# Charleston, SC church shooting

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charleston-sc-church-shooting/722823 "2015-06-18T04:15:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charleston-sc-church-shooting/722823/176 "2015-06-19T14:31:40Z")

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To me, this sad affair is a lot like the Connecticut school shootings-Obama makes a speech, will probably appoint a commission (to study it), and the whole thing will be forgotten…unless there is political capital to be made off it.  
Our cynical politicians have no answers, they just talk a lot.

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