How many friendships have you had to end

[flibbitygiblets]

40. Glad you asked! They initiated.

Many on the same week as the Fla. shootings. In different ways. Pictures of assault weapons on Facebook, waxing poetic about the good old days when people only drove to school with guns (no explaining as to why), but refrained from murdering others. Then there's the whole " lets force children to pray in school, that'll fix it" crowd that followed. And of course, the inevitable "let's arm teachers" meme.

No one approached me and said "lets work together and enact sensible laws". The first I've heard anyone say that was today, here actually. So, long before I "vaporized" my friendships as someone put it, I responded with "how about we start with automatic weapons bans, background checks, and licenses?" After the barrage of attacks similar to what can be found in this thread, I cut ties. And no, I didn't do it like a coward. I told them why. I stand by my decision, and so do my remaining friends.