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I hope everyone can reach out to Ireland and South Africa, two nations who battled intractable violent cultural and political conflicts for generations, and now seem to have come out the other side with success.
Please, humanitarian pause, water, food, medicine, two state solution, new prime ministers on all sides, people with backgrounds in diplomacy and cartography, plus engineering, construction and healthcare, because there is a tragic mess to clean up. Pause, think, start over with new prime ministers on all sides.
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Honor the angels with action, not thoughts and prayers. Contact your representative ASAP. Support "lives robbed", an organization created by Uvalde families. Comprehensive gun safety legislation is needed. Raise the age limit for gun purchase to age 21. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. 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.
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As a lifelong Democrat, I thank all Republicans who honor Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt the trust buster, Fiorello Laguardia, McCain, even Goldwater, by honoring the true history of the Republican party. Clean house, vet candidates, no more Santos, MTG, especially not the pumpkin head. Country over party. Stay awesome. ⚖️🗽⚖️
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Not working against the anger, not even attempting positive communication with this profoundly disaffected group to find solutions that will defuse the anger, that's just as bad. Remember, silence is the same as being complicit.
It would be like a crime prevention group saying, All these stores are sitting ducks for the next robbery. Oh well. Good luck with that." No, you get in there with security cameras, a better linkage with their local precinct, a buddy system with neighboring stores, a proactive prevention with foot patrol in the neighborhood, etc. There is work to be done, but I rarely hear the GOP talking about solutions. They prefer the media attention that comes with constantly setting your hair on fire.
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"reeree": I'm very confused by your phrasing. Judging by your previous posting, it seems that you are predisposed against doctors in general. If you were to actually listen to your doctors, you would realize that most doctors say "might" instead of "will", because they don't want to be in the position of making promises that they might not be able to fulfill. They want to present as much information as possible, then allow the patient to make an informed decision. That's what informed consent is. There are always pros and cons, not absolutes. Perhaps the extreme risk of retaining a still born fetus inside your body is acceptable risk for you. Can't help you with that, but you also cannot impose that risk on another mother because of something strange that your pastor once told you. In the long run, this horrible law will get changed when Texas taxpayers get tired of paying the numerous civil lawsuits that will be filed by damaged women and the families who have lost mothers, wives, daughters, sisters to this dangerous law. Shame on Texas, and shame on Texas voters if they don't fix this at the ballot box.
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Mr Netram, if you expect a response to your nonsense, please post your comment on the thread so everyone can read it. Let me leave you with some wisdom. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works. Also, top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Be well, be safe, be careful with the information being fed to you by your handlers.
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Scorpio, since you need review, top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Not Illinois. States with flimsy gun laws supply the iron pipeline utilized by gun traffickers to supply criminals in urban centers. Guns don't drop out of the sky, they originate in gun friendly states. Ask any cop. Be safe.
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Ceasefire already! Everyone can hate each other next week. Enough.
Netanyahu has been in power since 1996. Why? Hamas has been in power since 2006. Why? Start over with two new prime ministers on both sides, people with diplomatic perspectives, and maybe lots of experience in engineering and construction and healthcare. Housing, healthcare, water, healthy food, work together on those things. Lots of work to do means better employment, not the 80% unemployment that Gaza youth experience now.
Then after working on all those things together, let's see how many people still hate each other. It's hard to hate a bunch of people that you just built a house with. You are all tired, sweaty, hungry. You sit down at table together, you feel better. Enough, new prime ministers, there is lots of work to do.
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In terms of door security, I sort of agree, but not if doors are used as a distraction from gun control, especially on the AR 15 that has been used in more than 12 of these horrific mass events.
NYC schools have school safety officers that are linked to NYPD. I don't think they carry guns, but they do have the power to arrest, and NYPD can provide a robust and immediate response, obviously. Most high schools have metal detectors at the main entrances. All visitors to all schools must have a photo ID and must sign in with the school safety officer at the entrance. I think most NYC public school parents expect that level of safety now, and might actually get upset if the metal detectors were taken out. So I don't understand a school that has no personnel at the door.
However, what keeps NYC schools safer is the lack of carry permits. Therefore any person with even a small gun in a jacket would be noticed. An AR 15 walking anywhere near a school is implausible. A twisted individual would have to confine themselves to something small enough to hide, and that alone can prevent mass events. That's why the problem is the gun. By time the AR 15 is walking up to the school, the opportunity for a better narrative has been missed. The doors, the walls, the windows, no the problem is the gun.
