NRA Zing!s

Tallahassee Democrat
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Want to reduce school mass shootings: Raise min age to purchase a gun to 25 years. If you can't rent a car, you can't buy a gun.

I have decided to make Zing! a late addition to the list of things I will abstain from this Lent.

If all of the people that showed up for the vigils would stand together and demand psychiatric screenings we could send potential killers for treatment before the tragedies.

Criminals will always find a way to get weapons, no matter how many laws there are. Those who follow the laws, don't shoot schools.

What threat do schools pose for these cowards? How often are police stations attacked?

George Washington prayed, Martin Luther King prayed, Jesus prayed, I guess they didn't know any better. Forgive them, for they know not what they say.

gillum...$75,000 mayor's salary. gillum... $425,000 home. How does he do it??

Church attendance declines, shootings go up--morality is relative, no absolutes, evil prospers....lets blame guns!

prayed allowed in schools/zero school shootings; prayer removed from schools/ dozens of school shootings! Yeah, keep trashing prayer!

More 'gun laws'?? How's the 'ban on drug laws' working out for you??

Cars are good, money is good, airplanes are good, guns are good. It's what people do with them that's bad!

Hello America: wake up ask your politician where is our care for mental health. Really the teachers or others did not notice this child mental condition.It is not the gun it is the operator or the person allowing him to have such a weapon.

It took a High school student to come out and call Trump what he really is.

The gun debate is over people. When nothing changed after the slaughter of grade school children at Sandy Hook, it was finished.

So, Trump has repealed a bill that makes it easier for people with mental health issues to get guns and passed a bill to make it harder for them to get healthcare (including mental health care).

The Parkland shooter is old enough to buy an AR-15 but too young to buy a bottle of beer.

President Trump's new tax bill is domestic violence!

If mosquito control will eliminate the Zika virus, then what should be controlled to eliminate mass shootings?

It shouldn't be legal anywhere for an 18 yr old to buy an AR-15. The laws must be changed!

Suppose you had some rattlesnakes in your house. And your solution was to remove all rattlesnakes in the Country. Would that make any sense?

I hope students from schools where these most recent shootings have occurred take busses to Washington and demand action from Congress and POTUS.

I'm sorry, but do congress members actually have children in public school?

The problem is not mental illness, the problem is murderous intent AND easy access to guns.

Ms. Henry, your view of Tallahassee is delusional. These 'volunteer leaders' you speak of seek these positions to further their own interests. None of them have your interest in mind.

Gun control IS a mental health issue. It's INSANE to think somebody's trying to kill you or the government's trying to take your freedom away.

Please remember that many school shooters are mentally ill but the vast majority of the mentally ill are not school shooters.

I don't care what race you are, if you brew a great beer, I will drink it. Stop using the race card. it is getting old!!!

No 18, 19 or 20 year old should ever walk into a gun store and buy an assault rifle. Ever.

Make America Safe Again!

Let's not allow gun issues in our communities to continue to be swept under the rug. A change must take place now!

Apparently Friday was "hate thoughts and prayers" day in the Zing column.

Regardless of one's mental health status, the right of American citizens to own assault weapons is the trigger for mass violence.

Greatest West Wing fear - someone forgot to load the teleprompter.

American Values: happy to let other citizens' innocent children die in defense of our right to own and sell automatic weapons.

Rubio really is the groundhog. He comes out once a year, sees his shadow, runs back in and counts his NRA cash..

Tragedy in Florida, weekend in Mar-a- Lago. How convenient.

How long does the media profit off this shooting?

There will be gun control when people of color and the resist movement start exercising their second amendment rights.

Is this an oxymoron? Posting something on snapchat, youtube or the internet, and, being concerned about your PRIVACY????

Stop blaming the politicians for lack of gun control legislation! Look in the mirror at the voter who succumbed to NRA propaganda.

Once again the militia fails to be "well regulated". Our founding fathers didn't want everyone to have access to military weapons.

They kicked God out of public schools, banned Bibles and prayer, and the devil smiled...

Disappointed to discover that the MDA ladies felt they needed to cheat with blank and duplicate sheets to make a big enough stack for the photo op.

Again you make it about race, gun control, politics and such ilk. In places like North Korea, Iran and New York City, to mention a few places, they have very strict gun control laws.

To the red clad Moms. Someone's children has got to stop killing our children. By gun, car, knife or crockpot etc.

The National Rifle Association, with their influence on corrupt and cowardly politicians, is our nation's worst enemy.

Didn't take long for the race baiters to notice the school shooter was White-Hispanic like the victim of Trevon Martin.

Most of the mental health funding that the Governor is asking for should go towards the geldings that currently hold office.

The NRA is a tool of the Russians. And so is the President.

Until it's personal and not political, lawmakers will display no courage.

