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24 hours later, it's almost 140,000 people
50,000+ people are locked in their homes, literally hostage to this country’s refusal to restrict access to guns
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WTAF will it take to ban assault weapons again. If not this, then what?!
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An elementary school massacre didn’t, so I’m sure this won’t.
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Tell me about it: that was my first semester as an assistant professor in the next town over from Sandy Hook.
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Guns are one of Americas chief exports. It’s not gonna happen until that changes. There’s trillions associated with weapon’s manufacturing so it’s perfectly fine letting people get massacred through lack of action by the elites. The question is how do we make it unprofitable.
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Imagine the economic hit of this alone. Republicans don’t even care about *that*?
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Sheltering in place to mitigate a deadly pandemic? Fuck you. Sheltering in place because a mass shooter, who recently was sectioned for mental health and making threats, is on the loose three days later? Perfectly normal society we’ve got here.
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And practically the whole state is shut down in solidarity/fear.
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It was scary getting prescriptions this morning in MA. I’m 2 hours away. Most dudes look just like him and dress just like him and half of them have that look in their eyes anyways. America sucks rn.
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AAAAAAND let’s talk about the thousands of kids throughout southern Maine, like mine, who have now missed two days of school. Not the same as being locked down but still incredibly isolating
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Also we need the right to bear an AR 15 so fuck your food distribution, suckerzzz
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For the kids who know why they’re staying home, the fear and trauma are real.
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And if it weren’t clear enough my youngest can’t walk the dog without me tagging along. And for that fucking matter, what the fuck am I gonna do if something goes down?
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I am so sorry. No one should have to live like this.
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Thank you - we’re not in Lewiston proper so it’s mostly fine - several layers of heartbreak removed
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They still haven’t caught him?!?!!????
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My guess is he killed himself already somewhere in the woods.
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Hopefully they find him unalive soon
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or he crossed into Canada before authorities knew his ID
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I live alone in the Canadian woods hoping this isn’t the case
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I feel like Maine is really easy to hide in. He could be anywhere in those woods.
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Such a nightmare. I have family in the area and there are a lot of presently vacant vacation homes around there. He could be hiding in any one of them.
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I guess all of those good people with guns dropped the ball on this one.
24hrs is enough for him to traverse about half the country. Do they have a reason to believe he's still there?
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I'm sure this is what Republicans consider "Freedom" to be.
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Maine is the most rural and least populated state in the United states. That guy could stay hidden forever if he wanted to.
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Forgetting Wyoming there, but you've got a point regardless. Plus there's no reason to believe he's even in that half of the country anymore after 36 hours.
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Reminder: Maine is a “Constitutional Carry” state.
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What happens when people gotta get food and home basics?
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