A Classic:
GOP Gun Laws cause MORE Gun Deaths
Biden signed a bill trying to help
“America’s top doctor issued a first-of-its-kind advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a national public health crisis and recommending it be treated as such.
The 40-page publication from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy outlines the scope of firearm violence, its impact on victims and communities and a slew of policy suggestions for lawmakers, community leaders and health systems.
A public health approach, Murthy said in the report, can guide the nation’s strategy and actions “as it has done in the past with successful efforts to address tobacco-related disease and motor vehicle crashes.”
“It is up to us to take on this generational challenge with the urgency and clarity the moment demands,” he added. “The safety and well‑being of our children and future generations are at stake.””
The advisory notes that firearm-related injury has been the leading cause of death for U.S. children and adolescents since 2020 — when it surpassed car accidents — and that ever-common instances of gun violence are taking not only a physical but also a mental toll on survivors, families and community members at large.
“The NRA tweet landed just as the CDC reported an increase in gun violence.”
This is Brlliant:
“A six-year-old student was taken into custody by police on Friday after a teacher was shot at an elementary school in Virginia and taken to the hospital. Police and school officials in the city of Newport News said the teacher was taken to the hospital.”
“It has been reported to FOX3 by the grandmother of one of the students that student brought “bright gold bullets” to school the previous week; however, it is not known whether or not this is the same child who was detained earlier today.”
- “The teacher reportedly asked for help several times
- School officials allegedly dismissed the teacher’s warnings about the boy’s behavior
- Another teacher said that the school was unable to care properly for the boy”
SAD:
The Limbaugh Gun Regulation Proposal, How about THIS plan?
1) If a Felon is caught with a weapon, he or she will serve two years on first arrest, five years for second arrest, and ten years for every subsequent arrest, not a day less. Years they are not shooting someone. Illinois governor signs bill targeting repeat gun offenders We have laws on the books – we need them to be used more:
2) Accurate background checks with current data. ALL Gun Sales must go through a Licensed Seller. Exhaustive, Accurate, Mandatory Background Checks and Close the Gun Show Loophole – The Gun Show Loophole, Explained
Texas gunman purchased weapon in private sale, which doesn’t require background check
SUMMARY OF STATE LAW
3) Red Flag and Domestic Violence Safeguards – No gun for anyone with a record of domestic violence. Temporary Restraining Orders with TEETH – violations are MANDATORY JAIL SENTENCES!
Even Trump’s DOJ Wants to Close the ‘Boyfriend Loophole.’ Why Won’t Republicans Do It?
Oregon becomes first state to add new gun law since Parkland shooting – Closed Boyfriend Loophole.
Now New York – New York passes legislation to prevent domestic abusers from possessing guns
And California – New California Study Shows ‘Red Flag’ Laws May Help Stop Mass Shootings Across the Country
Friends, Teachers, Coworkers, Could Soon Have Authority to Remove Gun Owners’ Weapons: A Look at California’s Red Flag Law
More Californians can seek gun removals after Newsom signs new firearm laws
4) For people with mental illness, screen for drugs being taken and the type of illness.
5) Limits and tracking of ammunition purchases WITH identification and background check
6) If your weapon is involved in a violent crime and you are liable for that person obtaining the weapon involved you are criminally and civilly involved.
7) Anyone that makes violent threats to others are banned from owning a gun. No Big Brother Government Agency looking, but a national ‘neighborhood watch’ where people can report threats and be guaranteed it will be investigated and they will receive feedback on their report. Think customer support and incident tickets. https://www.saysomething.net/ is a great example of what can be done.
8) License Weapons. You get a tag for your car. Special licensing for ownership of high volume/high power weapons, renewable every two years. To own a weapon identified as an assault weapon, a special license (Think CDL for driving) that requires training and testing. Subject to revocation for any violation of the rules.
9) No alterations, accessories or modifications that increase a weapon’s rate of fire or increase magazine capacity.
High-capacity magazines get new scrutiny as Congress returns
10) Mandatory Liability Insurance for gun ownership – required for your license.
A Parable
Once there was a man who was found dead on the side of the road. Soon, a woman was found dead a few towns over. Before you know it, others were dying or being injured. It became clear pretty quickly what the culprit was when a victim was found with the offending device. The device in question? A car, the automobile. Soon, people realized we need to regulate this new device. Put limits on where and how fast it can go. Start requiring training for its use. Require testing on the user’s ability to operate the device. Start tracking the owner of the device, putting a number on a plate and attaching it to the device. Issuing a piece of paper that shows authorities the operator has the privilege of operating said device.