Times like this remind me of an exchange between 2 characters in "Charlie Wilson's War", Question;"Why is Congress saying one thing and doing nothing?", reply; "Tradition, mostly".

More gun legislation is not going to cure the ignorance and mental illness that is behind the taking of innocent lives. Work on the cause not the tool.

The Russian bots flooded the net with pro gun messages minutes after the Parkland shooting. They know guns are tearing up our society.

Wake up lawmakers! Guns DO kill people! The carnage in Parkland, Vegas, & elsewhere is not possible with a slingshot or knife.

We have gone from a time when The Chief of Staff told the President the things he didn't want to hear. Lately, it seems they spend their time telling him what he wants to hear.

Another report of affair involving Trump. Another mulligan from evangelical leaders?

Drugs and pure evil are the reasons for these mass shootings.

Why Valentine's Day? A day for love, not hate.

Mass shootings are a Communist plot to destroy our country from within.

The common factor at Sandy Hook, the Texas church, Las Vegas, and now Parkland is not mental health. It is semi-automatic weapons. It is time!!

I'm not hip enough to understand Democrat writers' glib jargon, so please write in plain English.

Obama was treated like a princess compared to President Trump. You lefties really know how to get your 3rd grade going.

Where was the outrage towards Obama when there were school shootings on his watch. Do you think that maybe President Trump deserves the same courtesy. Oh, not in the agenda.

More blood on the hands of the NRA and the Republicans.

Symptom-solving--more grief counselors, lockdown drills, resource officers, security cameras, training--should not be mistaken for problem-solving.

Name one honest City Commissioner.

I would be OK with people giving up their guns if it stopped violence. But I need mine.

Save your "thoughts and prayers". You'll need them come Judgement Day.

Why did the Holocaust happen so easily? Well, Hitler disarmed German Jews in 1938 for starters.

Am I a hater because I recognize dishonesty?

Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro and Chavez took the guns. There's always another one around the corner.

Gov. Rick Scott says "everything's on the table" when considering tightening gun control laws in the state. Well, everything except actually doing something. But hey, nice photo op for the Senate run, Rick

The ravenous wolf threatens the helpless sheep. The fearless sheep dog protects the helpless sheep. That's the parable of the wolf, the sheep, the dog and the wise shepherd.

Original Intent: When the 2nd Amendment was written, a musket held one bullet and a skilled user might be able to fire 3 rounds in a minute.

After years of plotting, the Federalist Society was stunned to learn that the Dadaists had taken power.

Assault weapons will be banned when the schools Congressmen"s kids go to are attacked.

Betcha Rick's "meaningful discussion" yields squat.

If prayers are so powerful, why doesn't someone pray that these mass shootings stop?

In 2018, why are we still content with schools which divide rich from poor?

Thank you President Trump, my pay check is more because of your tax cuts. So happy you are our President.

The AR15 didn't kill anyone, it was the crazy person holding it.

Train and arm the teachers, no more gun free zones, this will solve a lot of problems.

No one can disagree with the fact that whatever government has done thus far to prevent mass shootings is not working, so a totally different approach is needed.

If they filmed "Rebel Without a Cause" today James Dean would be a misunderstood school shooter! These guys are being normalized with all of this attention.

Reinvest in the working men and women in this country--they need the help and training to get this country back on track. Giving huge tax cuts to corporations won't do it. A revitalized economy requires a concerted national effort at every level.

The NRA spent 30 million dollars to put Trump in the White House. Trump won't stand up to the NRA--in fact, he's cutting and eliminating the few regulations and programs we have that limit gun violence in this country.

Note: Senator Rubio has received over $3 million in NRA money thru the years.

Hey Hey NRA-- how many kids did you kill today?

Instead of spending billions on useless walls and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, let's find a way to make them citizens; then they'll become a great force to revitalize our country and take us to another great era.

Want to hear common-sense responses to another shooting? Check out late-night comments on the Vegas massacre. Want legislative action? Elect candidates that oppose the NRA.

Why do we hate commonsense gun legislation more than we love schoolchildren?

The only way to protect schoolchildren is to elect candidates who are not financed by the NRA.

Your "eighteen by mid-February" includes two suicides, the accidental discharge of a cop's gun, and an argument by two adults in a parking lot.

If Tails of Tallahassee treats dogs not even half like they do trees downtown, including 100+ year-old live oaks on Park Ave, 'no thanks' (never mind that it's trashy to boot). #treespam

When did 'she said' become 'she was like'?

When will this country admit that we have too many guns on the streets by people who should not have them. Enough is enough

Do the math! More guns = more dead cops + more dead kids.

Sadly, there are many who fantasize about using guns for the purpose for which they were made.

