Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "WWLTV" channel.

  1. The second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation. Draft and ratify a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Look into the 18th amendment and the 21st amendment. Let the second amendment go the way of prohibition, and let us craft a new amendment that values our lives. That's what freedom feels like.
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  2. Those who tell you the answer to this insanity is for everyone to arm themselves...thinking about it, sounds like something a gun vendor would say. They just want to sell even more guns. It doesn't worry them that the nation is living in fear. Fear sells guns. Repeal PLCAA and turn gun manufacturers into responsible corporate citizens. Gun control works. Check the statistics (from reliable research sources.) The slogan about "democrat cities" is a lie. If you want to keep your guns, go for it. Keep them in a gun safe and polish them every Saturday night. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. We don't have to live this way.
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  3.  @boston312  With the present iteration of SCOTUS, everything must be written into the constitution. Okay, let's do it. Also, Thomas is an old man who does not seem to watch his weight, so change might come soon. But in the meantime, amendments and legislation, lots of it. SCOTUS cannot overturn every law. Amendments are difficult, but nothing is impossible. I believe 38 states would be needed for ratification. Start with states that already value gun control, gain momentum, then nibble away inexorably at the remainder. Anyone who has lost someone to gun violence, any student who has suffered through countless gun drills, might be interested in helping. How large do we think that number is now after approx 20 years of this. Let's take a lesson from the ERA. Ratification arrived too late (who puts an expiration date on a constitutional amendment?? OMG) but it hardly matters. While the ERA was being discussed and crawling towards ratification, equality was taking hold in the society, private and public practices were changing slowly, and state/federal laws were being passed. If a proposed public safety amendment achieves a similar "failure", I'm for it. Also, repeal PLCAA and restore liability to gun manufacturers, making them responsible corporate citizens. If gun manufacturers had liability for their ridiculously dangerous products, their own lawyers would insist on training, permits, registration, mental health assessment and screening for each purchase, gun safes, red flags, age limits, magazine limits, etc. Their insurance carriers would insist on gun safety procedures to prove due diligence in court proceedings. We don't have to live this way. We cannot contine to do nothing while the gun manufacturers continue to profit from our fear. Gun vendors are now proud that they are selling to more women; Missouri has a potential state law to allow minors to carry everywhere in the state. They have saturated the USA population with these weapons, and now they are just trying to sell to anyone else who hasn't bought something. What?? (Sorry this is so long. This topic is obviously a difficult one. Be well, be safe.)
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  4. Gun control works to decrease gun violence. Top murder rates by state (2022): Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates; strict gun control got us there.
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  5. Federal gun safety legislation will decrease the gun traffickers who manipulate state to state gaps in gun laws and drive illegal guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Close down the iron pipeline, close the "black market" with federal legislation. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation; only gun vendors want this to continue because they profit from this carnage. Can't you feel the gun manufacturers picking your pockets?
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