NYC has been a safer big city for many years, so our gun laws do work. Currently there is an uptick due to ghost guns and the turnpike flooding illegal guns from states with flimsy gun laws. Would be really nice if some states could stop sabotaging the anti crime efforts of urban centers. But street crime and mass shootings are very different things. Street crime usually relies on stealth, so AR 15s don't particularly apply. Not saying that street crime is okay, just that it's different and requires different strategies. To prevent mass shootings, it is about the assault weapons.
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GOP majority House just concluded one of the least productive legislative years ever. President Biden, with a similarly thin House majority, helped to pass and signed lots of legislation needed by the nation: overdue infrastructure, pharmacy cost controls, expanded healthcare for veterans, beginnings of green energy, chips manufactured in the USA, etc. Plus strengthening NATO, supporting unions, and more. President Biden getting things done, I'm for it. See you at the ballot box. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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If you want to deflect by blaming the military, okay, anyone who wants a military styled weapon like an AR 15 should join the military. I'm sure a recruiter would be glad to speak to you.
In addition, please remember that the military demands extensive training before using a weapon. Does Abbott include mandatory training in his gun policy? Nope, just open carry, no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. Then, you would store your weapons with the quartermaster and only have the weapon if you are actively assigned to a mission. Let's implement that gun policy nationwide, but let's start in Texas first. Btw, vote Abbott out, that helps too.
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I would contact your representatives ASAP to express your concerns. That might help, and it certainly can't hurt for your representatives to know that the USA population wants peace. In addition, there are huge rebuilding efforts that will be necessary as soon as the missiles stop flying, or perhaps sooner. So much housing to rebuild, hospitals to rebuild, schools too. New water systems needed, legal support needed to trace property rights so that people can return to their land. There are probably NGOs that are already trying to do some work right now. However, bombing has to stop so that work can get done. Right now, Doctors without Borders and the World Food Program seem like two NGOs that have never stopped working? United Nations organizations, especially UNICEF, are likely also actively involved. I can't remember the exact name of the United Nations food program, but it is likely they are trying to get food supplies through. Any work you do to research the names of reputable organizations that are preparing to help will be positive right now. And it certainly can't hurt to keep your mind on positive action while telling everyone you know, especially public officials, that peace for innocent civilians is a must. 🗽🌎🗽
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Santos is a reminder that voters have a huge responsibility. First of all, vote! Don't stay home.💙 Don't neglect down ballot positions. Also, a small local newspaper, the north shore leader, broke the story about Santos before the election. I guess Long Island voters were not paying close attention, or they don't support local journalism. In any case, why would Long Island voters vote for a name they don't know? Just because it said R?? It's hard for me to imagine that Santos was an active volunteer at the local public library, that he regularly attended community council meetings, cut oranges for the local health fun run? So if he has done nothing for your neighborhood, why would you vote for anyone? Voters, don't vote for pumpkin headed grifters, don't vote for Santos, vote carefully. Do the work. And support local journalism. It could have saved the taxpayers a congressional salary that is now wasted on Santos.🗽💙🗽
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For a brief period of time In 2020, when the nation ground to a complete halt and thousands of USA residents were dying horrendous deaths due to the pumpkin headed grifter's gross mismanagement of COVID, yes, gas was cheap because no one was driving anywhere. Is that really a positive memory for you? Wow, sad and disgusting to delight in a time when the nation was in the grip of horrific grief.
I'm a New Yorker. We don't drive, we use public transportation. Most of our bus system is already electrified. What is the rest of the country waiting for? I never worry about gas, parking, mechanics, none of it. Welcome to the future. Don't be sad, you'll catch up
Vote carefully, everyone. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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@michaelccopelandsr7120 I am very very sorry. I replied to the wrong person in error. I meant to reply to the individual who was claiming that the first Progressives were actually Conservative. 🎭 Hmmm...
Yes, the 1930s were horrible, and yet more than half of my nation seems to have said, Yum, yes please, more 1930s complete with protectionist tariffs and Fascism. Plus the worldwide global depression those tariffs set off. And the fascists who took advantage of people's despair during the Great Depression.
I was so hopeful, especially because Walz was a history teacher, that voters could get help in filling the obvious gaps in their history instruction that allowed this criminal con artist to fool them again. Really sad.
