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Al b sureJE Reich
6/12/16 7:57pm
Because prop guns are the issue. Not radical Islam or the fact that a man who was being watched by the FBI was able to get guns. Moral victory I guess
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  BrynMartianAl b sure
  6/12/16 8:01pm
  Life is complex. More than one issue can apply.
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  tom dunneAl b sure
  6/12/16 8:09pm
  Good news! The parts of Alexander Hamilton’s life that involved radical Islam and FBI surveillance have been cut from the play as well.
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Nitelight62JE Reich
6/12/16 8:09pm
You know, if the Founding Fathers had thought out the consequences of the Second Amendment, then Alexander Hamilton might still be alive today.
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  Nicole WattersonNitelight62
  6/12/16 8:11pm
  The Founding Fathers were too busy dealing with their slaves to bother with something so trivial.
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  CaptOtterNitelight62
  6/12/16 9:15pm
  In the founding fathers’ time, an armed citizenry actually served as a check on tyranny—but in the age of multi-million dollar force multiplier (i.e., smart bombs; tanks; attack helicopters; etc.), not so much.
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Rapunzel's Frying PanJE Reich
6/12/16 7:51pm
Aaaaaaand now I’m crying again. But on the bright side: Lin-Manuel Miranda. He is the bright side.
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  QueenofSassyfrassRapunzel's Frying Pan
  6/12/16 9:30pm
  That sonnet?!? Oh my goodness, all the rain on my face.
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  Rapunzel's Frying PanQueenofSassyfrass
  6/13/16 3:07am
  but seriously like WHO WRITES A SONNET other than the human embodiment of perfection
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RumberaJE Reich
6/12/16 8:10pm
Glad that they did this, out of respect to the victim’s families... and to all victims of violence everywhere. I’m finding myself wondering if we need to take a seriously hard look at our conflation of violence as entertainment. Yes, I know that it’s an old argument and I know all of the rebuttals. But something can’t be right with the belief that violence and murder is entertaining. Or maybe I’m just super sensitive today.
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  Nach0Rumbera
  6/12/16 8:23pm
  This was a terrorist attack. It had nothing to do with entertainment.
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  fobabettRumbera
  6/12/16 8:54pm
  But there’s absolutely no evidence that this guy was influenced by violent media. There is an abundance of evidence that he was tied to Islamic extremism, and had favorable views of ISIS and the Boston Marathon bombers. There may be something to be said for looking at how violent entertainment leads to violence in the real world, but that isn’t what happened in this case.
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AmeliaEJE Reich
6/12/16 8:25pm
Thoughtful, compassionate response from the Hamilton cast and the Tonys.

And a reminder of gun technology in the Founders’ era. The Second Amendment enshrined a (free white male) person’s right to keep and bear a musket for militia use. Even in their wildest imaginations/nightmares, they did not foresee or intend AR-15 human slaughter tools in private hands.
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  BerndAmeliaE
  6/12/16 9:12pm
  Even those of us who use muskets in our more or less daily lives (historic site folks) we are VERY aware of gun issues and gun safety. No flagging, all weapons are treated as loaded, even a fake gun or dummy, steel guards. Powder is drenched or removed or separated. A situation can go from safe to unsafe in seconds.
  
  These are weapons of death, whether in war or peace or food. They are pieces of survival, of art, of skill. And they are not to be considered trivial or incapable of horrible things. We are so far removed from this and I am reminded of it every time I fire, take care of, or handle a musket. Mostly because of the complete and utter dumbass comments someone makes about them.
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  FaustianSlipBernd
  6/12/16 11:03pm
  Well said. I own a reproduction musket for living history stuff, and even black powder blanks will mess you up if you don’t take appropriate safety measures. A gun is never “just” a gun or “just” unloaded or “just” loaded with a blank round. A guy got shot in the face with a live round at the 135th Gettysburg reenactment because someone in another unit was using a borrowed pistol that had never been checked by anyone in the unit before it was loaned out, and it had last been used for live firing. All it takes is one mistake, not even by the person handling the firearm, and someone can be injured or worse.
  
  Personally, I think one of the best things about older, single-shot muskets and rifles is that the fact that they take time to load forces the shooter to stop and think before pulling the trigger. That required pause is wholly absent from modern weapons, when you can just squeeze that trigger and watch the rounds fly until you jam or run out of ammo.
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swaggyjaygarrickJE Reich
6/12/16 8:37pm
Are y’all not capable of ungraying people? This proliferation of trolls in the last 24 hours is astounding
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Angelica SchuylerJE Reich
6/12/16 8:11pm
Just listened to “Dear Theodosia” and my head filled with images of that mother from the news who was looking for her son.

Dear God, what an awful, awful day.
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Mike Pipper Super GIF EnthusiastJE Reich
6/13/16 6:18am
Still relevant:

AND it looks like we now have the record at 50+ dead.

USA! USA! USA!

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BlondeGoddessJE Reich
6/12/16 8:32pm
And then there are people who are outraged by this:

“They shouldn’t remove the muskets.

The Framers were thinking muskets when they wrote the 2nd Amendment not assault rifles.

This should be made very clear tonight if at all possible.”

#priorities.
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Nach0JE Reich
6/12/16 8:15pm
Will they replace them with walkie-talkies?
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