Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 22" video.

  1. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue; the patchwork of state to state laws is clearly not working.
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  2. OMG the problem is the GUN. If people are anxious and angry WITHOUT guns, then they grumble and yell and shake their fists in the air and try out some new curse words. The problem is the gun. Enough.
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  3. If the second amendment cannot protect innocent people, it has outlived its usefulness to the nation. There are no redcoats; we have the National Guard. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the constitution. That will protect comprehensive federal gun safety legislation from an overreaching SCOTUS, and provide much needed balance against the second amendment. Guns should not have more rights than people. When the 18th amendment (prohibition) created a danger to public safety, the 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment. Enough. Let's get it done. People are dying.
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  4. "States rights" has a hollow ring if it is used as an excuse to say that watching innocent people die on a daily basis to gun violence is an okay thing. Remember that states rights were also used to support Jim Crow laws; we have seen this movie before. States rights are currently being used against women to deny them reproductive healthcare during a miscarriage. It's about human rights and civil rights, not the right of a state to threaten the safety of innocents who want to go to the grocery store and come home alive. It dishonors our Constitution to claim that daily carnage because of flimsy state gun laws was the intention of the framers. If the second amendment cannot protect innocent people from random gunfire, it has outlived its usefulness to the nation. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the constitution. Repeal PLCAA, draft comprehensive federal gun safety legislation. Get it done, Congress. It's overdue.
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  5.  @retroguy9494  Thank you for the context on the Federalist Papers, super helpful info. Perhaps a written essay on the Federalist papers, plus a thorough reading of both Heller and Bruen, should be required for new gun permits. I do agree that both Heller and Bruen were fatally flawed opinions, especially Bruen because it tumbled over a 100+ year NYS gun law. (Although I'm fairly sure that Gov Hochul simply reworded some gun regulations after Breun, so I don't think NYS gun laws were truly weakened. NYPD has continued getting guns off the streets post Breun, so I'm not seeing huge changes, but maybe that's just me.) Heller states that gun rights are not unlimited, and Bruen does provide for gun regulations. The gun fan boys have not read these opinions, so they believe that this overreaching SCOTUS has empowered them to carry anything everywhere all the time and do whatever they choose, because they cannot be infringed. Ouch. If I hear another middle school argument about "shall not be infringed".... I just can't anymore. So the danger of Heller and Bruen seems to be the overall impression these opinions created in gun owners' imaginations above and beyond the actual words of the justices. And of course gun manufacturers could not be happier, because these fertile imaginations can be augmented with fear and irresponsible advertising practices to create more profits. Good guy with a gun, selling guns to school districts to arm teachers, more and more guns, why not? Can't you hear the cash registers ring? I do believe that repealing PLCAA (2005) is a crucial step. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. In addition, I believe the state by state ratification process of a public safety amendment will keep gun safety legislation top of mind in every state legislature, rather than thoughts and prayers, forget all about it until next time, rinse, repeat. We might even get a Kansas surprise. A public safety amendment would provide balance and additional context for the second amendment, perhaps an opportunity to enshrine specific passages from the Federalist papers in the constitution so that SCOTUS dare not skip over them again. It might at least brush an overreaching SCOTUS away from the plate before they swat at other gun safety legislation that the majority of the USA population supports. Sorry this is so long. Concerning topic. Be well, stay safe. 🗽
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  6. Not sure, but sometimes sports broadcasts interfere with scheduling?
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  7.  @ohno-zx4if  I agree, I have never owned a gun, and I never will. I have definitely lived in not so perfect neighborhoods, but I have learned that the best crime prevention tool is your brain. Ask any cop about that. And it seems that these "shoot first" fools are not using their brains. (Btw, a good dog and knowing your neighbors also helps.) If "stand your ground" is the excuse they are using, then "stand your ground" needs to be re-evaluated in the same light as choke holds and no knock warrants. Stay safe, be well. Hug your dog daily!
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