But mid terms come in 2026. Not too soon to prepare. 60 Senators and House majority. ,💙 Legislation for SCOTUS reform and to reverse the odious immunity opinion. Legislation for green energy, protection for women enduring miscarriage, fair tax legislation to support the middle class and further reduce the debt, etc etc. There is so much work to do. Stay awesome, stay strong. 💙⚖️🗽⚖️💙
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@feihceht656 Thank you! The facts are so refreshing and life affirming! At least someone is paying attention to the inflation rate coming down, the wall street success, the fed predicting interest cuts soon, the low unemployment rate, gasoline prices down, infrastructure projects on full display almost everywhere you look, etc. Is there more to do? Of course. More support for public education, more reform of immigration, more green energy, protection for reproductive healthcare, comprehensive gun safety legislation, etc. I know who I'm voting for. I'm voting for results. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Third parties don't work in our system. 1968. George Wallace split the Democratic party with his third party and that is how we got stuck with Nixon. Pay attention to history.
In our system, it's not about creating more and more parties. It's about attracting more and better candidates into the existing parties so that the electorate has better choices in the primaries. If you are interested in improving our politics, try running for a local office or even just volunteering at your local Democratic Club or Republican club.
BTW multiple party systems are not necessarily better. The Israeli electorate voted netanyahu out, however he bounced right back in a parliamentary coalition. In our two party system, at least the guy is out of power for four years.
I am a lifelong Democrat, but just a tip. The GOP has a massive amount of rebuilding to do, so young people who get in on the ground floor of that rebuilding process are likely to have huge influence. Remember, the Republican party was a progressive party. Fiorello LaGuardia was a progressive. Theodore Roosevelt, the trust buster, a progressive. Abraham Lincoln, definitely a progressive. If you don't like our politics, do the work to make it better. Fracturing parties only helps your adversaries to win.
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Mr winters, national gun control is not a unicorn wish. We passed a national assault weapons ban before, it was supported by national police organizations, and it reduced death. Then in 2004 a republican administration allowed it to lapse, and fear of the NRA caused Congress to avoid the issue. It was not a unicorn wish, rather lack of courage. The NRA now is a crippled organization fighting off charges of fraud and misuse of donor funds in NYS court, so Congress need not fear them.
National gun controls can achieve what variations in state to state laws cannot accomplish. The extremely troubled gentleman who caused chaos in a NYC subway recently had weapons and items obtained in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He used a handgun that caused 23 injuries, some critical, but no death. An AR 15 would have likely caused a horribly different outcome. Therefore, NYCs strict carry laws make a positive impact. He needed to confine himself to something small, and that actually saved lives in this case. A grotesque assault weapon would have been spotted immediately in a city where guns are not tolerated. Because carry permits are extremely difficult to obtain, NYers who spot even a small weapon in a jacket or a pocket would know that is something to report with all speed. Sometimes we cannot act fast enough, but all NYers know that a person carrying a gun is an automatic red flag. Police officers, special security detail, otherwise no carry permit. We do not need gun battles featuring "law abiding citizens". Unfortunately crime does happen here, but massive shootings are not a feature of NYC life. Controlling ghost guns and the flood of guns coming up the turnpike from states outside of our tristate region remains a challenge. Other states could help by hardening their gun laws, but national gun control is more likely to solve that problem.
You say: "you will never stop criminals from obtaining or moving guns or magazines over state lines or anywhere else for that matter. It cannot be stopped." I sense a tone of impotence and hopelessness here that feels sad. Problems do have solutions, and other countries have solved mass shootings in a way that we have not. National gun controls are better than state controls because trafficking across state lines is no longer an issue. Doing nothing is no longer an option for approx 90% of the USA population. It is not true that this carnage cannot be stopped.
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By every objective measure, the USA economy is extremely strong, so much so that it is supporting the global economy. You are thinking the inflation is the entire economy, but it's not. Here are some other items: unemployment historically low, Wall street breaking records, inflation down from 9% to less than 3%, interest rate cuts from the Federal reserve due soon. If you think the economy is terrible, you should change the channel on your TV.
Industries where 3 or 4 companies control, that's a problem. Luckily, Theodore Roosevelt the trust buster showed us how to deal with robber barons like those. Housing prices are a mess right now. If you want to buy a house right now, this is not a buyer's market so you should wait for interest reductions. You will have to be patient. Also, the housing industry is not very responsible. Remember the housing bubble of 2008 that caused the Great Recession? The housing industry cannot police itself, so changes are needed.
