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To: SiouxPal who wrote (132131)	3/22/2013 9:06:41 AM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

What really ticks me off is so called 'good guys' like Shane can be out on the streets around you and me packing heat in his coat pocket plus an assault rifle in his truck parked down the block. Scum running the NRA thinks this will make us all safer. Also we will all be living with and paying for in so many ways the millions of vets with PTSD for the rest of our lives. Thank you too Dick Cheney for saving us from a handful of terrorists in caves in the middle east..

To: SiouxPal who wrote (132131)	3/22/2013 3:07:52 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

When tyranny and violence are practiced on a grand scale in foreign lands, the practice also intensifies at home. As American militarism went into overdrive after 9/11, it validated violence against women here, where Republicans held up reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (first passed in 1994), and celebrities who publicly assaulted their girlfriends faced no consequences other than a deluge of sympathetic girl-fan tweets. America’s invasions abroad also validated violence within the U.S. military itself. An estimated 19,000 women soldiers were sexually assaulted in 2011; and an unknown number have been murdered by fellow soldiers who were, in many cases, their husbands or boyfriends. A great deal of violence against women in the military, from rape to murder, has been documented, only to be casually covered up by the chain of command. Sadly, I think all the warring the US does has contributed to the violence in our society.........not just to women but in general. Seeing all the amputees and those with PTSD.........indirectly has an impact on this country's psyche. And yes, women suffer the brunt of it in some cases.