If you want to honor the students and teachers killed in the Parkland School shooting then don't support Scott, Cochran and the other Republicans who are indebted to the NRA. Vote them out

Can't buy a beer or handgun until you're 21 but you can buy 50 assault rifles and unlimited ammo at 18. Nothing to see here, move along...

Active shooter drills and bullet-proof backpacks are not solutions.

So good to see Chain Gang Charlie supporting restoration of voting rights to ex-felons.

Firearm cosmetics were banned from 1994-2004. Big scary stuff. Nothing functional.

Does Hanna have a plan.

I've now read it all "AK-15 assault rifle.". What are you vomitting about?

Will local political correctness override student safety.

Fact: a firearm was invented to have a controlled explosion and propel a piece of metal

What is "gun control"? Murder has always been illegal.

Read about the 18 in 2018. 90% had nothing to do with school, just proximity stray shots and a parking lot suicide. Read before spreading misinformation.

Those whining about an AR15 are scared of cosmetics. The firearm functions like any other semiautomatic. Stop posting uninformed nonsense. Automatic firearms are highly regulated and extremely expensive.

Hey moms, do you not realize that an AR15 is functionally no different than a semiautomatic .22?

Those who want to ban "assault rifles" (I still don't know what those are), can you tell me the functional difference between an AR15 and a Ruger 10/22?

The rights of gun nuts are far more important than those of school children.

The Governor and legislature I predict will do nothing to limit access to assault weapons- fear of the NRA

No big surprise that the school shooter is wearing a Make America Great Again cap in his his instagram pix....

Second amendment 1791, AR-15s 1959; when do our rights no longer make sense or protect us?

What an insult! Trump to visit Parkland - a year after repealing Obama's ban on sale of guns to mentally ill people.

40 years ago there were guns at school in back window of pickup trucks and no shootings, what changed?

When we were not politically correct, spanked our kids and not everybody was a winner for showing up, their were no school shootings.. Go figure

No summer recreation at schools, no shop class, no spankings, no respect . Who knew...School Shootings

Is this the price of our second amendment rights?

Bill, the Electoral College saved us from a criminal occupying the White House and her Mafia running the town!

How can anyone who worked extremely hard to stay out of the military claim that he is a great supporter of our military?

Our great commander in chief stayed out of the military because he had foot problems? Anyone seen him limping lately?

Those lily-livered in Congress and in Florida's legislature or Scott will NEVER commit to gun control. They are owned by NRA who has a chokehold on every one of them.

An elderly southern gentleman for mayor. Are you kidding.

The president and congress are complicit in all the murders that take place in school shootings until they take reasonable action to control gun violence.

Commissioner Richardson for mayor. Are you kidding.

Obama. Slow growth save the earth. Trump. High growth destroy the earth.

Apparently, god is not listening.

It's a shame that Donald Trump won't be able march in his military parade. You know...on account of those bone spurs!

I really wish that Zing would print my innovative idea about where NRA members can put their assault weapons!

Well duh!! YES something must be done, but just how many shootings are necessary before SOMETHING IS done!!

Faculty with concealed carry permits should be allowed to have a firearm at any school.

We already have a law that you cannot bring a gun into a school. Murder is also against the law.

Hey, Hey, NRA Stop Killing Our Kids Today!

OK, let's honor the 2nd Amendment: Everyone who owns a gun has to join a well-regulated militia.

Yes, the Republic of Florida is based in Tallahassee.

Yes, getting into a school should be as hard as getting into a courthouse. And isn't that a sad commentary on the state of affairs in America today?

Forget Baker Act -- new $171 American nonstop direct to DC is faster and cheaper.

A one time $1000 bonus compared to a life time 15% reduction in income tax for corporations may comparatively be "crumbs"

In terms of lax gun laws, Florida is #1 in the USA; the USA is #1 in the world.

In response to the Parkland massacre, the Florida legislature is debating a bill to get rid of gun background checks. Another A+ NRA idea.

Second Amendment Scorecard (since 2010). School shooting deaths = 156. Tyrants overthrown = 0.

Am I the only person in Tallahassee/ Leon County shocked to learn that we have a white supremacist training center? Hopefully the FBI and local law enforcement are closely monitoring this situation.

The Republicans overturned the ban on assault because of, why?

Beneficiary of nepotism, did a third rate-job in his Dad's profession, then tried something else, and now panders to the lowest common, not Donald Trump, Preston Scott!

If we REALLY want to honor our Military, we could have our troops sit in the stands and make the politicians march for miles...

If an armed citizenry is the solution to gun violence as some suggest, shouldn't we arm all the school kids in the country?

How many more children have to die before Congress takes any action? Start somewhere. Just say no to bump stocks.

I just walked around a huge 5.7 Liter Dodge Hemi truck parked in a "Hybrid Vehicles Only" parking space. Can someone tell me again why I should play by the rules?

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