Trickle down economics that we've been dealing with since Reagan, it doesn't work. Never has. Let's close the wealth gap, bring back unions, and tax the uber wealthy fairly. Go Kamala go! 💙🌊⚖️💙🌊
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However, Christie's campaign now, I think, is about being a sacrificial figure for the GOP, to be the truth teller that other candidates won't be because they think they need the crazed uneducated MAGA base to win. Maybe because deep down Christie knows he can't win, he is free to say exactly what he thinks. Also, he is acting almost like a prosecutor, a job that he loved, so that probably feels pretty good. He admitted multiple times that he made a mistake supporting the pumpkin headed grifter for as long as he did, the grifter almost killed him with COVID, so I think this campaign is like an act of contrition to the nation for Christie. I am a life long Democrat, always will be, but we do need a functioning GOP, so if Christie wants to help Lincoln's ghost get the clean up job done, I applaud that. 🗽
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Yes, President Biden's record on legislation is impressive (infrastructure, chips manufacturing, pharmacy cost negotiations, veterans healthcare, green energy, etc ). Biden took COVID seriously and rolled out vaccines in an efficient effective way. His pandemic relief may have been a bit too robust, causing inflation, but I think he was determined to avoid a very slow recovery such as what was deployed after the Great Recession in 2009. It was a solid recovery, but it took about ten years to take hold, just in time for the pumpkin to take credit. The Biden economy was strong, ask any real economist. Remember, inflation is not the whole economy. This recovery might have happened too quickly, but I cannot imagine that we could have waited for another ten year recovery.
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Ahh, the second amendment, the most frequently misinterpreted amendment. So many deaths excused by one sentence. So many defenders of the second amendment who have not actually read any of the SCOTUS opinions. In Heller, Justice Scalia stated that gun rights are not unlimited. In Bruen, there are provisions for gun regulations. That's why NYS simply rewrote their gun control regulations slightly to comply with Bruen after SCOTUS attempted to overturn a 100 year gun control law that served NYS well. Gun control stands in NYS, and the SCOTUS recently refused a case that sought to challenge the newer regulations. In addition, the second amendment refers to the people, the community, the society, not a person, an individual who wants to own anything to go anywhere and do anything. To claim that this carnage was the intention of the framers is to dishonor our Constitution. Next time, read the constitution and the SCOTUS opinions before advocating for the widespread death of children as a so called constitutional right. Shame on you.
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The second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation if it cannot protect innocent children. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution.
Yes, it requires 38 states. That process of debating gun safety in every state legislature would keep gun safety top of mind until the problem is resolved. Now it's empty prayers, then forget and do nothing until the next tragedy or anniversary, rinse and repeat.
The number 38 is not an intimidating number. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. Ten states already ban AR 15, and I believe more are considering the measure. Many states take gun control seriously: NYS, NJ, CT, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, California, Colorado, Washington, etc etc. Let the math games begin. To watch this carnage and do nothing is evil. God is ashamed of all of us. The gun vendors, however, are gleeful as they count all the money they have made.
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You must remember that this is the essential con: to tell an individual (much less a disenfranchised child) that all the opportunities lie before them, and it's up to them to take advantage. If it doesn't work out, it was all their fault. That ensures that very very few will squeeze through the cracks in the wall, while most will feel defeated, feel like a failure on a really deep level, develop self loathing and self blame, feel lucky if they get a low wage dead end job without benefits or union representation, because really they aren't worth very much anyway.
See how that works? No protest, no challenge, no calls for change. The rich stay rich, the kids still don't get the education they deserve. That's why this "boot strap" concept was so popular in the 1900s in the times of the industrialists and the robber barons. Let's not get fooled again. Can we please learn the lessons of history. Please. Let's pull back the curtains and let the students see the wizard who pulls the levers of the machine.
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Sad that many republican voters feel comfortable making fun of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed by Pres Bush Sr in 1992. The law of the land for 30 years, a law that limits government spending no less. If people with disabilities are working, rather than living in poverty, they are contributing taxpayers.