Opponents of gun control use the argument that their guns will be taken away. I haven’t seen a rush to take cars away. Another argument is that the government or other people will know who has guns. We know you have a car from the fact you have a driveway or a garage. We can see you drive your car. Someone else likes my Cars analogy, How to Reduce Shootings
Any conviction of a felony goes into the FBI Database, civilian or military, no exceptions. Felony conviction equals loss of gun privilege. If you love the “Not Infringed” part of Second Amendment, I love the “Well Regulated” part. Any domestic violence conviction or divorce settlement where that is a factor precludes gun ownership. ALL sales are subject to clearance from said database. Gun shows. Private sales. When you sell a pickup truck, title must be cleared and registration changed. ALL GUN sales. IF you want to be a gun hobbyist or owner of multiple weapons fine. We have CDL license for people who want to drive something other than a car. You are a recognized gun enthusiast. FIRST Time gun buyers should have their purchases scrutinized more. Agreed? DO NOT ASSUME NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH HELP MAKES ONE VIOLENT. IF a person has been prescribed mental health medications that precludes him or her from gun ownership we can act on that. We can stay inside HIPAA by creating a “Denied for Other Purposes” category without a specific reason. Remember guns don’t kill people, bullets from weapons kill people. Track ammunition purchases and flag large or multiple purchases. If a golfer buys 10,000 golf balls, that might raise an eyebrow.
Gun control will never prevent every mass shooting like (sadly, fill in the blank). I am not advocating Gun Control out of an emotional response to the terrible event there. For years I have wanted a system in place that might save a family from being shot by a parent, or someone taking their own life, or someone from accidentally getting shot.
If a person is hell-bent on killing others, and has no respect for their life or the law, they are going to attempt to do what they want to do. No law is ever going to stop someone who has no concern for their own well-being or the possibility of prison time or other consequences for their actions. There is a lot of truth in “If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns!”
I see a pattern:
GOP Red State’s lax gun laws cause MORE gun deaths:
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING! This is SAD:
The Second Amendment Explained:
Representative Raskin NAILS IT!
“Contrary to the popular imagination, bearing arms on the frontier was a heavily regulated business”
California:
No Universal Background Checks. Does not address assault weapons.
Good Guys With Guns? “1 Hour, 14 Minutes and 8 Seconds…”
Good Guy with a Gun Myth:
“The NRA has a romantic notion that a ‘good guy with a gun’ could stem mass shootings. In reality, it hasn’t worked out like that.”
“Gun proponents say the best solution to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But the data contradicts this.”
- “In Texas, open carry and concealed carry are legal
- ‘Good guy’ with gun could be mistaken for bad guy with gun”
The Good Guy With a Gun Argument?
THIS:
“Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, spoke to reporters at the White House briefing about the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Read the transcript here”
SAD:
The Next Day:
Stand Your Ground laws (Some Dirty Words, HBO)
“After the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 children and two adults dead, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) pinned the blame on mental health. CNN’s Pamela Brown examines his record on providing mental health resources to Texans after multiple mass shootings over the last eight years in the state.”
“Governor Greg Abbott said we need to address mental health issues in the wake of Uvalde, a month after diverting $211 million from the department that oversees mental health services in Texas to border security.”
THIS:
Background Information from 2016:
You have your Glock or SIG – HE has an AR-15 with 100 round magazine locked and loaded and a bag of 100 round magazines – who wins?
There were good guys with guns in Odessa – some were shot.
This is TERRIFYING!
This is SAD!
THE NRA STANCE:
El Paso? Odessa?
https://limbaugh2020.com/i-went-to-el-paso-texas-to-see-for-myself/
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Indeed, it may be true that no amount of small arms could be useful against modern-day bombers and tanks. But the fact that modern developments have limited the degree of fit between the prefatory clause and the protected right cannot change our interpretation of the right.
