Breaking: 10 LA Middle School Students Shot In Mass Shooting

You had to go back 44 years to an example of a cult that chose to kill themselves. That should show you how much your argument has failed.

 

Tell that to progressive cities like Portland, OR. where drug dependency is out of control.
They're paying addicts to provide clean urine tests, and it is not working. Drug overdoses and deaths are rising instead of going down.
It's a waste of taxpayer money.

 

If you are trying to deny my scenario then you are burying your head in the sand. If a gun had injured 10 school kids there would have been outrage. Here, even though 10 kids were injured, there is no outrage.

 

So, with all of the overdose deaths in the US which makes Jonestown pale in comparison, you refuse to have outrage over 10 children in school overdosing. Gun deaths in the US pale in comparison to overdose deaths and yet the left and the lefty media are outraged over gun violence and yet are not outraged over the many overdose deaths.

 

I'm fascinated at the fact that you think there should be as much outrage over mild to moderate distress vs getting shot and all the pain that comes with getting shot.

 

That's not true.

"Some of the CA children, between ages 12 and 15, were taken to medical centers after experiencing distress
The students, between 12 and 15 years old, were in mild to moderate distress at Van Nuys Middle School around 10:30 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Seven of them were taken to pediatric medical centers."

10 middle school students in Los Angeles appear to have overdosed on marijuana edibles | Fox News

 

Who was 'injured' by this? The kids would have had what we call a 'Whitey' in the UK - too much THC can cause anxiety and confusion yes - its why I learned at an early age to smoke it and not eat it.

I rarely touch the stuff now, but to use terms like OD and injury is kind of outside the realms of reality. I dont know many friends who smoke and at some point haven't gone through a bad experience. The same as I've seen many friends kneeling in front of a toilet vomiting after a few too many beers.

I would happily take dozens of 'whiteys' over a single gunshot - to somehow try to link the two different things

 

No, I'm not outraged over mild to moderate distress. And I definitely not outraged over adults and even teens who CHOOSE to take drugs and overdose. There are consequences to our actions.

 

oh, And its virtually impossible to OD on marijuana

 

Some don't really care about the casualties so much. They're just a means to their end, collateral damage. What they really care about is getting the scary looking guns, those they term "assault weapons" out of the hands of all gun owners.

 

Not true.

Can you really overdose on marijuana? The simple answer (ktla.com)

 

Apparently though, you appear to be outraged over the thread construct.

 

Just like a lefty to claim that overdose is just mere mild distress. That's what this thread is about so thanks for contributing.

 

Of course you are not outraged by the overdose problem facing this country. You would rather whine about guns than address all of the people being killed by overdoses.

 

Sad that some didn't even take the time to read the O/P article before they decided to shoot the messenger.

 

No one said you did. You tried comparing 10 kids experiencing discomfort to 10 kids being shot. Not the same thing.

 

That's what this thread is about. With all of the overdose deaths around the entire country, Democrats don't think that is a problem but we need to take everyone's guns away.

 

Agency may have something to do with that. School shooting victims aren't usually being shot voluntarily.

 

Nice value system you behold.

 

They know what your thread is about. Hence, the reason they've tried so hard to ridicule and derail it.

 

Can't read your link as for some reason is unavailable in UK.

I guess you can overdose on anything. Drink enough water and it could kill you.

I guess a bullet would be faster than eating god knows how much THC you would need to eat before death.

 

Not even remotely.

 

Um…the link in your OP stated the kids experienced mild to moderate distress. Did you even read your own link??? My lord
Independent my a55.

 

Both are major problems, but I am surprised that you don't consider getting murdered as more troubling than OD on drugs, given that one is done by your own actions, and given that most conservatives are about freedom and personal responsibility.

Doesn't banning drugs engage with the nanny state? Or did I misread your political meanings maybe? Are you for big government and government control?

 

You'd pass out before being able to actually ingest a lethal dose. Well before that. It's safer than alcohol, by far. The only "overdose" they seem to be talking about is discomfort. Nothing actually dangerous.