Because I am a nice person, I will provide you with the education that you ignored in middle school. People with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodation, as long as they are able to perform the basic functions of the job. Therefore, your hilarious joke about a blind air traffic controller is not covered by the ADA. However, if an air traffic controller becomes blind in the course of her career, it is entirely possible that there is another role at the airport that she can perform expertly, with minimal accomodations such as braille or voice command software. An experienced lieutenant governor who lives in PA and knows every corner of his state is well qualified for the essential features of the job of Senator, with the minimal accommodation of captioning, a feature that most of the USA population uses when they watch a movie. A senatorial candidate from New Jersey is not qualified, because he knows nothing about government service or the state of Pennsylvania, and captioning would not help him. Maybe he should keep his day job on TV.
Discrimination is really not hilarious, it's just illegal.
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@LeftWingNationalist You are basically saying that you know this pumpkin headed grifter will destroy our democracy and our society, then you are further saying that as that horror takes place you just want to be there with a bucket of popcorn to watch the horror play out. If you need to watch a bad movie, go to your local theater, put some money into the economy and watch a movie.
Government is not a bad movie, governing and politics actually should be boring. It's about marking up bills, signing legislation, keeping agencies running so that people can live their lives without worrying about the EPA or DHS. President Biden is signing legislation, moving manufacturing back to the USA, supporting unions, supporting NATO, supporting our military, lowering pharmacy costs, lowering gasoline at the pump, keeping unemployment below 4%, reducing inflation, working on geeen energy, etc. And you are angry at him because... Why again? Wow .... I just can't anymore....
I know who I'm voting for, I'm voting for results. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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In 1968, the incumbent LBJ dropped out of the Democratic presidential race. At the chaotic convention, the Democratic party split. Although VP Humphrey was the Democratic nominee, he didn't truly have the full support of the party during the general election race, with Southern Democrats going in their own direction. George Wallace split off to form the "American Independent Party." Therefore, the Democratic vote was split. However, since the Republican convention did not experience the same level of upheaval, Nixon was able to use the full strength of the Republican party and win the general election, dragging us into Cambodia and Laos, dragging us through Watergate, etc.
An organized strategic convention is important. A chaotic floor fight at the convention can split the party, and almost guarantee that the opposition party could win.
1968 is an important chapter in USA history. I hope your social studies teacher was able to go into appropriate specific detail. Be well. Vote. 💙🌊💙🌊
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Netanyahu has been in power since 1996. Why? Hamas has been in power since 2006. Why? Two new prime ministers on both sides, start over! People with diplomatic backgrounds needed. Also a prime minister with an engineering background or construction background, because there's certainly going to be a huge amount of rebuilding after the bombs stop. Can't the bombs just stop?? Ceasefire, food, water, medicine, then new prime ministers. Start over. Housing, hospitals, schools. There's work to do. Get along, build a house, get sweaty, exhausted, hungry, sit at table together to share a meal, sleep, get up, build another house. There's work to do. Enough.
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@daveburrows9876 "shall not be infringed" must be balanced against "well regulated". Clearly, the public safety of innocents is a major issue now on a daily basis, something the framers never intended. All the words do matter.
A spike in gun sales during the pandemic has completely saturated the USA, making it much too easy for mistakes to happen, and these "mistakes" are now happening on a daily basis. Let's have mistakes without guns. Guns are dangerous things, they should be difficult to get. Not impossible, just difficult. Mistakes with fists are a bit easier to resolve. Gun safes, permits, registration, training, mental health assessment and screening for each purchase, age limits are all common sense gun safety requirements. Any responsible hunter is already complying with similar guidelines and would probably appreciate other hunters to be responsible too. We all know we are not talking about hunting. Open carry of every weapon for everyone everywhere without permits? A bit reckless for the current situation the USA is in. The states that have those flimsy laws enable the gun traffickers who supply criminals in states that are trying to resolve the problem. Remember, top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Gun control doesn't make the problem disappear, but it does reduce it. This is not about "democrat cities".
What second amendment fans fail to see is that the majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. If they cannot have a reasonable approach to a real life application of the amendment that supports public safety, the 2nd amendment will go the way of the 18th amendment. Once Prohibition became a widespread public safety issue, the 21st amendment put an end to that problem and we took a different approach to alcoholism as a nation. Well regulated is not infringement. All rights are balanced with responsibilities.