Because…why? Mr Scalia’s claim here is that modern technological developments have rendered the second amendment meaningless with regard to its original intent, but that we have to continue enforcing it unchanged, regardless. Perhaps at some level the implicit cognitive dissonance here disturbs him, and this is why he is now considering whether citizens do have a right to keep and bear arms that might actually give the US military pause, such as surface-to-air missiles that could take out American helicopters and fighter-bombers—plus maybe land mines, shoulder-launched anti-tank missiles, or perhaps just IEDs, which had considerable success in crippling light mechanised infantry in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Surely that could deter some federal tyranny!
Too many people, young and old, are dying from gunshots, intentionally, accidentally or by suicide. Doing Nothing has DONE NOTHING!
Two Supreme Court decisions have weighted in on the issue: District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago SCOTUS ruled in favor of both Heller and McDonald, “Court reasoned that rights that are “fundamental to the Nation’s scheme of ordered liberty” or that are “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition. The Court recognized in Heller that the right to self-defense was one such “fundamental” and “deeply rooted” right”
We need to find out what Switzerland is doing, The Swiss Difference: A Gun Culture That Works “Switzerland trails behind only the U.S, Yemen and Serbia in the number of guns per capita; between 2.3 million and 4.5 million military and private firearms are estimated to be in circulation in a country of only 8 million people. Yet, despite the prevalence of guns, the violent-crime rate is low: government figures show about 0.5 gun homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010. By comparison, the U.S rate in the same year was about 5 firearm killings per 100,000 people, according to a 2011 U.N. report.”
You are an armed security guard. Man walks in with body armor, .223 rifle with 100 round magazine. What do you do?
Biehl said the shooter opened fire with a .223-caliber high-capacity rifle with 100-round drum magazines. Officers patrolling the Oregon District as the bars were closing shortly after 1 a.m. heard the gunfire and saw a large crowd running away, the police chief said.
With every mass shooting, the @gop circles the wagons and gets their @nra talking points – always the same thing – Prayer In School, Mental Health and Video games
On Sunday morning, Republicans Lt. Gov. of Texas Dan Patrick and House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) both talked to Fox News about the dangers of video games as well.
NBC’s Ben Collins pointed out in return that “Nowhere did this shooter mention video games. The screed shows he had an encyclopedic knowledge of real-life guns, posted to a community of white nationalists, and wrote about doing this as part of a cause against immigration.”
Fox News also speculated about a link to ISIS, given the proximity to the “very porous” U.S.-Mexico border (the implicit and evidence-free theory being that an ISIS terrorist came over the border).
A Fox guest even suggested that this type of mass shooting is why the American military is performing “counter-terrorism work” around the globe.
But, of course, Fox also said that now was not the time to talk about gun violence as a systemic problem.
Republicans are already hiding behind Fox News. CNN’s Jake Tapper reported that a number of top Republicans declined to appear on CNN today to talk about the mass shootings. The list included the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
Patrick instead appeared on Fox & Friends, where he used the El Paso shooting to call for federal government intervention into the video game industry, more prayer in schools, and more saluting of the flag.
Patrick has appeared on Fox previously to push the great replacement theory.
Texas is an Open-Carry State – Walmarts are NOT Soft Targets
FACT CHECK: Is Chicago Proof That Gun Laws Don’t Work? BUT Are Chicago’s gun laws that strict? An explainer and Chicago Isn’t Even Close to Being the Gun Violence Capital of the United States. We definitely have to do something about the home of my beloved Cubs, Chicago! Chicago shooting victims , Tracking Chicago shooting victims and Chicago Girl Who Performed at Obama’s Inauguration Killed in Shooting This is wrong! I don’t know the answer(s), but I promise you as president, I will try to find some! Chicago’s Murder Problem. We have got to find a way to keep things like this from happening! Girl, 9, who asked if cops could keep her safe dies and Paulding County child killed after accidentally shooting himself. Someone in Chicago is tying to do something: Urban Warriors: Stemming the tide of street violence
Police: Chicago Shootings Hit 4-Year Low Through First Half of 2019
Chicago July crime numbers show decrease in murders and shootings
The NRA’s Influence on Gun Control? How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment
Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA and How Gun Maker Smith & Wesson Almost Went Out Of Business When It Accepted Gun Control and Audit shows NRA spending surged $100 million amidst pro-Trump push in 2016
Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses H.J.Res.40 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
Children are killing themselves more and more with guns
America’s response to school massacres? A booming classroom security industry
AP review: More than 30 mishaps from armed adults at schools
Trump's plan to deport millions of immigrants would cost hundreds of billions, CBS News analysis…
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