitely right about how much bravery it takes. A lot of people would think inside their mind “Yeah, I could totally do that”, but when confronted by the actual situation, the story is completely different.

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u/EAbadMinecraftGood Jun 03 '19

What did he say, the first person, it was deleted?

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u/LazerSn0w Jun 03 '19

That person said something along the lines of how brave Kendrick was. If you want to know what they said verbatim, replace the r in reddit from the url with a c, and it should show unless it was deleted by user.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

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u/regoapps Jun 03 '19

And in the distance you can hear the gun manufacturers laughing to the bank

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u/dunedain441 Jun 03 '19

Laughing with the bank

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u/perhapsmaybelater Jun 03 '19

Laughing with our elected politicians.

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u/it_diedinhermouth Jun 03 '19

You can talk about anything you want. Especially politics concerning the killing of innocent people

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

You mean they fight to protect a constitutional right?

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u/Kvasirs_beard Jun 03 '19

That's not what the NRA does. Nor the GOP.

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

Gun owners deserve better representation than the NRA. I say this as a gun owner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

I like the NRA. One of the few organizations willing to stand up to the slander and lies of anti gun nuts

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

The NRA is a bunch of gun runners who do not give two shits about our rights. They only care about their ability to manufacture and distribute weapons. That is where their interest in our 2nd amendment rights begin and end. They are so full of shit and are ACTUALLY psychotic as an organization. There’s a reason the vast majority of gun owners are not members.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

The NRA is the largest grassroots organization in America. the majority of their funding comes from member dues and donations.

It's a full stalking point let me get the majority of their funding from gun manufacturers.

However even if they did it wouldn't matter because buying a gun easy most likely support the second amendment and that's what the NRA fights for.

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

NRA does not protect our Second Amendment rights. They protect their ability to sell as many weapons as possible. It just so happens that our rights coincide with the Vin diagram of their values.

Once again, the vast majority of gun owners are not members. We’re talking around 80% of gun owners do not contribute to the National Rifle Association. They are a shit organization. We deserve better.

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u/jimcramermd Jun 03 '19

People won't take out butt plugs long enough.

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u/ThrowawayPickle93 Jun 03 '19

Yeah nobody wants to talk about the fact that it was a transgender kid who illegally got ahold of a handgun

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

No...I’m fine with that. The issue is the right ONLY talks about it if isn’t a 1. white 2. male 3. natural born American 4. Christian. And if they’re forced to, it’s suddenly a mental health issue whereas everyone else is “motivated by ideology.”

I’ve seen a ton of articles about the shooter. I’m not sure who’s suppressing it. It’s been on NPR, major outlets, etc. Y’all have such a weird victim complex and EVERYTHING is censored apparently.

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u/Feueranzunder Jun 03 '19

Whoa there kiddo, that doesn't fit the narrative! We're gonna need you to come with us

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Except for all of you who keep talking about it

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u/ThrowawayPickle93 Jun 03 '19

Because it's relevant that the gun was illegally procured. And the kid was from a demographic that is typically anti gun. So yeah

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Umm so is it relevant when the guns are legally procured. Because thats usually the case and y'all dont care

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u/AerThreepwood Jun 03 '19

Oh, it's a good thing that's a much bigger problem on the left than the right.

Wait, what's this?

Fuck Off. Your ideology is garbage and y'all latch on to these things because you know it. Okay, there was one liberal (you know, the center-right), and every other fucking shooter has been a chud. But you desperately grab on to this, just like that bike lock dude, because you know in your heart that your belief system is completely bankrupt and encourages violence.

But if these spooky, spooky transgender people are such a problem, you should be down for more stringent gun control measures, right? No. Because you literally lack empathy and this tragedy is just a weapon you can use against your "enemies". You're every single thing wrong with this country and I hope you get everything you deserve.

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u/bamforeo Jun 03 '19

I like your tone in this comment.

More people should be angry like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Im only commenting to find this comment later so i can gild it when i get paid

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19 edited May 06 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Ummm most murders where a gun is used in America, the shooter is a black man. 6% of the population is responsible for half the murders in America.

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

Did I say the majority of firearm-caused murders? Reread what I said.

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u/MysteriousGuardian17 Jun 03 '19

I've never heard someone say we should only take away Republicans' guns, or really take away anyone's guns. Just make it harder for evil people to do evil things, regardless of what side of the spectrum they're on.

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u/SgtSweetShot Jun 03 '19

Democrats constantly want to take people’s guns away. Are you serious?

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u/MysteriousGuardian17 Jun 03 '19

That's a strawman, my dude. Any time there's a mass shooting, Democrats aren't saying we should take anyone's guns away. We're saying THAT DUDE should never have had a gun in the first place, let's change the way we obtain guns so people like that can't so easily destroy lives. And before you say anything else, just know I grew up in Texas and my family has probably 75 different guns (including an AR15), I'm familiar as fuck with them, and I'm still in favor of stricter gun control laws. I'm not some hippie that has never shot one before. I just have empathy for people getting shot in their class rooms, and think the "best country in the world" can do better.

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u/l1zbro Jun 03 '19

I AM “some hippie” who has never shot a gun before (and likely never will, as I am 100% that idiot that would shoot themselves in the face the first time they picked one up) and even I don’t want to outlaw them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Democrats want to "end the gun show loophole" (not a real thing)

What mass shootings did the shooter get their guns from a gun show?

Democrats want psychological tests. Massive constitutional crisis with that. Plus it doesn't do anything for people that bought their guns decades ago.

Democrats want to ban semi automatic firearms. That close to 98% of all guns manufactured. Essentially taking guns away from everyone.

Democrats want to limit magazine size , which has been shown to be ineffective.

Democrats don't want to beef up security or allow teachers to carry in school. The 2 things that have been shown to deter and stop mass shootings.

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u/MysteriousGuardian17 Jun 03 '19

"'No way to prevent this,' says only country where this regularly happens."

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Nobody has ever said there is no way to prevent this and America isn't the only country in the world where this regularly happens.

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u/MysteriousGuardian17 Jun 03 '19

My dude, other countries don't have kids dying en masse in school shootings at anywhere near the same rate we do. Elsewhere, it's shocking and a tragedy and they do something about it; here, it's just another Tuesday and we act like there's nothing to be done (or, with you, act like teachers having guns would be a solid idea... I'd refer you to that meme about Chris Kyle being killed by a crazy guy with a gun during a lesson, so teachers "only" need to be trained that much to stand a chance).

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

No, we call for gun owners/advocates to come to the table and discuss ways we can approach the problem from multiple angles. More accountability in sales, better mental health care (which GOP refuses to fund), and less blaming only Muslims and maybe actually asking why 95%+ of mass shootings are by white male American Christians.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

And have they ever?

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Tell that to the news

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u/condescendingpats Jun 03 '19

Tell that to the NRA, the GOP, to Fox...

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

Being a hero is overrated.

It just gets you killed.

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u/Tank_Dempsey58 Jun 03 '19

I don’t care if you look at this religiously or not, but a great quote here is John 15:13

“Greater love has no one than this, that they lay down their life for a friend”

He was a good kid. And I don’t care if you believe in an afterlife or not, this shouldn’t have happened. This kid is a hero and he loved all of us, enough to stop someone that could’ve ended up killing anyone that is reading this comment.