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Yes, President Biden is doing a good job. Historically low unemployment, historic stock market highs, reinvigorating unions, infrastructure projects in process across the nation, chips manufacturing in the USA, veterans healthcare, pharmacy price control, etc etc etc. Impressive legislation accomplishments to rival FDR and LBJ. Yes, objectively the data shows he is doing a good job. Data and facts matter. Yes, he is old. RFK jr is old. FDR was old, ugly and disabled. We're not casting a Hollywood movie, we're electing a president who knows how to get legislation signed. Pay attention to history; in 1968 the third party got us Nixon. 🗽
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💙🌊💙🌊 Up and down the ballot, for judicial appointments, for rebalancing gerrymandered state legislatures, for an excellent House Speaker Jefferies, for returning to productivity on getting legislation signed, for getting things done. For infrastructure, for chips manufacturing in the USA, for veterans healthcare, for pharmacy price controls, for green energy, for gun safety, etc. Thank you, President Biden! 💙🌊💙🌊
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Mr Mike Slater: The second amendment is a long sentence with many clauses and commas. Scalia's Heller opinion, widely considered to be a flawed opinion, shifted emphasis away from the first words, "well regulated militia", onto "shall not be infringed." Prior opinions had not done that, so it seems this was foreshadowing of conservative courts choosing to ignore precedent.
But even Scalia wrote that gun rights are not unlimited. But NRA ignored that, took the opinion and ran with it and made buckets and buckets of money telling their followers incomplete information. Gun vendors, gun traffickers, they benefit while innocents suffer. They also scored PLCAA, the most ridiculous bill Pres Bush ever signed, shielding gun manufacturers from liability. Imagine big tobacco with that kind of "get out of jail free" card.
So here we are, no one paying attention in social studies class much less taking a class in constitutional law, yet pontificating on the second amendment while we watch 600+ mass killings play out on TV. This is NOT what this nation is about, and laying these massacres at the feet of the Founders is disgusting at best.
Since SCOTUS is not functional until some old man retires, it is past time for legislation to fill the gaps in common sense. Many states have already stepped up with strong gun control. It's time for better federal regulations to close the state to state gaps that fuel the iron pipe line that drive guns illegal from soft gun states into gun control states that are just trying to protect their people. Remember the shooting at Buffalo was enabled by materials obtained in Pennsylvania and illegally taken across the state line.
Enough. Lawmakers, start writing laws that the majority of the USA population supports. Enough death. ENOUGH
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It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Ratification is not easy, but it's also not impossible. 38 states are needed. However, keep in mind that 10 states already ban AR 15, and several states have robust gun control programs.
One of the problems is that the gaps between flimsy gun laws states and strong gun safety state are exploited by gun traffickers who drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Therefore, it is difficult to solve this at the state level. A new amendment would put the gun safety issue in a wider context.
Ratification ensures that all state legislatures would debate gun safety, instead of what we do now: empty thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing, rinse and repeat. It is shameful to continue to do nothing, to give up and say this is normal. Contact your representatives at the state and federal level ASAP to determine their position on gun safety. Propose the idea of a public safety amendment to the Constitution. There are no Redcoats, we have the National Guard, we have no reason to encourage militia LARPers to hoard arsenals of weapons in their basements. This is not about a person with a rifle for legitimate hunting, a handgun to protect your home. This is about making a change that will end the daily carnage. A new amendment would put the national gun safety conversation on a fresh path. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Praying for both, especially prayers for the WISDOM to elect new prime ministers on both sides, people with diplomatic backgrounds, and talents in engineering and construction, because there's going to be a huge amount of rebuilding needed. Stop the bombs, ceasefire, food, water, medicine, then get to work, get along because you all have a lot of work to do. Yes, all of you. Get along. Enough.
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Okay, let me try again. The people is plural, denoting a community, the society. A person is an individual. The unlimited gun rights that individuals are claiming these days are actually not provided for in the amendment. This amendment is about the right of the people, the rights of the society, especially as a new nation that did not yet have a standing army. That is not the world we live in today. Now the individual who claims unlimited gun rights creates peril for a society that desires safety and freedom from the fear of mass shootings, irresponsible gun storage, lack of effective implementation of red flags, permits, superficial background checks, etc. If the second amendment can no longer protect the USA population, new and better amendments are needed to fill in the gaps. We do not live in the 1700s. Hope that's more clear. The people (plural) vs the person ( singular individual who should not claim unlimited rights that create peril for innocent people.) 🗽
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Imagine if big tobacco had a protection against liability? There are many guidelines about serving alcohol, not over serving patrons at a bar, not allowing minors to party in your home, not driving while intoxicated, etc. Guns are very dangerous things, there need to be clear mandates for permits, training, background checks, red flags, age limitations, mental health assessments before sale, waiting periods to allow the purchasers to be fully vetted, etc. All the gun owners who claim to be so responsible and law abiding would want no less than a clear set of guidelines that all gun owners must follow, or be held accountable. The framers would have wanted no less.
