SHAME on TV, Shame Shame
 

We went to the March for our Lives in LSL today, very disappointed the TV entertainment dept could not even be bothered to provide a microphone and PA for the brave students from the charter school who spoke out with emotion and passion.

Also, why did the Sumter County Sheriffs deny any further access to the square after the rally had begun. All roads into LSL were closed with barricades for no reason.

Moderator: POLITICAL!

Ask the retailers in Lake Sumter Landing how they feel about their revenue being cut off.

Protests done right are fine.

Protests that disrupt and even interfere with the lives/livelihoods of others is not right....matters not where one lies with the issue(s).

The protestors are responsible for their own amplification.
It would be good to know what the police knew to shut the square down before dispensing/requesting shaming TV/police!!

Its called security. I'm sure the sheriff was making sure no one got hurt from some nut case. As for the march these students are being used. This was a perfect place for some nut job to do something really bad.

Who is using “these students”?

BS...political!!

It is a current event here in TV that we have the right to speak about and discuss without somebody waving the political flag.....even in jest!

There was a threat by someone in the other paper that it would be a good place for target practice. Thus the police presence. There were also undercover police there.

So we attack the people who are fighting for the second amendment.
Trying to shut them down.
Using the First Amendment to do it.
If you do not see something wrong with that, look deeper

Parkland students have raised $3.7 million in 3 days. Here's how they'll spend it - CNN

This is funded by celebrities and concerned individuals from all walks of life. It is not a Soros gimmick.

Sorry that the Villages were not more accommodating to the students by providing a microphone and the like. I expect they were close by because of the bands which play there in the evenings.

It was interesting to watch the one student who has been out front of this (Media Poster Child) complaining about how his 1st Amendment Rights were being abused by the School because of having all students use transparent back packs. Seems he has no problem promoting stepping on others 2nd Amendment Rights. He's got one potty mouth also. Is there a problem, Yes. Do the Students have a legitimate complaint, Yes. Sandy Hook should have been the first and last of these incidents. Should children be making policy, No. This is being taken care of and this is not going to end well should this approach continue. The NRA is not the devil. If this continues it will do nothing more then have two camps shouting at each other. You cannot demonized either side. What everyone better understand however is there are forces here that are far, far left pushing an agenda and they have no shame about using these kids to promote it. Changes have been made, now lets see how that works.

I am very proud of these students exercising their First Amendment rights.

As for the Second Amendment rights of hunters, homeowners defending their property, and the various State National Guards acting as militias; those are other matters. Maybe we should look at the actual intent of the Founding Fathers when they wrote the 2nd Amendment. I seriously doubt they would have wanted the citizens of the US using battlefield ready weapons on one another.

One gun taken out of the hands of a potential school, movie theater, church, concert, etc., shooter is a very good thing. Many are better. And laws always have law breakers; that is why we need laws.

Many more school kids die from drug overdoses than guns I wonder why these kids are not as passionate about the opioid epidemic.

Probably because using drugs is a choice; getting shot is not.

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Not true. Number one, the founders would have wanted us to have AR-15s because the fact is that back in the day, all the weapons people had were military-grade weapons. A musket was a military grade weapon. Now, AR-15s aren’t even military-grade.

So we can all get on the same page....just what is "...a military style gun..."?
And we should also get very specific with terms. Rifle? Pistol? Gun? Automatic? Semi-automatic? Single action? Double action? Where would the myriad of shot guns fit?

There are far too many arm chair advocates, media types, students, politicians, hollywood-ites who are moving their jaws without having the faintest idea of what they are talking about.

There will be no progress until such time as folks understand what is being discussed.
Until the same folks understand why the laws on the books are not being enforced.
Why do they think any mew laws will be enforced? Or be any more effective than the current laws?

Any takers on how much progress is made by one year from today?
Just look back in time and review what was said. What was deemed had to happen? And compare it to what has been done.

Does nothing have a familiar sound?