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@briannicholson6346 As a life long Catholic...what can I say...the Catholic Church has so many problems right now, SCOTUS is just one more. Obviously, the horrific scum who assaulted children for years and years and years....So, yeah, I don't want to hear anything Amy Coney Barrett has to say AT ALL about issues of morality or purity. And kavanaugh, what a marvel gentleman. Every time he mentioned his Jesuit schooling.... I don't think the Jesuits want to take credit for that guy. But Sotomayor, what's not to love? Plus, she was raised in the Bronx, so ...I'm required to love her. Are there really four more Catholics? Hmm.... But I'll assume the Catholic thing was some long term strategy re: abortion. Plenty of pro choice Catholics in the USA , especially Sotomayor, but ....let's see what happens in June. If Roberts can peel off Kavanaugh, and/or write a kick ass dissent. Kavanaugh seems like a guy who paid for some abortions after some drunken romantic nights. i live in hope. And then we wait for the next test case and for legislation in sanctuary states. The laws are already in place in NYS. We'll see.
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@Sladewinters1 Yes, of course Chicago is in Illinois. Illinois has strong gun laws; Indiana, a state that borders Illinois, has flimsy gun laws. Guns from Indiana, therefore, are easy to obtain and traffick into Illinois, earning big money for criminal elements. Similarly, the over sized magazine used in Buffalo is illegal in NYS, but easily obtained in Pennsylvania and illegally brought across state lines to kill NYS citizens. Hope that is more clear for you now.
Because existing state to state gun laws leave glaring gaps that allow illegal guns to flood into states that are trying to protect their residents with strong legislation, comprehensive national gun control is needed. The existing patchwork of conflicting state laws also tramples upon state's right. Illinois and NYS have the right to protect their residents without sabotage from states like Texas, Indiana, etc.
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Mr winters, I comprehend many things. I especially understand when bright shiny objects are dangling in my face to distract me from the real issue. The topic is mass shooting events and how grotesquely commonplace they are becoming in the USA. Street crime is a different phenomenon. I am not confused by that, although you seem to be confusing the two concepts regularly.
Mass shooting events are terroristic in nature and somewhat random, which leaves their victims uniquely vulnerable. The weapons used are also different, especially the AR 15. That assault weapon was used in at least 11 events:. Aurora, Las Vegas, Parkland, Sandy Hook... I won't list them all because it is ghoulish and grotesque. Therefore, this one gun is the problem. Therefore, banning that one weapon could have a positive impact and reduce death. That's what we want, right? Less death?
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Mr winters, allowing mass shooting events to continue will not improve street crime in urban centers. Restricting the AR 15 might. Gun control in many forms is needed now: assault weapon ban, comprehensive national background checks to close current loopholes, waiting periods, training, licensing, safe storage, etc.
How wonderful that you are so concerned with the safety of big cities like Chicago. Luckily, national gun control also helps with crime, because it vastly reduces the illegal flow of weapons from states with flimsy gun laws into states with stronger laws where they are usually used in crimes. The NYPD often calls it the iron pipeline, that relentless flow of illegal guns from other states. Cities have a right to keep their residents safe, and soft national gun control makes that goal like pushing a rock up a mountain.
Many colleges offer coursework in criminology. It would be wonderful to see you explore your interest in this subject.
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I think we are all missing the point here. Schools are for teaching and learning. AR 15 have forced us to focus instead on what is the best weapon, the biggest weapon with the best aim, what is the best door, etc etc. Please remember that most schools are using bake sales to keep their music programs going. But massive amounts of money can be found for guns, for bigger guns, for more and more guns, for teachers with guns, for guards, for school police, for school police departments. And it's still not working. What are we doing? Education requires focus and clearly that focus has been stolen by the AR 15. The AR 15 was used in approx 12 of these masks events. Sandy Hook, Parkland, Aurora, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Uvalde and more. Are you seeing what I am seeing? Eliminate the AR 15, use common sense security, and let teachers teach. Or we could give the lion share of the education budget to the gun industry. Don't you feel the gun vendor picking your pocket?
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